HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



FOR PERMANENT PLANTING IN OPEN BORDERS. 

 = CEMETERY PLOTS, ETC. = 



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 ex- 

 hibit the greatest contrast of color with profusion of bloom. They flower at different periods and vary in natural height, so that a succession of bloom with 

 a picturesque effect can be obtained by planting this entire collection. NOTE. — Those marked * are suitable for shady places. 



Varieties. 



Height. 



Color. 



Time of Bloom. 



Varieties. 



Height. 



Color. 



Time of Bloom. 



*Aconitum napellus (Monkshood) 20c. . 



3 ft. 



H " 

 I " 

 1 " 

 6 in. 

 (i i;i. 



2 to 3 ft. 



1 ft. 



2 " 

 2 " 

 2 " 

 2 " 



1 " 



2 " 

 1 " 



3 " 

 H " 



6 in. 



1 ft. 



2 " 



2 " 



3 " 

 3 " 



3 " 



3 to 5 ft. 



6 ft. 



4 " 

 4 in. 

 2 ft. 

 2 " 

 8 in. 

 4 ft. 

 2 " 

 2 " 



2 " 



3 " 

 li " 



1 " 

 li " 



3 " 



2 " 



4 " 

 4 " 



14 " 



2 " 



1 " 



2 " 

 2 " 



3 to 5 ft. 



1 ft. 



2 " 



2 " 



3 " 

 2 " 



1 " 



2 " 

 2 " 



H " 



li " 



6 in. 



1 ft. 



Blue 

 White 

 Yellow- 

 Variegated 

 Blue 

 Orange 

 Yellow 

 White 



Red 



White 



Pink 



White 



Pink 



Yellow 



White 



Assorted 



White 



Rose 



Fragrant 



Orange 



Yellow 



Purple 



Rose 



Blue 



Cream 



White 



Crimson 



Assorted 



Yellow 



Red 

 White 



Blue 

 White 

 Yellow 



Rose 



Blue 



Assorted 



Yellow 



Carmine 



Assorted 



Crimson 



Rose 



Red 



White 



Assorted 



Rose 



Orange 



Blue 



White 



Blue 



White 



Variegated 



White 



Orange 



Crimson 



Blue 



1 White 



Sept. 



All Summer 



Summer 



May 



Foliage 



Summer 



All Season 



Early Spring 



Fall 



Spring 

 Aug. to Nov. 

 July to Nov. 



Summer 

 Early Summer 

 May 

 Spring 

 Foliage 

 June 

 May to July- 

 Fall 



Early Summer 



Summer 



All Summer 



Early Summer 



June and July 



Summer 



July 



All Summer 



Summer 



June and July 

 All Season 



Summer 



All Summer 



Summer 



June and July 



All Season 



Summer 



Summer 



July and Aug. 



May and June 



All Season 



July, Aug. 



Summer 



Foliage 



Summer 



June to Nov. 



All Season 



Summer 



Helenium autumnale {Sneeze Weed). ■ ■ 

 Helenium grandicephalum striatum. . . . 



pumilum magnificum 



HelianthusMaximilianii (Sunflower) . . . 



multiflorus (Double " )... 



Heliopsis Pitcherianus " ... 



Hemerocallis Dumorteri (Day Lily). ■ ■ 



flava ( Yellow Day Lily). . 



Heuchera sanguinea (Alum Root) 



Hibiscus [Crimson Eye). (Mallow) .. . 



5 ft. 



3 " 



1 '. " 



6 " 



4 " 

 3 " 

 2 " 



2 " 

 1 " 



4 to C ft. 



1 " 



3 " 



4 " 

 3 " 



1 " 



2 to 3 ft. 

 1 '. ft. 



2 in. 



3 ft. 



2 " 

 1 '. " 



I " 



4 " 



3 " 

 3 " 



3 " 



4 " 

 6 " 



in. 

 3 ft. 



2 to 3 ft. 



1 " 

 1 " 



1', " 

 1 ', ' 



5 " 



1 " 



3 " 

 5 " 



2 " 

 1 " 

 1 " 



1 " 

 li " 



5 " 



2 " 



3 " 



1 " 



2 " 

 1 '. " 



2 " 

 2 " 



1 " 



3 to 4 ft. 



2 " 



2 " 



3 " 

 3 " 

 i " 



5 to 8 ft 



Yellow 

 Orange 

 Yellow 



Orange 



Yellow 



Red 



White 



Rose 

 Carmine 



Red 



Rose 

 Scarlet 



Red 

 Yellow 



Rose 



Blue 

 Crimson 

 Yellow 



Blood-Red 



Scarlet 



Orange 



Srarlet 



Pink 



White 



Pink 



Assorted 



Purple 



Blue 



White 



Assorted 



White 



Rosy-Purple 



Orange 



Red-Purple 



Orange 



Sky-Blue 



Pink 



Lilac 



Pink 



Yellow 



White 



Rose 



Purple 



Deep Blue 



Blue 



Purplish 



Purple 



Sootted 



Scarlet 



Yellow 



Blue 



White 



Fall 

 July and Aug. 



