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HARDY PERENHIAL PbANTi 



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PENTSTEMON (Be»rd Tonsu.j. 



Most useful perennials, either for the border or rockery. 

 Acuminatum. Forms a Jense plant a foot high, flowers lilac changing to violet ; 



June and July. 

 BarbatUS Torreyll. Spikes of brilliant scnrlet flowers; height, 3to4ft.; JunetoAug. 

 Cobaea. L-irnre white and purple flowers all summer ; 18 inches. 

 DiffusUS. Violet-blue flowers ; June and July ; 2 feet. 

 Digitalis. Lari^e spikes of long, purple-white flowers, with purple throats, during 



June and July ; 2 to 3 feet. 

 QIaber. A trailing species, about a foot high, bearing in early summer showy 



flow IS, varying from light to dark blue. 

 Qrandiflorum. Lirge bright purpIish-bUie flowers in spring; 2^ feet. 

 Heterophyllus. Lovely azure-blue flowers in summer ; 2 feet. 

 OvatUS. Bright blue shaded purple flowers ; July to September ; 2 feet, 

 Pubescens. Bright rosy-purple ; July ami August ; 1 J feet. 

 Smalli. Risy-carmine flowers in early summer; 1 foot. 

 SpdCtabills. A pretty rosy-purple ; very attractive ; June and July ; 2 to 3 feet. 



PHYSOSTEGI.4. (False Dragon-Head). 



One of the most beiutiful of our midsummer-flowering perennials, forming dense 

 bushes 3 to 4 feet high, bearing spikes of delicate tubular flowers not unlike a gigan- 

 tic heather. (See cut.) 

 Virginlca. Bright, but soft pink. 



— alba. Pure white ; very fine. 



— Grandif lora. An improved variety with flowers almost double ihe size of the type. 

 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



— Speclosa. Very delicate pink. 



PHVSALfIS (Cliiuese I.antern Plant). 

 Franchetl. An ornamental variety of the Winter Cherry, 

 forming dense bushes 2 feet high, producing bright orange- 

 scarlet lantern-like fruits ; highly interesting. 



PL,U:iIBACO (tead-wort). 



Larpentas. Of dwarf, spreading habit, growing 4 to 6 inches 

 high ; useful as an edging plant or for the rockery ; covereil 

 with beautiful deep blue flowers during the summer and fall 

 months. 



PODOPHYLLU:»I. 



Peltatum {Mtiy Apfi/f, or A/ant/rait:). A well-known native 

 plant which is worthy of a place in every shady border. 10 

 cts. each; $1 Oi) \< r doz. 



Platycodon Grandiflora. 



HARDY GARDEN PINKS. 



Old favorites, bearing their sweet clove-scented flowers in 

 the greatest profusion during May and June ; 1 foot. 

 Dellcata. Soft delicate rose ; very free. 

 Diamond. A fine extra early-flowering fringed white. 

 Elsie. Bright rose with maroon centre. 



Her Majesty. Flowers of large size and of the purest white. 

 Homer. Rich rosy red with dark centre. 

 Juliette. White, laced crimson. 



Laura VViimer. White, with purplish maroon centre. 

 Sir Charles. Large rosy-red. 

 Snow. A fine pure white. 

 Souv. de Salle. Soft rosy-red. 

 Stanislaus. Violet-rose, with deep crimson centre. 

 White Reserve. An everblooming pure white. 



Physostegia. 



PI.ATYCODON. 



(Sallooii Flower, or Japanese Bell-flower.) 



The Platycodons are closely allied to the Campanulas, and form neat, 

 branched bushes of upright habit, which bear a continual succession of flow- 

 ers from June until October. 



Qrandiflorum. Dee|i blue cupped, star, shaped flowers ; IJ ft. (See cut.) 

 — Album. A white-flowered form of the above, 

 Mariesl. Deep blue bell-shaped flowers ; nearly 3 inches across on 1-foot- 



high plants. 



VARIOUS PHLOXES. 



Amoena. This is one of the best v.Trielies for car| eting the ground, the 

 rockery or the border ; it grows but 4 inches high, and in spring is a 

 sheet of rich, bright pink flowers. 10 cts. each ; $1 00 per doz.; $6.00 

 per 100. 



Carolina. A dwarf-growing species, rarely exceeding 12 inches in height, 

 and producing during May and June masses of bright rosy-red flowers 



Divarlcata Canadensis. One of our native species, which is worthy of 

 extensive planting, commencing to bloom early in April, and continuing 

 through May, with large, fragrant lavender flowers on stems 10 inches high. 



Panlculata. This is the parent of all the showy varieties now in cultiva- 

 tion. It grows about 3 feet high, blooming in July and August, with bril- 

 liant rosy-purple flowers in good-sized trusses. 



PHLrOX SUBUL,ATA (Moss, or Mountain Pink). 



An early spring-flowering type, with pretty moss-like evergreen foli.nge, 

 which, during the flowering season, is hidden under the masses of bloom. 

 An excellent plant for the rockery, the border, and invaluable for carpeting 

 the ground or covering graves. We offer six varieties. 

 Alba. Pure white. Lllacina. Light lilac 



Atropurpurea. Purplish-rose, Nelsoni. Pure white. 



Bridesmaid. Purplish-tinted white. Rosea. Bright rose. 



10 cts. each ; $100 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. Set of 6 for 50 cts. 



All Hardy Perennial Plants (except where noted) at the nniform price of 15 cts. each ; S1.50 per doz. 



