Perennials for Permanent Beds and Borders. 



MYOSOTIS. 



Myosotls Victoria. 



(Forget-me-Not.) The Forget-me-Nots thrive best in moist, 

 shaded places, forming neat, compact litttle plants, bright with 

 graceful sprays of starry blue flowers, which form one of the chief 

 attractions of the garden in early spring. For pot-culture, too, 

 they are very pretty, if given cool treatment, and frequently 

 bloom the first season. 



Myosotls palustris. (The true Forget-me-Not.) Flowers bright 

 blue, with a large, golden yellow eye. lo cts. per pkt. 

 alpestris "Victoria. A new dwarf variety, which forms 

 shapely, rounded plants, and is well adapted to pot-culture, 

 although it loves the hardy garden quite as well. Its sky- 

 blue flowers are borne in thick clusters, the center ones being 

 double. 25 cts. per pkt. 

 M. rosea. A new rose colored variety of the Victoria. loc. perpkt. 

 M. alpestris grandiflora. (Eliza Fonrobert.) Large-flower_ 

 ing; bright blue; remarkably fine and distinct. loc. perpkt" 



PENTSTEMON. 



A genus of plants too handsome to be much longer neg- 

 lected. A few specialists have taken it up, and greatly improved 

 the flowers, which are borne in graceful spikes, not so stiff as 

 those of the Foxglove, and quite as brilliant and abundant. The 

 plants are herbaceous and quite hardy, and bloom from early 

 summer until frost. The flowers are of many shades and colors 

 — white, blue, scarlet, crimson, yellow, etc. Mixed seed, 

 10 cts. per pkt. 



F»EREININI/\L F^HLOX. 



(Phlox decussata.) Nothing in the long ranks of hardy perennial plants can vie with the hardy Phloxes in brilliancy and profusion of 

 bloom. Fine clumps of them form magnificent lawn and garden ornaments, and nearly all bright colors are represented in the large and 

 handsome flower-heads. The pure white varieties are much prized for cemetery planting, and smaller side-clusters of flowers, produced 

 beneath the large heads, are valuable for cutting. Plants usuallygrowabout 3 feethigh. Mixed seed from choicest collections, 15c. perpkt. 



^or Drummond Phlox, see Annuals. 



PAPAVER ORIENTALE. 



Among mixed borders or masses of shrubbery the large, brilliant flowers of the 

 Oriental Poppy have a meteor-like effect, so rich and bright is their color. The loose, 

 silken petals have each one a blotch of black at the base. The plants are about 

 2feet high, and entirely hardy. 10 cts. per pkt. 



ROMNEYA COULTERI. 



(The Great White California Poppy.) South of Washington this stately and 

 handsome plant is entirely hardy, but further north it should be kept over winter m 

 cellars or cold greenhouses. Flowers round and poppy-like in shape, from 4 to 5 inches 

 across, the pure white petals of waxen semi-transparent texture, bright golden sta- 

 mens in the center. Fragrant, and remain fresh a long time. 6to8feet. loc. per pkt. 



SILENE. 



The gay flowers of the Silene, or Catchfly, appear in early spring, and last until 

 the late flowers bloom out; vary in height, color of flowers, etc., but all free-blooming; 

 well adapted to exposed borders, rock-work, etc. Mixed seed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



SWEET WILLIAM. 



See Dianthus barbalus. 



VALERIANA. 



(Garden Heliotrope.) Early flowering, and suitable for mixed borders and 

 shrubbery. The small, fragrant flowers are borne in large corymbs on long stalks. 

 Mixed seed, from flowers of various colors. 5 cts. per pkt. 



VERONICA. 



(Speedwell.) Pretty border plants, of low, spreading habit, blooming in mid- 

 summer. The flowers are of many bright colors. Mixed seed, 10 cts. per pkt. 



VIOLA ODORATA. 



(Sweet-scented Violet.) Well-known, delightfully fragrant little flowers, which 

 bloom most freely in early spring and fall. The seed should be sown early. 

 Viola odorata altoa. Pure white, single flowers. 10 cts. per pkt. 

 V. Mixed Seed. A fine mixture from flowers of best sorts. 10 cts. per pkt. 



WALLFLOWERS. 



(Chionanthus.) The exquisite perfume of these old-fashioned flowers, and their 

 rich, quaint, bright colors, usually brownish red, yellow and violet, should give them 

 a place in every garden where they are not already grown and valued. When grown 

 in the open ground the plants should be potted in autumn. A better way is to 

 transplant them into small pots from the seed-bed, sink the pots to rim in some 

 sheltered border and keep the plants growing thriftily by frequent watering and re- 

 potting. Treated in this way, they will flower beautifully in the house in vvinter, if 

 given a cool room. Our seed is German grown and from the choicest varieties, in fine 

 mixture. 



Double Mixed. This variety gives fine flowers in all the Wallflower colors. 

 10 cts. per pkt. 



Single Mixed. This seed is chosen from select plants of best colors, sets. perpkt. 



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Hardy Perennial Phlox. 



