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GYPSOPHILA (Baby. Breath) 



TheGypsophilas will thrive in any soil in a sunny position, and on ac- 

 count of their gracefully arranged large panicles of minute flowers should 

 be in every garden. 

 Cerastioides. A fine variety for the rockery, growing but 3 inches high, 



and producing from June to August small white flowers marked witli pink. 



Paniculata. A beautiful old-fashioned plant, possessing a urace not 

 found in any other perennial. When in bloom during July and August 

 it forms a symmetrical mass 2 to 3 feet in height, and as much 

 through, of minute pure white flowers, forming a beautiful gauze-like 

 appearance. When cut it is exquisite in combination witli other 

 flowers. 



Paniculata FI. PI. This is the comparatively new double-flowering 

 form of Baby's Breath. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



RepenS. An elegant trailing plant for the rockery, with clouds of small 

 white flowers in July and August. 



Price. Except where noted, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 

 100. 



IIEL,£]SIU3I (Sneeze Wort) 



All of these are desirable border plants, succeeding in any 



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soil in a sunny location, with broad-spreading heads of flowers 

 useful for cutting, each species covering a long-blooming season. 

 Autumnale Rubrum. Robust growing; 3 to 4 feet high, 



with bright terra-cotta red flowers in August and September. 

 Autumnale Superbum. Golden-yellow flowers during the 



late summer and fail months; 5 to to 6 feet. 

 Hoopesi. Pure orange-yellow flowers, 2$ inches across, and 



the earliest to flower, coming in early in June and continuing 



throughout the summer; 2 feet. 

 Riverton Beauty. Rich lemon-yellow, with large purplish 



black cone; Aujust and September; 4 feet. 

 Riverton Qem. Old gold, changing to wall-flower red; 



August and September; 3^ feet. 

 Price. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. One 

 each of the 6 varieties, $1.00. 



HEI^IANTHUS (Hardy Sunflower) 



T lie perennial sunflowers are among the most effective hardy 

 plants for large borders for planting among shrubbery, or as 

 clumps on the lawn. They are remarkably free-flowering, will 

 succeed in any soil, and are invaluable for decorative purposes, 

 or as cut flowers during the summer and autumn. 



Qig^anteus. A native variety, with medium-sized bright canary- 

 yellow flowers in September and October; 6 feet. 



Maximillana. The latest of all, perfecting its fine golden- 

 yellow flowers in long, graceful sprays during October, when 

 all others have fim'shed flowering; invaluable for cutting; 5 

 to 7 feet. 



Mollis. Large, single lemon-yellow flowers with downy white 

 foliage; blooms in August and September; 4 feet. 



Orgyalis. A tall variety, 6 feet high, with medium-sized sin- 

 gle golden-yellow flowers during September. 



Rigidus Japonicus. One of the most desirable varieties.begin- 

 ning to bloom early in July and continuing until fall; flowers 

 golden-yellow, with dark centre; 5 feet. 



Wolley Dod. The best of (he September flowering varieties, with 

 deep yellow flowers; entirely distinct; 6 feet. 



Price. Any of the above, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 

 per 100. One each of the 6 sorts for $1.25. 



HELIANTHEMUM (Rock, or Sun Ro.e) 



Exceedingly pretty low-growing evergreen plants, forming broad 

 clumps, and wliich during their flowering season, July to September, 

 are quite hidden by a mass of bloom; well adapted for the front of 

 the border, the rockery, or a dry, sunny bank. Choice mixed varie- 

 ties, 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



HELIOPSIS (Orange Sunflower) 



Similar in general habit to Helianthus, but commencing to flower 

 earlier in the season; of dwarfer habit, rarely exceeding three feet 

 in height; very valuable for cutting. 



Pitcheriana. Flowers deep golden-yellow, about 2 inches in 

 diameter, of very thick texture. 



Scabra Excelsa. Double golden-yellow flowers closely resem- 

 bling a Zinnia. 



Price, 30 cts. each ; $2.b0 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



NOTE. — All Bulbs, Roots and Plants are forwarded by Fxpress, purchaser paying charges. Jf wanted by Parcel Post add 10 per cc 

 ^o value of order to points east of the Mississippi Riyer, and 20 per cent, to points west of the Mississippi River. 



