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Double Herbaceous i'tuNV 



Meissonier. Guard petals brilliant purple red, centre deep crim- 

 son. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Mme. Emile Galle. Large cup-shaped double flowers of a 

 delicate shell-pink with touches of heliotrope and lavender, an 

 exquisitely beautifiil variety. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 



Twelve Extra Fine Double 



Herbaceous Peonies 



The wonderfully improved Peonies introduced in recent years 

 are truly the "Queen of Spring Flowers," and are well adapted for 

 massing in beds, and particularly valuable for planting in groups 

 throughout the perennial or shrubbery border. 



Avalanche. Large compact white blooms with cream-white 

 collar, centre tinted lilac-white and prominent carmine flakes, 

 fragrant, late flowering. 75 cts. each; S7.50 per doz. 



Albert Crousse. Very large rosy- white, flecked crimson, tall 

 erect habit, free bloomer. One of the best cut flower varieties. 

 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 



Duchesse de Nemours. An extra early cup-shaped, free- 

 flowering fragrant sulphur-white. 50 cts. each; S5.00 per doz. 



Edulis Superba. The famous Memorial Day Peony, it usually 

 can be depended upon to be in flower at that time in this lati- 

 tude, color a beautiful light clear pink with silvery reflex, large 

 fragrant flowers. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Pestiva Maxima. The most popular of all the whites, a tall vigorous 

 grower and free and early bloomer; color pure white flecked with crim- 

 son at centre. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 



Livingstone. Very fuU imbricated flowers of large size of a pale lilac- 

 rose with silvery sheen, very robust grower and free flowering. 75 cts. 

 each; $7.50 per doz. 



L'Indispensable. Very large full double globular flowers of a soft 

 lilac-white shading to light violet-rose towards the centre, a fine late 

 flowering variety. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 



Louis Van Houtte. One of the best dark varieties, a rich deep 

 crimson developing a slight silvery tip as the flowers age. 50 

 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Mons. Jules Elie. Probably the largest flowered; color pale 

 lilac rose with silvery reflex. $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. 



Rubra Superba. Large compact deep rose crimson, one of the 

 best late varieties of its color. 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 



Collection of one strong root each of the above 12 sorts for S7.50. 



SINGLE FLOWERING PEONIES 



Choice Mixed Sorts. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Pachysandra 



Terminalis. A trailing plant, 6 to 8 inches high, forming broad 

 mats of bright, glossy green foliage and small spikes of flowers 

 during May and June; invaluable as a cover plant either in 

 sun or shade. 25 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100; 

 $120.00 per 1000. 



PardanthuS (Blackberry Lily) 



Sinensis. Bright orange, lily-like flowers during July and 

 August on 2J feet high stems, followed in September with seeds 

 which resemble blackberries. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; 

 $18.00 per 100. 



Pentstemon (Beard Tongue) 



Most useful sho%A-y perennials, either for the border or rockery, 

 flowering throughout the summer months. 

 Barbatus Torreyi. Spikes of brOliant scarlet flowers; height, 



3 to 4 feet. 

 - — Coral Gem. Dense showy spikes of briUiant coral-red 



flowers, 21 feet. 

 Digitalis. Large spikes of long, purple-white flowers with purple 



throats; 2 to 3 feet. 

 Pubescens. Bright rosy-purple; U feet. 

 Small!. Rosy-carmine flowers; 1 foot. 

 Price. 30 cts. each; S2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. One each of 



the 5 sorts for SI. 25. 



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, which can be cut and 

 dried, in which shape they are used extensively for floral decora- 

 tion during the winter. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 

 per 100. 



PhySOStegia (False Dragon-Head) 



One of the most beautiful of our midsummer flowering peren- 

 nials, forming dense bushes 4 to 6 feet high, bearing spikes of 

 delicate tubular flowers not unlike a gigantic heather. 



Virginica. Bright but soft pink. 



— alba. Pure white; very fine. 



— Grandiflora Vivid. A new variety growing from 18 to 24 

 inches high with flowers much larger than the type and of a 

 bright violet mauve. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



Price. Except where noted 25 cts. ea~h; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 

 per 100. 



