AUTUMN CATALOGUE, 1920. 



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HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS.— Cont/nued. 



Digitalis grandiflora. 



tial shade 



(Foxglove.) 



Yellow; desirable for par-j Doz. 

 $2.50 



Echinops sphserocephalus. (Globe Thistle.) 

 heads; July to September. 6 ft. . 



White flower 



ritro. Flowers deep steel-blue; July to Sept. 3 ft. . . 



exaltata. (Globe Thistle.) Metallic-blue globular flowers; 

 July to September. 3 ft. . 



EPILOBIUM angustifolium. (Willow Herb.) Tall perennial 

 adapted for low, wet ground; flowers purplish-rose. 4 ft. 



ERYNGIUM amethystinum. (Sea Holly.) An effective 

 plant for the hardy border, shrubbery and wild gardens, 

 with amethyst-blue thistle-like flowers, and finely cut 

 spiney leaves. Jiily. 2 to 3 ft 



2.50 

 2.50 



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2.50 



Eupatorium ageratoides. Small white flowers during Aug 

 ust and September. 3 ft 



CcBlestinum. Showy variety with light blue flowers similar! 

 to the Ageratum. August and September. 2 ft. 



Eraser i. Delicate white flowers in large terminal heads 



2.50 



2.50 



August to October. 2 to 3 ft. 



2.50 



Euphorbia eorollata. (Flowering Spurge.) One of the best 

 hardy plants for cutting, producing delicate sprays of white 

 flowers; June to August. IJ ft. I 2.50 



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FERNS. Hardy Varieties, 



Adiantum pedatum. (Maidenhair Fern.) One of the most graceful varieties. 

 Aspidium aerostlehoides. (Christmas Fern.) Evergreen species. 1 ft. 

 A. aculeatum var. Braunii. (Prickly Shield Fern.) Shining evergreen 

 leaves. 



A. eristatum. (Crested Wood Fern.) 



A. Felix-mas. A beautiful Fern ; green all the year. 



A. Goldianum. (Goldie's Wood Fern.) Handsome as a specimen. 3 ft. 



Hardy Perns. 



HeUanthus rigidus semi-plenus. 



FERNS, Hardy Varieties. — Continued. 



Aspidium marginale, (Evergreen Wood Fern.) li to 2 ft. 

 A. munitum. Evergreen Fern desirable for shady sj^ot in 



the rock garden. 

 A, Noveboracense. (New York Shield Fern.) Slender spe- 

 cies. 1 ft. 

 A, spinulosum. (Spinulose Wood Fern.) Finely dissected 



fronds. 1 ft. 

 A. spinulosum var. dilatatum. Similar to spinulosum, but 



with broader fronds. 

 A. trelypteris. (Marsh Shield Fern.) Thrives in damp 

 places. 1 ft. 

 Asplenium Felix-foemina. (Lady Fern.) Large handsome 



species with finely cut foliage. 2 ft. 

 Cystopteris bulbifera. (Bladder Fern.) Slender fronds. 1 



to 2 ft. long. 

 Dicksonia punctilobula. (Hay-scented or Gossamer Fern.) 



Go(jd for massing. 2 ft. 

 Onoclea struthiopteris. (Ostrich Fern.) Very effective. 2 to 



4 ft. 

 Osmunda graeilils, (Flowering Fern.) One of the prettiest of 

 the large Ferns. 3 ft. 

 O. Claytoniana. 2 to 3 ft. 



O. Cinnamomea. (Cinnamon Fern.) Veiy beautiful. 4 ft. 

 Phegopteris polypodioides, A showy variety of the Beech 



Fern; dwarf. 

 Polypodium vulgare. (Conunon Polypody.) One of the best 



evergi-een species for rockwork. 

 Seolopendrium vulgare. (Hart's Tongue Fern.) A very rare 



Fern; fine for rockwork. 6 to 12 in. 

 Woodsia ilvensis. (Rusty Woodsia.) Good in exposed places; 



6 in. 

 Woodwardia angustilfoia. (Chain Fern.) 1 ft. 

 Each of the above Hardy Ferns, 30 cts. each; .S2.50 per doz.! 

 $18.00 per 100. 



