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Arthur T.Bodding ton, 342 West 14th St., New Vork City 



HARDY GARDEN PINKS 



Old favorites, bearins; their sweet, clove- scented flower in the 

 greatest profusion during May and June, i fcjot. 



SELECT STANDARD SORTS 

 Diamond. A fine extra early-flowering, fringed white. 

 Distinction. Deep rose, shaded crimson. 

 Her Majesty. ^'lowers of lar-^e size and of the purest white. 

 Homer. Rich ros\' red, w ith d.irk center. 

 Juliette. White, laced crimson. 

 Snow. A fine pure white. 



15 cts. each, $1.60 per doz , $10 per 100 



NEW EVERBLOOMING HARDY PINKS 



These varieties introduced by us are remarkable for their free and 

 continuous blooming, beginning; the latter part of IVIay and continu- 

 ing until late in fall ; sweet and spicy. 



White Reserve. A nicely fringed purewhite. 25c. ea., $2.50 per doz. 

 Napoleon III. The finest of all pinks. 25 cts. each, 52.50 per doz. 



PLATYCODON (Balloon Flower, or Japanese Bell- 



— ^— flower). The Platycodons are closely 



allied to the Campanulas and form neat, branched bushes of upright 

 habit, which bear a continual succession of flowers from June until 

 October. 



Grandiflorum. Deep blue 

 cupped, star-shapecl flow- 

 ers. I '2 feet. 



Grandiflorum album. A 

 white- flowered form of 

 the above. 



Mariesi. Deep blue, bell- 

 shaped flowers, nearly 3 sB ' ^ 

 inches across on i foot 

 high plants. 



15 cts. each. $1.50 per doz., 

 $8 per 100 



POLEMQNIUM 



(Jacob's Ladder). Useful 



border plants, about 12 



inches high, with deep green 



finely cut foliage and spikes 



of showy flowers. 



Richardsonii. Sky - blue 

 flowers, with golden an- 

 thers. June to July. 



Richardsonii alba. A 

 white - flowered form of 

 the above. 



15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., 

 $10 per 100 



PYRETHRUM. 



Too much cannot l)e said in 

 favor of this grand hardy 

 perennial. Their main sea- 

 son of blooming is in June. From pure white and the various shades 

 of pink and red to deep purple. 



Single, in choicest mixture. 15c. ea., $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100. 



Uliginosum ((liant Daisy). Grows 4 to 5 feet high, and is covered 

 with large white daisy-like flowers 3 inches in diameter, from July 

 to September. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100. 



PRIMULAS "^'eris (English Cowslip). The plants we offer 



have been grown from a select strain of seed, 



and embrace a fine range of colors, loc. ea., $1 per doz., $8 per 100. 

 Veris superba. A giant-flowered form of the English Cowslip, pro- 

 ducing individual flowers from i to 2 inches across in heavy trusses, 

 which measure from 10 to 15 inches in circumference ; in color they 

 are a bright canary-yellow with a golden center; perfectly hardy, 

 and when in flower present a complete sheet of bloom. 

 Vulgaris (Englisli Primrose). An old favorite, and a plant that 

 should be found in every garden ; one of the earliest spring flow- 

 ers to open ; of a bright canary-yellow and very fragr.int. 

 Price, except where noted, 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 



ROMNEYA Coulteri (California Tree, or Matilija Poppy). 



1-Aery one wlio h.is tr.'iveled in California is 



famili.-ir with this beautiful I'iii)py. While hardy as f;ir north as 

 Philadelpliia, it should be planli'd in a wi-ll-drained, sheltered posi- 

 tion. It grows 5 to 6 feet high, and fre<inently has from 12 to 15 ex- 

 panded (lowers on a single shoot at one time. The flowers arc wliite, 

 6 inches and over across, delicate and trans])arent. 75 cts. each. 



RUDBECKIA *"Jg'da (Cone-flower). Brilliant orange-yel- 

 ' ")wers: produced in masses on much- 



low ll(. 



