HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



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VALERIANA OFFICINALIS. 



Hardy ok Garden Heliotrope. 



VERONICA LONGIFOLIA SUBSESSILIS 



Blue Jay Flower. 



(Shoivn on Colored Plate). 



An old-time favorite and very lovely. It 

 grows from two to three feet tall, has hand- 

 some pinnate foliage, and during June and 

 July bears great numbers of large flower 

 heads of small, light pink flowers having the 

 delicious odor of the Heliotrope. Excellent 

 for cutting. Each 12c; doz. $1.25; 100, $8.00. 



VERONICA. Speedwell. 



Incana. Hoaby Speedwell. — Especially valu- 

 able for rockwork. It grows but six to twelve 

 inches high, has pretty silver-gray foliage 

 and numerous small spikes of deep blue flow- 

 ers throughout the summer. 



Spicata. — A variety of one to two fest, pro- 

 ducing in summer a wealth of bright, deep 

 blue flowers in graceful spikes. 



Rupestris. — A charming little creeping spe- 

 cies growing but 3 or 4 inches high. It 

 forms a dense mat of deep green foliage, 

 which is completely covered in spring with 

 bright blue flowers. It is very effective and 

 largely used in rock planting. 



Prices, (except as noted), each, 12c; doz. 

 $1.25; 100, $8.00. 



Beyond question the most brilliant and 

 beautiful and best perennial, giving blue 

 flowers. It is among the very most valuable 

 of all perennials, and too much can scarcely 

 be said in commending it. It is extremely 

 hardy, thrives on all soils and in all locations, 

 and from early in May until the middle of 

 September — the season the Blue Jay is to 

 be seen in the tree tops — this variety pro- 

 duces a veritable cloud of tall spikes of the 

 richest deep blue imaginable — as brilliant in 

 colors as the plumage of its namesake. The 

 flowers are borne in dense erect spikes a foot 

 long and completely cover the plant. The 

 foliage, too, is attractive; its leaves being 

 numerous, large and dark green. A mass of 

 it presents a sight never to be forgotten. It 

 is so beautiful I am growing it by the thou- 

 sand. 



From 2% in. pots, each, 10c; doz. $1.00; 

 100, $G.00. 



Strong plants from frames, each, 15c; doz. 

 $1.50; 100, $9.00. 



Heavv field grown, each, 20c: doz. $2.00: 

 100, $12.00. 



Essex Co., X. J.. May 15, 1906. 

 My order arrived safely and all the plants 

 are in good condition. MISS E. S. BAIRD. 



