HARDY PERENNIALS — Continued, 



Blooming in June 



ACHIIXEA (The Pearl) — Pure T\hite double flowers in dense clusters; 



fine for cutting purposes and cemetery use. 2 feet. Blooms from 



June CO October. 

 GYPSOPHILA PAMCULATA (Baby's Breath) — Rough narrow leaves, 



small white flowers 2 to 3 ft. 

 HOLLYHOCKS (Everbloomingr) — Double or single mixed. G to 7 ft. 

 DIANTHl'S BARBATUS (Sweet William) — Old garden favorites; no old- 

 fashioned border is complete without their cheerful, sweet smelling 



and showy flowers. 2 feet. 



Single Crimson 



Single Velvety Maroon. 



Single White. 



Single Scarlet Beauty — Intense, rich, deep acarlet. 



Blooming in July 



SHASTA DAISY — Pure glistening white with small yellow discs. IS 

 inches. 



DIGITALIS (Foxglove) — A fine genus of hardy plants, famous for their 

 long racemes of inflated flowers, which suggest spires or towers of 

 bells. 

 White or Purple — 3 feet. 



RUDBECIvIA (Cone Flower) — Tlie discs of the flowers are raised up. 

 forming buttons or cones. 

 Purpurea — Reddish-purple flowers, drooping rays and large brown cone. 



2 to 3 feet. 

 Newmanii (Dwarf Black Eyed Susan) — Handsome, rich orange-yellow 

 flowers with black disc; valuable for ctitting. For massing in borders 

 or for half-shady positions under trees. 2 feet. 



BttBISCLS MEEHAX'S 3LARVEL MALLOW — Without exception the 

 finest production among the Hardy Plant line in years. They m.ake 

 a bush-like growth from 4 to 5 feet high and 2 to 3 feet across. 

 The flowers are of an enonnous size, frequently 8 to 10 inches in 

 diameter and ranging in color from fiery crimson through various 

 shades of red, pink and white. No garden or yard com- 

 plete without them, will thrive in any locality or kind of 

 soil and blooms continually from July until checked by 

 frost. Require no care or protection. Price pot plants 

 mixed colors, Pink, Red. and White: 25e each, 5 for $1.00. 

 Strong 2-.vear-<ld field-grown roots. 50c each, postpaid. 

 Golden Bowl — Yellow, with maroon center. 



Campanula media — Canterbury Bell. 



Blooming in August 



HELIANTHUS :\L\XIMILIAXA (Perennial Sunflower) —Latest 



of all, producing fine golden-yellow floweis until late in 

 the season. .5 to 7 feet. 



:M<:llis Graudiflorus — Fine mixed. 4 feet. 

 TKITOMA (Red Hot Poker Plant; Torch Lilv)— One of the 

 most striking groups of plants in cultivation. The long, 

 fiery, untamed red of the drooping flowers, one hundred 

 on a spike, is a memorable sight. Require protection 

 during the winter, but are of very easy culture. 



Pfitzerii (Everblooming Flame Flower) — Best variety; flow- 

 ers of rich orange-scarlet. 3 to 4 feet. S-10. 



I'varia Grandiflora — Old fashioned varietv with ricli crimson 

 flowers shading to yellow. 3 to 4 feet. 8-10. 

 FFNKI.\ — DAY LILY (Subcordata grandiflora) — (White Dav 

 i.ily). Handsome spikes of large, waxy-white blossoms", 

 ^^ith an odor like that of orange blossoms; and large' 

 broad, glossy, light green foliage. 1 foot to IS inches 



Aurea variegata — Flowers purplish-lilac; leaves beautifully 

 variegated green and gold 2 feet. 

 STOKESIA (Stokes' Aster) — One of the choice and distinctive 

 perennials. Resembles the China Aster. Blue-lavender 

 or white varieties. 12 to IS inches. 



Blooming in September and October 



ASTERS (Hardy, Fall Flowering) >Iichaelma.s Daisies^Among 

 the showiest late-flowering hardy plants, giving a wealth 

 of bloom during September and October. 



Abendrote — Rosy-red flowers; plants about 3 to 4 feet. 



Robert Pai-ker — Light blue. 3 to 4 feet. 



White OuPen — White, fins. 3 to 4 feet. 



Novae Anglae — Bright purple, 4 feet. 

 M^KDY POMPOX CHRYSANTHE^IOIS — Thev produce a 

 lavish profusion of blooms, giving color and life to the 

 garden just at a time when other plants have been de- 

 stroyed by trost and are looking their worst. It will 

 frequently happen that an armful of flowers can be cut 

 late m November. Quite hard> if planted in a well- 

 cirained position, with a good covering of leaves or litfer 

 during the winter. 



Kmg Edward YII — Snowy white cup-shaped, enormous flow- 

 ers. borne on stout stems. 3 feet to 4 feet 



J^nitescens GrandiHoruni — White Paris Daisv 



1 rire of all I'erennial Plants on this page, except where 

 not* <l. in >trong pot plants lOv each. S».00 per dozen, postpaid. 



Hibiscus — ^3Ieehan's Marvel Mallow. 



The Garden Guide 



offered on page lOl gives a complete list of the Hardv 

 lerennials and how to grow them, also much other valu- 

 able infomiation. 



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