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PLANTING PLAN OF THE IMPERISHABLE PERENNIAL BORDER 
A sketch plan for a typical Hardy Perennial Border is shown at the top of this page. To make one like it 5 x 50 feet would 
require 100 plants. We list below 30 varieties of contrasting heights and colors and the number of plants for each group. The num- 
ber after each variety gives the position in which they should be planted. 
Plants No. of Plan 
Plants No. on Plan 
3 Lobelia cardinalis 1 
4 Digitalis 2 
2 Anchusa Italics 3 
2 Boltonia Asteroides 4 
3 Rudbeckia purpurea S 
3 Hibiscus 6 
4 Delphinium formosum 7 
3 Helianthus multiflorus 8 
3 Baptisia Australis. 9 
3 Gysophila paniculata 10 
Plants No. of Plan 
4 Alyssum Saxatile 21 
4 Dianthus 
4 Funkia variegated . ; . 
3 Heuchera sanguinea. 
4 Plumbago Larpentae 
4 Arabis albida 
3 Monarda didyma 27 
4 Iberis 28 
3 Scabiosa 29 
4 Phlox Subulata 30 
3 Anemone Japonica 11 
4 Gaillardia grandiflora 12 
3 Achillea The Pearl 13 
3 Pyrethrum 14 
3 Physostegia Virginica. . . 15 
3 Hemerocallis flava 16 
3 Coreopsis Lanceolata. 17 
4 Campanula 18 
4 Aquilegia 19 
3 Papaver 20 
Special Offer. The Imperishable Border Collection, 100 plants, as listed above for $25.00. Should any of the above varieties be sold out when 
order is filled we will substitute similar surls unless instructed to the contrary. 
AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII 
Sometimes called "Boston Ivy" and 
"Japan Ivy" 
Entirely hardy in the most exposed places, 
attaining a height of 20 to 30 feet in two or three 
years, clinging to stones, brick or wood work with 
the greatest tenacity. It is a great protection to 
houses as the leaves, lapping over each other like 
slates on a roof, effectually prevent rain from 
penetrating the walls. For covering dead trees, 
boundary walls, etc., it has no equal. Beautiful 
autumn foliage. Price, strong, one-year pot-grown 
plants, 35c. each, 83.50 per doz. 
BIGNONIA RADICANS 
or Trumpet Creeper 
Well adapted for covering walls, arbors, and 
unsightly places where a showy flowering vine is 
desired. It is a rapid grower, perfectly hardy and 
thrive well in exposed places. The flowers are 
trumpet-shaped and a brilliant orange scarlet. 
Price, 50c. each, $5.00 per doz. 
CELASTRUS SCANDENS 
A rapid growing climber with ornamental light 
green foliage, yellow flowers in June and bright 
orange, yellow and crimson .fruit in the autumn. 
It is known by the popular name Bitter Sweet. 
Price, 50c. each, $5.00 per doz. 
JAPANESE HONEYSUCKLES 
Lonicera Halleana. (Hall's Japan Honeysuckle.) 
Pure white flowers, changing to yellow. Very 
■ free blooming and fragrant. Price, 50c. each, 
$5.00 per doz. 
Lonicera Brachypoda. ■ (Evergreen Sweet- 
scented Honeysuckle.) Flowers buff, yellow 
and white. 
One of the most vigorous. (See engraving.) 
Price, 50c. each, $5.00 per doz. 
The Fleecy-White Fragrant Clematis 
CLEMATIS PANICULATA 
Blooms in the early fall and is one mass of fleecy- 
white fragrant flowers. These are succeeded by 
the silken seed vessels almost as ornamental as 
the flowers. It will grow fifteen to twenty feet in a 
season; it is insect-proof, it is perfectly hardy, it 
adapts itself to all situations, thrives everywhere, 
and need only be seen to be admired. (See En- 
graving.) Price, strong 2-year plants, 50c. each 
S5.00 per doz. 
CLEMATIS, JACKMANII 
The best-known and most valued variety. Color dark, rich royal purple. 
Price, $1.00 each, $10.00 per doz. 
WISTARIA 
Ornamental hardy climbers. Then- lovely panicles of blue and white flowers 
produced in wonderful profusion are without a rival. 
Wistaria Sinensis White. Flowers in drooping clusters pure white. Price, 
$1.00 each. . ■; . 
Wistaria Sinensis, Blue. Flowers in drooping clusters, soft lavender blue. 
Price, $1.00 each. wiivnow 
ENGLISH IVY FOR boxes OW 
The English Ivy is used extensively for window boxes and vases during the 
summer; its value for outdoor window boxes in winter is recognized widely, as 
the display at the large hotels and fine private residences shows. It is also a 
good climbing plant for the house. For covering graves in cemeteries it is 
unsurpassed, being evergreen. Used extensively also as a hardy climber. 
(See engraving.) Price, plants from 4-inch pots, 2J-2 ft. and over, 50c. each 
$5.00 per doz. 
