WINTER AND SPRING FLOWERING BULBS AND PLANT: 



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Hardy Perennials 



The Old-Fashioned Hardy Flowers 



The garden or border of Hardy 



Perennials is about the most valuable 



and lasting asset of the flower garden. 



Annuals, flowering bulbs, and even 



shrubs, may be dispensed with more 



consistently than the.se old-fashioned 



Hardy Perennials, which for so long 



time made the charm of the old-time gar<; 



There is no spot so unfavorable, no soil so sterile 



or harsh, that some flower of hardy nature may not 



be found to adorn it and thrive and grow more and 



more ornamental as the seasons come and go. It is 



well, however, to enrich the soil before planting with 



some well-decomposed manure, dug deeply and well 



pulverized. 



Secure dormant, field-grown clumps in the Fall, 

 during the months of October and November. Plant 

 them well into the soil and as soon as they have had 

 two or three good frosts, and just before the ground 

 freezes, cover with about three inches of leaves, na- 

 ture's protection. Remove gradually in the Spring. Do 

 not overcrowd. A very good rule to go by in planting 

 is to set the plants one-half the height they attain 

 when fully developed. For example, Delphinium, 

 which grows three feet high, should be planted 

 eighteen inches apart. 

 We list the different varieties in groups, according to their 

 blooming period. Thus, one may have some of these flowers 

 blooming from early Spring until late Fall, up unto freezing 

 weather. 



We offer strong, field-grown clumps at 2."> cts. each, $2.50 per 

 dozen, postpaid: all one variety or assorted. 



The figures in description indicate the height of the plants when 

 fully grown. 



Pyrethrum. 



Blooming in 

 April 



AQUILEGIA (Colum- 

 bine) Canadensis. 

 Pretty scarlet flow- 

 ers mixed with yel- 

 low. 1 to 2 feet. 

 Coerulea. Several blue and white flowers on a stem, 

 sometimes tinted with lilac. Lovely for border or 

 rockery. 9 to 15 inches. 

 Candissima. Pure white. 2 to 3 feet. 

 BELLIS (English Daisy). Charming edging plants, 

 with button-shaped flowers. 6 inches. Separate 

 colors, red, or white. 

 ICELAND POPPIES. Mixed colors, yellow, white and 

 orange. Dwarf-growing, delicate flowered. Ex- 

 quisite for bordering. 9 to 15 inches 



BloomiDg in May 



ALYSSUM (Gold Dust) Saxatile Compactum. Deep 

 yellow flowers in close, flat heads. 1 foot. 

 Argenteum. Flowers deep golden yellow in dense 

 heads. 12 to 18 inches. 



ANCHUSA. Dropmcre Variety. Blue or purple flowers 

 in racemes. 4 to 5 feet. 



PAPAVER. Oriental Poppy. Rose, lilac and scarlet. 

 Beautiful for cut flowers. 3 feet. 



PYRETHRUM (Persian Daisy). Single varieties. Ar- 

 tistic for home decoration, with fern-like foliage. 

 Pink and white. 



Blooming in June 



CAMPANULA (Canterbury Bells). Single, in separate 

 colors, of white, lilac, blue or rose. 3 feet. 

 Double Blue. 8 inches. 

 DIANTHUS (Hardy Garden Pinks). Mixed pink, white 



and crimson. 12 to 18 inches. 

 DIANTHUS BARBATUS (Sweet William). Old garden 

 favorites ; no old-fashioned border is complete with- 

 out their cheerful, sweet-smelling and showy flow- 

 ers. 2 feet. 

 Single crimson. 

 Single Velvety Maroon. 

 Single White. 

 Single Scarlet Beauty. Intense rich deep scarlet. 



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 Double and single, 



DELPHINIUM (Belladonna). Everblooming Hardy 

 Larkspur. The most beautiful sky blue of dwarf 

 habit. 3 to 4 feet. Blooms all summer until cut 

 down by frost. 

 Formosum. Deep gentian blue with white bee. Long 

 spikes. 18 inches to 2 feet. 



GAILLARDIA (Blanket Flower) Grand Maxima. Con- 

 spicuous for profusion and duration of bloom. 2 feet. 



GYPSOPHILA (Baby's Breath) Acutifolia. Leaves nar- 

 row. Flowers rose-colored. 2 to 3 feet. 

 Paniculate. Rough, narrow leaves. Small 

 flowers. 2 to 3 feet. 



HOLLYHOCKS, Everblooming. 

 mixed. 6 to 7 feet. 



Blooming in July 



SHASTA DAISY. Pure glistening white with small 



yellow discs. 18 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 and Purple. 3 feet. 

 RUDBECKIA (Cone Flower). The discs of the flowers 

 are raised up, forming buttons or cones. 

 Fulgida. Orange-yellow flowers. Dark purple discs. 



1 to 3 feet. 

 Purpurea. Reddish-purple flowers, drooping rays and 

 large brown cone. 2 to 3 feet. 



Blooming in August 



HELIANTHUS MAXIMILIANA (Perennial Sunflower). 



The latest of all. producing fine golden-yellow flow- 

 ers in graceful sprays until late in the seascn. 5 to 

 7 feet. 

 Mcllis Grandiflorus. Pale yellow flowers with dark 

 center. 4 feet. 



STOKESIA (Stokes Aster). One of the choicest and 

 distinctive of the perennials. Resembles the China 

 Aster. Blue, lavender or white varieties. 12 to 18 

 inchts. 



FUNKIA (Day Lily) Subcordata Grandiflora. White 

 Day Lily. Handsome spikes of large, waxy-white 

 blossoms, with an odor like that of orange blossoms, 

 and larire. broad, glossy, light green foliage. 1 

 foot to 18 inches. 

 Aurea Variegata. Flowers purplish-lilac : leaves beau- 

 tifully varieuated green and gold. 2 feet. 



