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PentStemOn (Beard Tongue) 



Most useful showy perennials, either for the border or rockery. With the 

 exception of "Sensation," which requires protection, they are perfectly hardy. 

 Gloxinioides "Sensation." A beautiful strain, bearing spikes of large 



(Jloxinia-like llowers in a great variety of bright colors, including rose, 



cherry, crimson, purple, lilac, etc. The plants grow 2 feet high, and bloom 



from early summer till frost. 

 Barbatus Torreyi. Spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers; height, 3 to 4 feet; 



Juno to August. 



— — Coral Gem. Dense showy spikes of brilliant coral-red flowers, June 

 and July; 2] feet. 



Digitalis. Large spikes of long, purple-white flowers with puri^lc throats 



during June and Julj'; 2 to 3 feet. 

 Heterophyllus. Large azure blue flowers in July and August, 2 feet. 

 Pubescens. Bright rosy-purple; July and August; 1 J feet. 

 Smalli. Rosy-carmine flowers in early summer; 1 foot. 

 Price. 30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. One each of the 7 sorts 



for SI. 50. 



PhySOStegia False Dragon-Head) 



One of the most beautiful of our midsummer flowering perennials, forming 

 dense bushes 4 to 6 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. 



— Grandiflora Vivid. A new variety growing from 18 to 24 inches high 

 witli llowers much larger than the type and of a bright violet mauve. 35 

 cts. each; S3. 50 per doz. 



Price. Except where noted 25 cts. each; S2.50 per doz.; S15.00 per 100. 



Various Phloxes 



Amoena. A useful variety for carpeting the ground, the rockery, 

 or the border; it grows but 4 inches high, and in spring is a sheet 

 of rich bright pink flowers. 25 cts. each; S2.50 per doz.; $15.00 

 per 100. 



Arendsi Louise. A cross between Divaricata Canadensis and 

 one of the Decussata varieties, of vigorous branching habit, 

 about 12 inches high, producing delicate lilac flowers from 

 May to July. 35 cts. each; S3. 50 per doz. 



Divaricata Canadensis. One of our native species, which is 

 worthy of extensive planting, commencing to bloom early in 

 April, and continuing through May, with large, fragrant lavender 

 flowers on stems 10 inches high. (See cut.) 25 cts. each; $2.50 

 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



— Alba Grandiflora. A grand white-flowering form, and 

 should prove equally valuable and as great a favorite as the 

 blue-flowered form. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



Maculata Hybrida Alpha. A cross between our native species 

 Maculata and some of the showier varieties of Decussata, and 

 though its color is not rich, it being a soft amaranth-pink, it is so 

 remarkably free flowering it should find a place in every collec- 

 tion. It grows about 2} feet high, each branch terminated by a 

 large panicle of flowers which are produced continuously from 

 June until freezing weather. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Ovata Caroliniana. {Mountain Phlox). Grows 12 to 15 inches 

 high, and bears masses of reddish-pink flowers in May and June. 

 25 cts. each; S2.50 per doz. 



Subulata. See offer on page 189. 



PhysaliS (Chinese Lantern Plant) 



Francheti. An ornamental variety of the Winter Cherry, 

 forming dense bushes, about 2 feet high, producing freely its 

 bright orange-scarlet lantern-like fruits; highly interesting. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Phlox Divaricata Canadensis 



