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HARDY PERENNIAL PIANTS 



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SolidagO (Golden Rod) 



The varieties offered below are the most desirable of our native 

 Golden Rods. 

 Altissima. The giant of the family, grows 10 to 12 feet high, the large 



heads of golden-yellow flowers reach perfection late in October. 

 Golden Wings. The finest of all; 4 feet high, with immense panicles of 



bright golden-yeUow flowers from July to September. 

 Sborti. Golden-yellow flowers in July and August. 3 feet. 

 Price. 25 cts. each; S2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. Set of 3 sorts, 



75 cts. 



Spirciea (Goat's Beard. Meadow Sweet) 



Elegant border plants with feathery plumes of flowers and attractive 



foliage; succeed best in a half shaded location. 



Filipendula (Dropwort). Numerous corymbs of white flowers on 

 stems 15 inches high; June and July, and pretty fern-like foliage. 



Filipendula flore plena. Identical to the above, excepting that 

 the flowers are double. 



Palmata Elegans {Pink Meadow Sweet). One of the most useful 

 hardy plants, with dark green foliage and purple-red stems and 

 branches passing into the silvery pink of the broad corymbs of 

 flowers, which are produced very free during June and July. 2 to 3 

 feet. 



Ulmaria Fl. PI. {Meadow Sweet). Grows about 3 feet high, and pro- 

 duces its double white flowers during June and July. 



Venusta. Grows 4 to 5 feet high, 

 with show}' spikes of fragrant red 

 flowers in July and August. 



Price. 35 cts. each; S3. 50 per doz.; 

 $25.00 per 100. One each of the 

 above 5 varieties, SI. 50. 



Stokesia 



(Cornflo^ver Aster) 



A beautiful native plant growing 

 18 inches high, bearing freely from 

 early in June until September its 

 handsome cornflower-like blossoms, 

 which measure from 4 to 5 inches 

 across. 

 Cyanea. Bright lavender-blue. 



— alba. A pretty pure white. 



— lutea. Creamy yellow. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz; SIS.OO 



per 100. 



TH-AI-ICTRUM 



Sweet William 



StachyS (Woundwort) 



Betonica Grandiflora(£e/oray). Large 

 flowers of purplish-rose; June and 

 July; 15 inches. 25 cts. each; $2.50 

 per doz. 



Lanata. Forms a densely-leaved mass 

 of bright silvery-white woolly foliage 

 and clusters of light purple flowers. 

 July. 15 inches. 25 cts. each; $2.50 

 per doz. 



Sweet William 



(Dianthus Barbatus) 



A well-known attractive, free-flower- 

 ing hardy perennial, producing in early 

 summer a splendid effect in beds and 

 borders, with their rich and varied 

 flowers. 12 to 18 inches. 

 Newport Pink. The prettiest color 

 Stokesia among Sweet Williams, a lovely sal- 



( Cornflower Aster) mon or watermelon pink. 



Pure White. Very large individual flowers and trusses. 

 Scari.et Beauty. Rich deep scarlet; very effective. 

 Mixed. Containing all colors. 



20 cts. each; S2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



TeUCrium (Germander) 



Chamaedrys. An evergreen plant of dwarf shrub-like habit; glossy 

 aromatic foliage, with spikes of purple flowers in July and August. 12 

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



Thalictrum (Meadow Rue) 



Very graceful, pretty flowered plants, with fine cut foliage, great favorites 



for planting in the hardy border. 



Aquilegifolium Album. Elegant Columbine-like foliage and masses of 

 feathery white flowers during June and July. 3 feet. 



Aquilegifolium Atropurpureum. A rosy-purple form of the above. 



Dipterocarpum. We consider this one of the real gems among hardy 

 plants, not only for the garden but its dainty, graceful sprays of flowers, 

 elegantly arranged on stems 4 feet high, are invaluable for cutting; the 

 flowers are of a charming shade of violet-mauve, which is brightened by a 

 bunch of lemon-yellow stamens and anthers; June and July. 



Glaucum. Fine cut glaucous foliage; bronzy-yellow flowers in June; 2 feet. 



Intermedium. Pale yellow flowers in July; 2 feet. 



Price. 30 cts. each; S3.00 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. Set of 5 sorts, $1.25. 



Anthemis Tinctoria Perry's Variety — The New Golden Marguerite. See page 198 



