fHflHWADRKR-PniLADaPHIAPA-^ HARDY PERENHIAL PliANTJ- \M ^^ 



IIBL,£XIUM (Sneeze Wort). 



All of these are desirable border plants, succeeding in any soil 

 in a sunny location, with broad-spreading heads of flowers, useful 

 for cutting, each species covering a long blooming season. 

 Autumnale Superbum. Golden-yellow flowers during the 



late summer and fall months; 5 to 6 feet. 

 — Rubrum. New bright terra-cotta red variety; Aug. and 



Sept. ; 4 feet. 2-5 cts. each. 

 Hoopesi. Pure orange -yellow flowers, 2^ inches 



across, and the earliest to flower, coming in early in 



June and continuing throughout July; 2 feet. 

 Purailum Magnificum. A most useful perennial, 



about 18 inches high, and smothered with its golden 



yellow blossoms all summer. 

 Riverton Beauty. Rich lemon-yellow, with large 



purplish-black cone; Aug. and Sept. ; 4 feet. 25 cts. 



each. 

 Riverton Gem. Old-gold changing to Wallflower- 

 red. 25 cts. each. 



Price, except where noted, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per 

 doz.; $10.00 per 100. Set of 6 sorts, $1.00. 



(Rock, or Sun Rose.) 



Exceedingly pretty, low-growing evergreen plants, 

 forming broad clumps, and which during their flower- 

 ing season, July to Sept., are quite hidden by a mass of bloom; well 

 adapted for the front of the border, the rockery, or a dry, sunny 

 bank. Choice mixed varieties, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



]lKI<I<KBORXJS (Christmas Rose). 



Most valuable hardy plants on account of yielding with utmost freedom in very early 

 spring, a season when flowers are scarce, their beautiful, large — two or three inches 

 across — blossoms. They succeed in any ordinary garden soil in a sheltered semi-shady 

 situation; 12 to 15 inches. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



Hhlianthus 



MULTIFLORUS Fl. Pl. 



Hblbnium Riverton Beauty. 



HELrlANTHUS (Hardy Sunflowers). 



The perennial Sunflowers are among the most effective hardy 

 plants for large borders for planting among shrubbery, or as clumps 

 on the lawn. They are remarkably free-flowering, will succeed in 

 any soil, and are invaluable for decorative purposes, or as cut flow- 

 ers during the summer and autumn. 

 Daniel De^var. The earliest to flower, bearing large, single yellow 



flowers from early July till late August; 6 feet. 

 Qiganteus. A native variety with medium-sized bright canary- 

 yellow flowers in September and October; 6 feet. 

 Maximiliana. The latest of all, perfecting its fine golden-yellow 

 flowers in long, graceful sprays during October, when ail others 

 have finished flowering; invaluable for cutting; 5 to 7 feet. 

 Mollis. Large, single lemon-yellow flowers, with downy white 



foliage; blooms in August and September; 4 feet. 



Multiflorus Fl. PI. {Bouble Hardy Sunflower). Large, double 



Dahlia-like golden-yellow flowers in great profusion during July 



and August; 4 feet. (See cut.) 



Multiflorus Maximus. A gigantic single variety, growing from 



5 to 6 feet high, producing immense single golden-yellow flowers 



from 6 to 8 inches across from July to August; one of the finest. 



Orgyalis. A tall variety, 6 feet high, with medium-sized single 



golden-yellow flowers during September. 

 Rigidus Japonicus. One of the most desir.ible varieties, begin- 

 ning to bloom early in July and continuing until fall; flowers 

 golden-yellow, with dark centres; 5 feet. 

 Wolley Dod. The best of the September-flowering varieties, with 

 deep yellow flowers; entirely distinct; 6 feet. 



Price. Any of the above, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 

 per 100. One each of the 9 sorts for $1.00. 



We are the largest growers of Hardy Perennials in this country. 



