LOVETTS NURSER Y, LITTLE SILVER, N. J.— HARD Y PERENNIALS 49 



HARDY PERENNIALS {Continued 



All Perennials (unless otherwise noted) 

 each 20c.; doz. $2; 100 $14. 



ANTHEMIS. Chamomile # 

 TINCTORIA. GOLDEN MARGUER- \ 

 ITE. 2 feet — A bushy plant with dark 

 green, finel> cut foliage and clear golden- 

 yellow flowers. June- July. 



AQUILEGIA. Columbine 



Old-time favorites. Thrive in all soils, even 

 though wet and shaded. Among the earliest 

 flowers of early spring and absolutely hardy and 

 reliable everywhere. 



CANADENSIS. WILD HONEYSUCKLE. 18 in. 

 — Bright red and yellow flowers, on long stems. 



CHRYSANTHA. 18 in— Flowers of rich golden yel- 

 low; blooms for two months. 



COERULEA. 18 in. — Blue with white corolla. 



GLANDULOSA. BLUE SIBERIAN COLUMBINE. 

 XYi ft. — One of the handsomest, with large, pale blue 

 flowers. May and June. 



LONG SPURRED HYBRIDS. 18 in.— The finest of 

 the Columbines. The large flowers are of varied shades of 

 blue, lavender, red and white. 



Mrs. Scott Elliott's Improved Long 

 Spurred Aquilegias 



Every so often a hobbyist will select a specific class of 

 hardy plants for special experiments with a view to im- 

 proving them by breeding or selection or both. Mrs. 

 Scott Elliott has done for the Columbine what Vanderbilt 

 is doing for -the Delphinium (see page 52), Thurlow's for 

 the Peony, and the California people for the Dahlia. 

 The new Columbine strain of Mrs. Elliott's is by far the 

 finest that has come to our attention in a decade. Not 

 only are the individual flowers larger, and the spurs more 

 pronounced, but the colors are brighter and there is a 

 greater variety of them. Those who are in doubt which 

 to select from among all the Aquilegias offered, cannot go 

 wrong in choosing Mrs. Elliott's special strain. Each, 

 35c; dozen, $3.50. 



ARABIS. Rock Cress 



ALBIDA. ALPINA. 8 to 12 in— A charming little 

 rock plant of low-tufted habit K covered with pure white, 

 fragrant flowers from early spring .to midsummer; thrives 

 in dry places. 



ARMERIA 



MERITIMA LAUCHEANA. 



SEA PINK. — A dwarf growing 

 Perennial with attractive deep rose 

 colored flowers. In growth the 

 plants resemble Hardy Pinks. 



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ARTEMISIA "SILVER KING" A GRAND NEW FORM OF 

 DESERVEDLY POPULAR BORDER PLANT 



THE COLUMBINES ARE AMONG OUR MOST 

 WELCOMED EARLY SPRING FLOWERS 



ARTEMISIA 



LACTIFLORA. 4 to 5 ft.— A desir- 

 able new border plant, with large branch- 

 ing panicles of creamy white flower heads, 

 produced in late summer. Fragrant. 



STELLERIANA. OLD WOMAN. \y 2 

 ft. — Foliage deeply cut; silvery white. 



SILVER KING— One of the outstand- 

 ing and truly meritorious novelties among 

 hardy plants introduced during the last 

 few years. From early summer until late 

 winter, it forms one of the points of at- 

 traction in the hardy border. For gen- 

 eral landscape effect among shrubbery, it 

 is unsurpassed, while it is equally desir- 

 able for cutting. As such, especially in 

 mixed bouquets, it sets off flowers to 

 perfection . 



Of extremely vigorous habit, well de- 

 veloped plants average about three feet 

 high, and the variety is not particular as 

 to soil, doing well in most any situation. 

 Both stems and foliage are a bright silvery 

 green, which stands in striking contrast 

 to the different colors of other contrasting 

 foliage plants. Of very symmetrical 

 growth, and readily confined to any de- 

 sired shape or size. Each, $1.00; dozen, 

 $10.00. 



ASCLEPIAS 



TUBEROSA. BUTTERFLY FLOW- 

 ER. 2 feet — Although occasionally found 

 in fields and meadows throughout the 

 United States, this is one of the most unique 

 and showy of all hardy flowers. Thrives 

 in all soils and produces numerous large, 

 compact, flat heads of bright orange-yel- 

 low flowers — a color found in no other 

 perennial. 



