42 |iriHmRTADRgR;.-PHILADPI1IA-J'Am HARDY PER^nniAL PLANTS 



One 



PH YSOSTEGI A (False Dragon Head) 



of the most beautiful of our mid-summer flowering perennials, 



forming dense bushes 3 to 4 feet high, bearing spikes of dehcate tubular 



flowers. 



Virginlca. Bright, but soft pink. 



— Alba. Pure white; very fine. 



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



HARDY GARDEN PINKS 



Old favorites, bearing their sweet, clove-scented flowers in .the greatest 

 profusion during May and June. They are indispensable for the edge of 

 the hardy border and for cutting; 1 foot. 

 Delicata. Soft delicate rose. 

 Excelsior. Light rose pink with deeper shadings. 

 Her Majesty. Large flowers of purest white. 

 Homer. Rosy-red with dark centre. 

 Juliette. White, laced crimson. 

 White Reserve. An everblooming pure white. 

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



$1.25. 



PLfAXYCODON (Balloon Hower, or Japanese BeU-flower) 



The Platycodons form neat branched bushes of upright habit, which 

 bear a continual succession of .flowers from June to October. 

 Qrandiflorum. Deep blue-cupped, star-shaped flowers; IJ feet, 



— Album. A white flowered form of the above. 



20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



FEUMBAGO (Lead-won) 



LarpentS. Of dwarf-spreading habit, growing 4 to 6 inches high; use- 

 ful as an edging plant or for the rockery; covered with beautiful deep, 

 blue flowers during the summer and fall months. 25 cts. each; $2.50 

 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Physostegia 



POEEIttONIUM (Jacob's Ladder) 

 Coeruleum. Bell-shaped bluish-purple flowers nearly 1 inch 



across; 2 feet; May to July. 

 Reptans. Useful border plants, about 12 inches high, suc- 

 ceeding best in a partially shaded position; deep green, finely- 

 cut foliage, and spikes of showy blue flowers in May and June. 

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



Platycodon Grandiflorum 



FOLYGONATUM (Solomon's Seal) 



Qiganteum. Exceedingly ornamental, both in foliage and 

 flower; 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. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per 

 doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



POLYGONUM (Knot-weed) 



Compactum. Grows about 15 inches high, and during August 

 and September the entire plant appears as a foamy mass of 

 white flowers. 



Cuspidatum {Giant Knot-weed}. Attains a height of 5 to 

 7 feet, and in fall produces long, drooping clusters of white 

 flowers at the axil of each leaf; a striking plant for the shrub- 

 bery or as an isolated specimen, particularly so in damp 

 ground. 



Brunonis. A fine plant for the rockery or border, with spikes 

 of bright rose-colored flowers; July to September; 1 foot 



Price. Any of the above, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



POTENTILEA (Cinquifoii) 



Charming plants for the border, with brilliant single or double 

 flowers produced in profusion from June to August; 18 inches. 

 Atrosanguinea. Rich crimson," single. 

 Vulcan. Double, rich crimson. 

 William Rolllson. Bright vermilion; double. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. Set of 3 sorts for 65 cts. 



POXERHJ]W[ (Burnet) 

 Obtusatum. A good border plant of easy culture, with neat, 

 dark, green pinnatified foliage, flower stems 18 to 24 inches 

 high, terminated with 3 to 4 inch long spikes of small violet- 

 rose colored flowers, in bloom from July to October. 35 cts. 

 each; $3.50 per doz. 



PXJL,MONARIA (Lungwort. Bethlehem Sage) 



Angustifolia Azurea {Blue Cowslip, or Lungrcort). The 

 prettiest of the blue Cowslips; grows about a foot high and 

 one of the first to bloom in early spring. 



Saccharata Maculata. A beautiful plant of easy culture; 

 foliage deep green, handsomely mottled with silvery-gray, and 

 terminal 1-foot-high spikes of pink, changing to blue flowers 

 during May and June. 



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 percent, 

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



