i HARDY PERENNIAL PIANTS I, 



Thalictru.m Dipterocarpum 

 SolldagO (Golden Rod) 



Altissima. The giant of the family, 



grows 10 to 12 feet high, the large 



heads of golden-yellow flowers reach 



perfection late in October. 

 Golden Wings. The finest of all; 4 



feet high, with immense panicles of 



bright golden-yellow flowers from 



July to September. 

 Shorti. Golden-yellow flowers in July and August. 3 feet. 

 Price. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. Set of 3 sorts, 75cts. 



Spiraea (Goat's Beard, Meadow Sweet) 



Elegant border plants with feathery plumes of flowers and attractive 

 foliage; succeed best in a half shaded location. 



Filipendula (Dropwort). Numerous corymbs of white flowers on 

 stems 15 inches high; June and July, and pretty fern-like foliage. 



— flore plena. Identical with the above, excepting that the flowers 

 are double. 



Palmata {Crimson Meadow Sweet). One of the prettiest; the deep 

 purple-red of the stems and branches passing into the crimson- 

 purple of the broad corymbs of flowers, which are produced very 

 freely during June and July; 3 feet. 



XTlmaria PI. PI. (Meadow Sweet). Grows about 3 feet high, and 

 produces its double white flowers during June and July. 



Venusta. Grows 4 to 5 feet high, with showy spikes of fragrant red 

 flowers in July and August. 



Price. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. One each of the 

 above 5 varieties, $1.50. 



StachyS (Woundwort) 



Betonica Grandifiora (Betcmy). Large flowers of purplish-rose; 

 June and July; 15 inches. 



Lanata. Forms a densely-leaved mass of bright silvery-white 

 wooly foliage and clusters of light purple flowers. July. 

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



Stokesia (The Cornflower, or Stokes' Aster) 



Cyanea. Grows 18 inches high, bearing freely from early in July until October, handsome lavender- 

 blue Cornflower-like blossoms. 

 —Alba, White-flowered form of above. 

 — Lutea. Creamy yellow. 



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



Sweet William (Dianthus Barbatus) 



A well-known attractive, free-flowering hardy perennial, producing in early summer a splendid 

 effect in beds and borders, with their rich and varied flowers. 12 to 18 inches. 

 Newport Pink. The prettiest color among Sweet Williams, a lovely salmon or watermelon pink. 

 Pure White. Very large individual flowers and trusses. 

 Scarlet Beauty. Rich deep scarlet; very effective. 

 Mixed. Containing all colors. 



20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



TeUCrium (Germander) 



Chamaedrys. An evergreen plant of dwarf shrub-like habit; glossy aromatic foliage 

 with spikes of purple flowers in July and August. 12 inches. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 



Thalictrum (Meadow Rue) 



Very graceful, pretty flowered plants, with fine cut foliage, great favorites for planting 

 in the hardy border. 



Aquilegifolium Album. Elegant Col- 

 umbine-like foliage and masses of feathery 

 white flowers during June and July. 3 feet. 

 — Atropurpureum. A rosy-purple form 



of the above. 

 Dipterocarpum. We consider this one of 

 the real gems among hardy plants, not 

 only for the garden but its dainty, graceful 

 sprays of flowers, elegantly arranged on 

 stems 4 feet high, are invaluable for cut- 

 ting; the flowers are of a charming shade 

 of violet-mauve, which is brightened by a 

 bunch of lemon-yellow stamens and an- 

 thers; June and July. 

 Glaucum. Fine cut glaucous foliage; 



bronzy-yellow flowers in June; 2 feet. 

 Intermedium. Pale yellow flowers in 



July; 2 feet. 

 Price. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz.; $18.00 

 per 100. Set of 5 sorts, $1.25. 



Sweet William 



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