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The Wrexham Hybrid Delphiniums are magnificent in borders. See page 28 



Hardy Perennial Plants 



The list of Hardy Perennials which follows has been chosen with much care to cover the entire season 

 with a variety of handsome blooming plants. These are all thoroughly hardy and tested varieties that will 

 bloom this summer, and increase from year to year under ordinary garden conditions. 



PRICES: Perennial Plants, unless otherwise noted, are 30 cts. each, 3 for 75 cts., 12 for $2.75, 100 for $20, delivery prepaid 



AJUGA reptans. A splendid creeping plant for carpet- 

 ing the ground. Does best in poor soil. PurpIe-blue 

 flowers in May and June on 6-inch stems. 



ANTHEMIS tinctoria, Perry's Variety. A delightful 

 lemon-yellow daisy. Its long, slender stems hold the 

 flowers gracefully poised, making it useful for cutting 

 as well as garden decoration. An easy plant to grow, 

 and blooms from June until October. 



AQUILEGIA cserulea. This is the long-spurred blue 

 Columbine from the Rocky Mountains, the State 

 Flower of Colorado. It does well in half shade. 



canadensis. The Wild Honeysuckle or Wild Red 

 Columbine of the Pennsylvania mountains succeeds 

 in sterile, stony places in sun and in shade. It is an 

 excellent rock-garden plant and can be used for 

 growing under trees and in shady places. 



chrysantha. This is the tall, handsome, long-spurred 

 golden yellow Columbine which looks so well in 

 the border when combined with irises and other 

 plants that flower at the same time. 



Mrs. Scott Elliott's Hybrids. This famous strain of 

 long-spurred Columbines is known all over the 

 world. It contains a wonderful assortment of 

 colors with flowers hav- 

 ing unusually long spurs. 

 A beautiful and reliable 

 garden flower. 35 cts. 

 each. 



ASTER alpinus. A dwarf Aster suitable for edging or 

 rock-garden use. Its enormous lavender-blue 

 daisies have a dazzling yellow center and come on 

 stems about 12 inches high. It blooms in June 

 and subsides into a nice tuft of foliage. 



Mauve Cushion. A splendid rock-plant 6 to 9 inches 

 tall. Round cushions of foliage completely hidden 

 by the lavish bloom, l3^-inch daisies of delicate 

 mauve with a silvery sheen. October until frozen. 



Frikarti, Wonder of Staefa. (New.) Violet-blue flowers 

 about 3 inches in diameter. Growth about 3 feet. 

 Continual or everblooming from June until heavy 

 frosts. Cut-flowers last an unusually long time. 

 75 cts. each. 



hybridus luteus. A new hybrid Aster resembling a 

 glorified goldenrod. Large, bushy plants are 

 covered in August and September with a mass of 

 small yellow flowers. Splendid cutting sprays; 

 2J^- to 3-foot growth. 50 cts. each. 



novae-angliae. The Wild Fall Aster of New England. 

 It has deep purple-violet flowers of fine, fringy 

 appearance and is one of the finest of the Michael- 

 mas Daisies. 



novi-belgi, Feltham Blue. This is one of the fall- 

 blooming Michaelmas Daisies, making a plant 

 4 to 5 feet high, covered with a cloud of dazzling 

 blue flowers. 



White. A rather rare type of Michaelmas Daisy 

 with comparatively small, white flowers, borne in 

 superabundance over a bushy plant 3 to 4 feet high. 



Hardy Aster 



Dicentra (Bleeding-Heart). See page 28 



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Aquilegia (Columbine) 



