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In the following list will be found both bi-ennials | 
and perennials; plants living over winter and flower- | 
ing the next year or for many years. Sow seed in 
Spring or early autumn. In late summer and autumn | 
Sowing, the beds should be shaded and watered during | 
hot, dry weather. The culture of perennial flowers is, | 
in every way, satisfactory, as the bloom recurs year | 
after year, with comparatively little attention from the 
gardener, 
‘ ACHIELLEA. A hardy perennial, one | 
or two feet high, bearing double white flow- 
ers in summer and 
autumn. Flowers on 
erect stems; good for 
cutting. Pkt., 10 cts. 
AGROSTEMMA . 
Dwarf bushy peren- 
nial, one foot high. Sin- 
gle pink flowers, of 
great beauty. Culture 
easy. Packet, 5 cents. 
ANEMONE. See 
St. Brigid or Poppy 
Anemone, elsewhere. 
ARABIS. One of 
the earliest spring flow- 
ers ; the plant attaining 
a height of not over six 
inches. Grows in a 
spreading tuft. Flowers 
white. Packet, 5 cts. 
Columbine. Hardy perennials 
AGROSTEMMA,. 
AQUILEGIA. 
luxuriating in good moist soil ; doing well on rock work. 
They make permanent clumps in the garden, and 
bloom in spring and early summer. Flowers of various 
colors. long spurred and showy. Plants one to three 
feet high. Culture easy. 
Double White. 
Pure white. Pkt, 10 cts. 
Golden Spurred. 
Yellow; beautiful long 
spurred flowers. Packet, 
10 cents. 
Ceerulea. Sky blue 
and white. Pkt., 5 cts. 
Skinmeri. True. 
Scarlet tipped with green, 
Handsome. Pkt., 15 cts. 
Finest Double 
Mixed. All sorts and 
Bhades. Packet, 5 cents. 
ACONITUM. Monk's 
Hood. A hardy peren- 
nial, producing its cur- 
jously shaped flowers in 
abundance. Thrives in 
sny good garden soil. 
Napetllus. White 
and blue flowers; three 
feet. Packet, 5 cents. 
ALYSSUM. The hardy alyssum is a spreading 
plant about nine inches high; desirable for permanent 
ds. Enjoys much sun and not too much moisture. 
Saxatile Compactum. Gold Dust. Spring 
blooming, with golden-yellow flowers, One of our neat- 
est perennials, Packet, 5 cents. 
Aaquitecia. (Cotumsine.) 
AURICULA. 
See Primula. 
BABY ROSES. 
See novelties. 
BLUE DAISY. 
See novelties. 
CAMPANULA. 
Canterbury Bells. 
Beautiful, large bell- 
shaped flowers. Ef- 
fective plants for the 
border or pot culture. 
Old-fashioned fayor- 
ites. 
Medium. Splen- 
did mixed. Single and 
double varieties. 
Many odd sorts. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
Cup and Saucer. 
Bell three inches 
across. Colors, blue, 
rose, lilac, white, 
striped, etc. Two feet. 
SAAR. Packet, 10 cents. 
Carpatica. Fine for groups or borders. Blue and 
Wuite mixed. 8toi2inches. Packet, 5 cents, 
CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES See novel- 
ties. Carnations belong in the flower group known as 
Dianthus. Picotees 
are carnations witr 
white flowers, 
trimmed or spotted 
or edged with some 2) ie ih, 
bright color. The “") Ny 
80-Called carnations iN) 
have within recent 
decades developed 
into types of rare 
beauty and _ fra- 
grance. The Mar- 
guerite carnations 
are among the best 
of the class. The 
plants are mostly 
quite hardy, sur- 
viving the winter 
with a light cover- 
ing of straw or lit- 
ter. No flowers are 
more lovely or de- 
sirable. Seed3a sown 
thinly in tbe open 
ground, in spring, 
will bloom the first 
season. 
Fine Mixed. 
Packet, 10 cents. 
CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES, | 
CEDRONELLA. A 
hardy, herbaceous plant 
with showy purple or 
crimson flowers prc- 
duced in spikes. Thrives 
best in soil made loose 
with sand and leaf mold. 
