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HARDY PERENMIAL PWHTi 



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Centaurea Montana. 



CEXTAUREA. 



(Hardheads, or Knapweed.) 



Of easy culture, delighting in an open, 



sunny position, producing a wealth of bloom, 



which not only makes a fine display in the 



border, but is excellent for cutting. 



Hirta nigra variegata ( Variegated 

 Button Weed). Variegated green and 

 gold foliage, and during July and August 

 purple flowers; 2 feet. 



Dealbata. Distinct bright lose-colored 

 flowers; July to September; 18 inches. 



riacrocephala. Very large thistle-like 

 golden-yellow flowers; useful fir cutting 

 and showy in the border; July and Au- 

 gust; 3 1 feet. 



Montana {Perennial Corn Flower.) 

 Grows 2 feet high, bearing large violet- 

 blue flowers from July to September. 



— alba. Large white variety of the above. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



Set of 5 sorts, 65 cts. 



CEPHAI.ARIA 



Alpina. A rare tall-growing plant, which, when fully established, at- 

 tains a height of 6 feet, bearing in June and July delicate sulphur-yellow 

 flowers, not unlike the flowers of Scabiosa. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



CERASTIUM (Snow in Summer). 

 Tomentosum. A desirable low-growing plant with silvery foliage and 

 white flowers in June, suitable for the rockery, or for carpeting dry, 

 sunny spots, or for covering graves; can also be used with good effect in 

 carpet bedding. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.10 per 100. 



CHAm^I^IRIUM. 



Luteum. A useful plant for moist, shady positions, producing in June 

 dense, cylindrical heads of small creamy-yellow blossoms. Zb cts. each; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



CHBLONB (Shell Flower). 



Stately and handsome perennials, growing about 2 feet high, and bearii^> 

 numerous spikes of larg^ flower-heads during the summer and fall. 

 Glabra Alba. Terminal spikes of creamy-white flowers. 

 Lyonii. Heads of showy deep red flowers. ■ (See cut.) 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



CIMICIFUGA (Snake Root). 



Simplex. Most valuable by reason of its extreme late flowering, beginning 

 in September and attaining full perfection about the middle of October, a 

 time when flowers are scarce. Its flowering stems are from 2^ to 3 feet 

 high, terminated with a dense spike of white flowers, which, when cut, 

 last in perfection a long time. (See cut.) 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Acerinum, or Japonicum. A pretty Japanese variety, with white 

 flowers; August and September; excellent for cutting; 2J feet. 



Dahurica. Large cylin- 

 drical spikes of creamy- 

 white flowers in Septem- 

 ber; 3A feet. 



Racemosa. A handsome 

 native species, bearing irj 

 July and August spikes of 

 pure white flowers; well 

 suited for planting at the 

 back of the border or for 

 naturalizing at the edge of 

 the woods; 4 to 6 feet. 



Price, except where noted, 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per 

 doz. Set of 4 sorts for 

 $1.00. 



Chelone Lyonii. 



We can supply seeds of most of the Hardy Perennials. See Flower Seed Department, beginning page 48. 



