Hardy Perennial Plants 



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 Customers placing orders for stock to be reserved and sent later must distinctly specify this at time of 

 ordering. 



NEYk^ VARIETIES OF ANCHUSA ITAEICA. 



(The Improved Italian Alkanet or Buglou.) 



(lur colored plate opposite conveys a good idea of these beautiful and wonderfully improved Anchusas, which have proved to be 

 most valuable additions to the limited list of blue-flowering hardy perennials, and particularly so as ihey flower from ^Iay lo July, 

 i lime when this color is only sparingly represented in the hardy border. The habit of the plants, while strong and vigorous, is 

 not at all coarse. They form much-branched specimens from 3 to 5 feet high, each branch terminated by a large, graceful, pyra- 

 midal spike of blue flowers. 



Dropmore Variety (No. 2 on plate opposite). Rich gentian-blue. 



Opal (No. 1 on plate opposite). A splendid lustrous light blue. 



Perry's Variety, Rich deep blue. 



Price. Any of the above, strong plants, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. ; $18.00 per 100 



GYPSOPHILA PANICITLATA FLORE PEENO. 



(Double-flowering Baby's Breath.) 



This valuable recent introduction, which is illustrated in connection with the Anchusas on the colored plate opposite, is already a 



firm favorite with many of the leading professional floral decorators, who quickly recognized ils value for use with other cut flowers. 



The pretty little double rosette-like flowers are produced during August and September in large branching panicles, three to 



three and a half feet high, and are not only valuable for cutting for immediate use. but can be cut and dried, retaining their beauty 



for months, and in addition to its great value for cutting it is a most desirable plant in any hardy border. 



2.') cts. each; ^2..50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



■" ^'IMJIKf^"^ *" *''"'*^ (Bull of Snow). An 



P^ >J W^'S^*,^ i&^ t^^^A^..^ improvement on The 



Pearl; the flowers are 

 of more perfect form 

 with fuller centres, 

 which makes it appear 

 purer in color (see cut). 

 Tomentosa ( Wo oily 

 Tar row). Handsome 

 cut foliage and bright 

 yellow flowers in a mul- 

 titude of flat heads dur- 

 ing June; height about 

 12 inches. 



Price, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. One each of the 6 

 varieties for 75 cts. 



ACANTHUS (Bear's Breech). 



Mollis Latifolius. A handsome decorative plant of stately effect, with 

 deeply-toothed, heart-shaped leaves, 2 feet long by 1 foot wide; either for 

 planting as single specimens on the lawn or in the border, or for grouping 

 with other plants for sub-tropical effect, producing 3 feet high spikes of 

 curious rose-colored flowers during August and September. The orna- 

 meritaiion 6f the Corinthian columns is said to have been suggested by the 

 l«&f^of this plant. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



ACHIEEEA (Milfoil, or Yarrow). 

 Eupatorium {Fern-leated Yarrow). Neat, tinely-cut foliage and brilliant 



yellow heads of flowers, lasting in full beauty all summer; 4 to 5 feet. 

 Fllipendula (^'oble Yarrow). A vigorous, showy species, with golden-yellow 



flowers in dense flat corymbs in July; height, 2 feet. 

 Millefolium Roseum [Rosy Milfoil). Finely-cut, deep green foliage, 



flowers pink, in dense heads; 18 inches high and flowers all summer. 

 Ptarmica Fl. PI. "The Pearl." Pure white flowers borne in the greatest 



profusion the entire summer on strong, erect stems, 2 feet high; as a summer 



cut flower it is of great value. 

 — Boule de Nelge 



Achillea Ptarmica Fl. Pl. Boule de Neige. 



Achillea Millefolium Roseom. 



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