Cana. Fragrant. 
Packet, 10 cents, 
CHAM EPEUCE. 
Ivory Thistle. A beau- 
tiful perennial thistle, 
quite ornamental for the 
garden. The mid-rib 
and spines are - ivory 
white, and the leaves 
are glossy green, shaded 
by a snowy down. De- 
sirable and pretty. Two 
feet high, 
Dizeantha. True 
ivory thistle. Pkt., 5c. 
CHINESE BELL- 
FLOWER. See Platy- 
ARABIS, cocon. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM. Frutescens grandiflora. 
French Marguerite or Paris Daisy. A single perennial 
chrysanthemum, growing one foot high, bearing pure 
white flowers. The perennial chrysanthemums flower 
in winter in a greenhouse or other cool room. Sow in 
spring in rich, sandy soil. 
Frutescens. Marguerite or Paris Daisy. White 
flowers with yellow centres. Hardy. 1 foot. Pkt., 10c. 
COREOPSIS. 
This is a hardy form 
of Calliopsis. See 
Calliopsis among 
the annuals. The 
coreopsis is one of 
the most showy of 
hardy perennials. 
The height is 2 to 
3 feet, and it bearsa 
profusion of bright 
colored flowers all 
Summer. The flow- 
ers are three or four 
inches across. Cul- 
ture easy, as it will 
srow and _ thrive 
everywhere. 
Lanceolata. 
Bright gold. Very 
rich and desirable. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
COWSLIP. See 
Primula. 
DELPHINIUM. 
Perennial Larkspur. An old favorite of the garden, 
bearing flowers truly blue. Seed sown in early spring 
will produce bloom the same year, but the flowers will 
be more profuse in subsequent years. The bloom of 
the larkspur is continuous, and it is a popular garden 
plant. Choice mixed. Packet, 5 cents. 
DIANTIIUS. See annuals, as they flower the 
first season. 
DELPHINIUM. 
DIGITALAS., 
Foxglove. Especially 
useful among  shrub- 
bery and in half shady 
places. Long racemes 
of beautiful flowers. 
Colors purple, white, 
yellow, rose, etc. Some 
are beautifully spotted. 
Height, three or four 
feet. Much admired. 
Gloxinoides. 
Mixed. All shades and 
markings. Pkt., 5 cts. 
GAZANTA. A 
showy perennial, about 
ten inches high, for 
~’ garden or greenhouse, 
Large single flowers, 
two or three inches 
across, ranging in color 
from white to yellow 
and orange, and cur- 
z iously spotted. Rather 
Dicitatts. tender. Packet, 15 cts. 
GOLDEN FEATHER. See Pyrethrum. 
GOLDEN ROD. One of the most beautiful of our 
late summer and autumn wild flowers. A candidate 
for the position of America’s national flower. Of easy 
culture. Perfectly hardy and reliable. Height two to 
three feet. Foliage quite pretty. Packet, 5 cents. 
HELIANTHEMUM™. Also known as Sun Rose. 
A fine perennial border plant. Dwarf evergreen with 
brilliant flowers of various colors. A very profuse 
bloomer. Adapted to growing in dry soils and rockeries, 
Easily grown any- 
where. Packet, 5 cts. 
HMEUCHERA. 
Scarlet Alum Root. 
The variety of heu- 
chera here offered, 
the sanguinea splen- 
dens, produces spikes 
two feet high, bearing 
flowers varying in 
color from fiery.coral 
to richest crimson. 
Foliage evergreen. 
The plant is dwarf 
and stocky, and easi- 
ly grown, though 
preferring a_ rich, 
moist place, with 
abundant sunlight. 
At its best is much 
admired on account 
of its vivid blooms 
and fine foliage. 
Excellent for cut 
flowers. Pkt., 10 cts. 
A 
(Go.pen Roo.) 
SOLIDAGO. 
110 
HOLULYROCK. 
