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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 Hardy 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 



No. on Plan 



Plants 



No. on Plan 



Plants 



No. on Plan 



3 Lobelia card inalis 1 



4 Digitalis * 2 



2 Anchusa Italica 3 



2 Bol tonia Asteroides 4 



3 Rudbeckia purpurea S 



3 Hibiscus 6 



4 Delphinium f ormosum .... 7 

 3 Helianthus multiflorus. ... 8 

 3 Baptisia Australia 9 



2 3 Gypsophila pan icu lata 



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3 Anemone J a pon ica 11 



4 Gaillardia rfrandillora 12 



3 Achillea the Pearl 13 



3 Pvret hrum 14 



3 Physostegia Virginica IS 



3 Hemerocallis flava 16 



3 Coreopsis Lanceolata 17 



4 Campanula 18 



4 Aquilegia 19 



3 Papaver 20 



4 Alyssum Saxatile 21 



4 Dlanthus 22 



4 Funkia variegated 23 



3 Heuchera sanguinea 24 



4 Plumbago Larpentae 25 



4 A ra bis albida 26 



3 M on a rda didyma 27 



4 Iberis 28 



3 Scabiosa 29 



4 Phlox Subula ta 30 



Special Offer. The Imperishable Border Collection, 100 plants, as listed above for $25.00. Should any of the tihoot 

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



General List of Hardy Perennial Plants 



Varities 



Common Name 



ACHILLEA, "THE PEARL" Yarrow 



ALYSSUM SAXATILE Golden Tuft 



ANCHUSA ITALICA Dropmore Variety. . . . 



ANEMONE JAPONICA ALBA Windflower 



ANEMONE JAPONICA RUBRA Windflower 



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 ORIENT ALE 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 



iH ft. 

 i ft. 



4 ft. 



2 ft. 



2 ft. 



I^ft. 



6 in. 

 3 to 5 ft. 



5 ft. 



2 ft. 



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3 ft. 

 xH ft. 



3 to 5 ft. 



2 ft. 

 1*4 ft. 



2 J* ft. 



4 ft. 



2 ft. 



1 ft. 



4 to 6 ft. 



i ft. 



3 ft. 



I> 2 ft. 



3 ft- 



6 in. 

 6 in. 

 3 ft. 

 i ft. 



i«ft. 



5 ft- 



i ft. 

 iJ^ ft. 

 iH ft. 



2 ft. 



3 ft- 



Color 



White 



Yellow 



Blue 



White 



Red 



Assorted 



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 



Time of Bloom 



All Summer 



Early Spring 



All Summer 



Fall 



Fall 



Early 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 Oct. 



Summer 



Summer 



Spring 



Spring 



Summer 



All Slimmer 



Summer 



All Season 



AH Summer 



Fall 



All Season 



August 

 All Slimmer 



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Price for any of the above, 35c. each, $3.50 per doz., $25.00 per 100; buyer's selection of varieties. Our selection, 

 to be made when the order is being filled, $2.50 per doz.. $20.00 per 100. 

 Note. — The heights given include the flower spikes. 



Send for our Planting Plan and Instructions for Forming a Hardy Border. FREE, TO ALL. 



