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RuDBECKiA Purpurea 

 (Giant Purple Cone Flower) 



PolygOnatUin (Solomon's Seal) 



Majus. Exceedingly ornamental, both in foliage and flowers; 

 grows 3 feet high and bears pendant, creamy-white flowers in 

 May and June. Should be grown in a shady or half shady place 

 for best results. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; §20. 00 per 100. 



Polygonum CKnot-weed) 



Compactum. Grows about 15 inches high, and during August 

 and September the entire plant appears as a foamy mass of 

 white flowers. 25 cts. each; S2.50 per doz. 



Primula 



Veris (English Cowslip). Plants grown from a choice strain of 



seed in mixed colors. 

 Vulgaris {English Primrose). An old favorite, canary yellow, 



fragrant. 



30 cts. each; S3.00 per doz.; S20.00 per 100. 



Pyrethrum 



Hybridum Single. In choicest mixture. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



TTliginosum (Giant Daisy). Grows 3 to 4 feet high and is covered 

 with large white Daisy-like flowers, 3 inches in diameter, from 

 July to September. 25 cts. each; S2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Ranunculus (Crow-foot, Buttercup) 



Repens Fl. PI. (Bachelor's Buttons). Masses of bright golden- 

 yellow double flowers in May and June. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per 

 doz. 



Saponaria (Soap wort) 



Ocymoides Splendens. A very useful plant for the rockery or 

 the border, producing from May to August masses of attractive 

 small bright rose flowers. 8 inches. 



Officinalis flore plena (Doulle Bouncing Bel). Double white 

 rose-tinted flowers. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Rudbeckia (Cone-Flower) 



Indispensable plants for the hardy border; grow and thrive anywhere, giving 

 a wealth of bloom, which are well suited for cutting. 



"Golden Glow." Produces masses of double golden-yellow Dahlia-like 



flowers from July to September. 

 Maxima. An attractive variety, growing 5 feet high, with large glaucous green 



leaves and bright yellow flowers 5 to 6 inches across, June to Sejitember. 

 Newmani. Dark orange-yellow flowers, with deep purple cone, borne on stiff, 



wiry stems, 3 feet high, July to October. 

 Nitida, "Autumn Sun." A showy single-flowering sort. It has long broad 



petals of a bright primrose-yellow; grows 5 to 6 feet high, flowers from August 



to October. 

 Purpurea (Giant Purple Cone-Flower). Flowers about 4 inches across, of a 



peculiar reddish- purple with a remarkably large cone-shaped centre of 



brown; forms bushy plants 3 feet high, and blooms from July to October. 

 Sub-tomentosa. A pyramidal, densely branched plant, 2J feet high, 



enveloped throughout the summer in a mass of briUiant lemon-yellow 



flowers, with dark purple centre. 

 Price. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. Set of 6, varieties, $1.25. 



Salvia (Meadow Sage) 



Azurea. Growing 2 to 3 feet high, producing during August and September 

 pretty sky-blue flowers in the greatest profusion. 



Pitcheri. Similar to the above but of more branching habit and larger 

 flowers of a rich gentian-blue color. 



Virgata Nemorosa. A most effective shapely plant about 2 ft. high pro- 

 ducing its showy dark blue flowers during May and June. 



30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. Set of 3 for 75 cts. 



^Saxifraga (Megaseaj 



These will thrive in any kind of soil and in any position; grow about 1 foot 

 high and are admirable for the front of the border or shrubbery, forming 

 masses of handsome, broad, deep green foliage, which alone renders them useful, 

 while the pretty rose-pink flowers, which appear very early in the spring, make 

 them doubly effective. 



Cordifolia. Light pink. 

 Crassifolia. Rosy-pink. 



35 cts. each; 



3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



Scabiosa 



Handsome border plants, succeeding in any ordinary soil if 

 well drained and in a sunny location, and should be grown in every 

 garden where cut flowers are wanted; they last a long time when 

 picked and placed in water. 

 Caucasica (Blue Bonnet). A charming soft shade of lavender, 



commences blooming in June, continuing until September. 18 



to 24 inches high. 

 Japonica. Lavender-blue flowers, from July to September; 2 



feet. 



30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



Sedum or Stone-Crop 



Suitable for the rockery, carpet-bedding, covering of graves, etc. 

 Acre (Golden Moss). Much used for covering graves; foliage 



green; flowers bright yellow. 

 Album. Green foliage, white flowers. 

 Pruinatum Forsterianum. Glaucous bluish-green leaves; 



golden yellow flowers. 

 Sarmentosum. Strong spreading habit with yellow flowers. 

 Sexangulare. Very dark green foliage; yellow flowers. 

 Sieboldi. Round succulent glaucous foliage, bright pink flowers; 



August and September. 

 Stolonifera. One of the most desirable; flat succulent leaves; 



flowers purplish-pink; July and August; 6 inches. 

 Spurium Coccineum. A beautiful rosy-crimson-flowered 



form; July and August ; 6 inches. 

 Spectabile. One of the prettiest erect growing species, attaining 



a height of 18 inches, with broad light green foliage and 



immense heads of handsome showy rose-colored flowers; 



indispensable as a late fall-flov.ering plant. 

 — "Brilliant." A rich colored form of the preceding, being a 



bright amaranth-red. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 

 Set of 10 sorts, $2.00. 



NOTE — Plants will be sent by Parcel Post if remittance is made to cover postage and special packing as noted on the order blank 

 and inside of front cover of this catalogfue. 



