3 9 MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 



SEFDS FOR THE PERENNIAL. BORDER 



PERENNIAL. 

 BORDER 



n this connection 

 neans a large 

 b< d, often of ir- 

 regular outline, 

 bordering on, or 

 backing up 

 igainst, a house, 

 • ( nee, shrubbery 

 or trees, with low 

 plants at the 

 (Uv o, grading 

 iack to tallest 

 mes at the back. 

 \Vhen once estab- 

 i bed, with prop- 

 r selection, it 

 vill show bloom 

 rom early spring 

 o late frosts. 

 The following list 

 ncludes the most 

 popular sorts, 

 iside from those 

 described in reg- 

 ular alphabetical 

 order. 



V Perennial Bordi 



Price, each, per packet, (><■; any 3 packets, ]5c. 



Botanical Name Common Name • Period 



ACONITUM, Plonk's Hood Aug.-Sept. 



adonis FLOS, Bird's-Eye May-June 



ALYSSUM SAXATILE, Basket of Gold May-June 



AGROSTEMMA CORONARIA, Mullein Pink .. June-Sept. 

 ANCHUSA CAPENSIS, Cape Forget-Me-Not. . June-Sept. 

 ANCHUSA DROIMIORE, Cape Forget-Me-Not June-Sept. 

 ANEMONE CORONARIA, St. Brigid's Poppy. .Aug.-Nov. 



ARABIS ALPINA, Rock Cress \pril-May 



ASPERVLA TINCTORIA, Angel's Breath .... ."lay-June 



BOCCONIA JAPONICA, Plume Poppy Tuly-Aug. 



CAMPANULA CARPATICA, Harebell June- Aug. 



COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA, California Sun- 

 beams Tune-Oct. 



GAILLAHDIA, Blanket Flower June-Oct. 



GEUM ATROSANGUINEUM, Avens June-Sept. 



IIELIOPSIS, Orange Sunflower July-Oct. 



HEUCHERA, Coral Bells Tu4y-Aug. 



HESPKRI<< MATRONALIS, Sweet Rocket April-May 



IBERIs CilBRALTRICA, Hardy Candytuft ... April-May 



JAPANESE IRIS, Flowering Flag June 



LUNARIA BIENNIS, Honesty Tuly-Aug. 



LUPINUS POLYPHYLLUS, Lupine May- June 



LYCHNIS HAAGEANA, Maltese Cross May-June 



MALVA MOSCLLATA, Musk Mallow July- Aug. 



PENTSTEMON GRANDIFLORA, Beard's 



Tongue 



PHYSALIS FRANCHETTI, Chinese Lantern 



Plant 



PHYSOSTEGIA, False Dragon Head 



PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORA, Chinese Bell 



Flower 



PLATYCODON, DWARF, Chinese Bell Flower 

 RUDBECK1A PURPUREA, Purple Cone 



Flower July-Sept. 



VALERIANA, Garden Heliotrope June- July 



VERONICA SPICATA, Speedwell July-Aug. 



Color 



Blue or Mixed 



Crimson 



Yellow 



Crimson 



Blue 



Blue 



Mixed 



White 



White 



Creamy White 



Blue 



Height 



4 ft. 



lft. 



lft. 



2 ft. 

 2 Ms ft. 

 2i/ 2 ft. 

 2-3 ft. 



6 in. 

 1-2 ft. 

 5-6 ft. 



lft. 



Yellow 2-ft. 

 Yellow and Orange 2 ft. 



Scarlet 2 ft. 



Yellow 3 ft. 



Mixed Reds 1 ft. 



Mixed 2-3 ft. 



Lilac 12 in. 



Mixed 2-3 ft. 



Purple 2 ft. 



Mixed 2-3 ft. 



Mixed 1 ft 



Pink and White 2 ft. 



June-Aug. Mixed 



June-Aug. 

 June-Sept. 



May-Sept. 

 May- Sept. 



Scarlet Fruit 

 Pink and White 



Blue and White 

 Blue and White 



Crimson-Purple 



Mixed 



Blue 



2 ft. 



2 ft. 

 3-4 ft. 



2-3 ft 

 12 in. 



3 ft. 

 2-3 ft. 



2 ft. 



