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Hardy Perennial Plants (Continued) 



BOLTONIA OR FALSE CHAMOMILE 



Asteroides. Height five to seven feet, color pure white. Months 

 of blooming, August and September. Among the very showiest of 

 all perennial plants, its thousands of flowers opening at one time 

 and producing a very striking effect. 



Lastisquema. Similar to Asteroides except that it is slightly 

 more dwarf and that the flowers are a delicate lavender-pink. 



Shasta Daisy. (Leucan Themum Hybridum.) Height two to 

 three feet, color pure white. Months of blooming, July and August. 

 Used very largely for edging and border purposes, the flower being 

 much larger than the old original Shasta. 



ASTER OR MICHAELMAS DAISY 



These charming autumn flowers carry the very spirit of autumn, 

 their season of bloom. They will give a wealth of color at a time 

 when almost all others are through blooming. 



Novi Belgii Climax. Height five feet, color lavender-blue. An 

 one of the newer varieties. Climax is already a leader among hardy 

 Ast«rs. 



Novae Angliae. Height three to four feet, color rich blue-purple. 

 A very desirable variety. 



Tataricus. Height five feet, color rich lilac-purple. Month of 

 bloom October. Quite distinct from the other Asters listed herewith. 

 ACHILLEA OR YARROW 



Boule de Neige (Ball of Snow). Height two feet, color pure 

 white. Montlis of blooming June, July and August. This variety 

 is a distinct improvement over the Pearl, and will prove very satis- 

 factory either for a border decoration or as cut flowers. 



Long-Spurred Hybrids. Time of blooming and height of plant 

 the same as for Boule de Neige. This strain includes many lovely 

 shades, and is extremely desirable. 



PHYSOSTEGIA OR DRAGON-HEAD 

 Virginiana (American Heather). Height three to four feet, 

 color lavender-pink. Months of blooming, July and August. This 

 plant forms tall, handsome clumps with many odd-shaped and 

 variable colored flowers. 



DELPHINIUM OF PKRENNIAL P5 .V\ i 



DELPHINIUM OR 

 HARDY LARKSPUR 



Indispensable in the 

 herbaceous garden, the 

 long, waving flower-stem 

 blooming through June, 

 July and August. The 

 delicate shades of blue 

 add an attractiveness 

 which is found in almost 

 no other flower. 



Formosum. Height 

 three to four feet, coloi- 

 deep blue with white 

 center. A very vigorous 

 free-flowering variet\-. 



Old English Hy- 

 brids. An assortment 

 of colors from light hhu' 

 to dciej) purple. 



ERIANTHUS 

 Ravennae. A hand- 

 some ornamental grass 

 with purple plumes 

 especially useful for sub- 

 tropical gardens. Foliage 

 bronze-green, growing to 

 a height of nearly twelve 

 feet. It is in flower during July and Augu.st, fre(iucMtl\ fl 

 up from thirty to fifty flower-spikes. 



SHASTA DAISY 



iiowing 



SEEDUM OR STONECROP 



Decorative hardy plants growing to a height of from one and one- 

 half to two feet, having thick, heavy foliage in varying shapes and 

 colors. The flowers are borne in clusters. This plant is especially 

 adapted for rockeries and borders. 



Spectabilis. Height eighteen inches, color brilhant rose. 

 Months of blooming, September and October. 



Sieboldii. Height three to four inches, color brilliant pink. 

 Months of blooming, August and September. A rather rare and very 

 desirable perennial. 



Brilliant. Color bright amaranth. Months of blooming, Sei>- 

 tember and October. A sport from the variety Atropurpurea. 



RUDBECKIA OR CONE FLOWER 

 Purpurea or Purple Cone Flower. Height three feet, color 

 reddish-purple petals with center of golden-brown. It will bloom in 

 .Vugust and September. Somewhat similar to the well-known Golden 

 (ilow except in color. 



MOMARDA OR MINT 

 Didyma ((Jswego Tea). Height two to three feet, color bright 

 scarlet. Months of blooming, July and August. Flowers and 

 foliage have an aromatic fragrance. Succeeds well on almost any 

 soil. 



SUMMER- FLOWERING BULBS 



.Almost every garden-owner appreciates the value of the 

 summer-flowering bulbs, for among them are to be found 

 some of our most beautiful flowers. The limited list which 

 we now offer is composed of the very choicest varieties of 

 the different classes of bulbs. Cannas and Gladioli have 

 been wonderfully developed during the past ten years, and 

 revised list includes many of the very finest types. 



CANNAS 



President McKinley — feet. Deep, rich crimson 

 flowers, beautifully formed. 



Wyoming — o feet. Giant orchid-flowering, Orange- 

 colored; true orchid shaped. Extra-large flowers. 



Price on all Cannas, 15^ each; $1.55 per dozen. 



GLADIOLI 



America — Spikes two to three feet long, with good- 

 sized flowers of soft lavender-pink, altnost a tinted white. 

 Price 13(4 each; .$1.00 per dozen; $6..50 per 100. 



A BED OF CANNAS IS ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL 



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Prices of Perennial Plants, Postpaid, 25i each; $2.50 per dozen 



