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HARDy PERENNIAL PIANTS 



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Lychnis Chalcedonica 



]»IO:XARDA (Bergamot) 



Showy plants growing from 2 to 3 feet high, succeeding in any soil or position, 

 with aromatic foliage, and producing their bright flowers during July and August. 

 Didyma Cambridge Scarlet ( Oswego Tea). Brilliant crimson-scarlet. 



— Rosea (Bee Balm). A pretty rose-colored form. 



— Violacea. Bright amaranth-red. 



Fistulosa Alba ( Wild Bergamot). A white-flowered variety. 



30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. ; J18.00 per 100. The set of 4 varieties, $1.00. 



NIKREMBERGIA (Cup-flower) 



Rivularis. A charming dwarf creeping Alpine plant, bearing large creamy-white, 

 cup-shaped flowers from June till September; most desirable plants for the rockery, 

 and succeed equally well in the border. 30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



OENOTHERA (Evening Primrose) 

 Pilgrimi. Large clusters of bright yellow. 

 Sp£Ciosa. A rare, pure white variety. 



PEONIES. See page 27. 



PACHYSANDRA 



Terminalis. Grows 6 to 8 inches higli, forming broad mats of brigiit glossy 

 green foliage. Valuable as a ground cover; does well under trees where grass will 

 not grow. 25 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



PENTSTEMON (Beard Tongue) 



Most useful perennials, either for the border or rockery. 

 Barbatus Torryeil. Spikes of brilliant scarlet flpwers; height 3 to 4 feet. 



— Coral Qem. A decided improvement on Barbatus Torreyi, the plant not ex- 

 ceeding 2| feet in height, with the flowers arranged in much denser and showier 

 spikes. These are produced freely from June to August, and are of a most pleasing 

 sliade of coral-pink. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Digitalis. Large spikes of long purple white flowers, with purple throats, during 



June and July; 2 to 3 feet. 

 Heterophyllus. Large azure-blue flowers in summer; 2 feet. 

 Smalli. Rosy-carmine flowers in early summer; 1 foot. 

 Price, except where noted, 30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. One 



each of the 5 sorts, $1.50. 



LINUM (Hax) 



Perenne. A desirable plant for the border or rockery, 

 growing IJ feet high, with light graceful foliage and large 

 blue flowers all summer. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; 

 $15.00 per 100. 



EOBEEIAS 



Handsome border plants, thriving in any ordinary garden soil, but preferring a 

 moist, deep loam, where they will not suffer from drought. Few plants are more 

 effective at their season of bloom, from July to September. 

 Cardinalis ( Curdinal Flower). Rich, fiery cardinal flowers. 

 Syphilitica liybrida ( Great Lobelia). Large spikes of flowers varying from 



blue to pure white; July lo September. 



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



LYCHNIS (Campion) 



All the Lychnis are of the easiest culture, and this, in addition to their brightness, 

 has brought them into high favor. 

 Chalcedonica. A most desitable plant, heads of brilliant orange-scarlet ; grows 



2 to 3 feet high and blooms all summer. 

 — Alba. A white-flowered form. 

 Haageana. Brilliant orange-scarlet. 

 Viscaria, Double Red. Forms a dense tuft of evergreen foliage, aid in June 



sends up spikes of handsome, double, deep red fragrant flowers. 

 Price, 30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



I.YSIMACHIA 



Ciliata (Fringed Loose Strife). Grows 2 feet high; yellow flowers in July. 

 Fortune!. A neat variety, growing about 18 inches high, with dense upright spikes 



of white flowers in August. 

 Nummularia ( Creeping Jenny, or Moneywort). Valuable for planting under trees 



or shrubs where grass will not grow. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. ; $12.60 per 100. 

 Price, except where noted, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100- 



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Roseum Superbum (Rose Loose Strife). A strong growing plant, 3 to 4 feet 

 high, producing large spikes of rose-colored flowers from July to September. 

 30 cts. each; |2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. " " ' 



MERTENSI A (Blue Bells) - V^ 



Virginica. An early spring-flowering plant, growing about 1 to IJ feet high with 

 drooping panicles of handsome light-blue flowers, fading t6 clear pintr-t)ne-x>i%re 

 most interesting of our native spririg flowers. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. /^ 



PH YS AL,IS (Chinese Lantern Plant) 



Francheti. An ornamental variety of the Winter Cherry, 

 forming dense bushes about 2 feet high, producing freely its 

 bright orange-scarlet lantern-like fruits; highly interesting. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



NOTE. — All Bulbs, Roots and Plaitits are'f orwarded by Express, purchaser paying charges. If wanted by P^^cel Post, add 10 per cent, 

 to value of order to points east of the Mississippi River, and 20 per cent, to points west of the Mississippi River. ' 



