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HARDy PERENNIAL PIANTS 



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LUPINUS (Lupine) 



Efiective plants, producing large spikes of flowers; blooming in May and June. 

 They require only weU-prepared garden soil and to be kept watered in dry weather. 

 3 feet. 

 Polyphyllus. Clear blue. 



— Albus. A white variety of above. 



— Rosea. A combination of light and dark shades of pink. 



35 cts. each; S3. 50 per doz. 



LYCHNIS (Campion, Lamp Flower, etc.) 



All of the Lychnis are of the easiest culture, thriving in any soil, and this, in 

 addition to their brightness, has brought them into high favor with lovers of hardy 

 plants. 

 Chalcedonica (Jerusalem Cross). A most desirable plant, heads of brilliant 



orange-scarlet in June and July; grows 2 to 3 feet high. 



— Alba. A white flowered form of above. 



Viscaria Splendens. Forms a dense tuft of evergreen foliage, and in June 



sends up spikes of handsome, double, deep red, fragrant flowers; 1 foot. 

 Price. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; S18.00 per 100. Set of 3 varieties for 65 cts. 



LYSIMACHIA 



Ciliata {Fringed Loosestrife). 

 Yellow flowers in July. 2 feet. 



Clethioides (Loose-strife). Afine 

 hardy variety about 2 feet high, 

 \s-ith long, dense, recur\'ed 

 spikes of pure white flowers 

 from July to September. 



Fortune!. A neat variety, 

 growing about 18 inches high, 

 with dense, upright spikes of 

 white flowers in August. 



Nummularia (Creeping Jenny, 

 or Money-wort). Valuable for 

 planting under trees or shrubs 

 where grass will not grow, 

 where it quickly forms a dense 

 carpet. 20 cts. each; S2.00 

 per doz.; §12.00 per 100. 



25 

 doz.; 



Price, except where noted 

 cts. each; $2.50 — ' 

 SIS.OO per 100. 







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LYTHRUM 



Roseum Superbum (Rose Loosestrife). A 

 strong-growing plant, 3 to 4 feet high, 

 thriving in almost any position, producing 

 large spikes of rose-colored flowers from 

 July to September. 



Virgatum. Grows 2 to 3 feet high, with 

 erect stems and bright rosy-purple flowers 

 in summer. 



30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



MONTBRETIAS 



MERTENSIA iBlue Sells) 



Virginica. An earlj' spring-flowering plant, growing about 1 to IJ feet high, with 

 drooping panicles of handsome light blue flowers, fading to clear pink; one of the 

 most interesting of our native spring flowers; May and Jime. 25 cts. each; S2.50 

 per doz. 



MONARDA (Bergamot) 



Sho\^"y plants growing from 2 to 3 feet high, succeeding in any soil or position, 

 with aromatic foliage, and producing their bright flowers during July and August. 



Didyma Cambridge Scarlet (Oswego Tea). Brilliant crimson-scarlet. 

 Rosea [Bee Balm). A pretty rose-colored form. 

 Violacea. Bright amaranth red. 



Fistulosa Alba {Wild Bergamot). A white-flowered variety. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.0(5 per 100. Set of 4 sorts 85 cts. 



MONTBRETIAS 



One of the brightest of our summer-flowering bulbs, and should be set out during 

 April or May. They should be protected during the winter with a hea\^ covering 

 of leaves or litter. 



Fire King. Rich glo'n'ing crimson scarlet. 



George Davison. A strong growing variety, with large orange-yellow flowers. 

 Germania. Orange scarlet with red throat. 



Golden West. Beautiful large well-expanded flowers of pure golden-yellow. 

 Hereward. Pure yellow, reverse of petals orange; large flowers. 

 Lady Hamilton. Free-flowering, yeUow -nith rosy-apricot centre. 

 Price. Strong dormant bulbs, 15 cts. each; SI. SO per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 

 Set of 6 varieties, 75 cts. 



