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Fked'k W. Kelsey, 150 Broadway, New York. 



Psony tenuKolium. Large carmine, crimson ; 

 single flower ; line feathery foliage ; very fine ; 

 $5 per dozen. 



PHLOX. Beautiful free-blooming, upright border 

 plants. Many varieties of tlie tall-growing 

 Decussata Icinds, including Eclaireur, Lotliair, 

 Pearl and Wwi. Robinson. See cuts, pages 56 

 and 5!i. Also tlie best dwarf growing varieties : 

 anurna, procumbena, aublata or Moaa Pink and 

 Hublata alba, etc. 



PAPAVER. Poppy. Very effective perennial. 

 Yellow, black, crimson, white and scarlet flow- 

 ers. The best varieties are bracteatum, nudi- 

 caule and orientale. 



PHALARIS. KiBBON Grass. See Arundi- 



NARIA. 



PLATYCODON. Campanula. Very ornamental 

 plants with beautiful bell-shaped flowers. 



POLYGONUn. Knotweed. White flowers. 

 Larjje bold foliage. 



POLYGONUn Sachalinense. See Deciduous 

 SiiKUiis, page 39. 



POTENTILLA. Cinquefoil. The plant resem- 

 bles tlie strawberry, but the flowers are borne 

 on long stems. Several varieties. 



POTENTILLA fruticosa. See Deciduous Shrubs, 

 page 39. 



PRinULA. PniMROsE. Very desirable for the 

 garden. Flowers of various colors. The best 

 varieties are acaulia, the English Primrose, ela- 

 tier and x^eria. 



PRUNELLA grandiflora. Purple flowers during 

 the summer. 



Hardy Pykethkum. 



PYRETHRUn. Fern-like foliage, with profusion 

 of Aster-like flowers during May and June. 

 Roseum and uligino»um are the best varieties. 



RANUNCULUS. Buttercup. One of the best 

 for cut flowers. Two or three varieties. 



RUDBECKIA. Cone Flower. Among the most 

 valuable of hardy plants. Showy golden flowers. 



RUDBECKIA laciniata flore pleno. Golden 

 Glow. The best of all the Rudbeckias, rich foli- 

 age ; mass of beautiful golden yellow flowers. 

 Very fine. Very low prices per 100 and per 1 ,000. 



SALVIA. Sage. Very desirable and ornamental 

 plants in the following named varieties : bicclor, 

 blue and white ; rubicunda, rosy purple ; and 

 verticillala, lilac blue. 



5AP0NARIA. SOAPWORT. A fine dwarf peren- 

 nial. Profusion of rosy pink flowers. 



SAXIFRAGA. S.\xifrage. Large, broad foliage ; 

 showy rose and red flowers in early spring. 

 Cordifolia, Sibirica and Schmidtii are the best 

 varieties. 



SANGUINARIA. Bloodroot. One of the most 

 desirable and orettiest native plants, succeed- 

 ing in any location; white flowers in April. 



SCABIOSA. Sweet Scabious. Plant large and 

 spreading; flowers light lilac blue on long 

 stalks from July to September. 



SEDUn. Stonecrop. Low spreading habit, 

 and suitable for edging and rustic j)lanting. The 

 finest varieties are acre, maximowiczii and apec- 

 tabile. These and other sorts can be supplied 

 at low prices in quantity. 



SEHPERVIVUn. House Leek. Yellow and 

 rose. Forms rosettes of thick foliage and clus- 

 tered flowers. A spendid rock-plant or for 

 edging purposes. 



SILENE. Catchfly. Of dwarf growth with 

 white flowers in June. The best varieties are 

 alpeatria and maritima. 



SILPHIUM. Rosin Plant. Tall-growing plants, 

 bearing large, attractive yellow flowers. 



SOLIDAGO. Golden Rod. Effective in mid- 

 summer. Very showy. 



SPIR/EA. Meadow Sweet. Very beautiful 

 spikes of small flowers. Aruncua, Filipendula 

 and Ulmaria flore pleno are very fine varieties. 



SPIR/EA. See Shrubs, pages 40 and 41. 



STACHYS or Betonica. Woundwort. Spikes 

 of i)urple flowers. 



STATICE. Sea Lavender. Broad foliage ; flow- 

 ers of various colors produced in broad heads ; 

 valuable for cutting. The best varieties are 

 grandiflora, latifolia and maritima. 



STOKESIA cyanea. Blue flowers during the 

 summer. 



THYHUS. Thyme. Small lilac aromatic flowers. 

 TRADESCANTIA. Spiderwort. Showy, erect 



growing plants, forming bushes from 18 to 24 



inches high ; blooms freely all summer. 

 TRICYRTIS. Fragrant flowers in October and 



November ; resemble those of an Orchid. 

 TRILLIUn. Wake-Robin. Very effective native 



plants, flowering early, and worthy of culture 



everywhere. 



TRITOriA. Torch Lily; Poker Plant. Im- 

 mense spikes of crimson flowers. Fine. 



TUBEROSES. Common, Excelsior and Peari. 

 varieties. $3 to $5 per 100. 



TUNICA. A dwarf plant with fine foliage and 

 small pink flowers. 



UVULARIA. Bellwort. Pale yellow bell- 

 shaped flowers in April. 



VERONICA. Speedwell. Glossy foliage and 

 showy blue and white flowers. Amethystima 

 and Virginica are choice varieties. 



VERONICA cercaeoides. See Creeping Vines 

 FOR Shaded Places, page 51. 



VERNONIA. Iron-weed. Showy reddish purple 

 flowers. Arkansana and noveboracenaia are the 

 best varieties of tliis well-known plant. 



VINCA. Myrtle or Periwinkle. Evergreen 

 foliage and Vilue flowers of cieeping habit. 

 See Creeping Vines for Shaded Places, p. 51. 



VIOLA. Sweet Violet. Desirable Ijorder plants. 

 Several choice varieties, among them being 

 comuta, Marie Louise and Neapolitan. 



YUCCA. See Evergreen Shrubs, page 30. 



