Seeds of Hardy Perennial Plants 



42 WM. C. BUCKURT, ALL1LQHXNY, PA. 



Seeds of Hardy "Perennials 



MANY PERENNIALS BLOOM THE FIRST SEASON IF SOWN EARLY 



The permanent character of the Hardy Perennials, which live and bloom from year to year for an indefinite period, with but little care, 

 renders them very popular among all classes of gardeners. Some of our very finest flowers are to be found among these plants for the hardy 

 garden", many of which, though old-fashioned, are dear through associations. Perennials sown in fall will often bloom the next season. 



ACANTHI'S. Grows in almost any so] 



and situation; of a stately character. 

 Latifolius. Flower spikes tall and han 



some. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Mollis. Showy; very ornamental foliage. 



Pkt. 10 cts. 



ACOMTUM (Monk's Hood). Curious 

 helmet-shaped flowers, produced on tall 

 racemes above the finely cut foliage from 

 midsummer until late autumn ; bright 

 blue. Pkt. 5 cts. 



ADONIS vernalis. A bright early spring 

 flower, with large, showy yellow flowers. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



AL.YSSI7M saxatile compactum. Low- 

 growing, with light green, silky foliage 

 and golden vellow flowers. Useful for 

 shaded places. Pkt. 5 cts. 



ANEMONE. Among our earliest spring 

 flowers. Their blossoms are various 

 shades of scarlet, purple, blue, white, 

 sometimes striped. Fine mixture. Pkt. 5c. 



ANTIRRHINUM ( Snapdragon) . 

 Blooms the first year from seed if sown 

 early, and makes very bright and showy QUEEN 

 bedding plants. The dwarf sorts grow 

 6 or 8 inches to 1 foot tall. 

 Nanum grandif lorum. Plants very stalky and growing 

 to a height of only G inches, and densely covered with 

 their large and beautiful flowers. Bloom continuously, 

 and if sown early will flower the first year. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Striata. Flowers" white, striped with rose 



and carmine. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Golden Queen. Pure yellow. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Giant-Flowering. Flowers are double the 

 usual size, and closely set on the stems. 

 White and Mixed, each per pkt. 10 cts. 

 Queen of the North. Semi dwarf, bushy 

 plants, covered with large, white, sweetly 

 perfumed flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Tom Thumb, Mixed. All colors; f 

 bedding. Pkt. 5 cts. 



BAPTISIA australls. A fine herba 

 ceous plant: flowers beautiful blue, pea 

 shaped, produced on long spikes. Pkt. 5c 



AQUILEGIA (Columbine) 



Handsome and free-blooming. Bears curi 

 ously shaped flowers in many bright and deli 

 cate'colors. and displays them well against ; 

 mass of light and pretty foliage. 2 feet. 

 Coerulea hybrida (Rocky Mountain 



Columbine). Flowers very large, more 



or less double toward the center, with 



long spurs; flowers white, marked with 



shades of blue; very fine. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Large-Flowering Yellow. Gold-Spurred. 



Much admired; flowers large and bright 



golden yellow. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Large-Flowering Double Yellow. A 



splendid double yellow variety. Pkt. 



15 cts. 



Large-Flowering White. Large, snow- 

 white flowers, with long spurs. Pkt. 

 10 cts. 



Vulgaris fl. pi. Double varieties mixed. 

 These will give an abundance of odd 

 and very pretty flowers. Pkt. 5 cts. 



AR1IERIA formosa (Thrift, Sea- 

 Pink i. Dwarf, hardy plants. Rosy 

 pink flowers, borne in clusters above 

 the tufts of leafage, Pkt. 5 cts. 



NORTH ANT1KKVHNUM. 



DIANTHUS PLUMAKir<. 



CALURRHOE. Lilac and white flowers, produced the 

 first year if the seed is started early. Very pretty. Pkt. 5c. 



CAMPANULA (Bellflower). Very popular for mixed beds 

 and borders. These bear a profusion of large, bell-shaped 

 flowers in blue, rose, pink and white. 

 Pyramidalis. Flowers in manv shades of blue and white. 

 Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Calycanthema (Cup and Saucer). Hand- 

 some flowers in many tints of blue, rose 

 and white. Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Canterbury Bell. Produces large, bell- 

 shaped flowers of charming form in many 

 beautiful shades. Single and Double. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



CANDYTUFT (Iberis). Dwarf -grow- 

 ing and free -flowering plants; very use- 

 ful for the border. 

 Gibraltarica. White, suffused with pink. 



1 X A foot. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Sempervirens. White, with glossy foli- 

 age; % foot. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 COREOPSIS lanceolata, Large- 

 Flowering (Harvest Moon ). The flowers 

 of this giant sort are nearly double the 

 size of the older variety, measuring nearly 

 4 inches across; deeper yellow in color, 

 with petals broader and more overlapping: 

 flowers very freelv ; fine for cutting. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. " 

 CRUCIANELLA. Low, tufted plants^ 

 seldom more than a foot high ; rose- 

 colored flowers in profusion the greater 

 part of the summer. Pkt. 5 cts. 



ENGLISH DAISIES 



(Bellis perennis fl. pi.) 



This dainty little flower is a favorite every- 

 where. It is of easy culture, and grows well 

 in all soils if given a rather moist, shaded 

 situation. Flowering plants grow rapidly from 

 seed sown in the border in early spring or in 

 boxes in the house. They seldom exceed (i 

 inches in height, and bloom from spring until 

 midsummer; in some localities sparingly in 

 autumn. An exquisite plant for shady bor- 

 ders and edging to beds, or for window-boxe^ 

 in a cool room, where in winter flowers are 

 sent up thickly, forming rainbows of pink 

 and white. 



Giant Red. Choice large-flowering double 



red. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Giant Longfellow. The bright, rose-colored 

 flowers are very large and double, and 

 borne on long, stiff flower - stalks ; fine 

 flowers for cutting. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Giant Snowball. A pure white variety, 

 with flowers very double, large and perfect, 

 "kt. 10 cts. 

 Giant Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 



DIANTHUS, CARNATIONS 



Sweet William (Z>. bctrbatus). Attractive, 

 profuse - blooming garden plants. The 

 flowers have a quaint perfume. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Double Mixed. Many colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 



ngle Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Plumarius ( Pheasanfs-Eye Pink!. Double 

 fringed flowers, fragrant, of white, crim- 

 son or purple shades. Pkt. 10 cts. 



