LITTLE SILVER, NEW JERSEY 



Hardy Perennials 9 



Hardy Perennial Plants 



And now we come to that branch of our nursery which will be of primary interest to all of you. The 

 flowers listed below, and on the following pages, are not those annual plants which bloom for one year only. 

 They are all perennials, whose beauty increases with each succeeding year, to make your flower garden a 

 spot of joy from earliest Spring until the late Fall. So treat yourself to some of these magnificent flowering 

 plants now, and we will see that you never regret it. 



All varieties (unless otherwise noted), each 20c., doz. $2.00, 100 $12.00 



{Add 10 per cent to your remittance ij shipment is desired by parcel post) 

 (R) following descriptions is intended to indicate that such varieties are good rock garden plants 



ACHILLEA • Yarrow 



Achillea ptarmica, "Boule de Neige" {Boule de 

 Neige Sneezewort). 15 to 18 in. Large, perfectly 

 formed white flowers, more compact than those 

 of "The Pearl," and exceflent for cutting. Blooms 

 all Summer. 



A. ptarmica, "The Pearl" {The Pearl Sneezewort). 

 15 to 18 in. White, very double, blooms all 

 Summer. {R.) 



ACONITUM • Monkshood 



Aconitum autumnale {Autumn Monkshood). 3 to 

 4 ft. Produces racemes of large, dark blue flowers 

 like hoods, in September and October. 



A. fischeri {Azure Monkshood). 18 to 24 in. Best 

 and hardiest of the Monkshoods, with blue, 

 helmet-shaped flowers in late September and 

 October. 



Either variety, each 25c., doz. $2.50 



AJUGA • Bugle 



Ajuga reptans (Carpet Bugle), Prostrate, a good 

 ground cover, with deep purple blue flowers in 

 May and June. {R.) Each 25c., doz. $2.50. 



ALYSSUM • Alyssum 



Alyssum saxatile compactum {Dwarf Goldentujt). 

 Broad masses of bright yellow flowers in early 

 Spring. Good for the rock garden or for border 

 edgings. 1 ft. {R.) 



A. argenteum {Silver Alyssum). 15-18 in. Clus- 

 tered heads of yeHow flowers spring afl Summer 

 from a dense mass of silvery leaves. {R.) 



ANCHUSA 



Bugloss 



Anchusa ital- 

 ica, "Drop- 

 more"(£)rop- 



more Bugloss). 

 4 to 5 ft. Deep 

 green foliage, 

 broad and 

 hairy, from 

 which velvety 

 blue flowers 

 bloom in June 

 and July in 

 large panicles. 

 A. italica, 

 "Opal" {Opal 

 Bugloss). 3 to 

 4 ft. Large 

 flowers of a 



Eale turquoise 

 lue all Sum- 

 mer. 



Anchusa italica "Opal 



