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'"PETER HgNPERSOJSI Aro.MFW YORK- 



HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



For Permanent Planting in Open Borders, Cemetery Plots, Etc 



READY OCTOBER 20th. 



This class of plants is fast attaining popularity, and to meet the growing demand we offer this choice selection of sorts, which contains only such as exhibit the 

 greatest contrast of color with profusion of bloom. They flower at different periods, and vary in natural height, so that a succession of bloom with a picturesque 

 effect ean be obtained by planting this entire collection. NOTE. — Those marked * are suitable for shady places. 



Varieties. 



Height. 



Color. 



Time of Bloom . 



Varieties. 



Height. 



Color. 



Time of Bloom. 



*Aconitum napeJIus (Monkshood) 20c. . 

 Achillea, " The Pearl " 



3 ft. 



14 ft. 



1 •■ 



1 " 



in. 

 6 in. 



-• to 3 ft. 



1 ft. 



2 " 

 2 " 

 2 " 

 2 ■• 



1 " 



2 " 

 1 " 



3 •■ 



14 ■' 



6 in. 



1 ft. 



2 " 



2 " 



3 " 

 3 ■■ 



3 •■ 



3 to 5 ft. 

 6 ft. 



4 ■■ 



4 in. 

 2 ft. 

 2 ■• 



5 in. 

 4 ft. 

 2 ■' 

 2 " 



2 ■' 



3 •• 



14 " 



1 " 

 14 " 



3 ■• 



2 " 



4 " 

 14 " 



2 " 



1 " 



2 " 

 2 " 



3 to 5 ft. 



1 ft. 



2 " 



2 ■• 



3 " 

 2 " 



1 " 



2 " 

 f, .. 



14 " 

 14 " 



6 in. 

 1 ft. 



5 " 



Blue 

 White 

 Yellow 



Variegated 



Blue 

 Orange 

 Yellow 

 White 



Red 

 White 



Pink 

 White 



Pink 



Yellow 



White 



Assorted 



White 



Rose 



Fragrant 



Orange 



Yellow 



Purple 



Rose 



Blue 



Cream 



White 



Crimson 



Assorted 



Yellow 



Red 

 White 



Blue 

 White 

 Yellow 



Rose 



Blue 



Assorted 



Carmine 



Assorted 



Crimson 



Rose 



Red 



White 



Assorted 



Rose 



Orange 



Blue 



White 



Blue 



White 



Variegated 



White 



Orange 



Crimson 



Blue 



White 



Yellow 



June 



All Summer 



Summer 



May 



Foliage 



Summer 



All Season 



Early Spring 



Fall 



Spring 

 Aug. to Nov. 

 July to Nov. 



Summer 



Early Summer 



May 



Spring 



Foliage 



June 



May to July 



Fall 



Early Summer 



Summer 



All Summer 



Early Summer 



June and July 



Summer 



July 



All Summer 



Summer 



June and July 

 All Season 



Summer 

 All Summer 



Summer 

 All Season 



Summer 



Summer 



July and Aug. 



May and June 

 All Season 

 July, Aug. 

 Summer 



Foliage 



Summer 



June to Nov. 



All Season 



Summer 



Fall 



Helenium grandicephalum striatum. . . 



pumilum magnificum 



Helianthus .Maximilianii (Sunflower)... 



multiflorus (Double " ... 



Heliopsis Pitcherianus " ... 



Hemerocallis Dumorteri (Day Lily). . . 



flava (Yellow Day Lily). . 



Heuchera sanguinea (Alum Root) 



Hibiscus (Crimson Eye). (Mallow) 



Iberis sempervirens (Candjytujt) 



3 " 

 14 " 



6 " 



4 " 

 3 " 

 2 " 



2 " 

 1 " 



4 to 6 ft. 

 1 ft. 



3 " 



4 " 

 3 " 



1 " 



2 to 3 ft. 

 14 ft. 



2 in. 



3 ft. 



2 " 



14 " 



V" 



3 " 

 3 " 



3 " 



4 " 

 6 in. 

 6 " 

 3 ft. 



2 to 3 ft. 

 1 " 



1 " 



5 " 

 J 



3 ■' 

 5 " 

 2 " 



i ■' 



1 " 



1 " 



14 ■• 



5 '■ 



I"* 



1 '• 



2 " 



14 " 



2 " 

 2 •• 



1 '■ 



3 to 4 ft. 



2 ft. 



2 " 



3 " 



3 " 



4 " 



to 8 ft 



Orange 

 Yellow 



Orange 



Yellow 



Red 



■White 



Rose 

 Carmine 



Red 



Rose 

 Scarlet 



Red 

 Yellow 



Rose 



Blue 

 Crimson 

 Yellow 



Blo-d-Red 

 Scarlet 

 Qrange 

 Scarlet 

 Pink 

 White 

 — Pink 

 ■ Assorted 

 purple 

 Blue 

 White 

 Assorted 

 White^ 

 Rosy-Purple 



Orange 



Red-Purple 



Orange 



Sky-Blue 



Pink 



Lilac 



Pink 



Yellow 



■WTiite 



Rose 



Purple 



Deep Blue 



Blue 



Purplish 



Purple 



Spotted 



Scarlet 



Yellow 



Blue 



White 



July and Aug. 



"_ tomentosa (Dovsjny Yarrow).. . . 



