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Pyrethrum Hybridum 



These grand old-fashioned Hardy Perennials are easy to grow in 

 any good garden soil where there is good drainage and full exposure 

 to the sun. They prefer to be left undisturbed for two or three 

 years and if given an annual top dressing of well-rotted manure, 

 flower generously. Their season of blooming is in June and July; 

 18 to 24 inches. We offer only in choicest mixed colors. 25 cts. 

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



Pyrethrum Uliginosum (Giant Daisy 



Grows 3 to 4 feet high and is covered with large white Daisy- 

 like flowers, 3 inches in diameter from July to September. 25 cts. 

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



Ranunculus (Buttercup) 



Acris Fl. PI. Erect growing double yellow buttercup. Early summer, 

 8 to 12 inches. 



Repens Fl. PI. {Trailing Buttercup). Masses of bright golden-yellow 

 double flowers in May and June. 



25 cts. each; $2*50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Romneya (California Tree or Matilija Poppy) 

 Coulter i. This beautiful Poppy, while hardy as far north as Philadel- 

 phia, should be planted in a well-drained, sunny, sheltered position. 

 It grows 5 to 6 feet high, and frequently has from 12 to 15 expanded 

 flowers on a single shoot at one time. The flowers are white, 5 inches 

 across, delicate and transparent, yet enduring in a good state for several 

 days; delightfully fragrant. Late summer and fall. Strong plants, $1.50 

 each. 



Rosmarinus (Rosemary) 



Officinalis. An old favorite aromatic herb of neat habit of growth; 

 requires protection. 2 feet. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Salvia (Meadow Sage) 

 Azurea. Grows 3 to 4 feet high, producing during August and Septem- 

 ber 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 car- 

 mine flowers; requires protection in winter. 

 — Alba. A pretty white flowered form. 



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



Salvia Pitcheri 



See colored plate and description, page 194. 



Rudbeckia (Cone- flower) 



Indispensable plants for the hardy border, grow anc 

 giving a wealth of bloom, well suited for cutting. 



Golden Globe. An improve 1 globular form of the popular Golden Glow 

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

 5 feet; 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 attra'tive 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. 

 Price. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. Set of S sorts for $1.00. 



Santolina (Lavender Cotton) 



Chamaecyparissus Incana. A dwarf evergreen perennial with attrac- 

 tive, 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. 



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. 



Purpurea. Purplish crimson. 

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

 Mb/Cnabiana. Splendid for the wall garden or in crevices in the 

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

 of small while flowers speckled with pink. May and June. 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. 

 Umbrosa (London Pride, Nancy Pretty, or None-so-Prettv). 

 A low-growing, spreading sort, throwing up stems a foot high of 

 white, sometimes suffused with red, flowers during June and 

 July. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



Plant liberally of Gypsophila Bristol Fairy for cutting, see colored illustration, page 194 



Romneya Coulteri 



