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HARDY PERENNIALS—Covdtinued. 










HyacintHus CANDICANS. 
HYACINTHUS CANDICANS. A _ snow-white 
summer-flowering Hyacinth, growing 3 to 4 feet in height, 
gracefully surmounted with from twenty to thirty pure 
white bell-shaped flowers. 10 ets. each; $1.00 per doz. 

Ir1s GERMANICA. 
IRIS GERMANICA. 
These are neat, robust, hardy herbaceous early blooming 
plants, with large ornamental flowers of rich and ele- 
gantly blended colors, exquisitely striped with dark violet, 
purple, or bronzed lines, upon a lighter ground. They 
thrive best in low situations, and can be planted in marshy 
places or interspersed with low growing sedges on the 
margins of fish-ponds. 
Bariensis. White, bordered with lilac. 
Comte de St. Clair. White, shaded violet. 
Florentine. White, pencilled blue. 
Hiericartiana. Pale blue. 
Honorabilis. Orange, lower petals brown. 
Juliette. White, violet edge, shaded blue. 
Madame Chereau. White, edged violet. 
Pajole. Purplish lilac, lower petals dark. 
Pluton. Bronzy violet, lower petals lilac. 

| Novelty. 

Raphael. Nankin yellow, lower petals purple with 
white veins. 
Bronzy red, lower petals lilac. 
White petals, veined with-purple. 
Lilac, lower petals dark blue. 
15 ets. each ; $1.50 per doz.~ 
Virgile. 
Virginal. 
Walneri. 

Ir1ts K.£MPFERI. 
IRIS KAMPFERI. 
This Japanese Iris isan excellent addition to the list of 
| hardy herbaceous plants; it should be planted in a some- 
what cool, moist situation. They are quite distinct from 
all other varieties, and are as beautiful as Orchids. 
Aurora. Lavender, splashed and veined with white; 
double flowers. 
Blue Peter. Very rich blue; double. 
Conqueror. Rose, mottled with crimson. 
tinct and novel variety ; double. 
Criterion. White. veined with light blue; very distinct. 
Eclipse. Lavender blue; very finely veined and 
splashed. 
Enchantress. 
rose ; double. 
Excellent. Deep maroon, suffused with purple, veined 
with white. 
Fairy. Lavender, veined and penciled with crimson; a 
distinct and lovely variety. 
White, mottled and veined with lavender and 
blue; double. Bs 
Rosamonde. Very rich rosy purple. 
Pearl. Fine, large double flower of the purest white. 
The Moor. Maroon, shaded with blue, one of the finest 
dark varieties ; double. : 
25.ets.-each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
IRIS CRISTATA. A pretty dwarf variety, espe- 
cially adapted for edging; throat and crest deep yellow, 
lip light blue. 20 ets. each; $2.00 per doz. 
IRIS PUMILA. Dwarf, early flowering, light blue, 
purple and yellow mixed. 10 cts, each; $1.00 per doz. 
LIATRIS SPICATA. A pretty native variety pro- 
A most dis- 
Layender, veined with crimson shaded 
| ducing heads of bright purple flowers from 8 to 15 inches 
long. 
LOBELIA CARDINALIS. A desirable native 
variety, producing large spikes of bright scarlet flowers. 
LYCHNIS VISCARIA ALBA PLENA. Large 
double white flowers, which are produced in the greatest 
profusion during the entire summer; very valuable for 
| funeral designs, taking the place of the Carnation at a 
season when double white flowers are in great request; 
perfectly hardy. 
LYCHNIS VISCARIA RUBRA. An early spring- 
blooming plant which earries its clusters of brilliant 
crimson flowers for several weeks. 
MONARDA DIDYMA (Oswego Tea). 
bright searlet, produced in terminal spikes. 
Flowers 

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Hardy Perennials, 25 cts, each; $2.50 per dozen, except where noted. 
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