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Ranunculus (Crow-foot, Buttercup) 



Repens Fl. PI. A pretty double-flowering bright golden yellow Buttercup. 

 Bears masses of flowers during May and June. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Romneya 



(California Tree or Matilija Poppy) 



Coulteri. This beautiful Poppy, while hardy as far north as Philadelphia, 

 should be planted in a well drained, sunny, sheltered position. It grows from 

 4 to 5 feet high, and frequently has from 6 to 8 expanded flowers on a single shoot 

 at one time. The flowers are white, 5 inches or more in diameter, delicate and 

 transparent, yet enduring in a good state for several days; delightfully fragrant. 

 $1.00 each. 



Rudbeckia (Cone-flower) 



Indispensable plants for the hardy border, grow and thrive anywhere, giving a 

 wealth of bloom, which are well suited for cutting. 



"Golden Glow." A well-known popular plant, a strong robust grower, attain- 

 ing a height of 5 to 6 feet, and produces masses of double golden-yellow Cactus 



Dahlia-like flowers from July to September. 

 Maxima. A rare and attractive variety, growing 5 feet high, with large glaucous 



green leaves and bright yellow flowers 5 to 6 inches across, with a cone 2 inches 



high; flowers continuously from June to September. 

 Newmani. Dark orange-yeUow flowers, with deep purple cone, borne on stiff, 



wiry stems 3 feet high; flowers from July to September. 

 Nitida "Autumn Sun." An attractive single-flowering variety, growing 5 to 



6 feet high, with long, broad petals of bright primrose-yellow; August to October. 

 Purpurea (Giant Purple Conc-jlower). Flowers about 4 inches across, of a peculiar 



reddish-purple with a remarkably large cone-shaped centre of brown; forms 



bushy plants 3 feet high, and blooms from July to October. 

 Subtomentosa. A pyramidal densely branched plant, 2\ feet high, which is 



completely enveloped in a mass of brilliant lemon-yellow flowers with dark purple 



centres in summer. 



Price. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. Set of 6 sorts for $1.25. 



Rudbeckia Purpurea 

 (Giant Purple Cone-Flower) 



Salvia Azurea 



Rosmarinus (Rosemary) 



Officinalis. An old favorite aromatic herb of neat habit of growth; re- 

 quires protection. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Salvia (Meadow Sage) 



Azurea. Grows 3 to 4 feet high, producing August and September pretty 

 sky-blue flowers in the greatest profusion. 



Farinacea. Grows 2 to 3 feet high, producing long spikes of attractive light 

 blue flowers from July to frost. 



Greggl. Makes a shapely, bushy plant about two feet high, and from July to 

 late October bears masses of rich and luminous brUliant carmine flowers; 

 requires protection in winter. 



Greggi Alba. A pretty white flowered form, which makes a good companion 

 to the red flowered type. 



Virgata Nemorosa. A most effective plant for the border growing about 

 2 feet high and producing its dark blue flowers during May and June. 



Price. 30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. Set of the 5 varieties, 

 $1.25. 



Santolina (Lavender cotton) 



Chamaecyparissus Incana. A dwarf evergreen perennial with attractive, 

 silvery-white foliage; useful as a rock or border plant, and largely used for 

 carpet bedding. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12 00 per 100. 



