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PHYSOSTEGI A (FaUe Dragon Head) 



One of the most beautiful of our mid-summer flowering peiennials, forming 

 dense bushes 3 to 4 feet high, bearing spikes of delicate tubular flowers. 

 Virgiiiica. Bright, but soft pink. 



— Alba. Pure white; very fine. 



— Speciosa. Very delicate pink. 



20 Cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



PL, AT YCODON (Balloon Flower, or Japanese Bell-flower) 



The Platycodons form neat branched bushes of upright habit, which bear a 

 continual succession of flowers from June to October. 

 Qrandiflorum. Deep blue-cupped, star-shaped flowers; IJ feet 



— Album. A white flowered form of the above. 



15 cts. each; |1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



FLrUMBAGO (Leadworl) 

 LarpentS» Of dwarf-spreading habit, growing 4 to 6 inches bagh; useful as an 

 edging plant or for the rockery; covered veith beautiful deep, blue flowers 

 during the summer and fall months. 20cts.each; $2.00perdoz.; $12.00 per 100. 



POL,EMONIUlI (Jacob. Ladder) 



Reptans. Useful border plants, about 12 inches high, succeeding best in a 

 partially shaded position; deep green, finely-cut foliage, and spikes of showy 

 blue flowers in May and June. 20 ct«. each; $:2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



HARDY GARDEN PINKS 



Old favorites, bearing their sweet, clove-scented flowers in the greatest profu- 

 sion during May and June, They are indispensable for the edge of the hardy 

 border and for cutting; 1 foot. 

 Delicata. Soft delicate rose. 

 Diamond. A smooth edged pure white. 

 Elsie. Bright rose with maroon centre. 

 Excelsior. Light rose pink -with deeper shadings. 

 Her Majesty. Large flowers of purest white. 

 Homer. Rosy-red with dark centre. 

 Juliette. White, laced crimson. 

 Snow. Fine pure white. 



White Reserve. An everblooming pure white. 

 Price. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. Set of 



9 sorts, Sl-50. 



Perpbtuai.-floweking Hardy Pinks 



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Primula Veris Siiperba 



NE1?I^ PERPETUAE-FLOWERING 

 HARDY PINKS 



(Dianthus Allwoodi) 



This is the most important novelty in perennial plants this 

 season. They are perfectly hardy and flower continuously from 

 early Spring until late in the Autumn; the flowers are much 

 more substantial and larger than the old type of Hardy Pinks, 

 and are borne on long stems suitable for cutting ; deliciously 

 clove-scented. 



Dorothy, Deep rose-pink with a rich dark centre, slightly 

 fringed. 



Harold. A large double white of symmetrical form. 



Mary. Pale rose-pink with light maroon centre. 



Phyllis. Delicate pale pink with light maroon centre; very 



strongly scented. 

 Robert. A delicate shade of old-rose with light maroon centre; 



very free. 



We offer strong plants of any of the above, 60 cts. each; $5.00 

 per doz.; $40.00 per 100. One each of the five sorts for $2.25. 



PRIMUtrAS (Primrose) 



Veris (Englis7i CoicsUp). Plants grown from a select strain 

 of seed and embrace a fine range of colors. 20 cts. each; 

 $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



Veris Superba. A giant-flowered form, producing individual 

 flowers from 1 to 2 inches across; in color they are a bright 

 canary-yeilow with a golden centre; perfectly hardy, and when 

 in flower present a sheet of bloom. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Vulgaris (English Primrose). An old favorite and should 

 be found in every garden; one of the earliest spring flowers; 

 of bright canary-yellow; very fragrant. 20 cts. each; $2.00 

 per doz.; §12.00 per 100. 



PUL.MONARIA (Lungwort. Bethlehem Soge) 



Ang^stifolia Azurea {Blue Cowslip, or Lungwort). The 

 prettiest of the blue Cowslips; grows about a foot high and 

 one of the first to bloom in early spring. 



Saccharata Maculata. A beautiful plant of easy culture; 

 foliage deep green, handsomely mottled with silvery-gray, and 

 terminal ] -foot-high spikes of pink, changing to blue flowers 

 during May and June. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



NOTE.— All Bulbs, Roots and Plante are forwarded by express, purchaser paying charges. If wanted by Parcel Post add 10 per cent, 

 to valve of erder to points cast of the Missitsippi River, and 20 per cent, to point* west of the Mississippi River. 



