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Phlox Divaricata Canadhnsis. 



HARDY GARDEN 

 PINKS. 



Old favorites, bearing their sweet 

 clove-scented flowers in the greatest 

 profusion during May and June. They 

 are indispensable for the edge of the 

 hardy border and for cutting; 1 foot. 

 Comet. Bright rosy-crimson. 

 Diamond. A fine extra early, fringed 



white, 

 Elsie. Bright rose, maroon centre. 

 Excelsior. Light rose-pink, shaded 



darker. 

 Her flajesty. Large flowers of 



purest white. 

 Homer. Rosy-red with dark centre. 

 Juliette. White, laced crimson. 

 Marion. Bright rose-pink. 

 Snow. A fine pure white. 

 Souv. de Salle. Soft rosy-red. 

 Stanislaus. Violet-rose, with deep crimson centre. 

 White Reserve. An everblooming pure white. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. Set of 12 sorts, $1.50. 



PHYSOSTEGIA. 



(False Dragon-Head.) 



One of the most beautiful of our mid-summer-flowering peren- 

 nials, forming dense bushes 3 to 4 feet high, bearing spikes of 

 delicate tubular flowers not unlike a gigantic heather. (See 

 cut.) 



Vlrginica. Bright but soft pink. 

 — alba. Pure white, very fine. 



Speciosa. Very delicate pink. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



PlllOX Slltmlata (Moss, or Mountain Pink). 



An early spring-flowering type, with pretty moss-like evergreen 

 foliage, which, during the flowering season, is hidden under the 

 masses of bloom. An excellent plant for the rockery, the bor- 

 der, and invaluable for carpeting the ground or covering graves. 

 Alba. Pure white. I Lilacina, Light lilac. 



Atropurpurea. Purplish-rose. Nelsoni. Pure white. 



Bridesmaid. Purplish-tinted white. I Rosea. Bright rose. 

 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz. ; §6.00 per 100. Set of 6 for 50 cts. 



VARIOUS PHLOXES. 



Amcena. This is one of the best varieties for carpeting the 

 ground, the rockery or the border; it grows but 4 inches high, 

 and in spring is a sheet of rich, bright pink flowers. 10 cts. 

 each; $1.00 per doz.; £6.00 per 100. 

 Divaricata Canadensis. One of our native species, which 

 is worthy of extensive planting, commencing to bloom early in 

 April, and continuing through May, with large, fragrant lav- 

 ender flowers on stems 10 inches high. (See cut.) 15 cts. 

 each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 

 Ovata Carolina {Mountain Phlox). Grows 12 to-15 inches 

 high, and bears masses of reddish-pink flowers in May and 

 June. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



JIMaculata. A native species, grow- 

 ing 1^ to 2 feet high, of neat habit, 

 producing during May and June 

 good-sized heads of purplish-rose 

 flowers. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per 

 doz. 



PHYSALIS. 



(Chinese Lantern Plant.) 



Francheti. An ornamental variety 

 of the Winter Cherry, forming 

 dense bushes about 2 feet high, 

 producing freely its bright orange- 

 scarlet lantern-like fruits; highly 

 interesting. 15 cts. each; $1.50 

 per doz. 



Hardy Garden Pinks. 



DAY LILIES and HOLLYHOCKS should be in every garden. See plates and offer on pa.ges 222 and 223. 



