SST HARDY DERENNIAL PLANTS 195 
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PEN TSTEMON (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 
Gloxinia: like flowers in a great variety of bright colors, including rose, cherry, 
crimson, purple, lilac, etc. The plants grow 2 feet high and bloom from 
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early summer till frost. ; 
Barbatus Torreyi. Spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers; height, 3 to 4 feet; 
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June to August. 
Digitalis. Large spikes of long, purple-white flowers with purple {throats, 
during June and July; 2 to 3 feet. 
Ovatus. Bright blue with bronzy-purple shadings; July to September; 2 feet. 
Pubescens. Bright rosy purple; July and August; 1} feet. 
Smalli. Rosy-carmine flowers in early summer; | foot. 
25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 
; One each of the 6 sorts for $1.25. 
PHYSALIS %  N 
(Chinese Lantern Plant) ‘ qi 
| Francheti. Anornamental 
E variety of the Winter 
' Cherry, forming dense 
f bushes about 2 feet high, 
k producing freely its bright 
PHYSOSTEGIA 
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. 
— Speciosa. Very delicate pink. 
25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 
orange scarlet lantern-like 
fruits; highly interesting. 
25 cts. each; $2. 50 per 
doz. 
Seeds of 
Hardy Perennials 
We offer a very extensive -~# NY Sip = 
list of above. See Flower Lees ZONAL M4 New Perpetual-flowering 
Seeds, pages 51 to 116. LO eB Mardy Pinks 
PENTSTEMON SENSATION (Dianthus Allwoodi) 
= This isa most important addition to our list of perennial 
plants. They are perfectly hardy and flower continuously from early 
spring until late in the autumn; the flowers are much more substan- 
tial and larger than the old type of Hardy Pinks, and are borne on 
long stems suitable for cutting; deliciously clove-scented. 
Dorothy. Deep rose-pink with a rich dark centre slightly fringed. 
Harold. A large double white of symmetrical form. 
Mary. Pale rose-pink with light maroon centre. 
Phyllis. Delicate pale pink with light maroon centre; very strongly 
scented. 
Robert. A delicate shade of old-rose with light maroon centre; 
very free. 
We offer strong plants of any of the above 50 cts. each; $5.00 per 
doz. One each of the 5 sorts for $2.25. 
HARDY GARDEN PINKS 
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. Soft delicate rose. 
Diamond. A smooth edged pure white. 
Elsie. Bright rose with maroon centre. 
Excelsior. Light rose-pink with deeper shadings. 
Her Majesty. Large pure white. 
Homer. Rosy-red with dark centre. 
Juliette. White-laced?crimson. 
Snow. Fine pure white. 
- White Reserve, An everblooming pure white. 
Price, 25 cts.each; $2.50 per doz. ; $15.00 per 100. Setof 9 sorts, $2.00. 
‘Mixed Hardy Garden Pinks. We offer a fine lot of seedlings 
grown from a very select strain, which should produce a good per- 
centage of double flowers. Those that come single are very pretty, 
: Sit — and are preferred by some to the full, double sorts. 20 cts. each; 
PERPETUAL-FLOWERING Harpy GARDEN Pinks $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 
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