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Hardy Garden Pinks. See list of varieties below. 



Hardy Pinks 



Old-time favorites that require little attention 

 and flower bountifully each year. They are valued 

 for edging, also in rockeries or wherever a low plant 

 is needed. Clove-scented flowers in May and June. 



DIANTHUSPlumarius. The parent form. Single 

 flowers of assorted colors. A favorite in many old- 

 fashioned gardens. 



Named Varieties of Hardy Pinks 

 Comet. Double flowers. Deep pink with red 

 center. 



Cyclops. Single. Assorted shades of pink. 

 Excelsior. Large double flowers of dark pink or 

 rose color. 



Her Majesty. Slightly fringed. Large, double 

 white flowers. 



Homer. Rosy red with maroon center. Double 

 flowers that are delicately fringed on the edge. 



HARDY PINKS— Continued. 



Juliett. Double flowers having white petals 

 edged with maroon. Distinct and attractive. 



Lord Byron. Double shell pink flowers that are 

 delicately fringed. A dwarf grower. 



Marion. Double, clear pink flowers. 



Scoticus. Semi-double. White with maroon 

 center, finely fringed. 



Fringed and very double. 

 Large double flowers of a 



Snow. Pure white. 



Souvenir de Salle. 



delicate shade of pink. 



DIANTHUS deltoides. Maiden Pink. 6 to 10 

 inches. The nature of growth is decidedly procum- 

 bent. Single, deep pink flowers. Price, 20 cent^ 

 each; $L50 per 10; $12.00 per 100. 



DIANTHUS barbatus. Sweet William. IK 

 to 2 feet. The perennial garden is not complete 

 without some of these attractive old-fashioned, 

 plants. In May and June they flower in clusters! 

 of red, pink, white and many pretty variations. 



DICENTRASpectabilis; syn. Dielytra. Bleed 

 IXG Heart. Long graceful racemes of pink heart-, 

 shaped flowers in May and June. Price, 20 cents 

 each; SI. 50 per 10; S12.00 per 100. 



DIGITALIS Grandiflora. Foxglove. Familiar 

 old-fashioned plants that grow 3 feet high and flower 

 in June. Flowers lemon yellow on stems. 



ERIGERON grandiflora elatoi. Flea Bane. A 

 useful perennial of low growth suited for the wild 

 garden. Flowers during the Summer months. 



EUPATORIUM ageratoides. White Snakeroot 

 or Thorough Wort. Dense, flat heads of white 

 flowers on stems 3 to 4 feet from August to Sep- 

 tember. Eff'ective and good for cutting. 



E. Coelestinum; syn. conoclinium coeles- 

 tinum. Mist Flower. 18 to 24 inches. Violet-blue 

 flowers from August until frost. 



E. Purpureum. Joe Pye Weed. 4 to 6 feet 

 Flat clusters of rosy purple flowers in August and 

 September. One of the best natives, and a vigorous 

 grower. 



EUPHORBIA coroUata. Flowering Spirea. A 

 native plant growing about 18 inches high, beaririL, 

 white flowers during the Summer months. DesirabK 

 for cutting. 



We recommend shipping perennials 

 by express— seldom, if ever, by freight 



A Perennial Garden in which our plants have been used. Designed by Olmsted Bros., Landscape Architects. 

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