" tomentosa (Downy Yarrow). . . . 

 Adonis vernalis (Spring Adonis) 



Summer 

 November 

 Ml Season 



Ajuga reptans rubra (Dark Foliage). . . 

 Alstromeria Chiliensis [Chilian Lily). 



Summer 





Aug. to Oct. 







" Prince Henry 20c. . 





Liatris pynostachya (Gay Featiwr). . . . 



*Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower). 



Lychnis i Double Rose. Ragged Robin). . 



chalcedonica (Maltese Cross). . . 



" splendens ( Double Ragged Robin) 



Lythrum roseum superbum(Loosestrife) 



Oenothera Frazeriif Dwarf DayPrimrosc) 



biennis < Evening Primrose) . 



Papaver bracteatum (Oriental Poppy). 



Orientale (Oriental Poppy)... 



*Pardanthus | Blackberry Lily) 



Penstemon barbatus (var. Torreyii) . . . 



Aug. and Sept. 





Aug. to Oct. 



Anthemis tinctoria (Yellow Chamomile! 



All Season 

 June antl July 











*Artemisia abrotanum (Old Man) 



Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Flower). . 



Asphodelus luteus (Asphodel) 20c 



Aster Novae- Anglaei NewEngland Aster) 



May and June 



Summer 



All Season 



Summer 



Babtisia Australis (Blue False Indigo) . . 

 *Bocconia cordata (Tree Calandine) . . - 

 Boltonia asteroides (False Chamomile) . 



Aug. Sept. 

 All Summer 



" persicifolia, Blue and white 

 " carpatica. Blue and white. 



Cassia Marilandica (American Senna). 



Centranthus ruber (Red Valerian) 











Platycodon grandiflorum (Bell Flower) . 

 Plumbago larpentae (Blue Leadwort).. 

 Polemonium ceruleum (Jacob's Ladder) 



June to Aug. 



All Summer 



Spring 



Clematis Davidiana (Bush Clematis) . .. 

 " recta (Bush Clematis) 



Pyrethrum hybridum [Persian Daisy). 



" uliginosum (Giant Daisy) . . . 



Rhexia Virginica (Meadow Beauty). . . . 



Rudbeckia fulgida (Brilliant Cone 



Summer 

 July to Sept. 



Delphinium chinensis. Blue and White.. 

 " formosum (Blue Larkspur) 





" purpurea( Purple Cone Flower) 

 " speciosa (Cone Flower) 



Salvia azurea grand (Meadow Sage). . . 



*3axifraga Crassifolia (Rock Saxifrage) 



Scabiosa Caucasica (Blue Scabiosa) . . . 



Sedum spectabilis (Giant Stone Crop). . 



Solidago Canadensis (Golden Rod) 



* " palmata (Palmate Spirea) 



Statice latifolia (Hardy Everlasting). . . 



All Season 



" Sulphureum. 25c 



Aug. and Sept. 



Desmodium penduliflorum. 25c 



Dianthus barbatus (Sivcet William) 10c. 



latifolius atrococcineus 



*Dicentraeximia(P/:i m v Bleeding Heart) 



Dictamnus fraxinella (Gas Plant) 20c. . 



alba " 20c . . 



Snring 



All Summer 



Late Fall 



Fall 

 Summer 



*Dodecatheon media (Shooting Star) . . 

 Doronicum excebum (Leopard's Banc) 



All Season 



Eupatorium ageratoides (Snake Root) . . 



*Tradescantia Virginica (Spider Wort). 

 *Tricyrtus hirta nigra (Toad Lily). ■ . . 

 Tritoma (Red Hot Poker Plant) 20c. . . 

 Trollius Europaeus (Globe Flower) .... 



Fall 



Euphorbia corollata (Flowering Spurge) 



May to Aug. 



Aunust 



Gaillardia grandiflora (Aurora Flower). 



Geranium sanguinea (Hardy Geranium) 







*Glechoma ( Variegated Ground Ivy) . . . 

 Gvnsonhila paniculata (Babv's Brent 1 ') . 



*Vinca, Blue and white Creeping Myrtle 

 Yucci filar^entosi (Adah's Needle) ?0c. 



Spring 

 Ju'y. fine. 



Prices for any of the above, except where specially priced. 15c. each, $1.50 per doz. 

 the order is being filled. $1.00 per doz., $8.00 per 100. 



$10.03 per 100, buyei's selection of varieties. Our selection, to be made when 

 Note. — The heights given include the flower spikes. 



