PLAIMT DEPARTMEMT 



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HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



FOR PERMANENT PLANTING IN OPEN BORDERS, CEMETERY PLOTS, ETC. 



HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



FOK PERMANENT PLANTING IN OPEN BORDERS, 

 : CEMETERY PLOTS, ETC. : 



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 ex- 

 hibit the greatest contrast of color with profusion of bloom. They flower at different periods and vary in natural height. Other hardy plants, Chrysanthemums. 

 Ferns, Iris, Lily cf the Valley, Paeonies, Phloxes, Pinks, Violets, etc., are in this catalogue, see index. NOTE. — Those marked * are suitable for shady places. 



Varieties. 



Height. 



Color. 



Time of Bloom. 



Varieties. 



Height. 



Color. 



Time of Bloom. 



*Aconitum napellus {'Monkshood) 20c. 

 Achillea, " The Pearl " 



3 ft. 

 11 " 

 1 " 

 1 " 

 6 in. 

 6 " 



2 to 3 ft. 



1 ft. 

 4 " 



2 " 

 2 " 

 2 " 

 2 " 



1 " 



2 " 



1 " - 



3 " 

 14 " 



6 in. 



1 ft. 



2 " 



2 " 



3 " 



3 " 



3 to 5 ft. 



6 ft. 



4 " 



5 " 

 4 in. 

 2 ft. 

 2 " 



8 in. 

 4 ft. 

 2 " 

 2 " 



2 " 



3 " 



14 " 

 i " 



li " 



3 " 

 2 " 



4 " 



4 " 

 li " 



1 " 



2 " 

 2 " 

 2 " 



3 to 5 ft. 



2 " 



9 " 



3 " 

 2 " 



1 " 



2 " 



2 " 

 li " 

 14." 



6 in. 

 2| ft. 



5 ft. 



3 " 



Blue 

 White 

 Yellow 



Variegated 



Blue 

 Orange 

 Yellow 



Blue 

 White 



Red 

 White 



Pink 

 White 



Pink 



Yellow 



White 



Assorted 



White 



Rose 



Fragrant 



Orange 



Purple 



Rose 



Blue 

 Cream 

 White 



Pink 

 Crimson 

 Assorted 



Yellow 



Red 

 White 



Blue 

 White 

 Yellow 



Rose 



Blue 



Assorted 



Yellow 



Carmine 



Assorted 



Rose 



Pink 



Red 



White 



Assorted 



Orange 



Blue 



White 



Blue 



White 



Variegated 



White 



Orange 



Crimson 



Blue 



White 



Yellow 



Orange 



Sept. 



All Summer 



Summer 



May 



Foliage 



Summer 



All Season 



Early Spring 



All Summer 



Fall 



Spring 

 Aug. to Nov. 

 July to Nov. 



Summer 



Early Summer 



May 



Spring 



Foliage 



June 



Fall 



Early Summer 



Summer 



All Summer 



All Season 



Early Summer 



June and July 



Summer 



July 



All Summer 



Summer 



June and Juh* 

 All Season 



Summer 

 All Summer 

 Summer 

 June and July 

 All Season 

 Summer 



Spring 

 Summer 



July and Aug. 



All Season 



July. Aug. 



Summer 



Foliage 



Summer 



June to Nov. 



All Season 



Summer 



Fall 

 July and Aug. 



Helenium pumilum magnificum. 20c. 

 Helianthus Maximilianii (Sunflower) . . . 

 " multiflorus (Double " )... 

 Heliopsis Pitcherianus " . . . . 

 Hemerocallis Dumorteri (Day Lily) . . . 

 f lava ( Yellow Day Lily) . 



Hibiscus (Crimson Eye). (Mallow) . . . 



li ft. 

 (i " 

 4 " 

 3 || 



2 " 

 1 " 



4 to (i ft. 



1 " 



3 " 



4 " 

 3 " 



1 " 



2 to 3 ft. 

 lift. 



2 in. 



2 ft. 



3 " 



9 » 



U " 

 1 " 



4 " 



3 " 



3 " 



4 « 



in. 



" 

 3 ft. 



2 to 3 ft. 



1 " 

 1 " 



li " 

 li " 



5 " 



1 " 



3 " 



5 " 



2 " 

 1 " 

 1 " 



1 " 



1-4 " 



5 " 



2 " 



3 " 



1 " 



2 " 

 li " 



2 " 

 2 " 



1 " 



2 " 



25 " 



2 " 



3 " 

 .3 " 



1 « 



5 to 8 ft. 



Yellow 



"Orange 



Yellow 



Red 



White 

 Rose 



Carmine 



Red 



Rose - 

 Scarlet 



Red 

 Yellow 

 White 



Rose 



Blue 

 Crimson 

 Yellow 



Blood-Red 



Scarlet 



Orange 



Scarlet 



Pink 



White 



Pink 



Assorted 



Purple 



Blue 



White 



Assorted 



White 



Rosy- Purple 



Orange 



Red-Purple 



Orange 



Sky-Blue 



Pink 



Lilac 



Rosy-crimson 



Yellow 



White 



Rose 



Purple 



Deep Blue 



Blue 



Purplish 



Purple 



Spotted 



Yellow 



Rose-pink 

 Blue 



- White 



Blue 



White 



Summer 



" tomentosa (Downy Yarrow) . ■ 



Adonis vernalis {Spring Adonis) 



*Aegopodium podograria var 



Ajuga reptans rubra (Dark Foliage) . ■ ■ 

 Alstromeria Chiliensis (Chilian Lily) . . 



