58 nr [HENRrADREER-PHIIAKLPHIA^^ HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



Amethystina. 



feet. 



VERONICA (Speedwell) 



Amethyst-blue flowers in July and Augnst ; 2 



Trollius (Globe Flower). 



TROLLIl T S (Globe Flower). 

 Popular hardy perennials, flowering freely from May until 



August ; 2 to 2i ft, 



Europaeus. Large, bright yellow, globular flowers, 2 inches 



in diameter. 

 Fire Globe. Large bright orange-red flowers. 

 JaponicilS •' Excelsior." Very deep orange flowers. 

 Caucasicus " Orange Globe." A rare variety, with large 



deep orange-colored flowers. 



TRADESCANTU (Spider-wort). 



Virginica. Produces a succession of purple flowers all summer. 



— Alba. A white-flowered form. 



TUNICA. 



Saxifraga. A pretty tufted plant with light pink flowers ; produced all summer ; 

 useful either for the rockery or the border. 25 cts. each : $2.50 per doz. 



VALERIANA (Spurred Flower). 



Coccinea (Valeria/?). An old-fashioned perennial, bearing numerous showy 

 heads of reddish flowers from June to October ; 2 feet. 



Alba A white-flowered form. 



Officinalis {Hardy Garden Heliotrope). Produces showy rose-pink heads of 

 flowers during June and July, with strong heliotrope odor. 



VINCA (Periwinkle or Trailing Myrtle. 



ninor. An excellent dwarf evergreen trailing plant that is used extensively for 

 carpeting the ground under shrubs and trees, or on graves where it is too shady for 

 other plants to thrive. 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 



HARDY VIOLETS. 



The varieties listed below, while not suited for forcing, are perfectly hardy, and are 

 covered with flowers in early spring. 

 Pedata I Bird's Foot Violet). A native variety, with finely cut foliage and showy 



blue flowers. 10 cents each ; $1.00 per doz. ; $6.00 per 100., 



— Bicolor. An elegant variety of the preceding, with ihc upper petals a rich royal 

 purple ; lower petals almost white. 15 its. each ; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Double Russian. Fine large double deep purple flowers of exquisite fragrance. 

 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz. ' 



COLLECTIONS OE HARDY PERENNIALS. 



Incana. Bright silvery foliage witn spikes of amethyst-blue flow- 

 ers ; July and August ; 1 foot. 



Longifolia Subsessilis. A pretty species with blue flowers, 

 produced on spikes a foot long, continuing in bloom the entire 

 summer and fall. 25 cts. each ; £2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 

 100. 



Maritima. Long spikes of blue flowers from July to September ; 

 2 feet. 



Pectinata. Fine for the rockerv ; masses of blue flowers in 

 May. 



PrOStrata. Dwarf and spreading, only 4 inches high ; deep blue 



flowers in May and June. 

 Repens. A trailing variety, covered during May with blue flower-. 

 Rosea. A most desirable variety, bearing bright rose flowers ; 



\\ feet. 

 Rupestris. A fine rock plant, growing 3 or -1 inches high, 

 thickly-matted deep green foliage, hidden in spring under a cloud 

 of bright blue flowers. 

 Spicata. An elegant border plant, growing about li feet high, 



producing long spikes of bright blue flowers. 

 — Alba. A white-flowered form of the above. 

 Virginica. Long spikes of white flowers in July and August ; 3 to 

 5 feet. 



\TCCA (Adam's Needle). 

 Filamentosa. Among hardy ornamental foliage and flower- 

 ing plants this can be classed at the head of the list. Its 

 broad, sword-like foliage and tall, branched spikes of large, 

 fragrant, drooping, creamy-white flowers during June and 

 July make it an effective plant for all positions. 25 cts. each ; 

 $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



12 varieties, our selection 

 25 



SI 50 



2 75 



50 varieties, our selection $5 00 



100 " " " !' 00 



Veronica Longipoma Si rsbSSIUS. 



ALL HARDY PERENNIALS ^except where noted* 15 cts. each; $1 50 per doz. 



