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ELLWANGER & BARRY' H CATALOGUE. 



PAPAYER. 



OROBUS. Bitter Vetcli. 



O. vermis. Spring Bitter Vetch. Dark purple 

 flowers; early; the most beautiful of its family. 



PAPAVER. Poppy. 



Showy perennials with large flowers, of rich and striking- 

 colors. 



P. bracteatuni. Scarlet; eighteen'incbes, June. 



P. orieiitale. Deep scarlet; large; very showy; 

 eighteen inches. June. 



pe]S[tstemo:n^. 



Very ornamental plants, producing- long spikes of flowers 

 in great abundance. 



P. coccineiis. Deep scarlet; two feet. June and July. 



P. g"racilis. Fine white, from the Rocky Mountains; three feet. June. 



P. pubesceus. Pale lilac or white flowers; two to three feet. 



P. Torreyi. Bright scarlet; two to three feet. June. 



PHLOX. 



Regarded as the finest of herbaceous plants. 



P. procoiiibens. Lilac, with violet marks near the eye; three inches. May. 



P. subulata. Moss Pink. Spreading stems, and narrow raoss-like leaves; 

 flowers pinkish purple, with a darker center, and produced in wonderful profusion 

 in April or May. 



var. alba. A white flower- 

 ing variety of the above. Very showy 

 when in flower, presenting to the eye 

 masses of bloom like sheets of snow. 

 The above and this are our two most 

 valuable hardy plants. 



var. A variety from South- 

 ern Georgia, with fine purple flowers. 



PLATYCODON. (Campa- 

 nula.) 



P. grandiflora. Large, fine 

 blue flowers; one to two feet. June 

 and July. 



P. grandiflora alba semi- 

 pleno. White; eighteen inches to 

 two feet. 



PHLOX SUBULATA. 



POLEMONIUM. Greek Valerian. 



P. cseruleuni. Jacob's Ladder. Blue; in terminal panicles; one foot 

 July. 



P. reptans. A low, spreading plant; blue; six inches. June. 



