A  garden  in  which  Moon's  Plants  were  used. 
i      HARDY  PERENNIAL  PLANTS  j 
IT  is  no  wonder  that  these  grand,  old-fashioned  hardy  garden  flowers  continue  to  increase  in  popu- 
larity, because  there  is  not  a  time  during  the  whole  flower  season  in  which  some  hardy  perennial  is  not 
in  bloom;  and  when  the  wooded  shrubs  are  almost  bare  of  flowers  in  July  and  August,  these  little 
plants  may  be  depended  upon  to  make  a  grand  display.  The  perennials  are  not  fastidious  about  the 
soil  they  have  to  grow  in,  though  many  of  them,  of  course,  have  a  preference.  Year  after  year,  they  re- 
appear and  flower  abundantly,  requiring  scarcely  any  attention. 
A  planting  of  perennials  affords  a  display  of  bloom  from  earliest  Spring  until  after  frost  comes  in  the 
Fall,  and  gives  the  owner  flowers  that  may  be  cut  at  any  time  for  house  and  table  decoration.  These 
plants  look  well  anywhere,  but  are  especially  suited  for  border  planting,  either  by  themselves  or  in  con- 
nection with  shrubbery  groups;  they  are  also  effectively  used  when  planted  along  garden  walks,  walls  or 
fences,  in  rockeries  and  innumerable  places  that  will  suggest  themselves. 
There  are  thousands  of  varieties,  many  of  them  almost  worthless;  many  almost  identical  with  other 
kinds.  We  do  not  attempt  to  oft'er  a  complete  assortment,  but  have  endeavored  to  grow^  those  that  have 
a  positive  value  in  the  perennial  garden. 
PRICES  OF  PERENNIAL  PLANTS,  except  where   otherwise  noted,  are  15  cents  each; 
$1.25  per  10;  $10.00  per  100. 
ACHILLEA  millefolium  roseum.  Rosy  Mil- 
foil. All  Summer  and  on  into  Fall,  there  are  heads 
of  rosy-red  flowers  on  stems  about  18  inches  high. 
The  foliage  is  cut  deeply. 
A.  Ptarmica  fl.  pi.,  "The  Pearl."  Two  feet. 
In  July  and  August  it  is  covered  with  a  profusion 
of  small,  pure  white,  double  flowers. 
Agrostemma  coronaria.  Mullein  Pink. 
Rough,  silvery  leaves.  Bright,  crimson  flowers  in 
June  and  July,  on  stems  2  to  3  feet  long. 
Alyssum  saxatile,  var.  compactum.  Golden 
Tuft.  An  excellent,  low-spreading  plant  for  the 
rockery  or  border,  with  flat  heads  of  yellow  flowers 
in  May  and  June. 
AMSONIA  Tabernaemontana.  Terminal 
spikes  of  clear  blue  flowers  on  stout,  woody  stems, 
about  2  feet  high  in  May. 
ANEMONE  Japonica,  var.  alba.  A  splendid 
late-flowering  perennial,  2  to  3  feet  high. 
var.  QUEEN  CHARLOTTE.  Large,  rose-like 
flowers  of  beautiful  silvery-pink  color. 
ANTHEMIS  tinctoria,  var.  Kelwayii.  Hardy 
Marguerite.  A  bushy  plant  about  18  inches  high, 
with  a  continuous  show  through  the  Summer  of 
golden-yellowy  daisy-like  flowers. 
AQUILEGIA  Canadensis.  Native  Columbine. 
Bright  red  and  yellow\ 
A.  chrysantha.  Columbine.  Growing  to 
about  18  inches  to  2  feet.  From  May  to  July, 
bright  with  fragrant  golden-yellow  flowers. 
A.  coerulea.  Rocky  Mountain  Columbine. 
A  handsome  form,  that  grows  to  about  18  inches 
high,  and  is  showy  from  May  to  July  with  blue 
flowers. 
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