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Lychnis Chalcedonica. 



LYCHNIS (Campion). 



All the Lychnis are of the easiest culture, and this, in addition 

 to their brightness 



MERTEIVSIA Blue Bell*. 



Virginica. An early spring-flowering plant, growing about l to lJ 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 June. 



(ENOTHERA Evening Primrc, . 



Fraserl. Beautiful rich yellow; lJ feet. 

 Missouriensis. Large golden-yellow; l foot. 

 Pilgrimi. Large clusters of bright yellow. 

 Speciosa. A rare, pure white variety. 

 Youngi. Bright yellow; l foot. 



P^EOXIES. (See pages 31 and 32^ 



PACHYSANDRA. 



Terminalis. A trailing plant, 6 to 8 inches high, forming oroao. mats of bright, 

 glossy green foliage and small spikes of flowers during May and June; mainly val- 

 uable on account of its foliage. 



— Variegata. A variegated-leaved form of the above. 



PARDANTHIS ' Blackberry Lily . 



Sinensis. Lily-like flowers of blight orange during July and August, on 2.} feet 

 high stems, followed in September with seeds which resemble blackberries. 10 

 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; 87.00 per 100. 



PENTSTEMON (Beard Tongue . 



Most useful perennials, either for the border or rockery. 

 BarbattlS Torreyii. Spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers; height 3 to 4 feet. 

 DiffllSUS. Violet-blue flowers; June and July; 2 feet. 

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



June and July; 2 to 3 feet. 

 Grandiflorum. Large bright purplish-blue flowers in spring; 2S feet. 

 HeterophyllllS. Lovely azure-blue flowers in summer; 2 feet 

 Ovatus. Bright blue shaded purple flowers; July to September- 2 feet. 

 Pubescens. Bright rosy-purple, July and August; 14 feet. 

 Small!. Rcsy-carmine flowers in early summer; 1 foot. 



PHYSOSTEGIA (False Dragon Head). 



has brought them into high favor. 



Chalcedonies. A most desirable plant, heads of brilliant 

 orange-scarlet, grows 2 to 3 feet high and blooms all summer. 



Chalcedonica Fl. PI. A double-flowering form, producing 

 immense heads of vermilion-scarlet flowers, 2 to 3 feet high, 

 flowering from July to September. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



— Alba. White flowered form. 



— Camea. A pale pink variety. 



Vespertina, Double White. Large, double white flowers produced 

 in the greatest profusion the entire summer; 18 inches high. 25 cts. 

 each; $2.50 per doz. 



Viscaria, Double Red. Forms a dense tuft of evergreen foliage, and 

 in June sends up spikes of handsome, double, deep-red, fragrant flowers. 



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. 



MENTHA (Mint). 



Piperita (Common Pepper mint). 



Rotundifolia Variegata. Foliage dark green, with creamy white varie- 

 gation. 

 Spicata or Virides {Spearmint). 



10 cts. each; 81.00 per doz.; $0.00 per 100. 



MONARDA Bergamot, 



Showy plants growing from 2 to 3 feet high, with aromatic foliage, and 

 producing their flowers during July and August. 

 Didyma (Oxteeqo Tea). Flowers bright scarlet, produced in spikes. 



— Cambridge Scarlet. Brilliant crimson-scarlet. 



— Rosea (Bee Balm). A pretty rose-colored form. 

 — Splendens. Intense rich crimson-scarlet. 



Flstulosa Alba ( Wild Bergamot). A showy white-flowered variety. 



One of the most beautiful of our mid-summer flowering peren- 

 nials, forming dense bushes 3 to 4 feet high, 1 earing spikes of 

 delicate tubular flowers. (See cut.) 

 Virginica. Bright but soft pink. 



— Alba. Ture white; very fine. 



— Speciosa. Very delicate pi k. 



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ALL HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS except where noted) 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



