HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 



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M A L V A . Mallow. 



Large oak-like foliage, 



handsome plants, with 



white and blush flowers 



in June and July. 

 MERTENSIA Vfrginica. 



Virginia Cowslip. A 



fine native plant with 



panicles of blue flowers 



early in spring. 

 MIGNONETTE. Fine 



plants, producing long 



spikes of small fragrant 



flowers. Best varieties 



for garden planting and 



for forcing. 

 MITCHELLA. Of com- 

 pact and creeping habit. 



See Trailing Vines for 



Shaded Places, page 54. 

 MONARDA. Horse- 

 mint or Osweco Tea. Bright red flowers about 



midsummer. Very showy and fine. 



MONTBRETIA. Red-dish orange flowers in 

 August. When undisturbed, they form fine 

 bushy clumps. The best varieties are 

 Crocosmi.«klora and i.mperialis. 



MUSCARI. Crape Hyacinth or Blue Bell. 

 Small, deep blue flowers in a dense raceme, re- 

 sembling small grapes. 



MYOSOTIS. Forget-Me-Not. Beautiful, half 

 hardy blue flowers in spring. 



PEONIES. These are among the finest of all 

 the herbaceous plants. They are perfectly 

 hardy, and being entirely free from disease or 

 insects require, when once planted, little or no 

 care : improving in growth and size and pro- 

 fusion of blooms each year. 



The flowers are very large and of great bril- 

 liancy of color, ranging from pure white and 

 the palest shades of blush to the deepest crim- 

 son and most vivid scarlet. Some varieties are 

 also very fragrant. 



The glossy and rich green foliage make a 

 group of these plants very effective, even when 

 not in bloom. 



During the past seasons many large orders 

 for these fine Pseonies have as heretofore given 

 excellent satisfaction. 



Fine collection of the best varieties, including 

 the choicest Chinese kinds, strong flowering 

 roots, $3 to $5 per dozen; $15 to $25 per 100. 



MONTAN or TREE P/EONIES. See Deciduous 

 Shrubs, page 41. 



P>EONY tenufolium. Large carmine, crimson ; 

 single flower; fine feathery foliage; very fine; 

 $5 per dozen. 



PHLOX. "(Beautiful free-blooming upright bor- 

 der plants. Many varieties of the tall-growing 

 Decussata kinds, including Eclaireur, 

 Lot hair. Pearl and Wm. Robinson. Also the 

 best dwarf growing varieties ; Am.«;na, Pro- 

 cu.mbens, Sublata or Moss Pink and Sublata 

 Alba. etc. 



PAPAVER. Poppy. Very effective perennial. 

 Yellow, black, crimson, white and scarlet flow- 

 ers. The best varieties are Bracteatum, Nudi- 

 caule and Orientale. 



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BED OF HARDY P.EONIES. 



PASSAFLORA incarnata. See Climbing Vines, 

 page 53- 



PHALARIS. Ribbon Grass. See Arundinaria. 



PLATYCODON. Campanula. Very ornamental 

 plants with beautiful bell-shaped flowers. 



POLYGONUM. Knotweed. White flowers; 

 large bold foliage. 



POTENTILLA. Cinquefoil. The plant resem- 

 bles the strawberry, but the flowers are borne 

 on long stems. Several varieties. 



POTENTILLA fruticosa. See Deciduous 

 Shrubs, page 41. 



PRIMULA. Pri.mrose. Verj^ desirable for the 

 garden. Flowers of various colors. The best 

 varieties are Acaulis, the English Primrose, 

 Elatoir and Veris. 



PRUNELLA grandiflora. Purple flowers during 

 the summer. 



PYRETHRUM. Fern-like foliage, with profusion 



of Aster-like flowers during Ma}' and June. 



RosEUM and Ui.iginosum 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 

 foliage ; mass of beautiful golden yellow flow- 

 ers. Very fine. Very low prices per 100 and 

 per 1,000. 



RUTA graveolens. Rue. Yellow bloom; at- 

 tractive foliage. 



SALVIA. Sage. Very desirable and ornamental 

 plants in the following named varieties: 

 BicoLOR, blue and white; Rubicunda, rosy 

 purple; and Verticillata, lilac blue. 



SAPONARIA. SoAPwoRT. A fine dwarf peren- 

 nial. Profusion of rosy pink fiowers. 



SAXIFRAQA. Saxifrage. Large, broad foli- 

 age ; showy rose and red flowers in early spring. 

 CoRDiFOLiA, SiBiRiCA and ScHMiDTii are the 

 best varieties. 



SANGUINARIA. Bloodroot. One of the most 

 desirable and prettiest native plants, succeed- 

 ing in any location ; white flowers in April. 



