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HARDy PERENNIAL PIANTS 



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Rudbeckia Purpurea (Giant Purple C one-Flow 



Pulmonaria 



Angustifolia Azurea (Blue Cow- 

 slip or Lungwort). The prettiest of 

 the blue Cowslips; grows about a 

 foot high, and one of the first to 

 bloom in early spring, bearing at- 

 tractive funnel-shaped, deep gen- 

 tian-blue flowers; very desirable. 

 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 



Romneya 



(California Tree or Matilija 

 Poppy) 



Coulteri. This beautiful Poppy, 

 while hardy as far north as Phila- 

 delphia, should be planted in a well- 

 drained, sunny, sheltered position. 

 It grows 5 to 6 feet high, and fre- 

 quently has from 12 to 15 expanded 

 flowers on a single shoot at one 

 time. The flowers are white, 5 

 inches across, delicate and trans- 

 parent, yet enduring in a good 

 state for several days; delightfully 

 fragrant. Late summer and fall. Romneya Coulteri 



Strong plants, $1.50 each. 



Rosmarinus (Rosemary) 



Officinalis. An old favorite aromatic herb of neat habit of growth; 

 requires protection. 2 feet. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Rudbeckia (Cone-flower) 



Indispensable plants for the hardy border, grow and thrive anywhere, 

 giving a wealth of bloom, well suited for cutting. 

 Golden Globe. An improved globular form of the popular Golden Glow 



with large double golden yellow flowers, not unlike a Pompon Dahlia. 



5 feet; July to September. 

 Maxima. An attractive variety, growing 5 feet high, with large glaucous 



green leaves and bright yellow flowers 5 to 6 inches across, with a cone 2 



inches high; flowers continuously from June to September. 

 Newmani. Dark orange-yellow flowers, with deep purple cone, borne on 



stiff, wiry stems 3 feet high; flowers from July to September. 

 Nitida Autumn Sun. An attractive single-flowering variety, growing 



5 to 6 feet high, with long broad petals of bright primrose-yellow; August 



to October. 



Purpurea (Giant Purple Cone-flower). Flowers about 4 inches across, of a 

 peculiar reddish-purple with a remarkably large cone-shaped center of 

 brown, forms bushy plants 3 feet high, and blooms from July to October. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. Set of 5 sorts for $1.00. 



San tolina (Lavender Cotton) 



Chamaecyparissus Incana. A dwarf evergreen perennial with attrac- 

 tive, silvery-white foliage; useful as a rock or border plant, and largely used 

 for carpet bedding. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



Saxifraga (Megasea) 

 These will thrive in any kind of soil and in any position; grow about 1 foot 

 high and are admirable for the front of the border or shrubbery, forming 

 masses of handsome, broad, deep green foliage, which alone renders them 

 useful, while the pretty rose-pink flowers appear very early in the spring. 

 Cordifolia. Light pink. Crassifolia. Rosy-pink. 



Purpurescens. Purplish crimson. 

 35 cts. each; $3,50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



Saxifraga for the Rock Garden 



Aizoon Balcana. Clusters of small white flowers speckled with crimson 



surmount the 12 inch tall stalk which rises from a rosette of silvery leaves. 



Aizoon Baldensis. The tiniest of this type, forming miniature interesting 



cushions of small rosettes. 

 Decipiens (Crimson Moss). Dwarf mossy plants with white flowers in May 

 and June. The green foliage turns c rimson in winter, splendid rock plants. 



Macnabiana. Splendid for the 

 wall garden or in crevices in the 

 rockery. Foliage gray green in 

 the form of a rosette with spikes of 

 small white flowers speckled with 

 pink. May and June. 

 Umbrosa (London Pride, Nancy 

 Pretty, or None-so-Pretty). A low- 

 growing, spreading sort, throwing 

 up stems a foot high of white, 

 sometimes suffused with red, 

 flowers during June and July. 

 tTmbrosa Primuloides. A tiny 

 compact form of Umbrosa with 

 pink flowers on 6 inch stems. 

 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $20.00 

 per 100. 



Pvrethrum Hybridum. See page 171 



Blaze the New Everblooming Red Climbing Rose V. S. patent number 10. See page 121 



