234 nr 1 "HEtiRTA DREER -PMIIADELPHIA M" 1^ HARDT PERENNIAL PLANTS 



Phvsostegia. 



PHYSALIS Chinese Lantern Plant . 

 Francheti. An ornamental variety of the 



Winter Cherry, forming dense hushes about 



2 feet high, producing freely its bright 



orange-scarlet lantern-like fruits; highly 



interesting. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



PHVSOSTEGIA. 



(False Dragon-Head.) 



One of the most beautiful of our mid- 

 summer flowering perennials, forming dense 

 bushes 3 to 4 feet high, bearing spikes of 

 delicate tubular flowers not unlike a gigantic heather. 

 Vlrginica. Bright but soft pink. 



— alba. Pure white; very fine. 



— Speciosa. Very delicate pir.k. 



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



HARDY GARDEN PITSKS. 



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

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

 border and for cutting; 1 foot. 

 Diamond. A fine extra early, fringed white. 

 Elsie. Bright rose, maroon centre. 

 Excelsior. Light rose-pink, shaded darker. 

 Her flajesty. Large flowers of purest white. 

 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, 15 cts. each; $1,50 per doz. Set of 8 sorts, 

 $1.00. 

 Mixed Varieties. We have this season a fine lot of seedlings 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. 



PLATYCODON iBalloon Flower, or Japanese Bell-flower). 



The Platycodons are closely allied to the Campanulas, and form neat, 

 branched lushes 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 inserts, and if plan'ed in good soil, and well covered 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 while- flowered form of the above. 



Mariesi. Deep blue bell-shaped flowers, nearly 3 inches across on 1-foot- 

 hiyh plants. 



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



PLUMBAGO Lead-worth 



Larpenta?. Of dwarf, spreading habit, growing 1 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. 15cN. each; $1.50 per doz. ; 

 $10.00 pet 1' 0. 



POEEMONIUM. 



(Jacob's Ladder.) 



Useful border plants, about 12 inches 

 high, succeeding best in a partially 

 "laded position; deep green finely cut 

 foliage and spikes of showy flowers. 

 Reptans. Of graceful growth; showy 



blue flowers in May and June. 

 Richardsonii. Sky blue flowers, with 



golden anthers; June-July. 

 — alba. A white -flowered form of the 



above. 



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

 per 100. 



POLBMONIUM. 



A complete index of the Common or Popular names of flowers is given on page 3. 



