BABY'S BREATH (Gypsophila) 



Popular for misty charm. 

 Baby's Breath (G. paniculata) . 2 to 3 ft. 

 Wiry, symmetrical bush, covered with a 

 cloud of tiny, gauzy white blooms in June 

 and July, good in borders and perfect for 

 cutting. 



"Bristol Fairy" Baby's Breath. 2 to 3 ft. 



Wonderful double Gypsophila, with big 

 panicles of double white flowers through- 

 out the summer. Each 50c, doz. $5.00. 



Creeping Baby's Breath ( G. repens). 6 to 8 

 in. Lovely trailer for the rockery, with 

 clouds of pink and white flowers in mid- 

 summer. (R). 



Pink Baby's Breath (G. oldhamiana) . 2 to 3 

 ft. Late summer brings a mass of lovely 

 soft pink blooms to add to the airy grace 

 and charm of this glorious sort. 



BALLOON FLOWER (Platycodon) 



Balloon Flower (Platycodon grandiflorum) . 



2 to 2V2 ft. Many lasting and beautiful 

 purple-blue buds like inflated balloons, 

 opening to big cupped blooms of deep 

 blue, throughout the summer. 



BEE BALM (Monarda) 

 Beebalm, Blazing (M. didyma splendens) . 



3 ft. Big heads of vivid scarlet from June 

 through August. 



Beebalm, Pink (M. rosea). Like the above, 

 but with rich pink flower heads. 



BELLFLOWER (Campanula) 



The floral bells of summer. 



Canterbury Bells (C. medium). 2 to 3 ft. 

 Immensely popular, with its many 

 branches hidden by a wealth of bell- 

 shaped flowers with their fluted rims 

 rolled back. Showy in the garden and 

 particularly lovely as cut flowers. Sep- 

 arate colors. Blue, Pink and White. 



Carpathian Bellflower ( C. carpatica). 6 to 

 9 in. Good for border, edging or for 

 rockery, with big, erect, bell-shaped flow- 

 ers of clear blue all summer. (R). Each 

 25c, doz. $2.50. 



Peachleai Bellflower (C. persicifolia) . 2 to 

 2-/2 ft. Hardy and long-lived, with big, 

 showy, cupped blooms of coerulean-blue 

 in June and July. Each 25c. doz. $2.50. 



BETONY (Stachys) 



Betony, Woolly ( Stachys lanata) . 8 in. Light 

 purple July bloom, from soft foliage cov- 

 ered with woolly hairs. (R). 



BISHOP'S WEED (Aego podium) 



Bishop's Weed, Silveredged (Aegopodium 

 podograria variegata). 1 ft. An easily 

 grown plant, ideal for rockery, edging, or 

 border, with white summer flowers from 

 lovely variegated foliage. (R). 



BLANKET FLOWER (Gaillardia) 



Blanket Flower (Gaillardia grandi flora). 2 

 ft. Many big blooms, centered maroon, 

 with orange petals banded maroon and 

 crimson, are produced from June until 

 frost; lovely and lasting when cut. 



BLANKET FLOWER (Gaillardia) 

 GOBLIN 



12 to 15 in. A great improvement 

 upon the more familiar Blanket Flower, 

 with even larger flowers and more in- 

 tense shades of maroon, orange, crim- 

 son and yellow, all summer long. 

 Each 25c, doz. $2.50. 



BLEEDING HEART (Dicentra) 

 Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis). IVz 

 to 2 ft. Old-fashioned favorite with long 

 pendent racemes of unusual heart-shaped 

 bloom, in rosy red and white. Good in 

 semi-shade and ideal for cutting. Early 

 spring to early summer. Each 45c, doz. 

 $4.50, 100 $30'.00. 

 Bleeding Heart, Fringed (D. eximia). 1 ft. 

 Excellent for border or rockery, this sort 

 bears handsome pink heart-shaped flow- 

 ers from late spring until frost, from 

 plumy, fern-like foliage, exceptionally 

 beautiful even when not in bloom. (R). 

