WM. C. BBCKERT. 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Seeds of Select Hardy Perennials. 



ARABIS ALPINA. 



A low-growing, very hardy little plant, which covers its mat of green leaves thicklv with pretty 

 white flowers very early in spring. A good plant for rockwork and edgings. 5 cents per pkt. 



ARMERIA MARITIMA. 



(Thrift, Sea-Pink.) Dwarf, hardy plants, much used for edgings. The rosy pmk 

 flowers are borne .in clusters above the tufts of leafage. 5 cents per pkt. 



ASPERULA ODORATA. 



(Sweet Woodruff.) This plant is noted as being the principal ingredient of " Mai- 

 trank," but is grown in most gardens for its clusters of white, sweet-scented flowers, which 

 are very pretty for bouquets. Low-growing, si.x inches high. 5 cents per pkt. 



AURICULAS, or HARDY PRIMULAS. 



Cowslips, or Hardy Primroses, are favorite early spring flowers, with bright clusters 

 of blossoms in different shades of red and yellow. The clumps increase rapidly, 

 Primula Aiiricula. Mixed seed of best varieties, 10 cents per pkt. 

 P. Elatior (Polyanthus). Choice mixed seed, from large flowers. 10 cents per pkt. 

 P. Vulgaris. The true, fragrant yellow Primrose. 10 cents per pkt. 



BKLUS PBRENIVIS. 



The Favorite Double English, or Burns' 



This dainty little flower is a favorite everywhere, with 

 practical gardeners and people of refined tastes, as well as 

 with poets. It is of easy culture, and grows well in all soils, 

 if given a rather moist, shaded situation. 

 Flowering plants grow off readily from 

 seed sown in the border in early spring, or 

 in bo-xes in the house. They seldom ex- 

 ceed 6 inches in height, and bloom from 

 spring until midsummer, in some locali- 

 ties sparingly in autumn. An exquisite 

 plant for shady borders and edgings to 

 beds, or for window-boxes in a cool room, 

 where in winter the little flowers are sent 

 up thickly, forming rosy rainbows of 

 pink and white. A few of the plants will 

 produce only semi-double flowers, show- 

 ing the yellow disk in the center, but these 

 only give a charming variety to the border. 

 Bellis perennis fl. pi. Flowers dou- 

 ble. Mixed colors, 10 cents per pkt. 

 B. — maxiinus. A choice, large-flower 

 ing strain. Mixed colors, 50c. per pkt. 

 B. — alba. Extra double, large white 



flowers. 10 cents per pkt. 

 B. — Longfellow. A very choice variety 

 of recent introduction. The bright rose- 

 colored flowers are very large and dou- 

 ble, and borne on long, stiff flower- 

 stalks : an exquisite flower for cutting. 

 25 cents per pkt. 



i-S^ /»2, , Coreopsis 

 {Callioi>sis.) 



Daisy. 



Dianthus Barbalus. {Sweet mUiam.) 



■ball Daisy. 



Bellis perennis, Snowball. A pure 

 white variety of the Daisy, with flow- 

 ers very large and perfect, and long 

 stems. 25 cents per pkt. 



CALLIRHOE LINEARILOBA. 



The lilac and white flowers of this 

 plant are produced the first year if the 

 seed is started early. It is a modest 

 but very pretty hardy perennial, and 

 deserves wider cultivation. 5 cents 

 per pkt. 



CAMPANULA. 



(Bellflower, Canterbury Bell.) Hand- 

 some hardy herbaceous perennials, very 

 popular for mixed beds and borders. 

 They bear a profusion of large, bell- 

 shaped flowers in blue, rose, pink and 

 white. 



Campanula pyramidalis. Flowers 

 in many shades of blue. Mixed seed, 

 5 cents per pkt. 

 C. media calycanthema (Cup and 

 Saucer). Handsome flowers in many 

 tints of blue, rose and white. The 

 large colored calyx forms a pretty 

 saucer, or setting, for the bell, or cup. 

 Mixed seed, 5 cents per pkt. 

 C. — fl. pi. A large, double form of 

 the above. Mixed seed, loc. per pkt. 

 C. speculum (Venus' Looking Glass). 

 See Seeds that Bloom the First Season. 

 5 cents per pkt. 



COREOPSIS I.ANCEOLATA. 



One of our finest hardy perennials ; the flowers are large and golden yellow, borne 

 on long stems ; the plant is very hardy, and flowers freely ; very fine for cutting. 10 

 cents per pkt. 



CRUCIANELLA STYLOSA. 



Low, tufted plants, seldom more than a foot high, with rose-colored flowers, borne 

 in profusion the greater part of the summer. 



DELPHINIUM. 



(Larkspur.) The perennial Larkspurs, although not so showy as the annual 

 sorts, are indispensable to the hardv garden, because of their long and graceful spikes 

 of bright blue flowers. Often branches grow 3 feet high, with flower-spikes from 5 

 to 10 inches long. 



Delphinium Cashmerianum. Long spikes of deep blue blossoms, something 



like those of the Monk's-Hood. 10 cents per pkt. 

 D.formosum. Rich blue flowers, with white centers. Splendid mixture, loc. perpkt. 



DIANTHUS BARBATUS. 



(Sweet William. ) Besides their well known value as attractive, profuse bloom- 

 ing garden plants, the Sweet Williams have lately begun to be appreciated for cut- 

 ting, especially the white varieties. The flowers remain fresh for a long time, have 

 good stems, and a rich, quaint perfume. 



Dianthus Barbatus, Single Mixed. All the best colors', 5 cents per pkt. 

 D. — fl. pi., Mi-ved Seed. Seed saved from fine double flowers of many colors. 



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