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PENTSTEMON (Beard Tongue). 



Highly useful and attractive hardy perennials, and much used in the hardy border. 



PER PKT. 



3532 Sensation. As a bedding plant this takes rank with the Petunia, Phlox, etc., 

 etc. It grows about 2 feet high, every branch being a spike of large, Gloxinia- 

 like flowers in a very wide range of bright colors, including rose, red, carmine, 

 cherry, pink, lilac, purple, etc. Not quite hardy and best treated like Petunias, 

 Verbenas, Salvia, etc. (See cut. ) 2 pkts., 25 cts 15 



3533 BarbatllS Torreyii. Spikes of brilliant coral-red; very effective; june to 

 August; 3 to 4 feet 10 



3536 Digitalis [Foxglove Pentstemon). Spikes of white flowers, with purple 



throat, during July and August 10 



3535 Pubescens. Spikes of bright rosy-purple flowers in July and August; \\ ft. 10 



3538 Pulchellus Hybridus. Forms pyramidal bushes 2 to 3 feet high, with erect 

 branches thickly set with flowers, 14 inches long, varying in all shades from rosy 

 white and chamois to purple, with veined throats 15 



3540 Mixed. A great variety of kinds and colors 5 



PERILLA. 



3551 Nankinensis. Foliage dark purple, producing a charming contrast with 



silvery-leaved plants; grows freely in any soil; annual; 2 feet. Oz., 25 cts . . . 5 



PHYSOSTEGIA (False Dragon Head). 



3651 VIrginica. One of the prettiest hardy perennials, forming dense bushes, 3 to 4 

 feet high, and bearing freely during the summer months spikes of delicate 

 tubular flowers not unlike a gigantic heather 



PLATYCODON. 



(Chinese Ball Flower.) 



One of the best hardy perennials, producing 

 very showy flowers during the whole season. 

 They form large clumps, and are excellent for 

 planting in permanent borders or among shrub- 

 bery; easily raised from seed, which begins 

 blooming in August if sown outdoors in April. 



PER PKT. 



3663 Grandiflorum. Large steel-blue 

 flowers. \ oz. , 25 cts 5 



3664 — Album. Pure white variety. 



\ oz. , 25 cts 5 



3662 Mariesi. Large, open, bell-shaped 

 flowers of a rich violet-blue; plant 

 dwarf and compact. \ oz., 25 cts 5 



3661 Japonicus FI. PI. {Double Japan- 

 ese Bell Flower). Large, glossy 

 deep blue flowers. The inner petals 

 alternate with the outer ones, giving 

 the flower the appearance of a ten- 

 pointed blue star. (See cut. ) 15 



LATYCODON JAPONICUS Ft. Pl. 



Pentstemon Sensation. 



POLYANTHIS. 



l'riimila Klatlor.) 

 Showy, early spring, free-flower- 

 ing plants, fine for either pot or 

 outdoor culture; hardy perennials; 

 9 inches. 



PER PKT. 



3680 English. The best sin- 

 gle; all colors mixed. 

 J oz. , 50 cts 5 



3676 Gold-Laced. Very 



showv and attractive 15 



Single Pohtilacas 



POLYGONU5I. 



(Knotweed.) 



3681 Compactum. A fine hardy perennial, of 

 dwarf habit, growing about 15 inches high, 

 and completely covered with a mass of foamy 

 white flowers the entire autumn; splendid for 

 the rockery or hardy border 15 



PORTIXACA (Sun Plant-. 

 One of our finest hardy annual plants, of easy culture, 

 thriving best in a rather rich, light loam or sandy .-oil, 

 and luxuriating in an exposed sunny situation; the flow- 

 ers ate of the richest colors, and produced throughout 

 the summer in great profusion; fine for massing in beds, 

 edgings or rock-work; 6 inches. 



:;77<> Single nixed Colors. Per oz., 10 cts. . . 5 

 ;i7i.(» Double Mixed. Flowers perfectly double, 



of the most brilliant scarlet, crimson, white, 



yellow, etc. } oz., 75 cts 10 



3769 Imported Collection of 8 single varieties. 25 



3759 Imported Collection of 8 double varieties. 50 



Rend the articles on raising Flowers from seed on pages 51 to 53. 