Alyssum saxatile (Golden Tuft) 



Anchusa Italica (Dropmore variety) 25c. 



All Season 



Summer 



All Summer 



Aug. to Oct. 



Spring 





Iris. (See page 163). 

 Liatris pyenostachya (Gay Feather)... . 

 ♦Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower) . . 

 Lychnis (Double Rose, Ragged Robin). . 



" chalcedonica (Maltese Cross).. . 



" splendens (Double Ragged Robin) 



*Lysimachia ( Moneywort). 10c 



clethroides. (Loose strife). 

 Lythrum roseum su-perbum( Loosestrife) 



Mertensia Virginica (Lungwort) 



Monarda didyma (Oswego Tea) 



Oenothera FrazenK Dwarf Day Primrose) 



" Missouriensis(£y<7«»ig Primrose) 



Papaver bracteatum (Oriental Poppy) . 



" Orientale (Oriental Poppy) . . . 



*Pardanthus (Blackberry Lily) . i 



Pentstemon barbatus (var. Torreyii) . ■ 

 Phlox subulata (Moss Pink) 





" Whirlwind 



" Prince Henry 20c. . 



Aug. and S~pt. 

 Au«. to Oct. 



" Queen Charlotte 



Anthemis tinctoria ( Yell&w Chamomile) . 

 ♦Anthericum (St. Bruno's Lily) 



June and July 



Summer 

 July to Sept- 







May and June 



Summer 



All Season 



Summer 



♦Artemisia abrotanum (Old Man) .... 

 Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Flower) . . 

 Aster Novae-AnglaeWeJu EnglandAster) 



Baptisia Australis (Blue False Indigo) . . 

 ♦Bocconia cordata (Tree Calandine) . . . 

 Boltonia asteroides (False Chamomile) . 



Aug. Sept. 



All Summer 



Spring 



Callirhoe involucrata( Creep ingMallow) . 



persicifolia, Blue and white 



" carpatica, Blue and white . 



Cassia Marilandica (American Senna). 





Physostegia Virginica 



Platycodon grandiflorum (Bell Flower) 

 Plumbago larpentae (Blue Leadwort) . . 

 Polemonium ceruleum (Jacob's Ladder) 



Summer 



June to Aug. 



All Summer 



Spring 



Aug. and Sept. 



Summer 

 July to Sept. 

 Late Summer 



*Chelone glabra alba. 20c each 



Clematis Davidiana (Bush Clematis) . . . 

 " recta (Bush Clematis) 25c. . . . 



Pyrethrum hvbridum (Persian Daisy) . 



" uliginosum (Giant Daisy) . . 



Rhexia Virginica (Meadow Beauty)... . 



Rudbeckia fulgida (Brilliant Cove 



rosea ( Rosy Coreopsis) .... 

 Delphinium chinensis, Blue and white . 

 formosum (Blue Larkspur). 





" purpurea (Purple Cone Flower) . 



" speciosa (Cone Flower) 



Salvia azurea grand (Meadow Sage) . - . 

 ♦Saxifraga Crassifolia (Rock Saxifrage) . 

 Scabiosa Caucasica (Blue Scabiosa) 2Cc 

 Sedum spectabilis atropurpureum (Giatii 



All Season 



Summer 



Aug. and Sept. 



Snring 



AUSummer 



Late Fall 



Desmodium penduliflorum. 25c 



Dianthus barbatus (Sweet William) 10c. 

 *Dicentra e-ximia(PlumyBleedingHeart) 

 * " spectabilis (Bleeding Hear!.)20c 



Dictamnus fraxinella (Gas Plant) 



" " alba " 



Solidago Canadensis (Golden Rod) . . . 



'* " palmata (Palmata Spired). .. . 



Stachys lanata (White Foliage) 



Staticelatifolia (Hardy Everlasting) 20c. 



Fall 

 Summer 



Doronicum excelsum. 20c. each . 

 Eringeum amaethystinum (Sea Holly) . 

 Eupatorium ageratoides (Snake Root) . 



i^'l Season 



♦Tradescantia Virginica (Spider Wort) . 

 *Tricyrtus hirta nigra (Toad Lily) 20c 

 Trollius Europaeus (Globe Flower) 20c 

 Valeriana officinalis (Hardy Garden 



Heliotrope) 



Veronica subsessilis (Speedwell) 





Euphorbia corollata (Flowering Spurge) 



Fall 



May to Aug. 



Summer 

 August 



* " subcordata (Day Lily) 20c. . . 

 Gaillardia grandiflora (Aurora Flower) . 

 Geranium sanguinea (Hardy Geranium) 

 *Glecnoma (Variegated Ground Ivy) . . . 

 Gypsophila paniculata (Baby's Breath) . 

 Helenium autumnale (Sneeze Weed) . . 

 " " grandicephalum striatum .... 







*Vinca minor (Creeping Myrtle) 



Spring 

 July. Aug. 



Price for any of the above, except where specially priced. 15c. each, SI. SO per 

 when the order is being filled, S1.00 per doz., S8.00 per 



doz., $10.00 per 100, buyer's selection of varieties. Our selection, 

 100. Note. — The heights given include the flower spikes. 



to be mada 



