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HARDY PERENNIAL PIMTS 



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Pyrethrtjm Hybridum (offered on page 45) 



Ranunculus (Crow-foot, Buttercup) 



Acris Fl. PI. A double-flowered form of our common Butter- 

 cup; 2 feet; May and June. 



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

 yellow double flowers in May and June. 



25 cts. each: §2.50 per doz. 



Rudbeckia tCone-Flower) 



Indispensable plants for the hardy border; grow and thrive any- 

 where, 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 September. 

 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 Ptirple Cone-Flower) . Flowers about 4 inches 



across, of a peculiar reddish-purple wilh 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 



brilliant 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. 



30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



Saponaria (SoapWort) 



Ocymoides. A very useful plant for the rockerj' or the border, 

 producing from May to August masses of attractive smaU bright 

 rose flowers. 8 inches. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 

 per 100. 



Saxifraga (Megasea) 

 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. 



30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



Scabiosa 



Japonica. Forms bushy plants 2J to 3 feet in height and bearing on long 

 wiry stems beautiful lilac blue flowers. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; 

 $15.00 per 100. 



Sedum (S tone crop) 



Suitable for the rockery, carpet bedding, etc. 

 Acre {Golden Moss). Foliage green; flowers bright yellow. 

 Album. Green foliage; white flowers. ' 



Sexangulare. Dark green foliage; yellow flowers. 

 Spurium Coccineum. A beautiful crimson-flowered sort. 

 Spectabile. One of the prettiest, 18 inches high, with broad, light-green 



foliage and immense heads of rose-colored flowers in fall. 

 — "Brilliant." Rich amaranth-red variety of the above. 

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



purplish-pink; July and August; 6 inches. 



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



SeneciO (Groundsel) 



Pulcher. Forms a neat tuft of foliage, from which spring up from July to 

 October, a succession of 2-feet high stems, with clusters of brilliant rosy- 

 purple flowers, of good size. 30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



Sidalcea 



Rosy Gem. Erect growing branching plant 2 to 3 feet high, 

 producing during June and July pretty, bright rose-colored 

 mallow-like flowers, about an inch in diameter. 25 cts. each; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



Silene (Catchoy) 



Shafta (Aulumn Cakhfty). A charming border or rock plant, 

 growing from 4 to 6 inches high, with masses of bright pink 

 flowers from July to October. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; 

 $15.00 per 100. 



Silphium (Cup Plant, or Compass Plant) 



Perfoliatum. A stately perennial; grows 5 to 7 feet high, with 

 large single yellow sunflower-like blooms from July to Septem- 

 ber. 30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Sisyrinchium t^Satin LHy, or Blue Eyed Grass) 



Bermudianum. A pretty early spring and fall flowering plant 

 with blue flowers and grass-like foliage. 25 cts. each; $2.50 

 per doz. 



Spiraea (Goat's Beard, Meadow Sweet) 



Filipendula (Drop-wort). Numerous corymbs of white flowers 

 June and July, and pretty fern-like foliage. 12 to 15 inches. 



Filipendula Fl. PI. The double flowering form of the pre- 

 ceding. 



Palmata Elegans. A free-flowering, silvery-pink variety; 3 

 feet high; June and July. 



Ulmaria Fl. PI. (Meadow Sweet). Grows about 3 feet high, 

 panicles of fragrant double white flowers in June and July. 



Price. 35 cts. each; $3.50-per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



SolidagO (Golden Rod) 



The varieties offered below are the most desirable of our native 



Golden Rods. 



Altissima. The giant of the family, attaining a height of 10 

 to 12 feet; with golden-yellow flowers in October. 



Golden Wings. The finest of afl; 5 feet high with immense pan- 

 icles of bright golden-yellow flowers from July to September. 



Rigidus. Grows 5 feet high with immense heads of yellow 

 flowers; July to September. 



Shorti. Deep golden yellow; July and August; 3 feet. 



Virgaurea Compacta. Grows but 15 inches high; deep yellow 

 flowers in August and September. 



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



'NOTE — All Bulbs, Roots and Plants are forwarded by Express, purchaser paying charges. If wanted by Parcel Post add 10 per cent, 

 to value of order to points east of the Mississippi River, and 20 per cent, to points west of the Mississippi River. 



