Catalogue of Hardy Trees, Shnibs, Etc. 



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Choice Herbaceous 

 Plants and Bulbs.— 



Continued. 

 HIBISCUS. Rose Mal- 

 low. One of the largest 

 and most showy of herba- 

 ceous plants. Large bell- 

 shaped flowers,C to 9 inch- 

 es in diameter, in great 

 profusion August to Octo- 

 ber. Red, rose, white 

 and purple. 



♦HIBISCUS. New 



Crimson. Entirely 



distinct ; free grower. 



Flowei-s 6 to 8 inches 



across, pure white with 



deep velvety crimson spot 



in centre. Well developed 



plants bear hundreds of 



flowers a season ; very hardy. Extra strong 



plants, $2.00 per dozen, 68 to $15 per 100. 

 HIBISCUS Moscheutos. The best of the white 



flowering varieties, large full growth, beautiful 



white flowers. 

 HOLLYHOCKS. Superb collections of the 



finest double varieties and most brilliant colors. 



Strong flowering 2 year roots. $3.00 per dozen. 



Special low prices per 100. 

 IBERIS. Candytuft. Evergreen foliage, with 



numerous beautiful heads of white flowers. 

 IBERIS Gibraltarica. A pretty, harciy candy- 

 tuft, with very large white flowers, blofcming in 



the Spring. Excellent for cutting. $1..50 to $2 



per dozen. 



IRIS Orientalis. Fine ornamental foliage and 

 l ich violet blue flowers. $2.50 to S3 per dozen. 



IRIS Kaempferi. This beautiful Japanese 

 species is the finest of all the hardy Iris. Per- 

 fectly hardy and easily grown everywhere. 

 Flowers extra large, 6 to 8 inches in diameter ; in 

 various tints of purple, lavender, blue, shaded 

 with yeUow straw color, and in borders give a 

 mass of bloom for several weeks during June and 

 July, when few flowers are out. I offer a tuperb 

 collection of the choicest double and single varie- 

 ties, including the newer named sorts, the best of 

 my own importations from Japan. The newest 

 and best strong flowering roots, $5 per dozen. 

 Selection of choice named kind, $3 per dozen. 

 Good strong roots, not named but desirable colors, 

 from $10 to $20 per 100. 



IRIS Gatesi. O e of the finest and most beauti- 

 ful of aU Iris. $2.50 and £3. 



IRIS Germanica. Showy broad-leaved Ibis. 

 Hardy and fine. Strong flowering roots, .?2 per 

 doz. ; extra, $2..50 per doz., $8 to $12 per 100. 



*IRIS New Palestine, A distinct beautiful 

 variety from the Holy Land. Flowers of distinct 

 colors, and exquisite tints. Free blooming, easily 

 grown. Very fine. Iris Atrof usca, claret brown ; 

 L'is Nazarena, creamy white, reddish brown spots; 

 Iris Atropurpurea, reddish purple brown, and 

 many others equally as fine. $10 per dozen. 



AlJEMONE JaPONICA 



(See page 41.) 



An effective variety with Ught 



IRIS Parailoxa. Very dwarf ; fine, deep velvety 



black, purple and brown fiowers. 

 IRIS Siberica. A hardy desirable species ; 



various colored flowers. Growth about 18 inches. 

 IRIS Virginica. 



blue flowers. 



IRIS Pumila. Flowers early with mass of deep 

 blue flowers. 3 inches across. Forms dense beds 

 6 or 8 inches high. An indigenous species. Hardy 

 and very fine. 

 LATHYRUS. Perennial Pea. Very desirable 

 climbing plants, fine for covering roots of trees ; 

 flowers in great profusion during the summer. 

 Should be trained on trellis. 

 LIATRIS. Blazing Star. Desirable border 

 plants, with long, dense spikes of rose, blue and 

 purple flowers. 



The following are the best of 



Large beautiful white. 

 Fulgens. Dark crimson, 



LILIUM. Lilies. 

 all the hardy Lilies 

 Album Praecox. 

 *Atrosanguineum 



black spots. 



't'.4uratum. Golden-Banded Lily. Thegi-and- 

 est of all hardy Lilies. Flowers white, spotted 

 with maroon, with yellow band through centre 

 of petal. 



*Auratum rubro vittatum. Very large flower, 



bright spot. $1 each. 

 *Auratuin Wittei. Large, pure white flowers, 

 with raised satiny white spots ; broad yellow 

 stripe through each petal. $1 each. 

 Batemanniae. A Japanese lily growing 3 

 to 4 feet high, producing bright apricot tinted 

 flowers ; blooms in July. 5 ) cts. 

 *Brownii. Extra large ; creamy white, shaded 

 with chocolate crimson. Rare. 75 cts. each. 

 Canadense. Meadow Lily. Yellow spotted. 

 ^Caudidum. Madonna Lily. The common, 



white, sweet-scented LUy. 

 *Chalcedonicum. Bright scarlet. 

 Cordifolium. White, yellow and pui"ple flowers. 



3 to 4 feet hi^h. 35 cts. each. 

 CoridioQ. Upright, star-shaped, clear yellow 



flowers, spotted with red. 25 cts. each. 

 !Elegans. Red. 



Elegans Alice Wilson. Large flowers, pure 



yellow ; very rare. $1 each. 

 ExceLsum. 



*Giganteum. White, with crimson stripes ; 0 to 

 10 feet. .$4 each. 



Grayi. Flowers bright crimson outside, orange red 

 inside. Verv beautiful and rare. 50 cts. each. 



Harrisii. Bermuda Easter Lily. Large, 

 ti-umpet-shaped, pure white flowers of rich frag- 

 rance. 



Hansoni. A rare fine variety. 



