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Stokesia (Cornflower Aster) p^j^ p^^ 

 4051 Cyanea. This is a rare and beautiful hardy perennial. The plant 

 grows about 2-1 inches high, each bearing from 20 to 30 handsome 

 lavender-blue corn-flower-like blossoms; in bloom from July tiU 

 frost. One of the choicest subjects for hardy border and indispen- 

 sable for cutting $0 15 



4060 Cyanea Mixed 15 



Sweet Rocket (Hesperis) 



4280 Old-fashioned garden plants; also known as Dame's Rocket and 

 Dame's Violet; grows from 2 to 3 feet high, and bears spikes of 

 showy white, lUac and purple fragrant flowers. Excellent for 

 naturalizing among shrubbery or for 

 planting in a permanent border; 

 mixed colors. J oz., 20 cts.; oz., 60 

 cts 10 



ThalictrUm (Meadow Rue) 



4305 Aquilegifolium Album. A 



beautiful hardy perennial; with 

 elegant Columbine-like foliage and 

 masses of feathery white flowers in 



June and July; 3 feet 



4306 Dipterocarpum. We 

 consider it one of the 

 real gems among hardy 

 plants, not only for the 

 garden but its dainty, 

 graceful sprays of flow- 

 ers, elegantly arranged 

 on stems 4 feet high, 

 are invaluable for cut- 

 ting; the flowers are a 

 charming shade of vio- 

 let-mauve, which is 

 brightened by a bunch 

 of lemon-yellow sta- 

 mens and anthers 



Sweet Rocket 



Sweet William 



(Dianthus Barbatus) 



A well-known, attractive, free-flowering hardy 

 perennial, producing a splendid effect in beds and 

 borders with their rich and varied flowers. It is 

 much better to raise new, vigorous, young plants 

 from seed every season than to divide the old plants. 

 4282 Newport Pink. A distinct new per 

 color which originated in one of the ^^^' 

 far-famed gardens at Newport, R. I. 

 In color it is what florists call water- 

 melon-pink or salmony-rose. Strik- 

 ingly brilliant and beautiful; the 

 flowers are borne in massive heads 

 on stems 18 inches high. For mid- 

 season mass bedding it has no equal. 

 It is also very eft'ective for cutting. 



I oz., 50 cts SO IS 



4281 Scarlet Beauty. A verj^ effective, rich, deep 

 scarlet variety, a rare color in hardy plants. 



I oz., 50 cts 



4291 Holborn Glory. This strain is a large- 

 flowered selection of the auricula-eyed section, 

 the most beautiful and admired of all Sweet 

 Williams. The individual flowers and trusses 

 are of extraordinary size, while the range of 

 color, aU showing a clear, white eye, is truly 



superb. Mked colors. J oz., 30 cts 



4286 Single Velvety Dark Maroon, i oz., 



30 cts 



4288 Single Pure White. J oz., 30 cts 



4290 Single Mixed. AU colors. ? oz., 25 cts.; 



oz., 75 cts 



4297 Double Mixed. AU colors. J oz., 30 cts 



4296 Giant Double Mixed. A decided improve- 

 ment. The plants are of robust, bushy habit, 

 producing numerous stems, surmounted by 

 immense umbels of full, double flowers, many 

 of the individual flowers measuring over one 

 inch in diameter. The colors are extremely 



varied, f oz., 50 cts 



2342 Latifolius Atrococcineus, Fl. PI. (,Ever- 

 Uooming Hybrid Sweet William). A brilliant 

 crimson-scarlet variety that is very effective 

 in any position, and one of the best perermials 

 in the list, i oz., 50 cts 



15 



Double and Single Sweet Willl^m 



Bulbs for the Rock Garden offered on pages 13 to 19 inclusive 



