HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



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CERASTIUM. 



Tomentosum. Snow ix Summer. ( 6 in.)- — A low, 

 dense growing plant heavily clothed with small sil- 

 very leaves, which appear as though covered with 

 hoar frost. Valuable for edging, rockeries and for 

 holding steep banks. Much used in carpet bedding 

 and for covering graves. 



Each 10c; doz. Sl.OO: li:»0. ?6.ri0. 



CENTRANTHUS. 



Euber. Red Valerias. Jupiter's Beard.— A 

 spreading plant with small, clean fresh foliage and 

 lively deep crimson flowers, in numerous clusters all 

 summer. Excellent for rockeries; valuables for cut- 

 ting. 



Each 12c; doz. SI. 2.5: irx>, ?8.00. 



CENTAUREA. 



Hardheads or Knapweed. 



Montana. Perenxiax Corn Flower. A very use- 

 ful plant of the easiest culture from Austria. It 

 grows about two feet high and during July, August 

 and September produces large violet blue fringe- 

 like flowers. Excellent for cutting. 



Montana alba.— A variety of the above with large 

 white flowers. 



Each I.jc; doz. .S1..jO. 



CONVALLARIA MAJALIS. 



Lily of the Valley. 



Large, luxuriant foliage: small bell-shaped, pure 

 white flowers in pretty 

 racemes; graceful and 

 exquisitely fragrant. Es- 

 pecially appropriate and 

 valuable for cemetery 

 planting. Largely used 

 for forcing under glass In 

 winter. To grow well it 

 requires rich soil and 

 plenty of manure. Suc- 

 reeds best in partial 

 shade. 



.K combination bed of Lily of the Valley and Don 

 ble Russian Violet is delightful in perfume as well 

 as pleasing to the eye and the blossoms of both are 

 among the choicest cut flowers. 



Each 10c: doz. 100, .So.OO. 



COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA. ^-oldex wave. 



The true variety The best hardy yellow flower for 

 massing. Incessant in bloom and so rich and In- 

 tense in color as to attract all beholders. It forma 

 a compact clump of upright habit, two to three feet 

 high with very large flowers of a dazzling golden- 

 yellow on slender stems a foot long. Splendid for 



cutting. The true variety begins to flower early In 

 June and continues in bloom until frost. 

 Each 12c; doz. S1.25; 100, ?8.00. 



BUSH CLEMATIS. 



Davidiana. ( 2 to 3 ft.)— Produces large clusters of 

 beautiful, fragrant Hyacinth-like flowers of deep 

 celestial blue, in great numbers, from middle of July 

 until last of September. By reason of its fresh, rich 

 green folige and abundance of beautiful attractive 

 flowers, it is especially valuable for planting with 

 shrubbery or in the herbaceous border. 



Each 12c; doz. .?1.2.'5: 100, S8.00. 



