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PETER HENDERSON ^CO., IMEW YORK- ^ 



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HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



FOR PERMANENT PLANTING IN OPEN BORDERS, 

 -CEMETERY PLOTS, ETC. 



This class of plants is fast attaining popularity, and to meet the growing demand we offer this choice selection of sorts, which contains only such as ex- 

 hibit the greatest contrast of color with profusion of bloom. They flower at different periods and vary in natural height. Other hardy plants, Chrysanthemums. 

 Ferns, Iris. Lily of the Valley. Paeonies. Phloxes, Pinks, Violets, etc., are in this catalogue, see index. NOTE. — Those marked * are suitable for shady places. 



Varieties. 



*Aconitum napellus (Monkshood) 20c. 

 Achillea, " The Pearl " 



" tomentosa (Downy Yarrow) . . 



Adonis vernalis {Spring Adonis) 



*Aegopodium podograria var 



Ajuga reptans rubra (Dark Foliage) . ■ ■ 

 Alstromeria Chiliensis (Chilian Lily) . . 



Alyssum saxatile (Golden Tuft) 



Anchusa Italica (Dropmore variety) 25c. 

 Anemone Japonica alba 



" " rubra 



" " Whirlwind 



" " Prince Henry 20c. . 



* " Pennsylvanica 



" Queen Charlotte 



Anthemis tinctoria ( Yellow Chamomile). 



*Anthericum (St. Bruno's Lily) 



*Aquilegia (Columbine) 



Arabis albida (Rock Cress) 



Armeria maritima (Sea Pink) 



♦Artemisia abrotanum (Old Man). .. . 

 Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Flower) . . 

 Aster Novae-AnglaeCWCTt; EnglandAster) 



" rubra {Rosy Aster) 



Baptisia Australis (Blue False Indigo) . . 

 *Bocconia cordata {Tree Celandine) ■ . . 

 Boltonia asteroides (False Chamomile) . 



latisquama 



Callirhoe involucrata(Cr£'i?pj«gjl/aHott)). 

 Campanula (Canterbury Bells) 



" persicifolia. Blue and white 



" carpatica. Blue and white. 



Cassia Marilandica (American Senna). 



Centranthus ruber (Red Valerian) 



*Chelone glabra alba. 20c each 



Clematis Davidiana (Bush Clematis) . . . 

 recta (Bush Clematis) 25c. . .. 



Coreopsis lanceolata 



rosea ( Rosy Coreopsis) 



Delphinium chinensis, Blue and white . 



" ioTraosura (Blue Larkspur). 



" hybridum 



" Sulphureum. 35c 



Desmodium penduUflorum. 25c 



Dianthus barbatus (Sweet William) 10c. 

 *Dicentra exitnisL{ PlumyBleedingHeart) 



* " spectahWi's (Bleedine Heari.)20c 

 Dictamnus fraxinella (Gas Plant) 



alba " 



♦Digitalis (Foxglove) 



Doronicum excelsum. 20c. each 



Eringeum amaethystinum (Sea Holly) . 

 Eupatorium ageratoides (Snake Root) . 



celestinum 



Euphorbia coroUata (Flowering Spurge) 

 ♦Funkia undulata media 



* " subcordata (Day Lily) 20c. . . 

 Gaillardia grandiflora (Aurora Flower) . 

 Geranium sangmnea (Hardy Geranium) 

 ♦Glechoma (Variegated Ground Ivy) . . . 

 Gypsophila paniculata (Baby's Breath) . 

 Heienium autumnale (Sneeze Weed) . . 



grandicephalum striatum . . . 



Height. 



3 ft. 

 H " 



1 " 

 1 " 



6 in. 



6 " 



2 to 3 ft, 



1 ft. 



4 " 



2 " 



1 " 



2 " 

 1 " 



3 " 



J- 2 



6 in. 



1 ft. 



2 " 



2 " 



3 " 



3 " 



3 to 5 ft, 

 6 ft. 



