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PERENNIAL FLOWERS 



The hardy Biennials and Perennials outlive the severest winters, giving us each succeeding 

 year a finer display of their beautiful flowers. Some begin to bloom early in spring, others 

 in summer, are all of easy cultivation. Soon after the plants are through blooming, cut the 

 old flower stems within a few inches of the ground, which will present a more tidy appear- 

 ance, and render the plant more vigorous. Protect during the winter with a covering of 

 straw, leaves or manure. 



Arabis Alpina 



ARABIS alpina. This plant is a hardy 

 perennial which will thrive in any soil and 

 is particularly adapted to rock work. It 

 grows about six inches high and is one 

 of the earliest flowers to bloom in the 

 spring. The blossoms are white, resemb- 

 ling Sweet Alyssum, deliciously fragrant 

 and so freely produced as to completely 

 cover the plant. It should be in every gar- 

 den. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



Aquilegia (Columbine) 



A free-flowering hardy plant. Flowers in 

 the greatest profusion, early in the spring, 

 and growing with such ease and freedom, 

 they ought to be grown by all. Hardy pe- 

 rennial. 



FINEST MIXED. All colors; 2 ft. Per pkt. 

 5 cts. 



Canterbury Bells 



Canterbury Bells (Campanula) 



These have long been among our most orna- 

 mental garden plants. Their large, bell- 

 shaped flowers are freely produced. Fine 

 plants for pot culture. As they are bien- 

 nials, it will be necessary to sow seed every 

 year. Hardy biennials. 



DOUBLE AND SINGLE MIXED; 2 ft. Per 



pkt. 5 cts. 



Delphinium (Perennial Larkspur) 



Handsome and well known hardy peren- 

 nials, with splendid flowers and curiously 

 cut leaves; for permanent beds and borders 

 they are indispensable. Easy of culture, suc- 

 ceeding in any deep, rich soil. 

 FINEST MIXED. Various colors; 3 ft. Per 



pkt. 4 cts. 



Carnation Pink 



Carnations are great favorites and very 

 magnificent large, beautiful and very fragrant 

 flowers, as perfect in form as the rose. Seeds 

 s6wn in open ground in May or June will 

 flower splendidly the next season. The plants 

 should be protected by a little straw or a few 

 boughs. Hardy perennial. 



GERMAN DOUBLE MIXED. Fine double 

 flowers; best for border culture; 18 in. Per 

 pkt. 8 cts. 



DWARF MARGUERITE. This variety blooms 

 in about four months from the time of 

 sowing the seed, and continue to flower 

 until frost. The most beautiful, fragrant 

 double Carnation can now be had in full 

 flower in the open garden the first year by 

 sowing seed early. Also for flowering in 

 the house this new strain is invaluable. 

 Per pkt. 8 cts. 



Forget-me-not (Myosotis) 



Charming little plants, very popular, pro- 

 ducing their beautiful star-like flowers in 

 great profusion; they grow freely in any soil, 

 but a moist situation is best suited to them. 

 Will flower the first season if sown early. 

 August sown seed will make strong young 

 plants for early spring blooming. Half- 

 hardy perennial. 



ALFESTRIS. Mixed colors; 6 in. Per pkt. . 

 5 cts. 



Hollyhock 



The Hollyhock, in its present state of per- 

 fection is very unlike its parent of olden 

 time; it now ranks with the Dahlias. For a 

 background to a flower, garden, perhaps no 

 plant is so useful, the flowers are as double 

 as a rose, of many shades of color. Bloom- 

 ing plants can be raised the first year, by 

 starting the seeds in a box in the house in 

 February or March. Plant out about the first 

 of May; they will bloom in autumn and the 

 second year will also bloom freely. Our seed 

 is saved from choice double flowers only. 

 DOUBLE MIXED. Extra choice mixed; 5 ft. 



Per pkt. 5 cts. 

 ALLEGHENY FRINGED. If sown early, 

 blooms the first year from seed. A per- 

 petual bloomer. The flowers are double, 

 semi-double and single and the petals are 

 fringed. The colors are shell pink, rose, 

 and red, a shade or two deeper at the cen- 

 ter, and exquisitely tinted towards the 

 edgre. 



MIXED COLORS. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



Ipomopsis (Standing Cypress) 



This is a very beautiful plant, with long, 

 elegant spikes of flowers. The foliage is 

 very fine, like that of the Cypress vine, giv- 

 ing great beauty to the plant, which grows 

 three to four feet high, and keeps in flower 

 for a long time. Hardy biennial. 

 FINE MIXED; 3 ft. Per pkt. 4 cts. 



Lychnis 



This is an elegant perennial. It flowers 

 the first year from seed, producing large 

 flowers varying in color from the brightest 

 scarlet to white; free flowering, easy of cul- 

 ture. 



HAAGEANA MIXED, all colors; 1 ft. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts. 



