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PEXTSTEMON ^Beard Tongue). 



Highly useful and attractive perennials, and much used in the hardy border. 



PER PKT. 



3o32 Qloxinioides "Sensation." As a bedding plant this takes rank with the 

 Petunia, Phlox, etc., etc. It grows about 2 feet high, every branch being a spike 

 of large. Gloxinia-like flowers in a very wide range of bright colors, including 

 rose, red, carmine, cherry, pink, lilac, purple, etc. Not quite hardy and best 

 treated like Petunias, Verbenas, Salvia, etc. (See cut.) 2 pkts., 25 cts 15 



3533 Barbatus Torreyii. Spikes of brilliant coral red; very effective; June to 



.\ugust; 3 to 4 feet 10 



3540 nixed. .A. great variety of kinds and colors 5 



PL,ATYCODOX (BaUoon nower. or Japanese Bellflower). 



One of the best hardy perennials, producing very showy flowers during the whole 

 season. They form large clumps and are 

 excellent forplanting in permanent bord- 

 ers or among shrubbery; easily raised 

 from seed, which begins blooming in Au- 

 gust if sown outdoorsin April. (See cut. ) 

 3G63 Qrandif lorum. Large steel- 

 blue flowers. ^ oz., 25 cts. . 5 

 3664 — Album. Pure white vari- 

 ety. J oz. , 25 cts 5 



3662 Mariesl. Large, open, bell- 

 shaped flowers of a rich violet- 

 blue; plant dwarf and com- 

 pact. J oz. , 25 cts 5 



3661 Japonicus Fl. PI. {Double 

 J'lp'txese Bell Flower). 

 Large, glossy, deep blue 

 flowers. The inner petals 

 alternate with the outer ones, 

 giving the flower the appear- 

 ance of a ten- pointed blue 

 star. 2 pkt., 25 cts 15 



Physostegia 



Platycodon Grandiflorum. 



Pentstemon Sensation. 



PHYSOSTEGIA. 



(False Dragon Head.) per pkt. 



3651 Virginica. One of the prettiest 

 hardy perennials, and gaining in 

 popularity as it becomes better known. It forms 

 dense bushes, 3 to 4 feet high, bearing freely during 

 the summer months spikes of delicate pink tubular 

 flowers not unlike a gigantic heather 10 



POLYANTHUS (Primula Elatior). 



Showy, early spring, free-flowering plants, fine for either pot 

 or outdoor culture; hardy perennials; 9 inches. 

 3677 Invincible Qiant. Undoubtedly the finest strain in 



cultivation, containing all colors from purest white to 



the richest crimson. 5 pkts., $1.00 25 



3676 Qold=laced. Very showy and attractive flowers with 



narrow edge of gold 15 



3680 English Mixed. A fine grade; all colors. J oz., 



30 cts 10 



PUERARIA THITNBERGIANA. 



(Japanese Kudzu Vine.) 



3835 To this must he awarded first place as the fastest grow- 

 ing hardy climbing plant. It will grow 8 to 10 feet 

 the first year from seed, and after it has become estab- 

 lished there seems to be no limit to its growth, 50 feet 

 in a single season being not unusual. Its foliage is 

 large and covers well; it bears small racemes of rosy- 

 purple, pea-shaped blossoms towards the close of Au- 

 gust. A splendid subject for covering permanently 

 verandas, dead trees, etc. J oz., 25 cts 10 



Read the Article on Growing Flowers from Seeds on pages 48 and 49. 



