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HARDY PERENNIAL PIANTS 



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DELPHINIUMS, OR 



HARDY LARKSPURS 



Mrs. Ely, author of "A Woman's Hardy Garden," says: 



"Perennial Larkspur may be planted as soon as the spring has 

 opened. The ground should be well drained and carefully pre- 

 pared, but manure must not be allowed to come in contact with the 

 roots, or grubs are apt to destroy the plants. A little finely ground 

 bone meal dug around each plant early in May will be of benefit, 

 and in late autumn coal-ashes should be sifted over the crowns of 

 the plants to protect them from the white grub, which is their only 

 enemy. The stalks being very tender, the plants should be staked 

 when they are about three feet high, to protect them from heavy 

 wind. Larkspur begins to bloom about June 20th, and by cutting 

 off the plants close to the ground, as soon as each crop of flowers has 

 faded, a second and third crop of flowers will succeed. Each time 

 the plants are cut a little bone meal should be dug about them." 

 Belladonna. The freest and most continuous blooming of all, 

 never being out of flower from the end of June until cut down 

 by hard frost. The clear turquoise blue of its flowers is not 

 equalled for delicacy and beauty by any other flower. 

 Bellamosum. This is a dark blue form of the popular light blue 

 Belladonna, with which it is identical in habit of growth, freedom 

 of bloom and other good qualities, but with intensely rich, deep 

 blue flowers. 

 Chinense. A very pretty dwarf species, with fine feathery 



foliage and intense gentian-blue flowers in open panicles. 

 — Album. A pure white form of the above. 

 Dreer's Gold Medal Hybrids. Unquestionably the finest 

 strain of mixed hybrids offered. The original stock came from 

 England, and consisted of the best-named varieties. The plants 

 are of strong, vigorous habit, with large flowers on spikes 

 two feet and over long, the majority running in the lighter 



shades of blue. 

 We can supply 

 them in mix- 

 ture only. 



Price. Any of 



the above, 25 

 cts. each; $2.50 

 perdoz.; $15.00 

 per 100. Set of 

 5 sorts, $1.00. 



Dreer's Gold Medal Hybrid Delphinium 



Digitalis or Foxglove 



DIANTHUS (Pinks) 



Deltoides {Maiden Pink). A charming creeping variety, with medium-sized pink 

 flowers in June and July; especially suited for the rock garden. 



— Alba. A pretty white-flowered form. 



Latifolius atrococcineus Fl. PI. {Ever-blooming Hybrid Sweet William). A beauti- 

 ful summer bedding variety, producing masses of brilliant fiery crimson double flowers 

 throughout the entire season. 



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



See also Hardy Pinks, page iqi, and Sweet William, page iqS- 



DIELYTRA, OR DICENTRA 



Spectabilis {Bleeding Heart, or Seal Flower). An old-fashioned favorite; its long race- 

 mes of graceful heart-shaped pink flowers are always attractive; it is used largely for 

 forcing, and is perfectly at home in any part of the hardy border, and especially valu- 

 able for planting in the shade. Strong clumps, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Formosa {Plumy Bleeding Heart) A dwarfer -growing species, with finely-cut orna- 

 mental foliage, growing about 15 inches high and producing its showy pink flowers 

 from April till August. 30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



DIGITALIS (Foxglove) 



The Foxgloves, old-fashioned, dignified and stately, are wholesome company in any 

 garden. The strong flower stalks — frequently 4 to 6 feet high— rising from rich and 

 luxuriant masses of leaves, always give an appearance of strength to the hardy border, 

 and during their period of flowering dominate the whole garden. 

 Gloxiniaeflora {Gloxinia-flowered). A beautiful strain of finely-spotted varieties. 



We offer them in White, Purple, Rose or Mixed. 

 Ambigua or Grandiflora. Showy flowers of pale yellow, veined brown. 

 Lanata. A distinct species, producing dense spikes, 2 to 3 feet high, of odd-looking 



flowers, the corolla being gray, the lip creamy-white. 



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



