6o 



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



Paeony tenuKolium. Large carmine, crimson ; 

 siufjlo Mower ; line featiiery foliage ; very fine; 

 $5 i)or dozen. 



PHLOX. Beautiful free-blooming, upright border 

 plants. Many varieties of the tail-growing 

 Uecussata kinds, including Eclaireur, Lothair, 

 Pearl and Wm. Robinson. See cuts, pages 56 

 and 39. Also the best dwarf growing varieties : 

 amcma, procumbens, sublata or Moaa Pink and 

 Kublata alba, etc. 



PAPAVER. Poppy. Very effective perennial. 

 Yellow, black, crimson, white and scarlet flow- 

 ers. The best varieties are bracteatum, nudi- 

 caule and orientate. 



PHALARIS. EiBBON Grass. See Arundi- 



NARIA. 



PLATYCODON, Campanula. Very ornamental 

 plants with beautiful bell-shaped flowers. 



POLYGONUn, Knotweed. White flowers. 

 Large bold foliage. 



POLVQONUn Sachalinense. See Deciduous 

 Shrubs, page 39. 



POTENTILLA. Cinquefoil. The plant resem- 

 bles the strawberry, but the flowers are borne 

 on long stems. Several varieties. 



POTENTILLA fruticosa. See Deciduous Shrubs, 

 page 39. 



PRinULA. Primrose. Very desirable for the 

 garden. Flowers of various colors. The best 

 varieties are acauHa, the English Pi'imrose, ela- 

 tior and veria. 



PRUNELLA grandlflora. Purple flowers during 

 the summer. 



Hardy Pyrethrum. 



PYRETHRUn. Fern-like foliage, with profusion 

 of Aster-like flowers during May and June. 

 Roseum and uliginosum 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 : bicolor, 

 blue and white ; rubicunda, rosy purple ; and 

 verticillata. lilac blue. 



5APONAR1A. SOAPWORT. A flne dwarf peren- 

 nial. Profusion of rosy pink flowers. 



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

 showy rose and red flowers in early spring. 

 Cordifolia, Sibirica and Schmidtii are the best 

 varieties. 



SANQUINARIA. Bloodroot. One of the most 

 desirable and oretliest native plants, succeed- 

 ing in any location; white flowers in April. 



SCABIOSA. Sweet Sc^abious. 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 planting. The- 

 finest varieties are acre, maximowiczii and spec- 

 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. Oatchfly. Of dwarf growth with 

 white flowers in June. The best varieties are 

 alpestris and maritima. 



SILPHIUM. Rosin Plant. Tall-growing plants, 

 bearing large, attractive yellow flowers. 



SOLIDAGO. Golden Rod. Effective in mid- 

 summer. Very showy. 



SPIR/CA. Meadow Sweet. Very beautiful 

 spikes of small flowers. Aruncus, Filipendula 

 and Ulmaria flore pleno are very fine varieties. 



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



STACHYS or Betonica. Woundwort. Spikes 

 of purple flowers. 



STATICE. Sea L.WENDER. Broad foliage ; flow- 

 ers of various colors produced in broad heads ; 

 valuable for cutting. The best varieties are 

 grandlflora, latifolia and maritima. 



STOKESIA cyanea. Blue flowers during the 

 summer. 



THVnUS. Thyme. Small lilac aromatic flowers. 

 TRADESCANTI A. 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 o£ 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 Pearl 

 varieties. S3 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 cercseoides. See Creeping Vines 

 FOR Shaded Places, page 51. 



VERNONIA. Iron-weed. Showy reddish purple 

 flowers. Arkanaana and noveboracenais are the 

 best varieties of this well-known plant. 



VINCA. Myrtle or Periwinkle. Evergreen 

 foliage and blue flowers of cieeping habit. 

 See Creeping Vines for Shaded Places, p. 51. 



VIOLA. Sweet Violet. Desirable border plants. 

 Several choice varieties, among them being 

 comuta, Marie Louise and Neapolitan. 



YUCCA. See Evergreen Shrubs, page 30. 



