\ HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS / 



Rudbeckia Purpurea (Giant Purple Cone-Flower) 



Rudbeckia (Cone-flower) 



Indispensable plants for the hardy border, grow and thrive anywhere, 



giving a wealth of bloom, which are well suited for tutting. 



Golden Globe. An improved globular form of the popular Golden Glow 

 with large double golden yellow flowers, not unlike a Pompon Dahlia. 

 5 feet; July to September. 



Golden Glow. A well-known popular plant, a strong robust grower, 

 attaining a height of 5 to 6 feet, and produces masses of double golden- 

 yellow Cactus Dahlia like flowers from July to September. 



Maxima. An attractive variety, growing 5 feet high, with large glaucous 

 green leaves and bright yellow flowers 5 to 6 inches across, with a cone 2 

 inches high; flowers continuously from June to September. 



Newmani. Dark orange-yellow flowers, with deep purple cone, borne on 

 stiff, wiry stems 3 feet high; flowers from July to September. 



Nitida Autumn Sun. An attractive single-flowering variety, growing 

 5 to 6 feet high, with long broad petals of' bright primrose-yellow; August 

 to October. 



Purpurea (Giant Purple Cone- flower). Flowers about 4 inches across, of a 

 peculiar reddish-purple with a remarkably large cone-shaped centre of 

 brown, forms bushy plants 3 feet high, and blooms from July to October. 



Subtomentosa. A pyramidal densely branched plant, 2\ feet high, 

 which is completely enveloped in a mass of brilliant lemon-yellow flowers 

 with dark purple centres in summer. 



Price. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. Set of 7 sorts for $1.50. 



Saxifraga (Megasea) 



These will thrive in any kind of soil and in any position; grow about 1 foot 

 high and are admirable for the front of the border or shrubbery, forming 

 masses of handsome, broad, deep green foliage, which alone renders them 

 useful, while the pretty rose-pink flowers appear very early in the spring. 

 Cordifolia. Light pink. Crassifolia. Rosy-pink. 



35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



Salvia Pitcheri (Blue Meadow Sage) 



Comes from the wilds of Colorado, and is one of the most 

 attractive of our native plants. A true blue flower, with a long 

 season of bloom, August, September and October, thriving in any 

 situation and almost without care. The flowers of deepest indigo- 

 blue are borne with the greatest profusion on long slender stalks 

 3 to 4 feet high and blooming at a time when blue flowers are not 

 plentiful makes it a most noteworthy addition to any garden 

 planting. This variety is extremely hardy and winters over in any 

 part of the country without protection. 



We illustrated this Salvia in color in our last year's Garden Book 

 and distributed many thousands of it throughout the country and 

 we doubt if we ever sent out a hardy perennial plant that gave as 

 satisfactory results. 35 cts each; $3.00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



Salvia (Meadow Sage) 



Azurea. Grows 3 to 4 feet high, producing during 

 August and September racemes of pretty sky-blue 

 flowers in the greatest profusion. 



Greggi. Makes a shapely, bushy plant about two 

 feet high, and from July to late October bears masses 

 of rich and luminous brilliant carmine flowers; re- 

 quires protection in winter. 



Greggi Alba. A pretty white flowered form, which 

 makes a good companion to the red flowered type. 

 30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



Sailtolina (Lavender Cotton) 



Chamaecyparissus Incana. A dwarf evergreen 

 perennial with attractive, silvery-white foliage; 

 useful as a rock or border plant, and largely used for 

 carpet bedding. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $12.00 

 per 100. 



Saponaria (Soap wort) 



Ocymoides Splendens. A useful plant for the 

 rockery or border, producing from May to August, 

 masses of attractive bright rose flowers; 8 inches. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



Saxifraga Trailing Varieties 



Decipiens (Crimson Moss). Dwarf mossy plants with white 

 flowers in May and June. The green foliage turns crimson in 

 winter, splendid rock plants. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



Macnabiana. Splendid for the wall garden or in crevices in the 

 rockery. Foliage gray green in the form of a rosette with spikes 

 of small white flowers speckled with pink. 60 cts. each; 

 $6.00 per doz. 



Pyramidalis. Forms rosettes of narrow silvery foliage, showy 

 spikes 2 feet high of white flowers in May and June. 50 cts. 

 each; $5.00 per doz. 



Scabiosa 



Handsome border plants, succeeding in any ordinary soil if well 

 drained and in a sunny location, and should be grown in every 

 garden where cut flowers are wanted; they last a long time when 

 picked and placed in water. 



Caucasica (Blue Bonnet). A charming soft shade of lavender, 

 blooming from June to September. 18 to 24 inches high. 



Japonica. Lavender-blue flowers, from July to October; 2 feet. 

 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



Jroup of Saxifragas (Megaseas) 



Clematis Montana Undulata. An unusual Hardy Vine. See page 199 



