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CATANANCHE. Greek Love Plant 



Coerulea. An excellent bonier plant, w ith long 

 flower stalks, terminating in attractive blue 

 flowers. Two feet. June to August. 



Coerulea bicolor. Wliite flowers, slightly 

 suffused purple in center. Two feet. June 

 to August. 



15c. each, $1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100. 



CENTAUREA. Perennial Cornflower 



Macrocephala. Large heads of golden yellow, 

 thistle-like flowers, excellent for cutting. A 

 show border plant. Three to three and one- 

 half feet. July and August. 



Ruthenica. Light yellow flowers and hand- 

 some foliage. Three to four feet. July and 

 August. 



15c. each, $1.50 per doz. 



CERASTIUM. Snow in Summer 



Biebersteinii. Snowy white flowers in masses. Bright, sil- 

 very foliage. An excellent border or rock garden plant. 

 Six to nine inches. May and June. 



Tomentosum. Smaller in leaf and flower than the preced- 

 ing, and more compact. Pure white. Six inches. May 

 and June. 



15c. each, $1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM MAXIMUM 

 Shasta Daisy 



A most useful and effective class of plants flowering from 

 July on. Excellent for massing and cutting purposes. 

 Alaska. A strong, but compact-growing variety; flowers 

 pure, glistening white, four to five inches in diameter; very 

 free-flowering. Two and one-half to three feet. July. 

 California. Resembles Alaska, except that the buds and 

 half-opened flowers are prettily tinted light yellow, chang- 

 ing to white as the flower expands. Petals arranged in a 

 double row. 



King Edward. Enormous cup-shaped flowers, carried on 

 strong stems. Pure, snowy white. Three to four feet. 



Westralia. Large, semi-double, creamy white flowers, Borne 

 in great profu.sion. Branching habit. 

 15c. each, $1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM (Fall Flowering) 



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CONVALLARIA. Lily of the Valley 



Majalis. Flowers pure white, beU-shaped: gracefully arch- 

 ing racemes. It is one of the shade-loving favorites, and 

 should be mulched each Winter with well-decayed manure 

 to give best results. 



Strong, home-grown clumps: 25c. each, $2.50 per doz. 



Single pips or crowns: 75c. per doz. 



COREOPSIS. Tickseed 



Lanceolata grandiflora. Rich, golden-yellow flowers, pro- 

 duced in great profusion during the latter part of June. 

 Excellent for massing or cutting. Blooms more or less later 

 in the season if the old flowers are removed from time to 

 time and not permitted to seed. An excellent and popular 

 hardy garden plant. 



15c. each, $1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100. 



CORONILLA. Crown Vetch 



Varia. A useful shrubby, trailing plant of the easiest culture 

 for coarse massing in dry situations, producing wliorls of 

 rose-colored pea-shaped flowers throughout the Summer. 



15c. each, $1.50 per doz., 



$10.00 per 100. 



Delphinium Chinense 



DELPHINIUM. Hardy Larkspur 



A noble subject for grouping in the hardy border. The 

 strong spikes of large flowers vary from pale to deep in- 

 digo blue, and now include the much desired pure white. 

 Perfectly hardy and readily estabhshed. 



Belladonna. Lovely sky blue; distinct and very free; 

 branching habit. Three feet. 

 25c. each, $2.50 per doz. 



Belladonna Hybrids. Varying from Hght to dark 

 blue, containing many beautiful shades. 



Chinense. A very attractive dwarf, blue-flowering va- 

 riety, with fine-cut, feathery foliage. Eighteen inches. 



Chinense alba. A pure white form of the above. Very 

 free and desirable. 



Chinense azureum. A lovely shade of azure blue. 

 Free, and of strong growth. 



Chinense (Blue Butterfly). An excellent bright blue 

 variety of dwarf habit. Very free. 



