-HEMRTADREER PHILADELPHIA PA 



HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



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SAL.VIA (Meadow Sage). 



Azurea. A Rocky Mountain species; grows 3 to 4 feet high, producing dur- 

 ing August and September pretty sky-blue flowers in the greatest profusion. 



Pitcheri. Similar to the above, but of more branching habit and larger flowers 

 of a rich gentian blue color and one of the most admired plants by the many 

 visitors to our nurseries during the early autumn; 3 to 4 feet. 



Oreggi. We are at a loss to understand why the beauty of this Salvia, a 

 native of the mountains of western Texas, was not discerned sooner. We 

 grew it forty years ago as a greenhouse plant but with indifferent results, and 

 it is only recently that its merits as a plant for the hardy border were discov- 

 ered. Out of doors it makes a good showing from June until cut by severe 

 frost, and the brilliant carmine color of its flowers is particularly bright from 

 August on. The plant is of bushy habit, growing about two feet high, and is 

 said to have withstood a temperature of 10 degrees below zero. 



Virgata Nemorosa. An interesting plant for the hardy border, forming a 

 rosette of large foliage, from which the flower spikes arise, bearing many- 

 flowered whorls of dark blue blossoms; the unexpanded buds are light violet- 

 blue, forming a harmonious 

 and pleasing color combina- 

 tion. It continues in flower 

 for about six weeks during 

 the early' summer months; 

 18 inches. 



Price. Any of the above, 25 

 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



]New Salvia 



Uliginosa. 



In general habit similar to 

 Salvia Azurea and Pitcheri 

 but of stronger growth, each 

 plant forming a bushy speci- 

 men from 5 to 6 feet high, 

 and wonderfully free flower- 

 ing, blooming continuously 

 from June until stopped by 

 severe frost in October. The 

 flowers are a pretty Corn- 

 flower-blue color with a 

 white throat, and are pro- 

 duced in branched spikes, 

 frequently 6 inches long. A 

 splendid acquisition. (See 

 cut.) 25 cts. each; $2.50 

 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 

 Set of one each of the above 5 

 Salvias for $1.00. 



Saxifraga Pvrahidali 



SAXIFRAGA (Megasea). 



These will thrive in any kind of soil and in 

 any position; grow about one foot high, and are 

 admirable for the front of the border or shrub- 

 bery, forming masses of handsome, broad, deep 

 green foliage, which alone renders them useful, 

 while the pretty flowers, which appear very early in the spring, some 

 almost as soon as the frost is out of the ground, make them doubly 

 effective. (See cut.) 



Cordifolia. Light pink. 

 Orbiculare. Deep rose. 

 Speciosa. Deep rosy-crimson. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $1 



Squarrosa. Rosy-pink. 

 Van Houttei. Light pink. 



LOO per 100. Set of 5 sorts, $1.00. 



Group of Saxifragas (Megaseas) 



ALPINE SAXIFRAGAS. 



The following varieties require a semi-shady position in well drained 



ground or on the rockery : 



Peltata. Suitable for growing in moist situations, with large shield- 

 shaped leaves and clusters of light pink flowers on stiff, erect stems 

 3 feet high. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Pyramidalis. Forms rosettes of narrow, silvery foliage; showy 

 spikes 2 feet high of white flowers in May and June. 35 cts. 

 each. 



Sarmentosa {Aaron's Beard). A trailing variety with deep 

 green foliage; prettily variegated with silvery-white; used in hang- 

 ing-baskets, on the rockery, etc. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



Umbrosa (London Pride, Nancy Pretty, or None-so-Pretty). 

 A low-growing, spreading sort, throwing up stems a foot high of 

 white, sometimes suffused with red, flowers. 25 cts. each; $2.50 

 per doz. 



We offer some splendid new German Iris. See list on page 223. 



