(For new and rare varieties see pages 14 to 20.) 



ALTHOUGH popularly known as old-fashioned plants, 

 Perennials have never been so popular as Ihey are 

 at the present time, and we feel safe in saying that a 

 permanent taste for this class of plants has been devel- 

 oped, which is certain to continue and make Perennials as 

 popular in the United States as they have been inthehorli- 

 cukural centres of Europe for many years. While there is 



much richness in the intricate lines of carpel beduing, and much gorgeousness about a 

 large bed of highly colored Geraniums, the eye of the true lover of flowers soon grows 

 tired of these, on account of the general sameness and monotonous uniformity of lines and 

 color, whereas a small bed or border, even of less than 50 species, of Perennials, can be so 

 arranged as to present somethilig fresh continuously during the entire season, and, by the 

 addition of a few early-flowering bulbs, flowers appear almost as soon as 

 snow leaves the ground, and continue until late in the autumn ; yes, even on 

 frosty mornings, when all tender plants have 

 been killed, the Hardy Pompone Chrysanthe- 

 mums may be cut by the armful, sparkling with 

 crystals of frost, none the worse for their ex- 

 posure. 



Cultivation is of the sim- 

 plest, beginning with any 

 good garden soil for a 

 foundation, wliich may be enriched 

 with any good fertilizer, such as well 

 decomposed cow manure or bone 

 meal, deeply dug, well pulverized, in 

 which the plants should be set as 

 early in the season as possible, so as 

 to enable them to become well rooted 

 and established before hot, dry 



weather sets in, keeping the ground well stirred, and where it is not convenient to- 

 water the beds during hot, dry weather, a mulch of any loose material, which 

 will keep the soil from baking, will be found very beneficial. Short grass, the 

 rakings of the lawn after cutting, will be as good for this purpose as anything. 



A covering of manure should be applied in the fall; this may be forked into 

 the soil early in spring, and, beyond this, little care need be given, the occasional 

 staking of a plant, the cutting off of decaying flovi'ers, which will prolong the 

 flowering season of many species, and the dividing and replanting occasionally of 

 such varieties that have become too large, being all that is needed. 



Many additions have been made to our collection this season, and, though our 

 list is perhaps not the largest offered, it is the most complete and up-to-date col- 

 lection in the countrv. our aim being to offer only the most desirable, excluding 

 all weedy and undesirable sorts 



Oriental Poppy. 

 (See page lliS.) 





Double Hollyhocks. (See page 165.) 



COI.LECTIONS OF 

 HAROV 



PERENNIAI.S. 



For such of our customers who are 

 not acquainted with the different vari- 

 eties we offer the following collections- 

 that, when once planted, will, with 

 very little care, keep the garden gay 

 with flowers from the time frost leaves 

 the ground until late in the autumn : 



VI distinct species, our selection $1 ;")(! 



25 " " " 3 00 



50 " " and varieties " 5 5lt 



100 " " " " 10 00 



LoLUMDINt. 



^See p.igc ITil I 

 (151) 



