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PHLOX DIVARICATA I.APHAMI. 



(Perry's Variety.) 



Phlox divaricata canadensis, offered and illustrated on page 233, has 

 long been a favorite plant for the border and rockery, and deservedly so, 

 it being a free-flowering, showy plant, adapting itself to almost any soil 

 and position. In this new variety we have a great improvement, the plant 

 being more robust, the flowers considerably larger and of a more intense 

 shade of lavender-blue. 25 crs. each; |2.50 per doz. 



PHI.OX DIVARICATA AI^BA 

 GRA?«DIFI<ORA. 



A grand white flowering form of the preceding, producing its masses of 

 fragrant white flowers during April and May, and should prove equally 

 valuable and as great a favorite as the blue-flowered form. (See cut.) 25 

 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



PODOPHYI.I.UM KMODI MA JUS. 



(Himalayan Mandrake, or May Apple.) 



A curious species, growing almost 3 feet high, with pale green leaves, 

 prettily marbled with bronze. The clear pink flowers are followed by 

 large coral-red fruit; requires a partially shaded, rich, damp position to 

 develop its full beauty. $1.00 each. 



PRIMUI.A ACAULIS, MISS MASSEY. 



A novel and splendid form of the English Primrose, with large, single 

 flowers of deep crimson, with prominent yellow eye; pretty for the shady 

 border, flowering in early spring. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Phlox Divakicata Alba Grandifloba. 



LYTHRUM ROSKUM, PERRY'S 

 VARIETY. 



A splendid improvement on the popular Rose Loose-strife, 

 with much larger flowers and longer spikes and of a glistening 

 cherry-red color; valuable for planting in low, wet ground, 

 flowering freely from July to September. 35 cts. each; 

 $3.50 per doz. 



MONARDA DIDYMA YIOt,ACEA 



A splendid new variety of the Bergamot, or Oswego Tea; 

 of a distinct and novel bright amaranth-red color; blooms 

 very freely during July and August. 30 cts. each; $3.00 

 per doz. 



PENNISETUM JAPONICUM. 



(Hardy Fountain Grass.) 



The green and bronze-leaved annual Pennisetums are given 

 important positions in almost every public park and in many 

 of the handsomest private gardens, being used chiefly as bor- 

 ders to large beds of Cannas, Caladiums, etc. This new va- 

 riety, now offered for the first time, has been on trial with us for 

 the past two seasons, and has proved to be perfectly hardy. 

 In habit of growth it is somewhat heavier and bolder than P. 

 fiueppelmimm ; grows about 4 feet high; foliage narrow, 

 of a bright green, while the cylindrical flower heads, carried 

 well above the foliage 'on gracefully recurving stems, are 

 tinged with bronzy-purple, the whole plant having a light, 

 airy appearance, and should prove one of the most valuable 

 hardy grasses either for use in beds, mixed borders or as spec- 

 imens. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



PUI^MONARIA ANGUSTIFOI^IA 



A.^U^(E<A (Blue Cowslip, or Lungwort). 



The prettiest of the blue Cowslips; grows about a foot high, 

 and one of the first to bloom in early spring, bearing attractive 

 funnel-shaped, deep gentian-blue flowers; very desirable. 50 

 cts. each. 



Pennisetum Japonicum (Hardy Fountain Grass). 



