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HeleniuiTl (Sneeze Wort) 



All of these are desirable border plants, succeeding in any soil in 

 a sunny location, with broad-spreading heads of flowers, useful for 

 cutting, each species covering a long-blooming season. 



Autumnale Rubrum. Robust growing; 3 to 4 feet high, with 

 bright terra-cotta red flowers in August and September. 



Autumnale Superbum. Golden-yellow flowers during the 

 late summer and fall months; 5 to 6 feet. 



Hoopesi. Pure orange-yellow flowers, 2\ inches 

 across, and the earliest to flower, coming in early 

 injuneand continuing throughoutthesummer;2feet. 



Pumilum Magnificum. Grows about 18 inches 

 high, very vigorous, producing large golden-yellow 

 flowers throughout the summer, one of the most flo- 

 riferous and desirable border plants in cultivation. 



Riverton Beauty. Rich lemon-yellow, with large 

 purplish black cone; August and September; 4 feet. 



Riverton Gem. Old gold, changing to wall-flower 

 red; August and September; 3| feet. 



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Price. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz.; 

 One each of the 6 varieties, $1.50. 



i.OO per 100. 



HelianthllS (Hardy Sunflowers) 



The perennial Sunflowers are among the most effective hardy 

 plants for large borders for planting among shrubbery, or as clumps 

 on the lawn. They are remarkably free-flowering, will succeed in any i"|| 

 soil, and are invaluable for decorative purposes, or as cut flowers during Wt 

 the summer and autumn. 



Giganteus. One of our native varieties, with medium sized bright 

 canary-yellow flowers in September and October; 6 feet. 



Maximiliana. The latest of all, perfecting its fine golden-yellow 



flowers in long, graceful sprays during October, when all others have finished flowering; 

 invaluable for cutting; 5 to 7 feet. 



Mollis. Large, single lemon-yellow flowers with downy white foliage; blooms in August and 

 September; 4 feet. 



Multiflorus Fl. PI. (Double Hardy Sunflower). Large, double Dahlia-like 

 golden-yellow flowers in great profusion during July and August; 4 feet. 

 (See cut.) 



Rigidus Japonicus. One of the most desirable varieties, beginning to bloom early 

 in July and continuing until fall; flowers golden-yellow, with dark centres; 5 feet 



Wolley Dod. The best of the September-flowering varieties, with 

 deep yellow flowers; entirely distinct; 6 feet. 



Price. Any of the above, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 

 100. One each of the 6 sorts for $1.25. 



Helianthemum (Rock, or Sun Rose) 



Exceedingly pretty low growing evergreen plants, forming broad 

 clumps, and which during their flowering season, June to July, are 

 quite hidden by a mass of bloom; well adapted for the front of the 

 border, the rockery, or a dry sunny bank. 



Fireball. Fiery double red. 



Mrs. Earle. Rich single red. 



Macranthum. Single white. 



Praecox. Single yellow, silvery foliage. 



Rhodanthe Carneum. Pretty single pink, silvery foliage. 



Rose Queen. Large single pink. 



35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; 



i.OO per 100 



We can supply seed of many Hardy Perennials, see Flower Seed Department, beginning on page 51 



