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PHYSOSTEGIA (FaUe Dragon-Head). 



One of the most beautiful of our midsummer flowering perennials, form- 

 ing dense bushes 3 to 5 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; 11.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



HARDV GARDHX PIXKS. 



Old favorites, bearing their sweet, clove-scented flowers in the greatest 

 profusion during May and June. They are indispensable for the edge of 

 the hardy border and for cutting; 1 foot. 

 Delicata. A new self-colored variety, of a most delicate silvery-mauve, a 



shade peculiar to some of the orchids. 25 cts. each. 

 Diamond. A fine extra early, fringed white. 

 Elsie. Bright rose, maroon centre. 

 Excelsior. Light rose pink, shaded darker. 

 Gloriosa. A new sort of a pleasing shade of lilac-mauve, with deeply 



fringed flowers. 25 cts. each. 

 Her Majesty. Large flowers of purest white. 

 Homer. Rosy-red with dark centre. 

 Juliette. White, laced crimson. 

 Snow. A fine pure white. 

 White Reserve. An everblooming pure 



white. 



William Hooper. Fringed white flowers 



with crimson-purple lacing. 



Price : Any of the above, except where 

 noted, 15 cts. each; 3^1 -50 per doz. Set of 11 

 sorts, $1.50. 



Mixed Varieties. We offer a fine lot of seed- 

 lings grown from a very select strain, which 



should produce a good percentage of double 



flowers. Those that come single are very 



pretty, and are preferred by some to the full, 



double sorts. 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; 



$7.00 per 100. 



Platvcodon. 



Hardy Garden Pinks. 



PI.ATYCODON 



(Balloon Flower, or Japanese Bell- 



The Platycodons are closely allied 

 to the Campanulas, and form neat, 

 branched bushes of upright habit. 



Mrs. Ely says of them : " Do best 

 if planted in early spring. They grow 

 from 2 to 3 feet high, and after the 

 third season each plant will have from 

 ten to twelve stalks covered with the 

 lovely blue or white blossoms for 

 nearly a month, beginning about July 10th. They are also free 

 from attacks of insects, and if planted in good soil, and well cov- 

 ered in late autumn with a litter of leaves or stable manure, will be 

 found to be quite hardy." 



Grandiflorum. Deep blue cupped, star-shaped flowers. 

 — Album. A white-flowered form of the above. 



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



PLUMBAGO (Lead-wort). 



Larpentse. Of dwarf, spreading habit, growing 4 to 6 inches 

 high; useful as an edging plant or for the rockery; covered with 

 beautiful deep blue flowers during the summer and fall months. 

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



POLYGONATUM (Solomon's Seal). 



Qiganteum. Exceedingly ornamental, both in foliage and 

 flower; grows 3 feet high and bears pendant, creamy-white 

 flowers in May and June. Should be grown in a shady or half- 

 shady place for best results. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per dor.; 

 $1000 per 100. 



If unable to find what vou want, refer to Index pages 2 and 3. 



