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PERENNIAL ELOWERS. 



Elowerin^T tl^e Second Season. 



Many of the hardy Biennials and Perennials are truly beautiful and very desirable, from the fact that they 

 outlive the severest winters; rewarding us each succeeding year with a fine display of their beautiful flowers. In 

 all gardens the herbaceous borders or beds are very interesting from the varied and beautiful appearance of their 

 occupants. Some of them begin to bloom early in spring, otliers in summer and autumn, and are all of easy 

 cultivation; soon after the plants are through blooming, would advise cutting the old flower stems within a few 

 inches of the ground, which will present a more tidy appearance, and render the plant more vigorous. Protect 

 during the winter with a covering of fetraw, leaves or manure. 



ALYSSUM. 



A pretty free growing, profuse blooming plant, of 

 compact habit, with brilliant golden yellow flowers, 

 completely hidiug the foliage, desirable for rock-work, 

 beds, and Very showy in masses. Hardy perennial. 



Per pkt. 



Saxitile Compacta {Gold Dust)', 6 in 5 



AQUILEGIA (Columbine.) 



A free-flowering hardy plant that deserves to be more 

 generally found growing in our gardens. Flowers in 

 the greatest profusion, early in the spring, and grow- 

 ing with such ease and freedom, they ought to be 

 grown by all. Hardy perennial. 



Finest Mixed, all colors; 2 ft 5 



CAMPANULA (Canterbury Bells.) 



These have long been among our most ornamental 

 garden plants, Their large bell-shaped flowers which 

 are freely produced throughout the summer, render 

 them strikingly efi'ective. Fine plants for pot culture. 

 As they are strictly biennials, it will be necessary to 

 sow seed every year. Hardy biennial. 



Double Mixed, all colors; 2ft 5 



Single Mixed, finest colors; 2ft 5 



CARNATION PINK. 



Carnations are great 

 favorites and very magnifi- 

 cent, large, beautiful and 

 very fragrant flowers, as 

 perfect in form as the Rose. 

 Seeds sown in open ground 

 in May or June will flower 

 splendidly the next season. 

 They are nearly everywhere 

 hardy, but in very cold 

 situations the plants should 

 be protected by a little 

 straw or a few boughs. 

 Hardy perennial. 

 f^!^^ German Double Mixed 

 ^wkrVtL^^ Saved from fine double 

 ^^ 'DYli^^C flowers,bestfor border 



culture; 18 in 10 



Pico tee, or Fancy, 

 i::^ Extra choice mixed ; 



saved from an un- 

 equled collection of 

 OABNATiON PINK, named flowers which 



will produce a fine assoitment of superbly 

 colored varieties, including flakes, bizarres and 



selfs; 18 in 15 



Monthly, Perpetual or Tree. Saved from choice 

 double flowers which will produce a fine assort- 

 ment of superbly colored varieties including 



flakes, bizarres and selfs 15 



Dwarf Double A distinct variety, blooms two 

 weeks earlier, dwarf, robust habit, very choice, 

 best double mixed ; 1 ft 10 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



This is one of the most*'handsome autumn flowers in 

 existence, and is easUy grown in almost any soil. The 

 plants may be cultivated in the garden till they are in 

 bud when they may be safely transferred to pots, and 

 removed to the house for blooming. The flowers are 

 produced in a great variety of bright colors. Hardy 

 perennials. 



Indicum Nanum. Dwarf double Pompone 

 mixed; 12 in 10 



DELPHINIUM (Perennial Larkspur.) 



A highly ornamental profuse flowering plant. When 

 planted in beds or groups, their gorgeous spikes of 

 flowers, of almost e*xdless shades, render them the 

 most striking objects in the flower garden. Easy of 

 culture, succeeding in any deep, rich soil. 



Per pkt. 



Finest Mixed, all colors; 3 ft 4 



DIGITALIS (Foxglove). 



HighV ornamental plants ; their flowers are produced 

 in long dense spikes of finely spotted, beU shaped 

 flowers, lasting a long time in flower. Hardy per- 

 eniiials. 



Finest Mixed, various colors; 3ft h 



HOLLYHOCK. 



This splendid plant now ranks with the Dahlia for 

 decoration, and from its stately growth and the varied 

 colors of its magnificent spikes of flowers, may justly 

 demand a place in every garden or pleasure ground. 

 Hardy biennial. 



Double Mixed, Extra choice strains mixed ; 5 ft. 10 



IPOMOPSIS (Standing Cypress.) 



This is a very beautiful plant, with long, elegant 

 spikes of rich orange and scarlet flowers, excellent for 

 conservatory and out-door decoration. The foliage is 

 very fine like that of the Cypress vine, giving great 

 beauty to the plant, which grows from 3 to 4 feet high, 

 and keeps in flower for a long time. Hardy biennial. 



Fine Mixed; 3 ft 5 



LYCHNIS. 



This is an elegant perennial. It flowers the first year 

 from seed, producing large flowers varying in color 

 from the brighest scarlet to blood red, purple, orange 

 and white ; free flowering, easy of culture, 



Haageana, Mixed. All colors and shfuies ; 1 ft . 5 



MYOSOTIS (Forget-me-not.) 



Charming little plants, very popular, producing their 

 beautiful star-like flowers in great profusion; they grow 

 freely in any soil, but a moist situation is best suited to 

 them. The branches put in vases of wfiter will con- 

 tinue to bloom for a long time. Will flower the first 

 season if sown early. Half-hardy perennial. 



Alpestris, Mixed colors; 6 in 5 



PHLOX, PERENNIAL. 



Very few plants give such universal satisfaction. 

 They are perfectly hardy, producing flowers in 

 immense clusters. The seed is slow to germinate; 

 some will appear in two or three weeks after sowing, 

 while some come after a repose of one or two months. 

 It is best to sow the seed in a box kept in the house. 



Finest Mixed, all colors; 3ft 10 



POTENTILLA. 



These are very handsome plants, and from their 

 hardiness and showy character are exceedingly orna- 

 mental. They are almost always in flower, and may be 

 very usefully grown to cut for bouquets ; succeed in 

 any good rich soil. 



Fine Mixed, various colors ; 10 in 5 



