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HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



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



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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 exhibit the greatest contrast of color with profusion 

 of bloom. They flower at different periods and vary in natural height. Other hardy plants, Chrysan- 

 themums, Ferns, Iris, Lily of the Valley, Paeonies, Phloxes, Pinks, Violets, etc., are in this catalogue, 

 see index. NOTE. — Those marked * are suitable for shady places. 



Varieties. 



*Aconitum napellus (Monkshood) 20c 



Achillea, " The Pearl " 



" tomentosa (Downy Yarrow) 



*Aegopodium podograria var. (Bishops Weed). 



Ajuga reptans rubra (Dark Foliage) 



Alstromeria Chiliensis (Chilian Lily) 



Alyssum saxatile (Golden Tuft) 



Anchusa Italica (Dropmore variety) 25c 



Anemone Japonica alba 



* " rubra 



* " Whirlwind 



" " Prince Henry 



" Pennsylvanica 



" Queen Charlotte 



Anthemis tinctoria (Yellow Chamomile) 



*Anthericum (St. Bruno's Lily) 



*Aquilegia (Columbine) 



Arabis albida (Rock Cress) 



Armeria maritima (Sea pink) 



*Artemisia abrotanum (Old Man) 



Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Flower) 



Aster Novae-Anglae (New England Aster) 



" rubra (Rosy Aster) 



Baptisia Australis (Blue False Indigo) 



*Bocconia cordata (Tree Calandine) 



Boltonia asteroides (False Chamomile) 



" latisquama 



Callirhoe involucrata (Creeping Mallow) 



Campanula (Canterbury Bells) 



" persicifolia, Blue and white 



" carpatica, Blue and white 



Cassia Marilandica (American Senna) 



Centranthus ruber (Red Valerian) 



*Chelone glabra alba, 20c. each 



Clematis Davidiana (Bush Clematis) 



" recta (Bush Clematis) 25c 



Coreopsis lanceolata 



" rosea (Rosy Coreopsis) 



Delphinium chinensis, Blue and whit' 



" formosum (Blue Larkspur) 



" hybridum 



Desmodium penduliflorum, 25c 



Dianthus barbatus (Sweet William) 10c 



*Dicentra eximia (Plumy Bleeding Heart) 



* " spectabilis (Bleeding Heart) 20c. . . . 

 Dictamnus fraxinella (Gas Plant) 



" " alba " 



Digitalis (Foxglove) 



Doronicum excelsum. 20c. each 



Eringeum amaethystinum (Sea Holly) 



Eupatorium ageratoides (Snake Root) 



" celestinum 



Euphorbia corollata (Flowering Spurge) 



*Funkia undulata media 



* " subcordata (Day Lily) 20c 



Gaillardia grandiflora (Aurora Flower) 



Geranium sanguinea (Hardy Geranium) 



Height. 



Color. 



Time of Bloom. 



3 ft. 



Blue 



Sept. 



H " 



White 



All Summer 



l * 



Yellow 



Summer 



6 in 



Variegated 



Foliage 



6 " 



Blue 



Summer 



2 to 3 ft. 



Orange 



All Season 



1 ft. 



Yellow 



Early Spring 



4 " 



Blue 



All Summer 



2 " 



White 



Fall 



2 » 



Red 



" 



2 " 



White 



« 



2 " 



Pink 



u 



1 " 



White 



Spring 



2 " 



Pink 



Aug. to Nov. 



1 " 



Yellow 



July to Nov. 



3 " 



White 



Summer 



1} " 



Assorted 



Early Summer 



6 in. 



White 



May 



1 ft. 



Rose 



Spring 



2 " 



Fragrant 



Foliage 



2 " 



Orange 



June 



3 " 



Purple 



Fall 



3 " 



Rose 







3 to 5 ft. 



Blue 



Early Summer 



6 ft. 



Cream 



Summer 



4 " 



White 



All Summer 



5 " 



Pink 



All Season 



4 in. 



Crimson 



u 



2 ft. 



Assorted 



Early Summer 



2 " 





June and July 



8 in. 





' Summer 



4 ft. 



Ye.luw 



July 



2 " 



Red 



All Summer 



2 " 



White 



Summer 



2 " 



Blue 



u 



3 " 



White 



June and July 



H " 



Yellow 



All Season 



1 " 



Rose 



* 



H " 





Summer 



3 " 



Blue 



All Summer 



2 " 



Assorted 



Summer 



4 " 



Carmine 



All Season 



1} " 



Assorted 



Summer 



1 " 



Rose 



u 



2 " 



Pink 



Spring 



2 « 



Red 



Summer 



2 " 



White 



u 



3 to 5 ft. 



Assorted 



July and Aug. 



2 ft. 



Orange 



All Season 



2 " 



Blue 



July, Aug. 



3 " 



White 



Summer 



2 " 



Blue 



" 



1 " 



White 



u 



2 " 



Variegated 



Foliage 



9 u 



White 



Summer 



U " 



Orange 



June to Nov. 



1J " 



Crimson 



All Season 



riced, 15c. each, 



SI. 60 per doz. 



, $10.00 per 100, 



buyer's selection of varieties. Our selection, to be made when the order is being filled, SI. 00 per doz., 

 S8.00 per 100. Note. — The heights given include the flower spikes. 

 Hardy Perennial Plants continued on next page. 



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