J. T. Lovett Co. — Hardy Herbaceous Plants. 



PHLOX. 



Perennial.— The improvement that has been 



PLATYCODON, 



made in Hardy Garden or Perennial Phox of recent 

 years is truly wonderful. The varieties instead of 

 being a lot of tall, naked stems with small tufts of 

 bloom at the top for a little while in midsummer as 

 of old, are dwarf and stocky with flower heads 8 to 

 10 inches long and 6 to 8 inches in diameter (see cut) 

 of greatest brilliancy and purity of color, and are 

 produced from June until frost. We give the names 

 of a few of them with brief notes ; 



Amabius, white, penciled and shaded with lilac, 

 changing to rosy-lilac. Compact, odd, distinct and 

 handsome. Ball of Fire, one of the most charm- 

 ing of all varieties. Bright crimson. Endale, 

 rosy-lilac, very large. Forward, white, pink 



■ eye. Eliza Borzner, bright peach with crim- 

 son eye. Glorie Masseiffs, white, with pink eye 

 and tubes, large panicles, late, exquisite. Inde- 

 pendence, pure snowy-white ; profuse, compact, 

 very ilne. Joan of Arc, dwarf, one foot high. 

 Large panicles of pure white. La Croix, strong 

 grower, lilac shaded red, petals over-lapping and 

 curled. Le Compte, bright lilac, with large, faint 

 light eye, large panicles. Le Riceron, rosy lilac 

 shaded white. Lothair, bright flame color, creamy 

 eye, large. Mad. Louise, rosy-crimson, bright 

 vermilion eye. Miss Lingard, white, suffused rays 

 of delicate lavender from eye and open stem. Peach 

 Blossom, pure peach with white eye, flne. Princess 

 Louise, white with pink eye. Reve d'Or, rose-peach, 

 carmine eye. Robin Hood, white clouded purple 

 with carmine eye, very showy. Rosy Gem, very 

 large, violet-rose, passing to clear pink. Snow 

 Queen, pure white, dwarf, profuse, beautiful. Star 

 OF Lyon, pure white, with distinct rosy-Ulac eye, 

 dwarf, early and profuse, one of the best. Vulcan, 

 crimson-lilac, showy. Wm. Robinson, plum-crim- 

 son, brilliant. 

 Dwarf (P. amccna).— Seldom exceeding 6 inches; 



» dense clusters of rosv-pink flowers. 25c, 



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Platycodongrandiflorum.— Blue.White. 



A grand flower indeed, 

 attains a height of 2 to 

 3 feet and covered with 

 a mass of showy, star- 

 shaped flowers three 

 inches across, of great- 

 est beauty. In color it 

 is deepest indigo-blue 

 to pure white and alH 

 intermediate shades, 

 and continues In flower 

 the entire summer, 

 splendid for bouquets 

 as well as the lawn. A 

 solid bed of it is simply 

 charming. Should be 

 included in all collections. 



Orandiflorum fl. pi. or Double flow- 

 erins.— DOUBLE Blue and White. Double flow- 

 ering varieties of the above. 



RAGGED ROBIN« 

 Iiyclinis vis- 

 caria fl. pi.— A 



magnificent peren- 

 nial with thickly tuft- 

 ed foliage and very 

 double flowers in 

 dense spikes and on 

 long stems, beautiful 

 rosy-red and exceed- 

 ingly fragrant. Very 

 flne. 



PLUMBAGO. 



Larpentae.— A beautiful plant of dense, spread- 

 ing habit with deep azure-blue flowers from July to 

 November in greatest profusion. 



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