12 Hardy Perennials 



LOVETT'S NURSERY, Inc. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS— Continued 



Excelsior. Big, double yellow blooms like Asters, 



good for bouquets. 

 Frances Whittlesey. A newer sort, with large 



garnet and deep bronze flowers; ideal for the Fall 



garden. 



Field of Snow. Many creamy white flowers, tinged 



pink. Large Pompon. 

 Harvard. A lovely sort of clear Harvard crimson. 

 L'Argentuillais. Shapely big, bronzy scarlet 



flowers, tipped with gold. A particularly hardy 



sort. 



Miramar. Big, shapely bronze Chrysanthemums. 



Mrs. C. Coolidge. Distinct and diff"erent sort, 

 single, with scarlet petals and golden center. 



Mrs. J. W. Martin. A drooping sort, with crimson 

 flowers, blended with crushed strawberry. (R.) 



Mrs. L. Birchard. Large, bright shell pink flowers, 

 good for cutting. 



Norine. Golden Mums in big sprays — just right for 

 Thanksgiving Day. Pompon. 



October Beauty. Large, semi-double-flowered, 

 bronze variety of great beauty. 



October Girl. Early flowering, semi-double, deep 

 pink sort, suff"used with lavender. Large-flowered. 



Old Homestead. Many large, bufl" pink flowers, 

 lovely in a mass planting. 



Pink Dandy. One of the best of afl hardy Chrysan- 

 themums, with a multitude of large pink Pom- 

 pons. Gorgeous in fuH bloom. 



Mrs. Scott Elliott's Hybrid Columbine 

 (Aquilegia) 



All varieties, unless otherwise noted, 

 (Add 10% to your remittance if 



Princess Victoria Louise. Splendid large bronze. 

 Ruth Cummings. Many blooms of a rich fiery 



orange, large and lovely for cutting. 

 Scarlet Beauty. Late sort, with countless flowers of 



pure scarlet. 



Skibo. Clear yellow "buttons," centered bronze. 

 Victory. Big double white flowers on a trailing 

 plant. 



Wanda. Many pale-pink-and-cream blooms, large 



and very double. 

 Yellow Normandie. Early, with many mammoth, 



open flowers of a light bronzy yeflow. Excellent 



in a mass planting. 



Special Offer 

 HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



Each Chrysanthemum that wifl be sent 

 out on these special coflections wifl be a thor- 

 oughly desirable, hardy variety, the coflection 

 to include one strong plant, that wifl bloom 

 freely the same year planted, of each of our 

 twelve most dependable hardy sorts. 



To introduce our splendid Hardy Chrysan- 

 themums, we win send 12 strong plants, each 

 different and correctly labeled, for $1.75. 



Choice of varieties must be left to us. 



CLEMATIS 



Fragrant Tube Clematis (C. davidiana). 2 to 3 ft. 

 Rare and desirable, with fragrant, befl-shaped 

 flowers of a deep lavender blue, in late Summer. 

 Each 35c., doz. $3.50. 



COLUMBINE . Aquilegia 



Lovely plants to add color to your rockery in the 

 Spring. 



Alpine Columbine (A. alpina). 12 in. A rare sort 

 with deep blue, short-spurred flowers in Sprine: 

 (R) 



American Columbine (A. canadensis). 18 in. 

 Popular native sort with bright red and yellow 

 flowers in late Spring. (JR.) 



Golden Columbine (A. chrysantha). 2 to 3 ft. 

 Tafler and later than most, with slender flowers 

 of brightest gold, in May, June and July. {R.) 



Mrs. Scott Elliott's Choice Long-spurred Hy- 

 brid Columbines. These lovehest of Columbines 

 wifl make your Spring garden the envy of your 

 neighbors. Every color and combination of color 

 in the Aquilegia world is here represented, from 

 red, blue and yeflow to the subtler shades of lav- 

 ender, mauve, purple, and cream. A necessity in 

 any perennial coUection. Flower stalks, 2 to 3 ft 

 tall. Each 2oc., doz. $2..50, 100 $15.00. 



DELPHINIUM . See Larkspur 



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April 30. 19-55 



I have depended upon your nursery for such things ever 

 since 1883 when you furnished my Asbury Park place with 

 the first shrubs, vines, and trees I ever really owned. 



Mrs. E. a. Stege, 



Eldred, N. Y. 



each 20c., doz. $2.00, 100 $12.00 



shipment is desired hy parcel post) 



