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Portion of Hardy Perennial Border Planted from Map at Side of This Page. 



AN IMPERISHABLE PERENNIAL FLOWER BORDER FOR $25.00 



A sketch plan for a typical Hardv Perennial Border is shown at the side of this page. To make one like it 5 x 50 feet 

 would require 100 plants. We list below 30 varieties of contrasting heights and colors and the number of plants for each 

 group. The number after each variety gives the position in which they should be planted. 



Plants 



Xo. on Plan 



Vo. on Plan 



11 



Gaillardia grandiflora 12 



Achillea the Pearl 13 



Pyrethrum 14 



Physostegia Virginica IS 



Hemerocallis flava 16 



Coreopsis Lanceolata 17 



Campanula IS 



Aquilegia 19 



Papaver 20 



Special Offer. The Imperishable Border Collection, 100 plants, as listed above for S25.00. 

 varieties be sold out when order is filled we will substitute similar sorts unless instructed to the contrary 



Lobelia cardinalis 1 



Digitalis 2 



Anchusa Italica 3 



Boltonia Asteroides 4 



Rudbeckia purpurea S 



Hibiscus 6 



Delphinium formosum .... 7 



Helianthus multiflorus. ... 8 



Baptisia Australis 9 



Gypsophila paniculata 10 



Plants 



3 Anemone Japonic a 



4 



3 



3 



a 



3 



.3 

 4 



4 

 .3 



Plants No. on Plan 



4 Alyssum Saxatile 21 



4 Dianthus 22 



4 Funkia variegated 23 



3 Heuchera sanguinea 24 



4 Plumbago Larpentae 2S 



4 Arabis albida 26 



3 Monarda didyma 27 



4 Iberis 28 



3 Scabiosa' 29 



4 Phlox Subulata 30 



Should any of the above 



General List of Hardy Perennial Plants 



Yarities 



Common Name 



ACHILLEA, "THE PEARL" Yarrow 



ALYSSUM SAXATILE Golden Tuft 



ANCHUSA ITALICA Dropmore Variety 



ANEMONE JAPONICA ALBA Windflower 



ANEMONE JAPONICA RUBRA Windflower v 



AQUILEGIA Columbine 



ARABIS ALBIDA Rock Cress 



BAPTISIA AUSTRALIS Blue False Indigo 



BOLTONIA LATISQUAMA False Chamomile 



CAMPANULA Canterbury Bells 



COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA Tickseed 



DELPHINIUM FORMOSUM Blue Larkspur 



DIANTHUS BARBATUS Sweet William 



DIGITALIS Foxglove 



FUNKIA UNDULATA MEDIA Variegated Day Lily 



GAILLARDIA GRANDIFLORA Aurora Flower 



GYPSOPHILA PANICULTA Baby's Breath 



HELIANTHUS MULTIFLORUS Double Sunflower 



HEMEROCALLIS FLAVA Yellow Day Lily 



HEUCHERA SANGUINEA Alum Root 



HIBISCUS (Crimson Eye) Mallow 



IBERIS SEMPERVIRENS Candytuft 



LOBELIA CARDINALIS Cardinal Flower 



MONARDA DIDYMA Oswego Tea 



PAPAVER ORIENTALE Oriental Poppy 



PHLOX SUBULATA Moss Pink 



PHLOX SUBLATA ALBA Moss Pink 



PHYSOSTEGIA VIRGINICA False Dragon Head. 



PLUMBAGO LARPENTAE Blue Leadwort 



PYRETHRUM HYBRIDUM Persian Daisy 



RUDBECKIA PURPUREA Purple Cone Flower. 



SCABIOSA CAUCASICA Blue Scabiosa 



SEDUM SPECTABILIS Brilliant Stone Crop. 



STOKESIA CYANEA Stokes Aster 



VERONICA SUBSESSILIS Speedwell 



VERONICA SPICATA Speedwell 



Height 



\Yi ft. 

 i ft. 



4 ft. 



2 ft. 



2 ft. 

 I 1 2 ft. 



6 in. 

 3 to 5 ft. 



5 ". 



2 ft. 

 Ij^ft. 



3 ft- 



i y 2 ft. 



3 to 5 ft- 



2 ft. 



I J ; ft. 

 2V 2 ft. 



4 ft. 



2 ft. 



I ft. 



4 to 6 ft. 



i ft. 



3 ft- 



i ! .. Ft. 

 3 ft. 



6 in. 

 6 in. 

 3 ft- 

 i ft. 



i ' , ft. 



5 ft. 

 i ft. 



t'., it. 

 i ' , ft. 



2 ft. 



3 ft. 



Color 



Time of Bloom 



White 

 Yellow- 

 Blue 

 White 

 Red 

 A-sorted 

 White 

 Blue 

 Pink 

 Assorted 

 Yellow 



Blue 

 Assorted 

 Assorted 

 Variegated 

 Orange 

 White 

 Yellow- 

 Yellow 

 Red 

 White 

 White 

 Red 

 Crimson 

 Scarlet 

 Pink 

 White 

 Pink 

 Purple 

 Assorted 

 Red Purple 



Lilac 

 Ro. Crimson 

 Blue 

 Blue 

 Blue 



All Summer 



Early Spring 



All Summer 



Fall 



Fall 



Earlv Summer 



May 

 Early Summer 



All Season 



Early Summer 



All Season 



All Summer 



Summer 



July and Aug. 



Foliage 



June to Nov. 



Summer 



All Season 



Summer 



All Summer 



Aug. to Oct. 



Spring 



Aug. to ( )ct . 



Summer 



Summer 



Spring 



Spring 



Summer 



All Summer 



Summer 



All Season 



All Summer 



Fall 



All Season 



August 

 All Summej 



Price for any of the above. 35c. each, $3.50 per doz.. 525.00 per 100; buyer's selection of varieties. Our selection. 

 to be made when the order is being filled, 52.50 per doz., 520.00 per 100. 



Note. — The heights given include the flower spikes. 



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