and dozen 



This class is one of 

 the most delightful of 

 all flowering plants, 

 their ease of culture, 

 hardiness, profusion 

 and continuity of 

 bloom, great beauty 

 of both flower and 

 foliage combine to 

 render theui the most 

 satisfactory of plants. 

 They succeed admir- 

 ably upon almost 

 every kind of soil and 

 continue in their 

 beauty indefinitely, 

 growing better from 

 year to year. The 

 herbaceous border 



should be an indispensable feature of every garden. 



I have a very fine stock but offer here a brief selec- 

 tion of the choicest sorts. All will be sent by mail, if desired, at each 

 nit larger and stronger plants will be selected, if sent bit express. 



PRICE, Ea., 10c; doz., $1.00; 100, $6.00; unless otherwise noted.' 



BAPTISIA AUSTRALIS. 



False Indigo. 



Wonderfully effective for the background of borders, 

 etc.. and one of the finest tall plants of its season, 

 growing from 3 to 4 feet high, with handsome foliage 

 and large spikes or racemes of showy dark blue fiowers 

 throughout summer. Ea., doz., $1.50. 



ANTHEMIS TINCTORIA. 



Golden Marguerite or Yellow Chamomile. 

 Clear golden-yellow Daisy-like flowers in great pro- 

 fusion from June until frost. Splendid for cutting and 

 very desirable and effective in the border. Succeeds 

 everywhere and forms a dense, bushy plant with dark, 

 glaucous, Fern-like foliage. 



ASTFLBE Japonica Grandiflora. 



BEE BALM or OSWEGO TEA. 



Monarda didyma splendens. 



Dark green, finely cut. Fern-like foliage, and throw- 

 ing up large, dense, show^y panicles of feathery, pure 

 white fiowers very freely. It is a fine border plant 

 and splendid for pot culture, forcing readily and form- 

 ing a fine decorative plant for Easter, etc. 



ACHILLEA or Millfoil. 



"The Pearl." A. Ptarmica fl. pl. A fine, showy 

 plant, bearing continuously and profusely clusters of 

 double, pure white flowers, resembling a Pompone 

 Chrysanthemum, all summer. Of the easiest culture, 

 succeeding everywhere. 



BLEEDING HEART. 



Dicentra Spectab- 

 ilis. Well-known 

 and popular; a su- 

 perb border plant 

 and succeeds every- 

 w-here. The showy, 

 heart-shaped flow- 

 ers of rosy crimson 

 and silvery white 

 are borne in grace- 

 ful, drooping ra- 

 cemes a foot oi' 

 more in length, 

 during spring and 

 early summer, and 

 are charmingly ef- 

 A. most beautiful and valuable plant. 



Ea., 10c; doz., $1.00; 100, $6.00; except as 



Exceedingly showv and iittractive: a reailv gorgeous 

 plant when m full bloom It flowers nearly all sum- 

 in a mass of large heads of intensely brilliant scarlet 

 fiowers, and its foliage is pretty, abundant, and as 

 svt eetly scented as Balm. 



BACHELOR S BUTTON, 



fective, 

 PRICE, 



Ranunculus acris 

 n. pl. A fine, old- 

 fashioned border 

 plant with finely-cut 

 decorative foliage 

 and large, very 

 double, golden-y e 1 - 

 low flowers in great 

 ® abundance all sum- 

 mer, forming showy 

 balls oi- buttons. 

 Verydesirable for its 

 profuse and beauti- 

 ful bloom. It thrives 

 best on rather damp 

 soil and in partial 

 shade, but will grow 

 well anywhere and 

 _^v^^5f;as always pretty and 

 ^ interesting . 



noted. By mail at each and dozen rates if desired. 



