HARDY PERENNIAL 



FLOWERING PLANTS 



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Perennials differ from annual flowering plants in that tfiey do not carry their lovely 

 flowers for just one year, but increase in beauty of bloom as the years roll by. Our 

 carefully selected and carefully grown Perennials will add immeasurably to the beauty 

 of your borders and garden, and, when cut, the flowers will embellish the vases of 

 your house to the maximum extent. So try some this season, for our list of flowering 

 Perennials has never been better. 



All varieties (unless otherwise noted), each 20c, doz. S2.00, 100 S14.00. 



All are strong blooming age plants. 



Add 10 per cent to your remittance ii shipment is desired by Parcel Post. 



(R) following descriptions indicates that such varieties are especially adapted to the 

 rock garden. 



AGERATUM. HARDY (Eupatorium) 



Blue Mist Flower (E. coelestinum). 18 to 



24 in. Fuzzy blue flowers, like those pro- 

 duced by the familiar annual Ageratum, 

 but on longer stems; good for cutting. 



Snow Thoroughwort (E. ageratoides) . 3 ft. 

 Good for cutting or massing, with many 

 broad floral heads of pure white in late 

 summer. Best in moist shade. 



ALUM ROOT. See "Coralbells," page 

 34. 



ALYSSUM 



Basket of Gold (A. saxatile compac- 

 turn). 8 to 12 in. Showy and pop- 

 ular for edging, border fronting or 

 rockery, with big broad compact 

 clusters of bright golden flowers, 

 which hide the gray-green leaves 

 in early spring. (R). 



ANEMONE 



Hupeh Anemone (A. hupehensis) . 18 

 in. Good in sun or semi-shade, and 

 perfect for the rockery, these rosy 

 mauve flowers, borne from late 

 summer to frost, are also lovely 

 when cut. (R). Each 30c, doz. $3.00, 

 100 $20.00. 



Pasque Flower (A. Pulsatilla) . 9 to 

 12 in. Good for rockery or border, 

 with many violet-purple flowers in 

 April and May, and attractive 

 woolly foliage. (R). Each 30c, doz. 

 $3.00, 100 $20.00. 



JAPANESE ANEMONES 



(A. japonica) 

 Perfect cut flowers for your fall table. 

 September-October. 

 Queen Charlotte. 2 to 3 ft. Semi-double, 

 clear pink. 



Rubra Superba. 1 '/z ft. Semi-double, rosy 

 red. 



ALYSSUM, BASKET OF GOLD 



BALLOON FLOWER 



(Offered on page 32) 



Whirlwind. 21/2 to 3V2 ft. Semi- 

 double, pure white, a gorgeous 

 sort. 



All Anemones, each 30c, doz. 

 $3.00, 100 $20.00. 



SPECIAL OFFER 



One strong plant of each of the 

 above three hardy Japanese Anem- 

 ones for only 75c. 



ASTERS 



For fall's gardens and vases. 

 New England Aster (A. novae-ang- 

 line). 4 ft. Showy deep royal pur- 

 ple flowers in August and Sep- 

 tember. 



Rock Aster (A. alpinus superbus). 

 6 to 10 in. Lovely lavender-blue 

 flowers, centered gold, in an Aster 

 unusual in its dwarf height and 

 springtime flowers. (R). 



Rosy New England Aster (A. novae- 

 angiiae rosea). 4 ft. Pink-flowered 

 form of the popular New England 

 Aster. One of the most beautiful of 

 all the Aster family. 



NEW ENGLAND ASTER 



Tartarian Aster (A. tataricus). 6 ft. Tallest 

 and latest blooming, with purple-blue 

 flowers in October and November. 

 NAMED SORTS 



Anita Ballard. 2 to 3 ft. Double fall flowers 

 of clear violet. 



Beechwood Challenger. 2 to 3 ft. An amaz- 

 ingly free flowering sort, brilliant crim- 

 son-red blooms. Each 35c, doz. $3.50. 



Blue Beard. 2 to 3 ft. Azure-blue flowers, 

 centered cream. 



Climax. 4 ft. Large lavender-blue Asters, 

 centered gold. 



Feltham Blue. 3 ft. Popular deep blue As- 

 ters. 



Harrington Pink. 3 ft. Unusual sort, with 

 huge flowers of a rich clear pink, lovely 

 for cutting. Each 35c, doz. $3.50. 



Louvain. 1 V2 ft. Smaller flowers, and of a 

 deeper pink than the above. 



Mons. 2 to 3 ft. An old popular sort, with 

 striking reddish-violet flowers. 



White Climax. 3 ft. Best white-flowered 

 Aster. 



Wonder of Staffa. 3 ft. Big lavender-blue 

 flowers from early summer until frost, in 

 great abundance; excellent for cutting. 

 Each 35c, doz. $3.50. 



(R) HARDY DWARF ASTERS (R) 



Good for edging or grouping in front of 

 borders and simply ideal for the rock gar- 

 den. 



Lady Henry Maddox. 10 to 12 in. Compact 

 and neat with clear pale pink bloom in 

 September. (R). 



Lilac Time. 12 in. Pretty lilac-blue flowers 

 in mid-September. (R). 



Nancy. 10 in. Many flesh-pink flowers. 

 Late September. (R). 



Snowsprite. 10 in. Best white dwarf Aster. 

 Early September. (R). 



Star of Wartburg. 12 in. A marvelous 

 Aster which bears deep lilac-blue flow- 

 ers, centered orange, in great abundance. 

 Unusual in that the flowers are produced 

 during the spring months. (R). 



Victor. 8 in. Clear lavender-blue, very 

 dwarf. Early September. (R). 



COLLECTION HARDY DWARF ASTERS 

 One each of these six Perfect Rockery 

 Plants for only 95c. 



AVENS 



Avens. See "Geum," page 34. 



Little Silver. N. J. 



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