HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



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SVlRJEk. ^li^ADOW SWEET. 



Aruncus. Gnat's r.FtEAD.— Exceedingly ^-aceful 



with attractive pale 

 green pinnate foli- 

 age and tall stems, 

 surmounted with 

 feathery panicles of 

 small, creamy white 

 flowers in July and 

 August. Especially 

 \* useful for planting 

 ^ with shrubbery, 

 Japonica. See As- 

 tilbe. page 21. 



Japonica. Glad- 

 s-one.— See Astilbe, 

 page o. 



Ea. 15c; doz.$1.50: 

 H>^i. $10.fX». 



Filipendula fl. pi. Double-flowered Dropwort. A 

 I.eautiful dwarf plant and an old favorite. Its grace- 

 ful, pretty fern-like foliage of deep green is exceed- 

 ingly attractive, and the stems support beautiful 

 heads of double white flowers with a creamy tine*, 

 in great profusion throughout the summer. Excellent 

 for cutting. 



Palmata. Crimson Meadow Sweet.— Grows three 

 feet high and produces broad corymbs of crimson 

 purple flowers, hung on purple red stems, in pro- 

 fusion during June and July. A superb variety, 



Palmata elegans,- Similar to the preceding but 

 with silvery -ijink flowers. 



STOKESIA CYANEA. 



CORXFLOWEB ASTEB. 



.ipif ha I'l/naHa fi. pi. 



Ulmaria fl. pi. Double-flowered Meadow 

 Sweet.— A plant one to two feet high with hand- 

 some foliage and large graceful pancles of double 

 white flowers. 



Ulmaria var.— Foliage with variegations of bright 

 yellow either side of the midrib of each leaf in an 

 unique and charming manner. 



Each 15c; doz. |:i..50; ICK). SlO.rXj. 



dtoke^ia Cyanea. 



As a single specimen or grouped in the border it 

 makes for itself a place that is not filled by any 

 other hardy plant; and for beds or masses it ranks 

 with the Phlox and Iris. It is of the easest cul- 

 ture, succeeds in any sunny location. The plants 

 grow from eighteen to twenty-four inches high and 

 bloom from July until late into October. Its beau 

 tiful Centaurea-like flowers of a delicate lavender- 

 blue color are four or five inches in diameter and 

 are highly prized for cutting; supplying a sshade of 

 color that is rare at any season of the year. It 

 should be planted in a permanent bed as it is 

 much finer the second year than it is the first one 

 from setting. Xo hardy border, large or smail, 

 should be without it. No picture or description can 

 do justce to its delicate beauty. It is wanted by 

 every one as soon as seen. Each 12c: doz. §1.25; 



lOT). .ss.aj. 



TANACETUM. 



Tansy. 



Huronense eli^gan^ Bip.le leaf. (2 ft).— Of erect 

 growth with many branched stems: and both stems 

 and leaves are silvery white, thickly covered with 

 velvety down. The flowers are citron-yellow and 

 are borne in larger heads than those of y ?•>/ qmix 

 By reason of the leaves emitting a pleasant odor 

 and their beauty, they were in olden times much 

 used for book marks, hence the name. It is a use- 

 ful plant for the border and exceedingly attrac- 

 tive planted- with shrubbery. 



"This was a favorite plant with our Grandmoth- 

 ers but became almost lost to cultivation. It shonld 

 be in every garden because of its delightful fra- 

 granr-e and Ttecause of its association.'*— jE>c^a/-^t: 



Vulgaris. Common Tanst. ^.3 ft).— Very pretty 



fern-like foligae and heads of yellow flowers during 

 summer. 

 Each 15c; doz. .?1..50. 



