Trinervis. 
$2.50 per doz. 
Virginica. 
cts. each; 
Monarpa DipyMa SPLENDENS. 
GNOTH E R.A (Evening Primrose). 
The varieties listed are the handsomest of this showy genus ; 
fine border plants, blooming the entire summer. 
Cespitosa. Large, pure white, changing to rose; 1] foot. 
Fraseri. Bzautiful rich yellow; 14 feet. 
Fruticosa, Large golden yellow; 2 feet. 
Missouriensis. Larve golden-yellow; 1 foot. 
Pilgrimi. Large clusters of bright yellow flowers. 
Speciosa. A rare, pure white variety, with flowers 3 inches 
across; 18 inches. 
Youngi. Bright yellow; 14 feet. 
15 cts. each; $1. 50 per doz.; $10. 00 per 100. 
ties for 85 cts. 
OMPHALODES \avel-wort). 
Bright green dwarf-growing plants for shady positions in the 
border or rockery, producing during June and July flowers 
smilar to the Forget- Me-Not. 
Set of 7 varie- 
Verna. Bright blue | Verna alba. White. 
20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 
ONONIS (Rest-Harrow). 
Hircina. An interesting border or rock plant, growing* about 
14 feet high and producing from May to July rose and white 
pea-shaped blossoms, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
Spinosa. A neat, shrubby sort with rose-colored flowers in 
June and July; 14 feet. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
ONOPORDON (Cotton Thistle). 
Tauricum. <A majestic plant with silvery lerves; these as 
well as the stems being covered with white down; large 
purple thistlesin June and July; 4 feet. 25 cts. each; $250 
per doz. 
OROBUS (Bitter Vetch). 
A handsome border plant with bright purple pea- 
June and July; | foot. 25 
Vernus. 
shaped flowers veined with red; 
cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
HARDY ORCHIDS. 
There isa wealth of beauty in this little ‘cultivated class of 
All the sorts that we quote below are quite hardy. 
Broad, oval foliage, 
curiously- formed 
plants. 
Cypripedium acaule (Ziady’s Supper). 
anl showy, bright pink, lighter veined, 
flovers. 25 cls. each. ; 
— Montanum. White, veined with purple. 25 cts. each. 
— pubescens ( Ye//ow Lady's Slipper). — Large, showy, bright 
yellow. 2% cts. each. 
— spectabile (Moccasin- Flower, or Showy Lady's Slipper) 
“Clusters of beautifully- formed white and pink flowets. 40 
cts. each. 
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DATES] HARDY DERENNIAL PLANTS~ || 
bearing freely from June to August; 
Piperita (Common Peppermint). 
Rotundifolia variegata. 
Spicata, or Virides (Spearmint) - 
10 cts. each ; 
An early spring-Howering plant, 
with drooping panicles of handsome light blue flowers, fading to clear pink ; 
one of the most interesting of our native spring flowers ; 
$1.50 per doz. 
Showy plants, 
‘producing their flowers during July and August. 
Didyma (Oswego Tea). 
| — Cambridge Scarlet. 
— Rosea (Be Balm). 
— Splendens. 
Fistulosa Alba (Wild Bergamot). 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; 
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MARSHALLIA. 
A useful plant for a shady, damp spot, of neat habit, about 15 inches high, 
heads of white flowers; aed flesh. 25 cts. each; 
MENTHA (Mint). 
| Pulegium ( Pennyroyal). 
Foliage dark green with creamy white variegation. 
$1.00 per doz. $6.00 per 109. 
MERTENSIA (Blue Bells). 
growing about 1 to 13 feet high, 
May and June. 165 
MONARDA (Bergamot). 
growing from 2 to 8 feet high, with aromatic foliage, and 
Flowers bright scarlet, produced in spikes. 
Brilliant crimson-scarlet. 
A pretty rose-colored form. 
(See cut.) 
A showy white-flowered variety. 
$8.00 per 100. The set of 5 varieties, 65 cts. 
MONTBRETIAS. 
Intense rich crimson-scarlet. 
The Montbretias are one of the brightest of our summer-flowering bulbs, and 
deserve to be planted extensively. 
or May, in clumps ofa dozen or more, 
winter with a covering of leaves or litter. 
The bulbs should be set out during April 
They should be protected during the 
Crocosmizflora. Deep golden orange; fine. 
Etoile de Feu (Star of Fire). Bright vermilion; yellow 
centre. 
Gerbe d’Or (Golden Sheaf). Splendid golden-yellow. 
Germania. ‘This new variety is of strong, sturdy growth, 
producing freely graceful spikes of six-petalled, widely-ex- 
panded flowers of rich, glowing orange-scarlet, with a blood- 
red throat. 10:cts. each; $1.00 per doz. 
Pottsii Grandiflora. Golden-orange, outside bright red. 
Rayon d@’Or. Yellow and brown. 
Price, any of the above, except Germania, 30 cts. per doz.; 
$2.25 per 100. Six each of the 6 varieties, $1.00. 
MYOSOTIS (Forget-Me-Not). 
Palustris Semperflorens. A variety that is hardly ever 
out of flower; useful in a shady spot in the border, and-for 
forcing for cut flowers in the winter. 
Alpestris robusta grandiflora. The large spring-flower- 
ing Forget-Me-Not, with intense sky-blue flowers ; bright and 
attractive. 
10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 
NIEREMBERGIA (Cup-flower). 
Rivularis. A charming dwarf creeping Alpine plant, bearing 
large, creamy-white, cup-shaped flowers from June till Sep- 
tember: one of the most desirable plants for the rockery, and 
succeeds equally well in the border. (Seecut.) 15 cts. each; 
$1.50 per doz. 
NIBREMBSRGIA RIVULARIS, 
» New and Rare Hardy Perennials are offered on.pages 152 to 156, 