 Each 30c, doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00. 



BOLTONIA 



Boltonia, Violet (Boltonia latisquama). 4 to 

 5 ft. Hundreds of lavender-pink flowers 

 open at once in late summer on this tall 

 bush, making a thoroughly glorious sort 

 that will draw all eyes to its beauty. 



Boltonia, White (B. asteroides). 5 to 6 ft. 

 Countless white daisy-like flowers in Au- 

 gust and September. 



BUGLE (Ajuga) 



Bugle, Corpet (Ajuga reptans). 3 to 4 in. 

 Good ground cover, either in sun, or in 

 shade under trees, with deep purplish 

 blue flowers in May from attractive 

 bronzy foliage, which is held all winter. 

 (R). 



BUGLOSS (Anchusa) 



Among the bluest of blue flowers. 

 Bugloss, "Dropmore" ( Anchusa italica, 

 "Dropmore"). 4 ft. Distinctive and beau- 

 tiful, with clusters of big gentian-blue 

 flowers in June and intermittently there- 

 after. 



Bugloss, "Opal" (A. italica, "OpaT'). 4 ft. 



Like the above, but with charming ce- 

 lestial blue flowers. 

 Bugloss, Forget-Me-Not-Flowered (A. myo- 



sotidi flora) . 1 ft. Like Forget-Me-Nots in 

 May and early June. (R). Each 25c, doz. 

 $2.50. 



BUTTERCUP (Ranunculus) 

 Buttercup, Double-Flowered. ( Ranunculus 

 acris flore plena). IV2 to 2 ft. Upright 

 plant which produces many double yel- 

 low flowers, especially good for cutting. 

 Best in a moist border. 



BUTTERFLY FLOWER (Asdepias) 



Butterfly Flower (Asdepias tuberosa). 2 ft. 

 A hardy native, with countless showy 

 orange-scarlet flower heads. Good for 

 cutting in midsummer. 



HYBRID KOREAN CHRYSANTHEMUMS (Offered on page 33) 



CAMOMILE (Anthemis) 



Camomile, Perry's (Anthemis tinctoria, "Perry's Va- 

 riety"). 12 to 18 in. Good border plant and cut 

 flower, with many blooms, like deep golden daisies, 

 in July and August. 



CAMPION (Lychnis). See Maltese Cross, page 37. 



CANDYTUFT (Iberis) 



Candytuft. Evergreen (Iberis sempervirens) . 8 to 10 

 in. Clusters of glistening white flowers in early 

 spring from glossy evergreen foliage. (R). 



Candytuft, Gibraltar (1. gibraltarica) . 8 to 10 in. 

 Many delicate pink blooms make this best of 

 Candytufts a strikingly beautiful sort from spring 

 until frost. (R). 



CARDINAL FLOWER. See Lobelia, page 37. 



CERASTIUM 



Cerastium, Snow-in-Summer ( Cerastium biebersteinij_. 

 10 to 12 in. Silver foliaged creeper; white summer 

 bloom. (R). 



CHINESE LANTERN PLANT 



(Ground Cherry) 

 Chinese Lantern Plant (Phy sails francheti). 2 ft. Many 

 large orange-scarlet fruits like lanterns, in the fall. 

 Cut and dried, these fruits make good Halloween 

 household decorations. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



The chief glory of autumn. 



Arctic Chrysanthemums ( C. arcticum). 1 ft. Many 

 white flowers, centered gold, spring from rosettes 

 of shiny green foliage. From Sept. to Nov. (R). 



Korean Chrysanthemum (C. coreanum). 2 to 4 ft. 

 Countless big daisy-like 'Mums tinged pink by frost 

 and centered bright yellow, in late fall. 



rom ti I n ■ 1 ALL VARIETIES (unless otherwise noted): Each 20c, doz. S2.00, 100 S14.00. t _ _„/ ■»» t_ _ 



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