All varieties (unless otherwise notec 

 (Add 10 per cent to your remittance il 



BABY'S BREATH (Gypsophila) 



Popular for misty charm. 



Baby's Breath (G. paniculata). 2 to 3 ft. 

 "Why, symmetrical bush, covered with a 

 cloud of tiny, gauzy white blooms in 

 June and July, good in borders and per- 

 fect for cutting. 



"Bristol Fairy" Baby's Breath. 2 to 3 ft. 

 Sensational double Gypsophila, with big 

 panicles of double white flowers through- 

 out the summer. Each 50c, doz. $5.00. 



Creeping Baby's Breath (G. repens). 6 to 



8 in. Lovely trailer for the rockery, with 

 clouds of pink and white flowers in mid- 

 summer. (R). 



Pink Baby's Breath (G. oldhamiana) . 2 to 

 3 ft. Late summer brings a mass of lovely 

 soft pink blooms to add to the airy grace 

 and charm of this glorious sort. 



BALLOON FLOWER (Platycodon) 



Balloon Flower (Platycodon grandiflorum) . 



2 to 2V2 ft. Many lasting and beautiful 

 purple-blue buds like inflated balloons, 

 opening to big cupped blooms of deep 

 blue, throughout the summer. 



BEE BALM (Monarda) 

 Beebalm, Blazing (M. didyma splendens). 



3 ft. Big heads of vivid scarlet from June 

 through August. 



Beebalm, Pink (M. rosea). Like the above, 

 but with rich pink flower heads. 



BELLFLOWER (Campanula) 



To ring the beauty of summer into your 

 borders. 



Canterbury Bells (C. medium). 2 to 3 ft. 

 Immensely popular, with its many 

 branches hidden by a wealth of bell- 

 shaped flowers with their fluted rims 

 rolled back. Showy in the garden and 

 particularly lovely as cut flowers. Sep- 

 arate colors, Blue, Rose, and White. 



Carpathian Bell Flower (C. carpatica). 6 to 



9 in. Good for border edging or for rock- 

 ery, with big, erect, bell-shaped flowers 

 of clear blue all summer. (R). Each 25c, 

 doz. $2.50. 



Peachleaf Bell Flower (C. persicifoUa) . 2 to 



2V2 ft. Hardy and long-lived, with big 

 showy and cupped blooms of cerulean 

 blue in June and July. Each 25c, doz. 

 $2.50. 



White Peachleaf Bell Flower (C. p. alba). 

 2 to 21/2 ft. White-flowered form of the 

 above. Each 30c, doz. $3.00. 



ALYSSUM SAXATILE 



), each 20c, doz. $2.00, 100 $14.00. 

 shipment is desired by Parcel Post.) 



BETONY (Stachys) 

 Betony, Woolly (Stachys lanata). 8 in. Light 

 purple July bloom, from soft foliage cov- 

 ered with woolly hairs. (R). 



BISHOP'S WEED (Aego podium) 



Bishop's Weed, Silveredged ( Aegopodium 

 podograria vanegata). 1 ft. An easily 

 grown rockery plant with white summer 

 flowers from lovely variegated foliage. 

 (R.) 



BLANKET FLOWER (Gaillardia) 



Blanket Flower (Gaillardia grandiflora). 

 2 ft. Many big blooms centered maroon, 

 with orange petals banded maroon and 

 crimson, are produced from June until 

 frost; lovely and lasting when cut. 



BLANKET FLOWER (Gaillardia) 

 "THE KING" 



2 ft. Among the gaudiest of peren- 

 nials, this brilliant sort produces many 

 flowers of clear red, with each petal 

 tipped gold, throughout the summer. In 

 border, garden or vase, the blooms are 

 a never ending show. 



Each 30c, doz. $3.00 



BLANKET FLOWER (GAHXARDIA) 



BLEEDING HEART (Dicentra) 

 Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis). IV2 



to 2 ft. Old-fashioned favorite with long 

 pendent racemes of unusual heart-shaped 

 bloom, in rosy red and white. Good in 

 semi-shade and ideal for cutting. Each 

 40c, doz. $4.00, 100 $27.50. 

 Bleeding Heart, Fringed (D. eximia). 1 ft. 

 Excellent for border or rockery, this sort 

 bears handsome pink heart-shaped flow- 

 ers from late spring until frost, from 

 plumy, fern-like foliage, exceptionally 

 beautiful even when not in bloom. (R). 

 Each 30c, doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00. 



BOLTONIA 



Boltonia, Violet (Boltonia latisquama) . 4 to 

 5 ft. Hundreds of lavender-pink flowers, 

 good for cutting, open at once in late 

 summer on this tall bush, making a thor- 

 oughly glorious sort that will draw all 

 eyes to its beauty. 



Boltonia, White (B. asteroides). 5 to 6 ft. 

 Countless white Aster-like flowers in 

 August and September. 



BALLOON FLOWER (PLATYCODON) 



BUGLE (Ajuga) 



Bugle, Carpet (Ajuga re plans). 3 to 4 in. 

 Good ground cover in shade under trees, 

 with deep purplish blue flowers in May 

 from attractive bronzy foliage. (R). Each 

 25c, doz. $2.50. 



BUGLOSS (Anchusa) 



Among the bluest of blue flowers. 



Bugloss, "Dropmore" (Anchusa italica, 

 "Dropmore") 4 ft. Perfect border plant, 

 with clusters of big gentian-blue flowers 

 in June and intermittently thereafter. 



Bugloss, "Opal" (A. Italica, "Opal"). 4 ft. 

 Like the above, but with charming celes- 

 tial blue blooms. 



Bugloss, Forget-Me-Not-Flowered ( A. myoso- 

 tidi flora). 1 ft. Like Forget-Me-Nots in 

 April and May. Each 25c, doz. $2.50. 



BUTTERCUP (Ranunculus) 



Buttercup (Double-flowered). (Ranunculus 

 acris flore pleno). IV2 to 2 ft. Upright 

 plant which produces many double yel- 

 low flowers, especially good for cutting. 

 Best in a moist border. 



BUTTERFLY FLOWER (Asclepias) 



Butterfly Flower (Asclepias tuberosa). 2 ft. 



Countless showy orange-scarlet flower 

 heads. Good for cutting in midsummer. 



CAMOMILE (Anthemis) 



Camomile, Perry's ( Anthemis tinctoria, 

 '^Perry's Variety"). 15 to 18 in. Good 

 border plant and cut flower, with many 

 big blooms, like deep golden daisies all 

 summer. 



CAMPION (Lychnis) 

 Campion, Maltese Cross (Lychnis choice- 

 donica). 2 to 3 ft. Dense heads of start- 

 ling brilliant scarlet grace this old favorite 

 border plant all summer. 



CANDYTUFT (Iheris) 



Candytuft, Evergreen (Iberis sempervirens) . 

 8 to 10 in. Clusters of white flowers in 

 early spring from glossy evergreen 

 foliage. (R). 



Candytuft, Gibraltar (I. gibraltarica) . 8 to 

 10 in. Many delicate pink blooms make 

 this best of Candytufts a strikingly beau- 

 tiful sort in April and May. (R). 



Cardinal Flower. See Lobelia, page 36. 



Little Silver, N. J. 



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