4 " 



5 " 

 4 in. 

 2 ft. 

 2 " 



4 ft. 



1 " 

 1-^- " 



3 " 



2 " 



4 " 

 4 " 



li " 



1 " 



2 " 

 2 " 

 2 " 



3 to 5 ft, 



2 " 



2 " 



3 •' 



li " 

 11 " 



6 in. 

 21ft. 



5 ft. 



3 " 



Color. 



Blue 

 White 

 Yellow 



Variegated 



Blue 

 Orange 

 Yellow 



Blue 

 White 



Red 

 White 



Pink 

 White 



Pink 



Yellow 



White 



Assorted 



White 



Rose 



Fragrant 



Orange 



Purple 



Rose 



Blue 

 Cream 

 White 



Pink 

 Crimson 

 Assorted 



Yellow 



Red 

 White 



Blue 

 White 

 Yellow 



Rose 



Blue 



Assorted 



Yellow 



Carmine 



Assorted 



Rose 



Pink 



Red 



White 



Assorted 



Orange 



Blue 



White 



Blue 



White 



Variegated 



White 



Orange 



Crimson 



Blue 



White 



Yellow 



Orange 



Time of Bloom. 



Sept. 



All Summer 



Summer 



May 



Foliage 



Summer 



All Season 



Early Spring 



All Summer 



Fall 



Spring 

 Aug. to Nov. 

 July to Nov. 



Summer 

 Early Summer 

 May- 

 Spring 

 Foliage 

 June 

 Fall 



Early Summer 



Summer 



All Summer 



All Season 



Early Summer 



June and July 



Summer 



July 



All Summer 



Summer 



June and July 

 All Season 



Summer 



All Summer 



Summer 



June and July 



All Season 



Summer 



Spring 

 Summer 



July and Aug. 



All Season 



July, Aug. 



Summer 



Foliage 



Summer 



June to Nov. 



All Season 



Summer 



Fall 



July and Aug. 



each, $1.50 per 



^* A^.T CO tin r^a^ 



Varieties. 



Height, 



Color. 



Time of Bloom. 



Heienium pumilum magnificum. 20c. 



1'. ft. 



Yellow 



Summer 



Helianthus Maximilianii (Sunflower) . . . 



It ■■ 



" 



November 



" multiflorus (Doiift/e " )... 



4 ■■ 





All Season 



Heliopsis Pitcherianus "... 



3 ■■ 





" 



Hemerocallis Dumorteri (Day Lily) . . . 



2 " 



Orange 



Summer 



" f lava ( i ellow Day Lily) . 



2 " 



Yellow 



*' 



Heuchera sanguinea (Alum Root) 



1 " 



Red 



All Summer 



Hibiscus (Crimson Eve). (Mallow)... 



4 to 6 ft. 





Aug. to Oct. 



Iberis sempervirens (Candvtuft) 



1 '■ 



White 



Spring 



*Incarvillea Delavayi. 2dc 



3 " 



Rose 





Iris. (See page 163). 





Liatris pycnostachya (Gay Feather)... . 



4 " 



Carmine 



Aug. and Sept. 



^Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower) . . 



3 " 



Red 



Aug. to Oct. 



Lychnis (Double Rose, Ragged Robin). . 



1 " 



Rose 



All Season 



" chalcedonica (Maltese Cross) . . . 



2 to 3 ft. 



Scarlet 



June and July 



" splendens (Double Ragged Robin) 



lift. 



Red 



" 



"^Lysimachia (Monc\'d'ort). 10c 



2 in. 



Yellow 



Summer 



" clethroides. (Loose strife). 



2 ft. 



