Choice Hardy Shrub 
Corchorus or Kerria Japonica fl. pl. (Globe Flower) 
An everblooming hardy shrub with golden yellow rosette-like flowers as illustrated on opposite page. For full description of this 
garden favorite, see page 199. Price, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. Rudbeckia 
ROMNEY: COULTERI 
Hardy Primulas (Primroses) 
These are among the most beautiful and interesting of our early | Japonica. 
(Cone-flower) 
Indispensable plants for the hardy border, grow and thrive anywhere, 
giving a wealth of bloom, which are well suited for cutting. 
‘“‘Golden Glow.’’ A well-known popular plant, a strong robust grower, 
attaining a height of 5 to 6 feet, and produces masses of double golden- 
yellow Cactus Dahlia-like flowers from July to September. 
Maxima. An attractive variety, growing 5 feet high, with large glaucous 
green leaves and bright yellow flowers 5 to 6 inches across, with a cone 2 
inches high; flowers continuously from June to September. 
Newmani. Dark orange-yellow flowers, with deep purple cone, borne on 
stiff, wiry stems 3 feet high; flowers from July to September. 
Nitida ‘‘Autumn Sun.”’ An attractive single-flowering variety, grow- 
ing 5 to 6 feet high, with long broad petals of bright primrose-yellow; 
August to October. 
Purpurea (Giant Purple Cone-flower). Flowers about 4 inches across, of a 
peculiar reddish-purple with a remarkably large cone-shaped centre of 
brown, forms bushy plants 3 feet high, and blooms from July to October. 
Subtomentosa. A pyramidal densely branched plant, 2} feet high, 
which is completely enveloped in a mass of brilliant lemon-yellow flowers 
with dark purple centres in summer. 
Price. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. Set of 6 sorts for $1.25. 
Santolina (Lavender Cotton) 
Chamaecyparissus Incana. A dwarf evergreen perennial with 
attractive, silvery-white foliage; useful as a rock or border plant, and 
largely used for carpet bedding. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 
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oes Scabiosa 
Handsome border plants, succeeding in any ordinary soilif well drained 
and in a sunny location, and should be grown in every garden where 
cut flowers are wanted; they last a long time when picked and 
placed in water. 
Caucasica (Blue Bonnet). A charming soft shade of lavender, 
commences blooming in June, continuing until September. 18 to 
24 inches high. 
Lavender-blue flowers, from July to Octo er; 2 feet. 
spring flowers. Plant them in rich, well-drained soil in the border 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 
or in a sheltered nook in the rockery; if possible, in a half shady 
place. 
Veris (English Cowslip). Plants grown from a select strain of seed, 
and embrace a fine range of colors. 
Vulgaris (English Primrose). An old favorite, and should be found in 
every garden; one of the earliest spring flowers; of bright canary- 
yellow; very fragrant. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 
Ranunculus (Crow-foot, Buttercup) 
Repens Fl. Pl. A pretty double-flowering bright golden yellow Butter- 
cup. Bears masses of flowers during May and June. 25 cts. each; $2.50 
per doz. 
Rosmarinus (Rosemary) 
Officinalis. An old favorite aromatic herb of neat habit of growth; re- 
quires protection. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
Rommeya (California Tree or Matilija Poppy) 
Coulteri. This beautiful Poppy, while hardy as far north as Phila- 
delphia, should be planted in a well drained, sunny, sheltered position. 
It grows from 4 to 5 feet high, and frequently has from 6 to 8 expanded 
flowers on a single shoot at one time. The flowers are white, 5 inches or 
more in diameter, delicate and transparent, yet enduring in a good 
state for several days; delightfully fragrant. $1.00 each. 
Saponaria (Scap Wort) 
Ocymoides Splendens. A very useful plant for the rockery or the 
border, producing from May to August, masses of attractive small 
bright rose flowers; 8 inches. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. ScABIOSA CAUCASICA 
We specialize in Roses, see pages 136 to 154 