Adonis vernalis (Spring .\donis) 



*Aegopodium podograria var 



November 

 All Season 



Ajuga reptans rubra (Dark Foliage) 



Alstromeria Chiliensis (Chilian Lily). . . 



Alyssum saxatile [Soldeti Tuft) 



Anemone Japonica alba 



Summer 



All Summer 



.Aug. to Oct. 



Spring 



rubra 



Whirlwind 



Prince Henry 20c.. 

 * " Pennsvlvanica 



Liatris pycnostachya (Gay Feather). . . 

 *Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower).. 

 Lychnis (Double Rose. Ragged Robin). . 



chalcedonica (Maltese Cross) . . 



splendens (Double Ragged Robin 



*Lysimachla (Moneywort). 10c 



Lythrum roseum superbum . . 



Aug. and Sept. 

 Aug to Oct. 



Queen Charlotte 





Anthemis tinctoria (Yellow Chamomile) 



*Antherlcuni (St. Bruno's Lily) 



*.\queligila (Columbine) 



June and July 

 Summer 



Arabis a bida (Rock Cress) 





Armeria maritima (Sea Pink) 



♦Artemisia abrotanum (Old Man) 



Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Flower). . 



AsphodeUis luteus (Asphodel) 20c 



Aster NovEE-Angle (New England Aster) 

 rubra (Rosy Aster) 



iMertensia VIrginica (Lungwort) 



Wonarda didyma (Oswego Tea) 



(Enothera Frazerii (Dwarf Day Primrose 



biennis (Evening Primrose). . 



Papaver bracteatum (Oriental Poppy). 



Orientale (Oriental Poppy). . . 



*Pardanthus (Blackberry Lily). ....... 



_ Pentstemon barbatus (var. Torreyii). . . 

 Phlox subulata (Moss Pink) 



May and June 



Summer 



All Season 



Summer 



Baptisia Australis (Blue False Indigo). . 

 *Bocconia cordata (Tree Calandine). . . 

 Boltonia asteroides (False Chamomile) 



Aug.. Sept. 



All Summer 



Spring 



Callirhce involucrata (Creeping Mallow) 



alba 





Campanula (C anterbury Bells) 







persicifolia, Blue and white 

 carpatica, Blue and white. . 



Cassia iMarilandica (American Senna). . 



Centranthus ruber (Red Valerian) 



Platycodon grandlflorum (Bell Flower) . 

 Plumbago larpenta (Blue Leadwort)'.. . . 

 Polemonlum ceruleum (Jacob's Ladder) 

 Polygonum compactum 



June to.Aug. 



All summer 



Spring 



Aug. and Sept. 





Pyr'ethrum hybridum (Persian Daisy). 



uliginosum (Giant Daisy). . 



Rhexia Virginica (Meadow Beauty). . . . 



Rudbeckia fulgida (Brilliant Cone 





Clematis Davidiana (Bush Clematis)... 



recta [Bush Clematis) 



Coreopsis lanceolata (see cut) 



rosea (Rosy Coreopsis) 



July to Sept. 

 Late Summer 



Delphinium chinensis, Blue and White. 

 formosum (Blue Larkspur) 

 " hybridum 



purpurea (Purple Cone Flower 

 speciosa (Cone Flower) 



Salvia azurea grand (Meadcrw Sage) .... 



*Saxifraga Crasslfolia (Rodk Saxifrage). 



Scabiosa Caucasica (Blue Scabiosa). . . . 



Sedum spectabilis (Giant Stone Crop). . 



Solidago Canadensis (Golden Rod) 



*Spirea filipendula (Dropwort) 



* " palmata (Palmate Spirea) 



Stachys lanata (White Foliage) 



Statice latifolia (Hardy Everlasting). . . . 



Stokesia cyanea (Stake's Aster) 20c 



All Season 



Summer 



Aug. and Sept. 



Desmodium penduliflorum. 25c 



Dianthus barbatus (Sweet William) 10c. 



latifolius atrococcineus 



♦Dicentra eximia (PlumyBleeding Heart 

 Dictamnus fraxinella (Gas Plant) 20c 



alba " 20c 



*Digitalis (Foxglove) 



Spring 



All Summer 



Late Fall 



Fall 

 Summer 



*Dodecatheon media (Shooting Star). . . 

 Doronicum excelsum (Leopard's Bane). 

 Eringeum amsthystinum (Sea Holly). . 

 Eupatorium ageratoides (Snake Root) . . 



All Season 



*Tradescantia Virginica (S pider W ort) . 

 *Trlcyrtus hirta nigra (Toad Lily). .. . 



Tritoma (Red Hot Poker Plant) 20c 



Trollius Europffius (Globe Flower) 



Veronica subsessilis (Speedwell) 



Fall 



Euphorbia corollata (Flowering Spurge^ 





* " subcordata (Day Lily) 



Gaillardia grandiflora (.Aurora Flower). 



August 

 All Summer 



Geranium sanguinea (Hardy Geranium) 



" alba 





*QIechoma (1 anegated Ground Ivy. . . . 

 Qypsophila paniculata (Baby's Breath). 

 Helenium autumnale 



*Vinca, Blue and V'^nileCreepingMyrtl' 

 Yucca filamentosa (.Adam's Needle) 20c. 



Spring 

 July, Aug. 



Prices for any of the above, except where specially priced. I5c. each, $1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100, buyer's selection of varieties. Our selection, to be made when the order 



is being filled, $1.00 per doz., $8.00 per 100. Note. — The heights given include the flower spikes. 



