J.T.LOVETT. LITTLE JILVEF^.N.J 



HARDY GARDEN PINKS. 



Perpetual Snow Pink. 



The Hardy Garden or Clove Pinks are as valuable as 

 they are popular for border or for edging. All varieties 

 bloom with lavish profusion in May and June — the ever 

 hlooming varieties continuing until late autumn. The 

 beauty of their double flowers with their delightful frag- 

 rance, render them invaluable for cutting. 



NEW EVERBLOOMING VARIETIES. 

 ARTHUR— White with dark center; semi-double. 

 CRIMSON KING— Intense brilliant crimson. 

 COMET — Rosy crimson. 

 DELI CAT A— Delicate, soft pink. 



PERPETUAL SNOW— A revelation in Hardy Pinks. 

 The plant forms a dense tuft of attractive, grass-like, 

 glaucous green leaves, and from early spring until the 

 ground freezes, continues to produce a lavish crop of 

 large, beautifully fringed, pure white flowers that are 

 richly clove scented and which are borne on slender, 

 wiry stems. No garden should be without it. (See cut.) 



SEMPERFLORENS — Produces sweet scented double. 

 «emi-double and single flowers in a great diversity of 

 ■colors and in lavish profusion all summer and autumn. 

 Mixed colors. 



Clumps, each, 20c; doz., $2.00; 100, $12.00. From 2H 

 inch pots, each, 12c; doz., $1.25; 100, $8.00. 



STANDARD VARIETIES. 



ABBOTSFORD — Carmine pink; large and beautiful. 



HER MAJESTY— Of large size, pure white with rich 

 clove fragrance. Flowers so numerous as to form a 

 veritable sheet of bloom. 



MRS. SINKINS — Of large size, pure white flowers 

 which are delightfully sweet ; quite similar to the above. 



NEW MOUND — Pure white, finely fringed and very 

 fragrant. Dwarf, compact habit, very useful for edging. 



PLUMARIUS NANUS FL. PL. Early Flowering 

 PERENNI.A.L PiNKS — Flowcr two wccks earlier than the old 

 types. Their freedom of bloom is marvelous. Very 

 iragrant ; colors rich and varied. 



SOUV. DE SALLE— Large, deep pink, profuse. A 

 strong grower ; superb. 



Clumps, each, 15c; doz., $1.50; 100, $10.00. From 2^ 

 inch pots, each, 10c; doz., $1.00; 100, $6.00. 



PLATYCODON. 



Bell Flower. 



LEICHTLINII. Clematis Flowered Bell Flower— 

 A very valuable Hardy Perennial produced by Prof. Max 

 Leightlin, Baden-Baden, Germany, the result of twenty- 

 three years of careful and painstaking work. It forms 

 compact clumps, never more than a foot in height, which 

 are literally covered, from June until October, with large, 

 star-like flowers of great substance and deepest violet-blue 



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Platycodon Leichtliiiii. 



color, resembling the flowers of Clematis Jackmanii. 

 (See cut.) 



MARIESI — A plant with attractive foliage and ot 

 dwarf habit ; producing a profusion of star-like flowers 

 two inches or more in diameter, of intense dark bhie, all 

 summer. 



Two year old roots, each, 12c; doz., $1.25; 100, $8 00. 



POLYGONUM. 



AMPLEXICAULE OXYPHYLLUM. Mountai.v 



Fleece — - A strong robust plant, two or three feet high, 

 covered with large panicles of small white flowers, from 

 late summer until freezing weather. 



COMPACTUM — This beautiful variety grows but 12 

 to 15 inches high, has abundant glossy, very handsome 

 leaves and during August and September the entire plant 

 is enveloped in a foamy mass of small creamy white 

 flowers. 



CUSPI DATUM. Giant Knotweed — Grows six to ten 

 feet high with large glossy foliage in a mass of verdure, and 

 during August and September large clusters of drooping 

 creamy-white flowers are produced at the axils of the 

 leaves. It is very imposing and stately, and swaying with 

 every breeze it is most effective, either in mass, by itself 

 or planted with shrubbery. Extremely hardy. 



Each, 12c; doz., $1.25; 100, $8.00. 



Washington, D. C, April 25, 1908. 



The plants came promptly and in fine condition. MISS A. B. WILLIAMS. 



Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, May 12, 1908. 



Plants arrived yesterday all O. K. in good shape. I thank you very much. ED. HOFFMAN. 



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