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Double Herbaceous P/EONy. 



MYOSOTIS (Forget-me-not). 

 PalllStris Seniperflorens. A variety that is hardly 

 ever out of flower, u'^eful on the rockery or in a shady spot 

 in the border. 10 ct;;. each; $100 per doz. 



P^^ONIES, UOUBI.E 

 HKRBACBOUS. 



The Herbaceous Paennies are exceedingly 

 hardy, and will succeed in any ordinary 

 garden soil, well enriched with good manure. 

 During the summer months mulching will be 

 beneficial to the roots, especially on dry 

 soils. (See cut.) We offer a splendid 

 assortment in twelve varieties, viz.: 

 Clirysantheiniflora. White with 



yellow centre. 

 Delacllii. Amaranth red. 

 Duchess of Orleans. Silvery-rose. 

 Edulis Superba. Fine satiny rose. 

 FeStiva Alba. Pure white. 

 Gen. Cavail»'liac. Rose, salmon centre. 

 LiOUis VanHoutte. Purplish-crimson. 



Mnie. Cliaumay. Satiny rose. 

 Mine. Leonle Calot. Soft pink. 

 Kllbens. Deep rose. 

 Tricolor Graudiflora. Rose shaded 



salmon. 

 Walueriana. Flesh with sulphur centre. 



Price, 25 cts. each ; set of 12 varieties, $2.50. 



SEI.ECT TREE PJEONIES. 



MENTHA (Peppermint). 



etty variegated form of Peppermint ; bright green foliage, bor- 

 $1.00 per doz. 



MERTENSIA (BlueBelU). 



Virgfiuica. An e.irly spring-flowering plant with 

 drooping panicles of handsome light blue flowers 

 latling to clear pink ; one of the most interesting of our 

 native spring flowers. 15 cts. each ; §1.50 per doz. 



MONARDA (Horse Mint). 



Didynia {Oswr-o-o Ten). Flowers bright scarlet, pro- 

 duced in spikes. 



Didynia Rosea (^Bee Bahn). A pretty rose-colored- 

 form of the above. 



Fistulosa Alba {Bergomot). A showy w-hile- 

 flowered variety. 



15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



P^EOIVIA TENXJIFOI.IA. 



Interesting and handsr.me, not only on .-.ccount of their 

 rich crimson flowers, which resemble in color the Gen. 

 Jacqueminot Rose, but the fine feathery foliage makes 

 them a handsome ornamental plant, even if they never 

 produced a flower. Always scarce nnd much sought 

 after, (See cut.) 



Double-flowering-, 30 cts. each ; $3.00 per doz. 

 Single-flowering', 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 

 One of each variety for 50 cts. 

 CENOTHERA (Evening primrose). 



The varieties listed are the handsomest of this showy genus j 

 fine border plants. 



CaespitOSa. Pure white, changing to 



bright rose; flowers very large. 

 Fraseri. Bright yellow flowers, of good. 



size, produced all summer. 

 Glabra. Large, yellow flowers, 3 inches 



across. 

 MiSSOUriensiS. Large bright yellow. 

 Speciosa. A rare, pure wdiite variety, 



with flowers 3 inches across. 



15 cts. each ; §1.50 per doz. 



OREOCOME. 



Candollei. A beautiful decorative hardy 

 perennial, with graceful fern-hke leaves 

 24 to 30 inches long, resembling the 

 f onds of the Mexican tree-fern Cibotiuin 

 Schiedei. The flower stems should be re- 

 moved as fast as they appear, which de- 

 velops the foliage to its full beauty. 25 

 cts. each. 



P^ONH Thnuifolia. 



Adelbeit. White shaded pink. 

 Athlete. Dark ro^e. 



Comtesse de Tudor. Deli- 

 cate blush white. 

 Finilia. Flesh color. 

 Elisabeth. Brilliant rosy red. 



Louise Mouchelet. Salmon 

 rose. 



Heiidersoni. Pink. 

 Mouton. White, purple centre. 

 Mine. Stuart Low^e. Salmon 



pink. 

 Papaveracea. Lilac, blotched 



purple. 

 Regina Belg-ica. Bright rose. 

 I William Tell. White. 

 $1.00 each; §10.00 per doz. 



PAP AVER (Poppy). 



Orientale {^Oriental Poppy). Nothing can equal these in gorgeous 

 effect, and, whether planted singly or in masses, their large flowers, rich 

 brilliant colors and freedom of bloom render them conspicuous in any 

 position. (See cut.) We offer them in mixed colors. Strong plants 

 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz.; §10.00 per 100. 



Nudicaille {Icelnnd Poppy). These range in color from the purest 

 wdiite and yellow to the deepest orange-scarlet. The plants form tufts 

 of fern-like foliage, from amongst which the slender flower stalks rise 

 to about a foot in height, and bear elegant cup-shaped flowers. The 

 profusion of blooms which they produce is really astonishing, often a 

 hundred flower stems on a single plant, and they are produced in never- 

 ceasing succession from the beginning of June to October. Mixed 

 colors. 15 cts. each; $1 50 per doz. 



Oriental Poppv 



