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RuDBECKiA Golden Glow. 



RHEXIA pvieadow Beauty). 



VIrginlca. A handsome dwnrf plint, 9 inches, flowering the 

 greater pirt of the summer, wiili numerous bright rosy- 

 purple blL.ssoms, and long, protruding golden anthers ; a 

 grand subject for massing in a moist, sunny spot. 



RUDBBCKIA (Cone-aower). 



Fulgdia. Brilliant orange-yellow flowers; produced in 

 masies on much-branched plants, 2 feet high, from July 



to Septemlier. 

 Qolden QlOW. We question if any one hardy perennial 



]ilant h\s ever met with greater popularity than this. It is a 



strong, robu->t grower, attaining a height of 5 to 6 feet, and 



produces masses of double golden-yellow Cactus Dahlia-like 



flowers from July to September. 

 Maxinia. A rare and attractive variety, growing 5 feet high, with large 



glaucous green leaves and bright yellow flowers 5 to 6 inches across, -with 



a cona 2 inches high ; flowers continuously from June to September. 25 



cts. each ; $2 50 per doz. 

 N^wmanii. Dark orange-yellow flowers, with deep purple cone, borne on 



stiff, wiry stems, 3 feet high, admirably fitting it for cutting. Flowers from 



Julv to October. 

 Nitlda, or Autumn Glory. Large pale-yellow flowers during August 



and September ; o feet high. 

 Purpurea (^Giant Purph Cone-fioiver). Flowers about 4 inches across, of a 



peculiar reddish purple, with a remarkably large, cone-shaped centre of 



brown, thickly set with golden tips in spiral lines; forms bushy plants from 



2 to 3 feet high, and blooms from July to October. 

 Sub-Tomentosa. A. pyramidal, densely-branched plant, 2^ feet high, 



which is coinpletely enveloped throughout the summer in a mass of brilliant 



lemon-yellow fljwers with dark purple centres. 

 Triloba. Form; a much-branched plant, 3 feet high, which is covered 



during August and September with medium-sized attractive yellow flowers, 



with brown disc. 



SOL,IDAGO (Golden Rod) 



The varieties offered below are the most desirable of our popular native 

 G")lden Rods. 

 Canadensis. Grows 4 to 5 feet high, with spikes or golden-yellow flowers 



from the end of July until September. 

 Rigldus. A bold plant, with large, heavy foliage and immense heads of rich 



yellow flowers in August and September. 



10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; $8 00 per 100. 



SAL,"VIA (3Ieadow Sage). 

 Azurea Urandiflora. A Rocky Mountain species, growing 2 to 3 feet 



high, pioducing during August and September pretty sky-blue flowers in 



the greatest profusion. 

 Pratensis. Showy spikes, 2 to 3 feet high, of deep blue flowers, from June 



to September. 



SCABIOSA. 



Caucasica {Bhte Bonnet). One of the handsomest perennials, and should 

 be grown in every garden, if only for cutting purposes, lasting a long time 

 ■when placed in water. The flowers are of a soft and charming shade of 

 lavender, and commence to bloom in June, throiving stems 15 to 18 inches 

 high until September. 



Japonica. A variety from Japan, forming bushy jiLnnts 2A to 3 feet in 

 height, and hearing on long, wiiy stems beautiful artistic lavender-blue 

 flowers, 2 to 2^ inches across. The plants are extremely floriferous; [ re- 

 ducing a continuous crop from the end of June until late in autumn. 35 

 cts. each ; §3 50 per doz. 



Ochroleuca. Sulphur-yellow flowers ; July to September ; 2i feet. 



SEDXJIH (Stone-Crop). 



DWARF VARIETIES. 



Suitable for the rockerv, carpet bedding, etc. 



Acre [Golden Mess). Much used for covering graves; foliage green; flow- 

 ers bright yellow. 



Album, (jreen foliage, white flowers. 



Lydium Glaucum. Small gl.TUcous foliage and pink flowers. 



Sexangulare. Dark green foliage, yellow flowers. 



Spurium. Attractive pink flow ers ; 6 inches. 



- — Coccineum. A beautiful crimson-flowered form of the preceding. 

 10 cts. each ; |1.G0 per doz.; JS/O per 100. 



ERECT, OR TALL-GROWING VARIETIES. 



Useful and pretty plants for the border, ]iroducing their interesting flowers 

 during late summer and fall. 



Japonlcum Macrophyllum. Forms compact bushes 15 

 inches high, with pileasing waxy-white flowers, with light 

 pink centres. 



Maximum Atropurpurem. Interesting on account of its 

 dark lironzy-purple foliage ; 15 inches. 



SpectabillS {Brilliant Stoue-crop). One of the prettiest 

 erect-growing species, attaining a height of 18 inches, with 

 broad light green foliage and immense heads of handsome 

 showy rose-colored flowers ; indispensable as a late fall- 

 blooming plant. 



— Atropurpurea. Like the type, this forms an erect, bushy 

 lilant about 18 inches high, with broad, oval, light green 

 foliage, and producing in September and October gigantic, 

 showy heads of deep rosy-crimson flowers. A decided ac- 

 quisition for the hardy border. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



ScAEiosA Caucasica. 



All Hardy Perennial Plants (except where noted) at the uniform price of 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



