LOVETT'S NURSERY, INC. 



Hardy Perennials 



(R) HARDY DWARF ASTERS (R) 

 Good for edging or grouping in front of borders and simply ideal in the 

 rock geirden 



Marjorie. 10 in. Big, 

 bright rosy pink. 

 Mid-Sept. 



Nancy. 10 in. Many 

 flesh - pink flowers. 

 Late Sept. 



Ronald. 12 in. Lilac, 

 showy. Sept. 



Snowsprite. 10 in. 



Best white dwarf As- 

 ter. Early Sept. 



Victor. 8 in. Clear 

 lavender-blue, very 

 dwarf. Early Sept. 



Each 25c, doz. 



$2,50, 100 $16.00 Dwarf Border Asters 



COLLECTION 



One each of these five Perfect Rockery Plants for only .$1.00 



BABYSBREATH (Gypsophila) 



Popular for misty charm. 



Babysbreath (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" Babysbreath. 2 to 3 ft. 

 Sensational new double Gypsophila, 

 with big panicles of large white flowers 

 throughout the Summer. Each 50c, doz. 

 $5.00. 



Creeping Babysbreath (G. repens). 6 to 

 8 in. Lovely trailer for your rockery, 

 with clouds of pink and white flowers in 

 mid-Summer. (R). 



Pink Babysbreath (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. Each 30c, doz. $3.00. 



BALLOONFLOWER (Platycodon) 



Balloonflower (Platycodon grandiflorum) . 

 2 to 23^ ft. Many lasting and beautiful 

 purple-blue buds like inflated balloons, 

 opening to big cupped blooms of deep 

 blue, throughout the Summer. 



BELLFLOWER (Campanula) 



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 

 rolU'd back. Shovry in the garden and 

 particularly lovely as cut flowers. Sep- 

 arate colors. Blue, Rose, and White. 



Carpathian Bellflower (C. carpatica). 6 

 to 9 in. Good for border edging or for 

 rockery, with big, erect, bell-shaped 

 flowers of clear blue all Summer. (R). 

 Each 25c, doz. $2.50. 



Peachleaf Bellflower (C. perisici folia). 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. 



BEEBALM (Monarda) 

 Beebalm, Blazing (Monarda didyma 

 splendens). 3 ft. Best in a semi-shaded 

 wild garden, with big heads of vivid 

 scEirlet from June through August. 



BETONY (Stachys) 



Betony, Woolly (Stachys lanata). 8 in. 

 Light purple July bloom, from soft 

 fohage covered with wooUy hairs. (R). 



BISHOPS WEED (Aegopodium) 

 Bishopsweed, Silveredged (Aegopodium 

 podograria variegata). 1 ft. An easily 

 grown rockery plant with white Summer 

 flowers from lovely variegated foliage. 



BLANKETFLOWER (GaiUardia) 



Blanketflower (GaiUardia grandi flora). 2 

 ft. Many big blooms centered maroon, 

 with orange petals banded meu-oon and 

 crimson, are produced from June until 

 frost on this hardy plant, lovely and 

 lasting when cut. 



RED BLANKETFLOWER 

 (GaiUardia "Ruby") 

 This gaudy perennial produces 

 many brightest red flowers through 

 the Summer, lovely for cutting, and 

 a never failing show in the border. 

 Each 50c, doz. §5.00. 



BLEEDING HEART (Dicentra) 



Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis) . \]/2 

 to 2 ft. Oldfashioned favorite with long 

 pendant racemes of unusual heartshaped 

 bloom, in rosy red and white. Good in 

 semi-shade and ideal for cutting. Each 

 40c, doz. .$4.00, 100 S27.50. 



Bleeding Heart, Fringed (D. eximia). 1 

 ft. Excellent for border or rockery, this 

 newer sort bears handsome pink heart- 

 shaped flowers from late Spring until 

 frost, from plumy, fern-like foliage, ex- 

 ceptionally beautiful even when not in 

 bloom. (R). Each 30c, doz. $3.00, 100 

 $20.00. 



BOLTONIA 



Boltonia, Violet (Boltonia latisqnama). 4 

 to 5 ft. Hundreds of lavender-pink flow- 

 ers, good for cutting, open at once in late 

 Summer on this tall bush. 



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

 Countless white Aster-like flowers in 

 August and September. 



BUGLE (Ajuga) 



Bugle, Carpet (Ajuga replans). 3 to 4 in. 

 Good ground cover in shade under trees, 

 with deep purplish blue flowers in May 

 from attractive bronzy fohage. (R). 

 Each 25c, doz. $2.50. 



BUGLOSS (Anchusa) 



With clear blue flowers beloved by 

 gardeners. 



Bugloss, "Dropmorc" (Anchu.<ia ilnlica, 

 "Drupmore"). 4 ft. Perfect border plant, 

 with clusters of big gentian blue flowers 

 in June and intermittently thereafter. 



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

 Like the above, but with charming pale 

 blue blooms. 



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

 myosot id i flora). 1 ft. Good ground cover 

 in shade, with clusters of rich blue 

 flowers in April and May. (R). Each 25c, 

 doz. $2.50. 



BUTTERFLY FLOWER 



(Asclepias) 

 Butterfly Flower (Asclepias luberosa). 2 

 ft. Midsummer brings showy orange- 

 scarlet flower heads, good for culling, 

 to this native sort. 



CAMOMILE (Anfhemis) 



Camomile, Perry's (Anthemis tinctoria, 

 "Perry's Variety"). 15 to 18 in. Good 

 border plant and cut flower. wil,h many 

 big deep golden blooms all Summer. 



CAMPION (Lychnh) 



Campion, Maltese Cross (Lychnis chalce- 

 donica). 2 to 3 ft. Dense heads of startling 

 briUiant scarlet grace this old favorite 

 border plant all Summer. 



CANDYTUFT (Jheris) 

 Candytuft, Evergreen (Iberis semper- 

 virens). 8 to 10 in. Clusters of white 

 flowers in early Spring from glossy ever- 

 green foliage. (R). 

 Candytuft, Gibraltar (/. gibraltarica). 8 

 to 10 in. New sort, with delicate pink 

 blooms in Aprfl and May. (R). 

 Cardinal Flower. See Lobelia, page 23. 



CERASTIUM 



Cerastium, Snow in Summer (Ceras- 

 tium biebersteini). 10 to 12 in. Silver 

 foliaged creeper; white Summer bloom. 



(R). 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



The chief glory of Autumn. 

 Arctic Chrysanthemum (C. arcticum). 



1 ft. Many white flowers, centered gold, 

 spring from rosettes of shiny green 

 foliage from September until November. 

 (R). 



Korean Chrysanthemum (C. cnreanum). 



2 to 4 ft. Countless big Daisy-like Mums 

 tinged pink by frost and centered bright 

 yellow, in late Fall. 



All varieties, unless otherwise noted, each 20c, doz. $2.00, 100 $14.00 



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