Hardy Perennials 



CROMWELL GARDENS, CROMWELL, CONN. 



CAMPANULA • Bellflower 



A hardy garden would not be complete without its 

 groupings of these old favorites. The rugged outlines 

 of the Cup-and-Saucer and Canterbury Bells, when 

 grouped, add a wealth of character to the garden. They 

 should be considered biennial rather than perennial and 

 planted from year to year. The Peach Bells are per- 

 ennials, altogether hardy, and should be planted more 

 extensively; unusually etiective in bold groups. 

 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100, except 

 where noted. 



Abietina. A very useful rock-garden \ ariety; the light 



blue flowers are produced in quantity on wiry stems. 



May to July. i2 inches. 20 cts. each. S2 per doz. 

 Carpatica. A neat and compact rockery or border 



plant. Bright porcelain-blue flowers, growing erect 



on short, wiry stems. June to August. 

 Carpatica alba. .\ pure white form of the preceding 



variety. 



Carpatica turbinata. Individual cup-shaped blue 

 flowers on erect stems; very fine. 



Macrantha. Deep purple, large flowers, useful for 

 naturalizing. June and July. 3 feet. 



Medium. Canterbury Bells. .Sutton's Improved. Un- 

 doubtedly the best strain in existence, including the 

 finest and most delicate colors yet obtained. June 

 and July. 2 to 3 feet. 



Medium Calycanthema. Ciip-and-Saucer. A choice 

 strain of mixed colors. June and July. 2 to 3 feet. 



Persicifolia. Peach Bells. An indispensable border 

 favorite, producing spikes of attractive, bell-shaped, 

 blue flowers during June and July. 2 to 2 ' 2 feet. A 

 grand cut-flower. 



Persicifolia alba grandiflora. Pure white flowers of 

 immense size. June and July. 2 to 3 feet. 



Persicifolia, Late-blooming Hybrids. A new strain 

 of splendid, vigorous habit, flowering later than Per- 

 sicifolia. Blue and white. 2 '2 to 3 feet. 25 cts. 

 each, S2. 50 per doz.; extra-large clumps, 35 cts. 

 each. S3. 50 per doz. 



Portenschiagiana. .1 lovely, low-growing variety, 

 producing starr\-. pale blue flowers in great pro- 

 lusion. 35 cts. each, S3. 50 per doz. 



Punctata. Large, drooping, bell-shaped, white 

 flowers, spotted with rose. 



Pyramidalis. Chimney Bellflower. A showy, late- 

 blooming species, forming a pyramid of numerous j 

 stems. White or blue. 



Rotundifolia. Blue Bells of Scotland. Blue flowers on 

 erect stems. June and Jul>-. 2I2 feet. 



Trachelium. Coventry Bells. Single blue flowers. 

 June and July. 3 feet. 



CATANANCHE • Greek Love Plant 

 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100. 

 Caerulea. .Attractive blue flowers. June to -August. 

 2 feet. 



Caerulea bicolor. White, suffused purple. 



CENTAUREA • Perennial Cornflower 



15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100. 

 Dealbata. Rose-purple fliiwt-rs throughout summer. 

 1 ■ 2 to 2 feet. 



Macrocephala. Large heads of golden yi-llow. thistle- 

 like flowers. 4 to 5 feet. 



Montana. Large. \ii)let-ljhie flowers; splendid for 

 cutting. Juh- and August. 2 feet. 



Montana alba. .A good white form of the above. 



Ruthenica. Light yellow flowers and handsome 

 foliage. July and August. 3 to 4 feet. 



CERASTIUM • Snow-m-Summer 



15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100. 

 Biebersteinii. Snow\- white flciwer* in masses. Bright, 



sihery foliage. .An excellent border or rock-garden 



plant. Ma\- and June. Six to 9 inches. 

 Tomentosum. .Smaller in leaf and flower than the 



preceding, and more compact. Pure white. May 



and June. 6 inches. 



HARDY 

 CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



The garden, after frost has destroyed all else, can be 

 filled with flowers, if proper selection is made from the 

 many varieties of Chrysanthemums that are root- 

 hardy. Many of the eariy-flowering type suffer by the 

 frost, but the varieties we are offering here, based on 

 extensive garden trials, have been proved worthy of 

 being classed as not onl\- hardy but frost-resisting. 

 They have given us excellent bloom and have flowered 

 well into November. 



By referring to the list of Pompon and Single va- 

 rieties included in our Chrysanthemum section you will 

 see that, with the exception of novelty varieties, which 

 have not been wintered ip the open, the list from which 

 to select is very large. We have included only those 

 sorts that in early November were satisfactory and 

 really to be depended upon for the showing that the 



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