See novelties. This 
fine old-fashioned 
flower is again in the 
widest favor, and 
ranks with the dablia 
for summer decora- 
tion. It reaches a 
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of its stately growth is 
unexcelled for plant- 
ing along fences or 
buildings, or for back- 
ground effects. It can 
be had in a variety of 
colors, both single and 
double. It is perfectly 
hardy, and when well 
established will bloom 
fully and freely year 
after year, with little 
or no care. It loves 
rich, deep, moist 
HottyHocks. ground, but will grow 
on almost any soil. Seeds sown one year will give good 
flowers the following year. 
Double Fine Mixed. All colors in a grand com- 
bination. Packet, 10 cents. 
Mammoth Fringed Allegheny. 
ties. Packet, 10 cents. 
HYACINTHUS CANDICANS. A summer- 
flowering plant of robust growth, attaining a height of 
five feet, with spikes three feet long. The white flow- 
ers are bell shaped and beautiful. Packet, 5 cents. 
EINCARVILLEA. Incarvillea delavayi. A new 
hardy perennial growing about three feet high, pro- 
ducing flowers an inch in diameter. The flower is rosy 
carmine, spotted with yellow, with a brown throat. 
When sown early or started indoors will bloom the first 
season. The foliage is fern-likeand very effective. The 
branches are flexible and graceful. Packet, 15 cents. 
ENULA. Inwa ensifolia. A hardy perennial, grow- 
ing two feet high, bearing large, single golden-yellow 
flowers, four or five inches across. Petals or rays long 
and wavy. Packet, 10 cents. 
IVORY THISTLE. See Chamepeuce. 
LOBELIA. The 
perennial lobelias are 
very desirable, but thus 
far the range of color 
is limited. Lobelia car- 
dinalis is noted and 
priced among the an- 
nuals, as it will bloom 
the first season from 
seed, if sown early. 
Cardinmalis. Two 
and a half feet high, 
Produce glowing scar- 
let flowers. Particu- 
larly fine when grown 
in groups. Makes a 
pleasing aspect in 
masses upon the lawn 
and in the shrubbery. 
Packet, 10 cents. 
MARGUERITE 
CARNATIONS. 
See Carnations. Also 
see novelties, 
MONK’S HOOD. 
See Aconitum. 
MONTBRETIA. Montbretia crocosmiefora. 
showy and tree-flowering plant. Packet, 10 cents. 
PLATYCODON. Platycodon grandifiora. Large- 
flowered Chinese Bell Flower. <A hardy perennial, 
bearing large bell-shaped white or blue flowers. Pro- 
fuse and handsome bloomers. 
Grandiflora Mixed. Eighteen inches. Pkt., 10c. 
Nana Compacta Mixed. Only one foot high. 
Packet, 10 cents. 
PENSTEMON. Favorite garden perennials grow- 
ing two to three feet high. Flowers white, pink, sear- 
let, blue, ete., spotted and marked. Hardy in some sit- 
uations ; but is classed as a half hardy perennial. Will 
bloom quite freely the first season if planted early. 
Mixed Colors. 
A good assortment. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
PHLOX. Peren- 
nial Phlox. The va- 
rieties of perennial 
phlox are among the 
choicest flowers for 
bedding and border 
plants. They are 
perfectly hardy, and 
need no_ protection. 
They will flourish in 
any soil, but succeed 
best in deep, rich, 
moist ground. 
Desirable for the 
perennial garden, 
Height two to three 
feet. Colors rich and 
varied, Finest mixed. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
PICOTEES. 
See Carnations. 
POLY ANTHUS. 
See Primula. 
PRIMROSE. 
See Primula. 
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APY ANC Y 
See novel- 
PLATYCODON. 
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(PERENNIAL PHLox.) 
PHtox. 
NOTE. For the benefit of my florists’ trade and 
others who plant largely of flower seeds, I offer in 
many cases, seeds by the ounce. If any variety is 
wished in quantity, not offered by the ounce, I will 
be pleased to quote price on request. : 
I do not sell less than 1 ounce where the price is 25 
cents per ounce; but I will sell 24 ounce where the 
price is 30 cents or more per ounce, 44 ounce when 
priced at 60 cents per ounce or more and % ounce 
of varieties quoted at $2.00 per ounce or more, 
height of six feet or 5 
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