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Platycodon Grandiflorum 



PHYSALIS 



(Chinese Lantern Plant) 



PER PKT. 



3646 Francheti. An ornamental plant, forming dense 

 bushes about 2 feet high, producing freely its bright 

 orange-scarlet lantern-like fruits, which can be cut and 

 dried for winter bouquets; highly interesting $0 10 



POLYANTHUS (Primula Elatior) 



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

 outdoor culture; hardy perennials; 9 inches. 



PER PKT. 



3677 Invincible Giant. A magnificent strain of this 

 perfectly hardy and easily grown spring-flowering Prim- 

 rose, representing the work of years of painstaking cross- 

 breeding and selection by a Scotch specialist. Of 

 strong, sturdy habit, and bearing immense trusses of 

 large flowers on self-supporting stems 10 to 16 inches in 

 length. Unquestionably the finest strain in cultivation, 

 containing all colors from purest white to the richest 

 crimson. 5 pkts., $1.00. . .-. $0 25 



3680 English Mixed. A fine grade; all colors 15 



POTENT ILL A (Cinquifoii) 



Charming hardy perennial plants for the border, with brilliant 

 single or double flowers, mostly in orange, red and crimson tones, 

 that are produced in profusion from June to August; succeeds in 

 any soil; 18 inches. 



3775 Double Hybrids. All colors ..;■.■. $0 25 



3776 Single Hybrids. Many colors 15 



PUERARIA 



(Japanese Kudzu Vine ) 

 3835 Thunbergiana. To this must be awarded first place 

 as the faste-st growing hardy climbing plant. It will 

 grow 8 to 10 feet the first year from seed, and after it has 

 become established 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 August. A splendid subject for covering permanently 

 verandas.^jiead trees, etc. J oz., 20 cts 10 



PHYSOSTEGIA (False Dragon Head) 



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 $0 10 



3652 —Alba. A pretty white-flowered form of the above 10 



PLATYCODON 



(Balloon Flower, or Japanese Bellflower) 



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

 whole season. They form large clumps and are excellent for planting in perma- 

 nent borders or among shrubbery; easily raised from seed, which begins bloom- 

 ing in August if sown outdoors in April. (See cut.) 



PER PKT. 



3663 Grandiflorum. Large steel blue flowers, i oz., 40 cts $0 10 



3664 — Album. Pure white variety, i oz., 40 cts 10 



3662 Mariesi. Large, open, bell-shaped flowers of a rich violet-blue; 



plant dwarf and compact. J oz., 60 cts 10 



3661 Ja,ponic\lS F\. PI. {Double Japanese Bellflower). Large, glossy 

 deep blue flowers. The inner petals alternate with the outer ones, 

 giving the flower the appearance of a ten-pointed blue star. 2 pkts., 

 25 cts . 



POLEMONIUM (Jacob's Ladder) 



3671 Coeruleum. Popular hardy perennial border plant, with bell- 

 sjiapecl bhiJsh-piarpte fliCKweis nearly 1 inch across; 2 feet; May to 

 July 



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Physostegia 



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