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Phlox Divaricata 



PENTSTEMON (Beard Tongue). 



Most useful showy perennials, either fir the 

 border or rockery. With the exception of Sen- 

 sation, which requires protection, they are per- 

 fectly hardy. 

 Gloxinioides "Sensation." A beautiful 



strain, bearing spikes of large Gloxinia-like 



flowers in a great variety of bright colors, 



including rose, cherry, crimson, purple, lilac, 



etc. The plants grow 2 feet high and bloom Pentstemon Sensation 



from early summer till frost. For bedding they rival the Phloxes, Petunias, etc. 



Must be given protection in winter. (See cut.) 

 Barbatus Torreyi. Spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers; height 3 to 4 feet; 



June to August. 

 Digitalis. Large spikes of long, purple-white flowers, with purple throats, 



during June and July; 2 to 3 feet. 

 Qlaber Hybrids. A trailing species, growing about a foot high and bearing 



in early summer showy flowers, varying from light to dark blue. 

 Pubescens. Bright rosy-purple; July and August; 1£ feet. 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. ; $10.00 per 100. 

 One each of the 5 sorts for 65 cts. 



PHYSOSTEGIA (False Dragon-Head). 



One of the most beautiful of our midsummer flowering perennials, forming 

 dense bushes 4 to 6 feet high, bearing spikes of delicate tubular flowers not 

 unlike a gigantic heather. (See cut.) 

 Virginica. Bright but soft pink. 



— alba. Pure white; very fine. 



— Speciosa. ' Very delicate pink. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



VARIOUS PHLOXES. 



The following species and varieties are quite unlike the large-flowerirg 

 Phloxes offered on pages 230 and 231, but are very pretty and useful plants 

 in the hardy garden. 



Amoena. This is one of the best varieties for carpeting the ground, the 

 rockery or the border; it grows but 4 inches high, and in spring is a 

 sheet of rich, bright pink flowers. 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; $6.00 

 per 100. 

 Carolina Ovata (Mountain Phlox). Grows 12 inches high and bears 

 masses of reddish-pink flowers in May and June. 15 cts. each; $1.50 

 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 

 Divaricata Canadensis. One of our native species, which is worthy 

 of extensive planting, commencing to bloom early in April, and continu- 

 ing through May, with large, fragrant lavender flowers on stems 10 

 inches high. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 

 — Laphami Perry's Variety. In this we have a great improvement, 

 the plant being more robust, the flowers considerably larger and of a 

 more intense shade of lavender-blue. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



— Alba Qrandiflora. A 

 grand white flowering- 

 form, and should prove 

 equally valuable and as 

 great a favorite as the blue- 

 flowered form. 25 cts. 

 each; $2-50 per doz. 

 - Violet Queen. Deep 

 violet-colored flowers; 

 very free. 25 cts. each; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



PHYSALIS. 



(Chinese Lantern Plant.) 

 Prancheti. An ornmental variety of the 

 Winter Cherry, forming dense bushes about 

 2feet high, producing freely its bright orange- 

 scarlet lantern-like fruits; highly interest- 

 ^■J*^_ ing. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



Physostegia 



For Large-flowering Hardy Phloxes see pages 230 and 231 



