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| Hardy 
)more Popular every year. 
sand will blossom the same year. 
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20. ACHIJ,.LEA (Milfoil or Yarrow) 
| Pkt. 15c. 
30. ACONITUM (Monkshood) 
\helmet-like blue flowers from July to September. Pkt. 10c. 
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‘intervals, will furnish cut flowers all summer. Pkt. 10c. 
ALYSSUM 
Saxatile compactum. Hardy perennial. 
Pkt. 15e. 
AQUILEGIA (Columbine) 
‘are valuable for cutting, beds and rockeries. 
130. Mrs. Scott Elliott Hybrids. There is not a better 
mixture grown in the world than by Mrs. Scott Elliott, who has 
ltaken the highest awards at all the European exhibitions. 
{Wonderful colors with very long-spurred flowers. Our stock is 
from seed from this source, absolutely true strain. Pkt. 25c. 
5 Pkts. $1.00. 
Canadensis (Common American Columbine). The native 
bright red and yellow variety, and one of the brightest. Pkt. 
\25e. 5 Pkts. $1.00. 
Chrysantha. Beautiful golden yellow flowers; blooms for 
two months. Pkt. 10c. 6 Pkts. 50c. 
Coerulea. Blue shades. Pkt. 15¢. 6 Pkts. 75c. 
Long-Spurred Hybrids. Mixture. Pkt. 15c. 6 Pkts. 75c. 
161. Double Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 6 Pkts. 50c. 
180. ARABIS ALPINA (Grandiflora Superba Rock Cress) 
A spring essential. It is suitable for the tops of old stone 
walls, crevices in rocks or as edging plants for bulbs or any 
of the early flowering plants.’ Rock Cress grows about 6 inches 
ihigh and is covered with a sheet of pure white flowers. Pkt. 15c. 
192. ARMERIA FORMOSA HYBRIDA (Thrift Sea Pink) 
A hardy perennial producing pretty rose pink flowers. An 
excellent edging plant. Pkt. 15c. 6 Pkts. 75c. 
410. ASTER (Michaelmas Daisy) 
These plants are the charm of the late fall garden for they 
sare covered with masses of beautiful delicate flowers during 
September and October when most of the hardy flowers have 
finished blooming. They also make an excellent background 
|for earlier flowering plants. Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 3 Pkts. 25c. 
ll 465. BAPTISIA AUSTRALIS (Blue Wild-indigo) 
iy A perennial growing 4 ft. high with pea-shaped indigo 
;|blue flowers almost an inch long appearing in mid-summer. 
4 Pkt. 10c. 3 Pkts. 25c. 
Ptarmica “ The Pearl.” One of the best hardy plants for the her- 
-baceous border. It grows about two feet high and from June until October 
is covered with clusters of pure white double flowers. Excellent for cutting. 
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| Napellus. It grows 3 to 4 ft. high and produces long stately spikes of 
70. AGROSTEMMA CORONARIA (Rose Campion) 
An easily cultivated, hardy perennial with silvery foliage and crimson 
\flowers. Will bloom the first season,.and if seed is planted at different 
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Excellent rock or border 
plant, bearing bright yellow flowers from April to June. Height 9 inches. 
120. ANCHUSA ITALICA (Dropmore Variety) 
A hardy perennial with forget-me-not like flowers of rich gentian blue. 
It blooms in great abundance during May and June. 4 feet high. Pkt. 15ce. 
The columbines are among the most beautiful and most popular of all 
hardy plants. They produce graceful, spurred flowers on long stems, and 
The J. Bolgiano Seed Company, Baltimore, Md. 51 
Perennial and Biennial Flower Seeds 
| We have listed what we consider the very best varieties for the Hardy Garden. Perennials are becoming 
July and August are the best months for sowing Perennials, although some of them can be sown indoors early 
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Aquilegia 
BELLIS PERENNIS (English Daisy) 
A spring flowering perennial, easily grown from seed. The 
flowers are daisy-like in appearance and are beautiful for cut- 
ting and for beds. 
IMPROVED GIANT DOUBLE 
Red Rose White 
Finest Mixed. Pkt. 25c. 3 Pkts. 60c. 
470. BOCCONIA CORDATA (Pink Plume Poppy) 
Hardy herbaceous perennial growing 5 to 8 ft. high with 
large heart shaped leaves and beautiful pinkish flower plumes. 
Pkt. 10c. 3 Pkts. 25ce. 
CAMPANULA MEDIUM (Canterbury Bells) 
A very beautiful, old-fashioned, stately biennial, bearing 
bell-shaped flowers in great profusion. It is suitable for beds 
and backgrounds. Single mixed. Pkt. 10c. 3 Pkts. 25c. 
Double mixed. Pkt. 10c. 3 Pkts. 25c. 
561. CAMPANULA CALYCANTHEMA 
(Cup and Saucer Canterbury Bells) 
This is the finest type of the old-fashioned bell flower. It 
differs from the ordinary Canterbury Bell in having an enlarged, 
spreading, petal-like outer part which forms the saucer to the 
cup. Pkts. 10c. 3 Pkts. 25c. 
562. CAMPANULA PERSICIFOLIA 
(Blue Peach-Leaf Bell Flower) 
A perennial growing 2 to 3 ft. high with erect stems bear- 
ing large blue bell-shaped flowers. Pkt. 15c. 4 Pkts. 50c. 
563. CAMPANULA PYRAMIDALIS 
(The Chimney Bell Flower) 
A beautiful perennial growing 4 to 5 feet high and bearing 
blue salver-shaped flowers. Pkt. 15c. 4 Pkts. 50c. 