Stenanthium robustnm (Mountain Feather Fleece) 



branched plants, 2 feet high, from July to September. 



Golden Glow. We question if any one hardy perennial plant has 

 ever met with greater popularity than this. It is a strong, robust 

 grower, attaining a height of 5 to 6 feet, and produces masses of 

 double golden yellow cactus-dahlia-like flowers from July to Sept. 



Purpurea (Giant Purple Cone-flower). Flcwers about 4 inches 

 across, (jf a peculiar retldish purple, with a remarkably large cone- 

 shaped center of brown, thickly set with golden tips in spiral lines ; 

 forms bushy plants from 2 to 3 feet high, and blooms from July to 

 October. 



15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100 



g(2,^3JOSA Caucasica (Blue Bonnet). Perennials that 



should be grown in every garden. The flowers 



are of a peculiarly soft and charming shade of lilac-blue, and com- 

 mence to bloom in June, throwing .stems 15 to 18 inches high until 

 September. 2 H feet. July to Sept. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 



SEDUM spectabile (Brilliant Stone-crop). One of the pret- 



tiest erect-growing species, attaining a height of 18 



inches, with broad, oval, light green foliage and immense, showj- 

 heads of handsome rose-colored flowers ; indispensable as a late fall- 

 blooming plant. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100. 



SPIRAEA *'Vp1° 



dula £1. 



pi. ( Double-flowered Drop- 

 wort). Numerous corymbs 

 of double white flowers, on 

 stems 12 inches high, dur- 

 ing June and July, and with 

 pretty, fern-like foliage. 

 Japonica compacta 

 multiflora. Large pani- 

 cles of white flowers. 15 

 inches. 



Palmata (Crimson Mead- 

 ow Sweet). One of the 

 most beautiful hardy 

 plants, the deep purple- 

 red of the stems and 

 branches passing into the 

 crimson- p u r pi e of the 

 broad corymbs of flowers, 

 which are produced very 

 ., freely during June and 



■,i July- 3 ft;et. 



it Ulmaria fl. pi. (Meadow 

 ' ^' ^ Sweet). Double, white, 

 fragrant flowers. 3 feet. 

 July and August. 

 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 



STATICE (Sea Lay- 

 — — — — ender). 

 Most valuable plants either 

 for the border or rockery, 

 with tufts of leathery foliage 

 and immense candelabra-like panicles of minute flowers, producing 

 a remarkable effect; grows from 15 to 18 inches high, and blooms 

 from June until September. Can be cut and dried and used for 

 winter decoration. 



Latifolia (Great Sea Lavender). Immense heads, 2 to 3 feet across, 

 of dee]) blue flowers, which last for months if cut and dried. 15 cts. 

 each, S1.50 per doz. 



STENANTHIUlVl robustum (Mountain Feather Fleece). 



^— This remarkable hardy perennial is, 



without doubt, one of our best introductions, and may be classed 

 with the showiest of all herbaceous plants. As the buds begin to un- 

 fold in early August they are cjuite upright, and of a light green 

 tinge, gradually becoming whiter, until at last they burst forth into 

 a veritable snowbank of drooping, fleecy bloom of purest white, the 

 panicles often 2 to 3 feet long. In September the flowers, as tliey 

 ripen, turn to shades of pink and purple. It is a vigorous perennial, 

 attaining a height of from 5 to S feet when well established, and is 

 absolutely hardy throughout the United States and Canada. The 

 Mountain Feather Fleece is of easy cultivation, and, if given plenty 

 of food, makes a wonderful show equaled by few plants of any de- 

 scription. Give rich soil and ordinary border location. The illustra- 

 tion gives some idea of the wonderful eft'ect of Stenanthium when in 

 fidl l)loom, but inadetinately conveys the beauty of the delicate, 

 feathered, drooping flowers.' Size 3, strong plants, $1.25 for 10, $10 

 per 100; size 2, heavier plants, $2.25 for 10, $15 per 100; size i, 

 largest size, $3 for 10, ,i!25 per icx). 



