WM. O. BEOKBRT, 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Seeds of Select Hardy Perennials. 



the house. They seldom 



ASPERULA ODORATA. 



(Sweet Woodruff.) This plant is noted as being the principal ingredient of " Maitrank, ' but is 

 grown in most gardens for its clusters of white, sweet-scented flowers, which are very pretty for 

 bouquets. Low-growing, six inches high. 5 cents per pkt. 



AURICULAS, or HARDY PRIMULAS. 



Cowslips, or Hardy Primroses, are favorite earl)- spring flowers, with clusters of 

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

 Primula Auricula. Mi.xed 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. lo cents per pkt. 



BOCCONIA JAPONICA. 



Stately foliage plants for lawns or pots, with large and beautiful leaves. 5c. per pkt. 



BKUIS PERENNIS. 



The Favorite Double English, or Burns' Daisy. 



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 boxes 1 

 exceed 6 inches in height, and bloom from spring until mid 

 summer; in some localities sparingly in autumn. An exquis 

 ite plant for shady borders and edgings to beds, or for window 

 boxes in a cool room, where in winter flow- 

 ers are sent up thickly, forming rainbows 

 of pink and white. 



Bellis pereunis fl. pi. Flowers double. 



Mixed colors, 10 cents per pkt. 

 JB. — maximus. A choice, large-flower- 

 ing strain. Mixed colors, 25c. per pkt. 

 B. — alba. Extra double, large white 



flowers. 10 cents per pkt. 

 B. — liongfellow. A very choice variety 



of recent introduction. The bright 



rose-colored flowers are very large 



and double, and borne on long, stiff 



flower-stalks ; an exquisite flower for 



cutting. 25 cents per pkt. 

 B. — Snowball. A pure white variety 



of the Daisy, with flowers very large 



and perfect, and long stems. 25c. pkt. 



CALLIRHOE LINEARILOBA. 



The lilac and white flowers of this 

 plant are produced the first year if the 

 seed is started earl)-. It is a modest but 



very prettv hardv perennial, and ^ 



deserves wider cultivation. 5 cents -^^^^^^ 

 per pkt. A 



Dianlhus Barbatus. {Sweet JVUliam.) 



Snowball Daisy. 



CAMPANULA. 



(Bellflower.) Handsome hardy her- 

 baceous perennials, very popular for 

 mixed beds and borders. Thev bear a 

 profusion of large, bell-shaped' flowers 

 in blue, rose, pink and white. 

 Campanula pyramidalis. Flow ers 

 in man J' shades of blue. Mixed seed, 

 5 cents per pkt. 

 C. media calycanthema (Cup and 

 Saucer). Handsome flowers in manv 

 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. — (Canterbury Bell). Produces 

 large, nodding, bell-shaped flowers of 

 charming form and many beautiful 

 shades ; single and double. Each, 

 5 cents per pkt. 

 C. speculum (Venus' Looking Glass). 

 See Seeds that Bloom the First Sea- 

 son. 5 cents per pkt. 



CORBOPSIS 



CEOLATA. 



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. 5 cents per pkt. 



Coreopsis. iCaiiiopsis, CRUCIANELLA STYLOSA. 



Low, tufted plants, seldom more than 

 a foot high ; rose-colored flowers, in profusion the greater part of the summer. Pkt. 5c. 



DELPHINIUM. 



Perennial Larkspurs, although not so showy as the annual sorts, are indispensable 

 to the hardy gurden, 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. 

 D. Mixed. 5 cents per pkt. 



DIANTHUS. 



Dianthus Barbatus (Sweet William). Besides their well-know-n value as attractive, 

 profuse blooming garden plants, the Sweet Williams have lately begun to be appre- 

 ciated for cutting, especially the white varieties. The flowers remain fresh for a long 

 time, have good steins, and a rich, quaint perfume. 



D. • — Single Mixed. All the best colors, 5 cents per pkt. 



D. — fl. pi., Mixed Seed. Seed from fine double flowers of many colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 D. Gardnerianus (Double Hardy Garden, or Grass Pink). This species is in perfec 



tion about the first of June. The foliage is more grass-like and the plant much hardier 



than the carnation. 5 cts. p^r pkt. 

 D. Plumarius (Double Pheasant's-Eye Pink). Double fringed flowers, fragrant, of 



white, crimson or purple shades 10 cents per pkt. 



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