Bolgiano's Garden Guide for 1929 



FLOWER SEEDS 47 



Hardy Perennial and Biennial Flower Seeds 



Except that they do not flower the first season. Perennials and Biennials are just as easy to raise as annuals. Not only is it ex- 

 tremely interesting to care for the tiny seedlings and bring them to robust blooming plants, but it is much cheaper than to buy plants 

 and one can have many more and usually finer plants. Perennials are the backbone and mainstay of all gardens and are growing more 

 popular every year. The following list includes the very best varieties for general garden use. July and August are the best months 

 for sowing Perennials, although some of them can be sown indoors early and will bloom the same year. Protect the seedlings somewhat 

 the first winter. 



An excellent hardy per- 



ACHILLEA (Milfoil; Yarrow) Ptarmica, The Pearl. One of 



the best hardy plants for the herbaceous border. It grows 

 about 2 feet high and from June until October is covered with 

 clusters of tiny, pure white, double flowers. Excellent for 

 cutting. Pkt. 15 cts. 



ACONITUM (Monkshood) Napellus. Grows 3 to 4 feet high 

 and produces long, stately spikes of helmet-shaped blue flowers 

 in autumn. Pkt. 10 cts. 



AGROSTEMMA coronaria. Rose Campion. An easily culti- 

 vated, hardy perennial with silvery foliage and crimson flowers. 

 Will bloom the first season, and if seed is planted at intervals, 

 will furnish cut-flowers all summer. Pkt. 10 cts. 



ALYSSUM saxatile compactum 

 ennial rock or border plant, bear- 

 ing bright yellow flowers from 

 April to June. Height 9 inches. 

 Pkt. 15 cts. 



ANCHUSA italica, Dropmore. 

 The stout stems are covered with 

 an abundance of small, rich gen- 

 tian-blue flowers during May and 

 June. Height 4 feet. Pkt. 15 cts. 



Aquilegia 



Columbine 



These are among the most 

 beautiful and most popular of all 

 hardy plants. They produce grace- 

 ful, spurred flowers on long stems, 

 and are valuable for cutting, beds, 

 and rockeries. 

 Mrs. Scott Elliott's Hybrids. 



There is no better mixture grown. 



These flowers have taken the 



highest awards at all the Euro- 

 pean exhibitions. Wonderfi 



colors, with very long-spurred 



flowers. Pkt. 25 cts.; 5 pkts. |1. 

 Canadensis. Common American 



Columbine. The native bright red 



and yellow variety, and one of the 



prettiest. Pkt. 25 cts.; 5 pkts. $1. 

 Caerulea. Blue shades. Pkt. 15c.; 



6 pkts. 75 cts. 

 Long-spurred Hybrids, Mixed. 



Pkt. 15 cts.; 6 pkts. 75 cts. 

 Double Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; 6 pkts. 



50 cts. 



ARMERIA formosa hybrid 



Thrift; Sea Pink. An excelle 

 edging plant with pretty rose-pi 

 flowers. Pkt. 15 cts.; 6 pkts. 75 cts 



Aquilegia 



ARABIS alpina grandiflora superba. Rock Cress. Grows 

 about 6 inches high and is covered with a sheet of pure white 

 flowers. It is suitable for the tops of old stone walls, crevices, 

 in rocks or as edging plants for bulbs or any of the early-flow- 

 ering plants. Pkt. 15 cts. 

 ASTER. Michaelmas Daisy. Covered with masses of delicate 

 starry 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. 

 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts. . 



BAPTISIA australis. Blue Wild Indigo. Bushy, dark green 

 plants, 4 feet high, with clusters of pea-shaped blue flowers 

 almost an inch long in midsummer. Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts. 

 BELLIS perennis, Improved 

 Giant Double. English Daisy. 

 The flat, very double flowers rise 

 on slender stems above a rosette 

 of foliage. Fine for edging or 

 massing. Red, Rose, White, and 

 Finest Mixed. Pkt. 25 cts.; 3 

 pkts. 60 cts. 

 BOCCONIA cordata. Pink Plume 

 Poppy. Herbaceous perennial 

 growing 5 to 8 feet high, with large, 

 heart-shaped leaves and beautiful 

 pinkish flower plumes. Pkt. 10 

 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts. 



Campanula 



Medium. Canterbury Bells. A 

 very beautiful, old-fashioned, 

 stately biennial, bearing bell- 

 shaped flowers in great profusion. 

 Single Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.; 

 3 pkts. 25 cts. Double Mixed. 

 Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts. 



Calycanthema. Cup-and-Saucer 

 Canterbury Bells. The finest type 

 of the old-fashioned Bellflower. 

 It difl^ers from ordinary Canter- 

 bury Bells in having an enlarged 

 saucer at the base of the cup. 

 Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts. 



Persicifolia. Blue Peach-leaf Bell- 

 flower. A very graceful plant with 

 erect stems 2 to 3 feet high, bear- 

 ing large, blue, bell-shaped flow- 

 ers. Pkt. 15 cts.; 4 pkts. 50 cts. 



Pyramidalis. Chimney Bellflower. 

 A beautiful perennial growing 4 to 

 5 feet high and bearing enormous 

 quantities of blue, salver-shaped 

 flowers. The finest of the Cam- 

 panulas. Pkt. 15c.; 4 pkts. 50 cts. 



