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STOKESIA CYANEA. 



(The Cornflower, or Stokes' Aster.) 



The colore'! illuslration on the front cover of our 1903 catalogue gave 

 a fair idea of this most charming and beautiful naiive hardy plant, which 

 for the past few seasons has been the most admired flower on our 

 grounds. The plant grows from 18 to 24 inches high, bearing freely 

 from early in July until late in October its handsome lavender-ljhie ceu- 

 tauiea-hke blossoms, which measure from 4 to 5 inches across. It is of 

 the easiest culture, succeeding in any open, sunny position, and not only 

 i> it desirable as a single plant in the hardy border, but it can also be 

 used with fine effect in masses or beds of any size. (See cut on page 182.) 

 15 cts. each ; $l„'jO per doz.; $10.00 per 100. ^ 



S'WEET ^WIt,L,IAM (DiantJ.us Barbatus). 



Beautiful old-fashioned favorite border plant. Tiie stock we offer has 

 been grown from a select strain ; various colors. 10 cts. each; $1.0® 

 per doz.; ffi.OO per 100. 



SYMPHYANORA. 



Campanula-like plants, growing from 18 to 24 inches high ; flower- 

 ing during luly and August. 



Hoffmanni. Drooping, bell-shaped, while flowers. 

 Pendula. Creamy-white flowers, pendulous in terminal spikes. 



15 cts. each ; $1.50 |)ei' doz. 



SYMPHYTUM (Cmfrey). 



Asperrimum aurea variegatum. A preity golden variegated-foli- 

 aged bonier plant ; in spring ihe leaves form rosettes close to the 

 ground, later in the season the stems and leaves rise and form a taller 

 plant with numerous drooping blue bell-shaped flowers. 25 cts. 

 each ; $2.50 per doz. 



TEUCRIUM. 

 Canadense [American Germander'). 

 \ uselul plant for the rockery; dark 

 j;reen aromatic foliage and spikes of 

 light purple flowers in midsummer. 

 15 cts. each. 



THERMOPSIS. 



Caroliniana. .\ showy tall -growing 

 plant, attaining a height of from 6 to 

 8 feet, producing long spikes of yel- 

 low flowers in June and July. 15 

 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



TIAREI.I.A. 



(Foam Flower.) 



Lordifolia. A pretty low-growing 

 native [ilant, about 8 inches high, 

 pioducing showy spikes of ])ure 

 w hite Spirsea-like flowers in May and 

 J\iii(* 1". r-ts each ; 'fil 50 per di>z 



Very graceful, pretty-flowered plants, with 

 folia'je. blooming during May and June. 

 Adiantifolium. Finely cut Maidenhair fern-hke f 



age and yellow flowers ; 15 to 18 inches. 

 Aquilegifolium atropurpureum. Elegant 



graceful foliage, and masses of rosy-purple 



flowers ; 3 feet. 



— Roseum. A light-colored form. 

 Dioicum. A native species which grows from 



T} to 2 feet high, with greenish-yellow flov\ 



ers in June. 



15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



THYMUS (Tliyme). 



Lanuginosus( PVoolly-ZeaveJ Thyme) 



l\ trailing variety, with greyish foli- 

 age. 

 MontanUS AlbUS {White Mountain 



Thyme'). A pretty subject for the 



rockery, forming dense mats of dark 



green foliage and clouds of while 



flowers. 



— Coccinea {Scarlet Thyjne). Dark 

 green foliage and clouds of bright red 

 fliiwers. 



Serpyllum Aureum {Golden Thyme). A pretty golden variegated variety, 

 wliich IS evergreen and showy at all seasons. 



15 cts. each ; $1 50 per doz. Set of 4, .''^ cts. 

 TRAOESCANTIA (Splder-wort). 

 Virginica, Produces a succession of purple flowers all summer. 



— Alba. A white-flowered form. | Coerulea. Blight blue flowers. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 

 TRICYRTIS (Japanese Toad Lily). 

 Hirta. An interesting Japanese plant, growing 18 inches high, and producing, 

 in the greatest prolusion in fall clusters of most peculiar lily-like flowers, which 

 are creamv-white, spotted purplish brown. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



— Variegata. A variety of the above, with pretty green and v^ hite variegated 

 foliage. 25 cts. ench ; $2 50 per doz. 



TRIEEIUM (Wood Lily, or Wake Kobln). 

 Excellent plants for shady positions in the hardy border, or in a sub-aquatic posi- 

 tion, flowering in early spring. 

 Erectutn. This is the purple wood-lily, and the earliest to flower. 

 Orandiflorum. The large white; probably the handsomest. 

 15 cts. each ; $1 50 per doz. 



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