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Fajtialvic'io of out / Othe ac?e field of Paeonies containing over a 



hundi td and thii tv thousand plants in more than 



oi2e hundred varieties 



or so-called Old- 

 Hardy Perennials, Fashioned Hardy 

 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Flowers are now 

 amona: the most important of our summer flowering 

 plants The popularity they have attained during the 

 past ten or fifteen years is phenomenal, and beyond the 

 most sangume anticipation of the most enthusiastic 

 admirer of Hardy Plants Fifteen j'ears ago this depart- 

 ment was a mere side line in our busi- 

 Japanese Wtndfloweis ness ; to-day over seventy acres are 

 in framis de\ oted to their cultivation. 



Our collection of these Plants is the 



most comprehensive in the country, and yet while so 



extensive, great care has been taken as far as possible to 



eliminate such varieties which are of botanical value only, 



and vv hich are of little use for a display in the garden. 



We send out over two millions every season of 



such popular varieties as Phloxes, Delphiniums, Trito- 



mas, Holl> hocks, Iris, Anemones, Paeonies, etc., some 



being grow n by tens of thousands ; yes, even by hundreds 



of thousands. Picture to yourself a field of over ten 



acres of Perennial Phloxes containing over 300,000 



plants, and every plant in bloom. Such a sight can be 



seen during August and September at 



A ■imall pottion of the our Locust Farm Nurseries, and must 



Gtrman Ins field be seen to be appreciated ; it is beyond 



when in bloom the power of pen to describe. 



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Hardy Perennials at our Locust Farm Nurseries 

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