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EhRTADREER-PHIlADPIIIA-^AW/ HARDY PERENniAL PLANTi 



I.IXUM (Flax). 

 lavum. Bright yellow flowers from June to September ; 1 foot. 



erenne. A desirable plant either for the border or rockery, growing about 18 inches 

 high, with light, graceful foliage and large flowers, which are produced through the en- 

 tire summer. We can furnish both the blue and the wliite varieties. 

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



All herbaceous borders should have a few Lilies scattered through them. The sorts 

 offered below can be planted with excellent results during the spring months. It is in the 

 hardy border that Lilies do best, as they get the benefit of the shade of the surrounding 

 plants, which is so necessary for their welfare; other varieties should be planted in the 

 aulumn. 



Auratum {Gold-bandid Lily). Large, graceful flowers, composed of six petals of a 

 lieHcate ivory-white, thickly studded with chocolate-crimson spots, and striped through 

 the centre a golden yellow. 25 cts. each ; $2.00 per doz.; $12 00 per 100. 

 Speciosum Album. Large white flowers of great substance, with a greenish band run- 

 ning through tlie centre of each petal. 25 cts. each ; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 

 Speciosum Rubrum, or Roseum. White, heavily spotted with rich rosy crimson 



spots. (.See cut.) 25 cts. each ; §2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per $100. 

 Tigrinum Splendens ( TiVcr Lily.) Very large flowers; orange, spotted black. 10 cts. 

 each ; §1.00 per doz.; $7.50 per 100. 



Tigrinum 



each ; $1 



Fl. PI. (DoubU Tiger Lily). 

 per doz.; $8 00 per 100. 



LiLIUM 

 ^PECIOSUM Rl'BRUM. 



LOBKLIA CaRDINALIS. 



I.IXDEI.OFIA. 



Longifolia. Grows about 2 feet high/ 

 and jiroduces blue Forget-Me-Not- 

 like flower-i during May. 25 cts. 

 each ; $2.50 per doz. 



I.ITH0SPER:^IU>I GromweH). 



Prostratum. An elegant creeping plant for the rockery, bearing lovely small 

 blue flowers from April to September. 25 cts. each ; §2.50 per doz. 



LOBELIAS. 



Handsome border plants, thrivnig in any ordinary garden soil, but preferring a 

 moist, deep loam, where they will not suffisr fron. drouth. Few plai ts are more 

 effective at their season of bloom, which extends from early in Augus, till late in 

 September. 



^Cardlnalis [Cardinal Flower'). Rich, fiery cardinal flowers; strong plants often 

 " ' producing 10 to 18 spikes, 12 to 24 inches long. 15 cts. each ; §1.50 per doz. 



— Nanseniana. A variety with purplish-carmine flowers. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 

 per doz. 



Syphilitica hybrida [Great Lobelia). A choice -selection of our native 

 Lobelia, producing large spikes of flowers varying from blue to pure white ; 

 July to September ; 2 to 3 feet. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz.; $1000 per 100. 



EOXXJS (Bird's Foot Trefoil). 



Corniculatus fl. pi. A pretty procumbent plant for the rockery, with attract- 

 ive foliage and double yellow flowers in summer. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



EUPINUS (Lupine). 



PolyphylluS. An effective plnnt. about 3 f°et high, producing its large spikes 

 of blue flowers from June to September. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 

 per 100. 



A double-flowering form of the above. 12 cts. 



LYSmiACHIA. 



Ciliata [Fringed Loose -strife.) Grows 2 



\ feet high ; yellow flowers in July. 



_\Clethroides [Loose- strife). A fine hardy 



variety, about 2 feet high, with long, 



dense, recurved spikes of pure white 



flowers from July to Sept. (See cut ) 



^\xmVf\w\?L.T\ei\Creeping Jenny, or Mon- 



'— ev-wort). Valuable (or planting under 

 trees or shrubs where grass will not 

 grow, where it quickly forms a dense 

 carpet. 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz; 

 $6 00 per 100. 



Punctata. Plants 2 to 3 feet high, with 

 vellow flowers during |ulv and August. 

 15 cts. each; $1.-50 per doz.; $10.00 per 

 100, except where noted. 



LYTHRUM. 



Roseum Superbum [Rose Loose-strife). 

 A strong-growing plant, 3 to 4 feet high, 

 thriving in almost any position, produc- 

 ing large spikes of rose-colored flowers 

 from July to September. 15 cts. each ; 

 $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



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Our " Introduction "' collections of Hardy Perennials are nnade up of the very best varieties- See: page 173; 



