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RUDBECKIA. 



(Cone-flower,) 



•♦Golden Glow." For descrip- 

 liun see page 160. Also see col- 

 oied plate of "Gold Medal" 

 Collection of Old-fashioned 

 Hardy Flowers. 



Maxima. A rare and attractive 

 variety, growing 6 feet high, with 

 broad, oval glaucous, green foli- 

 age and immense flowers, fre- 

 quently 6 inches across, of bright 

 yellow, with a cone 2 inches long. 

 It flowers continuously from June 

 to September. 25 cts. each ; 

 $2.-50 per doz. 



Newmanii. Dark orange-yellow 

 flowers, with deep purple cone, 

 borne on stiff, wiry stems, 3 feet 

 high, admirably fitting it for cut- 

 ting. Flowers from July to Octo- 

 ber. 



Purpurea {Giant Purple Cone- 

 /linsjei-). For descviption see page 

 Medal" Collection of Old-fashioned Hardy Flowers. 



3ub-TomentOSa. A pyramidal, densely-branched plant 2J feet high, 

 which is completely enveloped in a mass of brilliant lemon-yellow flowers 

 with dark purple centres. 



Triloba. Forms a much-branched plant, 3 to 4 feet high, which is covered 

 during August and September with small, but attractive, yelluw flowers, 

 with brown disc. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz., except where noted. One each of the 6 

 varieties for 75 cts. 



RHEXIA (Meadow Beauty). 



VIrginlca. A handsome dwarf plant, 6 to 9 inches, flowering during the 

 greater part of the summer, with numerous bright rosy-purple blossoms 

 and long, protruding golden anthers ; a grand subject for massing in a 

 moist spot. 15 cts. each ; $1 50 per doz. 



SAL,"VI A (Meadow Sage). 

 Azurea grandiflora. A Rocky Mountain species, growing 2 to 3 feet 



high, producing during August and September pretty sky-blue flowers in 



the greatest profusion. 15 cts each; $1.50 per doz. 

 Argentea. Grown entirely on account of its large, white, woolly foliage ; 



the small, white flowers which it produces being insignificant. 25 cts. each. 

 Pratensis. Showy spikes, 2 to 3 feet high, of deep blue flowers from June 



to August. 25 cts. each. 



SANXOLrlNA (I-avender Cotton), 



Chamascyparissus. A dwarf evergreen perennial, with delicate silvery- 

 white foliage ; useful as a rock or border plant, and is also extensively used 

 in carpet bedding. 



Incana. A variety of the above, with denser, shorter foliage. 

 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; $600 per 100. 



PUEMONARIA (Lungwort-Betlilehem Sage). 

 5accharata Maculata. A beautiful foliage plant of easy culture, with deep 

 green foliage, which is handsomely mottled with silver-gray, and terminal 1 foot 

 high spikes of pink, changing to blue ; flowers during June and July. 35 cts. each. 



PYRETHRUM. 



Hybridum FI. PI. Too much cannot be said in favor of this grand hardy peren- 

 nial. No class of plants gives a wider range of colors, while the form and sub- 

 stance of the flowers is all that could be wished ; their main season of blooming 

 is in June, but if the old flower stems are removed they will give a fair sprinkling 

 of flowers in the autumn. The bloom is similar to that of an aster, and langes 

 in color irom pure white and the various shades of pink and red to deep purple. 



Aphrodite. A fine, double, pure white. 



King Oscar. Double purplish-carmine. 



Marquis of Salisbury. Deep, double pink. 



Niveum Plena. Double, creamy white. 



30 CIS. each ; $300 per doz. 



5INGLE VARIETIES. In choicest mixture. 15 cts. each 



Uliginosum 



RuDBECKiA Triloba. 

 Also see colored plate of " Gold 



$1.50 per doz. 



( Giant Daisy). 

 Grows 4 to 5 feet high, and is 

 covered with large while Daisy- 

 like flowers, 3 inches in diameter, 

 from July to September. 15 

 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



RANUNCULUS. 



(Crow Foot.) 



Acris FI. PI. {Bachelor's But- 

 lotis). A pretty double-flower- 

 ing form of the bright, golden- 

 yellow Buttercup. Grows 2j feet 

 high, and bears masses of flow- 

 ers during May and June. 



Aconitifolius FI. PI. [Fair 

 Maids of France). Forms a 

 branching bush 2 feet high, flow- 

 ers pure white and exceedingly 

 double; blooms in May and 

 June. 



10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz. 











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