White 



July to Sept- 



Lythrum roseum snpeThum(Loosestrife) 



3 " 



Rose 



" 



Mertensia Virginica (Lungwort) 



2 '' 



Blue 



May and June 



IV^onarda didyma {Oswego Tea) 



1', " 



Crimson 



Summer 



Oenothera FTazeni{ Dwarf DayPr imrose) 



1 •• 



Yellow 



All Season 



Missouriensis(iiwniHg Primrose) 



4 " 



" 



Summer 



Papaver bracteatum (Oriental Poppy) . 



3 •• 



Blood-Red 



" 



Orientale (Oriental Poppy).. . 



3 " 



Scarlet 



" 



*Pardanthus (Blackberry Lily) 



3 " 



Orange 



Aug. Sept. 



Pentstemon barbatus (var. Torreyii) ■ ■ 



4 " 



Scarlet 



All Summer 



Phlox subulata (Moss Pink) 



6 in. 



Pink 



Spring 



alba 



6 " 



White 



" 



Physostegia Virginica 



3 ft. 



Pink 



Summer 



Platycodon grandiflorum (Bell Floiver) 



2 to 3 ft. 



Assorted 



June to Aug. 



Plumbago larpentae (Blue Leadwort) . . 



1 " 



Purple 



All Summer 



Polemonium ceruleum (Jacob's Ladder) 



1 " 



Blue 



Spring 



Polygonum compactum 



li " 



White 



Aug. and Sept. 



Pyrethrum hvbridum (Persian Daisv) . 



li " 



Assorted 



Summer 



uliginosum (Giant Daisy) . . 



5 " 



White 



July to Sept. 



Rhexia Virginica (Meadow Beauty) . . . 



1 " 



Rosy-Purple 



Late Summer 



Rudbeckia fulgida (Brilliant Cone 









Flower) 



3 " 



5 " 



Orange 

 Red-Purple 



September 



" purpurea (Purple Cone Flower) . 



All Season 



" speciosa (Cone Flower) 



2 " 



Orange 



Summer 



Salvia azurea grand (Meadow Sage) . ■ ■ 



1 " 



Skv-Blue 



Aug. and Sept. 



*Saxifraga Crassifolia (Rock Saxifrage) . 



1 " 



Pink 



Snring 



Scabiosa Caucasica (Blue Scabiosa) 2Cc. 



1 " 



Lilac 



All Summer 



Sedum spectabilis atropurpureiun (Giant 











li " 



Rosy-crimson 



Late Fall 



Solidago Canadensis (Golden Rod) .... 



5 " 



Yellow 



Fall 



*Spirea filipendula (Dropwort) 



2 " 



White 



Summer 



* " palmata (Pahnata Spirea).... 



3 " 



Rose 



*' 



Stachys lanata (White Foliage) 



1 " 



Purple 



" 



Statice latifolia (H ardy Everlasting) 20c. 



2 " 



Deep Blue 



" 



Stokesia cyanea (Stoke' s Aster) 



U " 



Blue 



All Season 



Thahctrum aquilegifolium 



2 " 



Purplish 



Summer 



*Tradescantia Virginica (Spider Wort) . 



2 " 



Purple 



" 



*Tricyrtu9 hirta nigra (Toad Lily) 20c 



1 " 



Spotted 



Fall 



TroUius EuTopaeus (Globe Flower) 20c 



2 " 



Yellow 



May to Aug. 



Valeriana officinalis (Hardy Garden 











^: 



Rose-pink 

 Blue 





Veronica subsessilis (Speedwell) 



August 



" spicata 



3 " 



" 



All Summer 



" " alba 



3 " 



* " 



White 

 Blue 





*Vinca minor (Creeping Myrtle) 



Spring 



Yucca filamentosa (Adams' Needle) . , . , 



5 to 8 ft. 



" 



July, Aug. 



Price for any of the above, except where specially priced. 15c. catu, «j..uu pci 

 when the order ts being filled, SI. 00 per doz., $8.00 per 



doz., $10.00 per 100, buyer's selection of varieties. Our selection, to be mcule 

 100. Note. — The heights given include the flower spikes. 



