HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



■^•'^liifc- 



FOR 



Summer Planting 



HAVE you a corner or 

 spot in your garden 

 where you have had a failure 

 or "where possibly you have 

 planted something that does 

 not please you ? If so, look 

 over the list of pot=growil 

 Hardy Perennial Plants here 

 offered and you will likely 

 find the subject that you need 

 for just such fill-up work and 

 adjustment, or, an equally 

 satisfactory selection can be 

 made for the planting of en- 

 tire new beds or borders. 



The varieties listed are the 

 most desirable sorts for late 

 planting ; many of them such 

 that will still give a good 

 account of themselves this 

 season, and all of them vari- 

 eties which by having the 

 balance of this season to 

 become established in will 

 make all the better display 

 next summer. 



ANCHUSA ITALICA, DROPMORE VARIETY 



Achillea (Milfon or Yarrow). 

 Ftarmica, Boule de Neige. An improvement on The Pearl. 



The 



flowers are of more perfect form, with full centres, which makes 



it appear purer in color. 

 Ptarmica Fl. PI. "The Pearl." Flowers borne in the greatest 



profusion the entire summer on strong, erect stems. 2 feet high 



of the purest white; as a summer cut bloom it is of great value. 

 Tomentosa i Woolly Yarroii" . Handsome cut foliage and bright 



yellow flowers, in a multitude of flat heads during June; height 



about 12 inches. 



15 cts. each ; $1.50 perdoz. 



AlySSUm (Mad-wort). 



Rostratum. Bright golden-yellow flowers in June and July; 1 foot 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Saxatile Compactum. [Basket of Gold. Gold Tuft. Rockinadwort) . 

 An mdispensable plant for the rockery or border, gi owing 1 foot 

 high and producing early in the summer masses of broad, flat 

 heads of bright yellow flowers. 15c. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



Anemone Japonica (Japanese Windflower). 



These beautiful Windflowers are one of the most important 

 hardy plants. While they begin blooming in August, they are more 

 especially valuable on account of their continuing in full beauty 

 until cut down by hard frost. All are excellent for cutting, lasting 

 in good condition for many days. The plants grow 2 to 3 feet high, 

 are perfectly hardy if given the protection of 2 or 3 inches of leaves 

 or litter during the winter, and, while they respond freely to liberal 

 feeding, they will succeed in any ordinary garden soil, increasing 

 in beauty from year to year. They can be used in solid beds or 

 borders or clumps planted through the hardy border, which they 

 brighten during the late fall months. 



Alice. Silvery-rose, becoming suffused with afresh carmine, which, 

 together with the yellow stamens, make it entirely distinct from 

 all others. 25 cts. each. 

 Oeante Blanche. The largest single white. 25 cts. each. 

 Japonica Rubra. Beautiful rosy-red; stamens bright-yellow. 

 — Alba. Large, snowy-white; very chaste. 



Kriemhilde. Semi-double flowers 4 inches in diameter, composed 

 of long, narrow, closely-set petals of a lovely rose-pink. 25 cts. 

 each. 

 Loreley. A neat, cup-shaped, semi-double flower about 3 inches 



across, of a bright, silvery mauve-pink. 25 cts. each. 

 Prince Henry. Large, very double, deep rich pink flowers. 

 Purpurine. A new semi-double deep purplish-rose; very large. 



25 cts. each. 

 Queen Charlotte. Very large semi-double flowers of La France- 

 pink, a color that is rare among hardy plants. 

 Rosea Superba. Flowers of medium size, of a delicate silvery- 

 rose. 

 Whirlwind. Large semi-double pure white flowers; very free. 

 Price, except where noted. 15 cts. each; $1 50 per doz. 

 Set of 11 sorts, $1.75, 



JAPANESE ANEMONE 



Anchusa (Sea Bugloss). 



Italica, Dropmore Variety. A grand improvement on the old 

 Italian Alkanet; grows 5 feet high and produces its pretty gentian- 

 blue flowers throughout the entire summer; one of the best blue 

 perennials. 



— Opal. Similar to the above, but lustrous light blue in color. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Hardy Asters. 

 (Michaelmas Daisies, or Starworts). 



These are among the showiest of our late-flowering hardy plants 

 giving a wealth of bloom at a season when most other hardy 

 flowers are past, and for the best effect should be planted in 

 masses of one color. They grow freely in any soil. 



We offer 12 distinct named varieties. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



Boltonia (False Chamomile). 



Among the showiest of our native hardy perennial plants, with 

 large, single Aster-like flowers. The plant is in bloom during the 

 summer and autumn months, and with its thousands of flowers open 

 at one time produces a very showy effect. 

 Asteroides. Pure white; very effective; 5 to 7 feet. 

 Latisquama. Pink, slightly tinged with lavender; 4 to 6 feet. 

 —Nana. Similar to the type, but growing only 2 feet high. 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



Campanulas (Beiifiower). 



Indispensable hardy garden flowers, of much variety of form. 



some being of tall and imposing habit, while others are dwarf, 



compact little plants suitable for edging, rockwork. etc. They like 



a good, rich soil, and last much longer in bloom if planted in a 



half-shady place. 



Carpatica (Carpathian Hare-bell) . A pretty species, growing in 

 compact tufts, not exceeding 8 inches high; flowers clear blue, 

 held erect on wiry stems. It begins blooming in June, continu- 

 ing without interruption until October. As an edging for a 

 hardy border or for the rockery it is unsurpassed. 



— Alba. The white flowered form of the preceding. 



Qrosseki. Produces its dark-blue flowers all summer; 2 feet. 



Medium (Canterbiini Bells'! . Our stock has been grown from the 

 very finest strain; mixed colors; 3 feet. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



Cassia (American Senna). 



Marilandica. A plant growing from 3 to 4 feet high, bushy, with 

 large panicles of bright yellow, curiously shaped flowers in 

 abundant axillary clusters from July to August. The beautiful 

 pinnate light-green foliage is very pleasing. 15 cts. each ; $1.60 

 per doz. 



19 



