' ^^r'OWU>o//, ^ am?r^ ^ Hardy Perennials 



Papaver Orientale 



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Goliath. 



Enormous rich 



scarlet fl( 





rigiti stems in great abundance. The lar^'est and 1 

 showy Poppy grown. 



Mahony. The darkest Poppv in cull is at ion ; ^ 

 large, well-l'ormed llowers of a dark cnrns,,n coir 

 with maroon shadings. 



Mrs. Perry. A delightful shade of salmon-rose 

 the best in this color. 



Royal Scarlet. Very brilliant scarlet with 

 black blotches. 



30 cts. each, $3 per doz. 



Papaver • Small-FIowcred Poppies 



Alpinum laciniatuin. New. Small, neat tufts of 

 pretty foliage; dainty, fringed, miniature flowers of 

 many shades. 25 cts. each, 12.50 per doz. 



Nlldicaule. Iceland Pop]>v. A neat, compact, 

 Arctic plant; delicate, fern-like foliage; cup-sh 

 flowers throughout the season. White, Vellou, Orange 

 or Mixed Colors. 20 cts. each, per do/.. Si 1 \wv 



Pentstemon • Beard Tongue 



Very useful perennials for the hardy border or rockery 

 and valuable for cutting. 



Barbatus Torreyi. Tall spikes of brilliant scarlet 

 flowers. A charming and effective border plant. June 

 and July. 2 to 4 feet. 



Heterophyllus. A charming dwarf variety with 

 pretty steel-blue flowers and handsome glaucous foliage. 

 A fine rockery subject. 35 cts. each, Ss-'SO per do/.. 

 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz., 515 per 100, except where 

 noted 



Peonies, Herbaceous 



Among hardv flowering plants there is none which, 

 year after \ear, will give so great an amount of pleasure 



le care, as the herbaceous 

 iins undisturbed for \ears, 

 i/e and wealth of bloom, 

 cl soil sliould be provided, 

 lanure. Stt the roots so 

 ore t han 2 or 3 inches from 



Peony. Once planted, it remaii' 

 each season increasmg in si/e 



A deep, rich, well-manured • 

 using thoroughly deca\ed mat 

 that the crowns will not be more 

 the surface when the soil is firm 

 established, is a robust grower, at least 5 leet ol spai<- 

 should be allowed each plant. 



For several years we have been carefulK assembling 

 a collection of choice Peonies, trying out newer sorts 

 and discarding kinds that did not prove of real merit. 

 All of the Peonies offered have been grown in our 

 nurseries from three to six years, have flowered, and 

 proven true to name. 



Explanation of Types: 



Semi-double. Kinds with several rows of wide 

 petals and a center of stamens and partially transformed 

 petaloids. 



Crown. Wide petals developed in the center of the 

 flower, forming a high crown, the narrow shorter petals 

 forming a collar around it. 



Oriental Poppies 



Peonies, continued 



Bomb. The next step toward doubling; wide peta- 

 loids and absence of anthers; center petals are nearly 

 uniform throughout the center of the bloom and no 

 collar or crown is evident. 



Semi-rose. Loosely built flowers in which the petals 

 are uniformly wide and which show occasi<inal ijoilen-. 

 bearing stamens. 



Rose. The familiar type of the fully double bloom; 

 stamens transformed into wi<lc petaloids, similar to the 

 guards, forming a true rose-shaped flower. 



Sizes 



1 he clumps ofTered as two-year size have been grown 

 two \ears from a one-year, three- to live-eye division, 

 uallv three-year size. The three- and four- 



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Not less than three of one kind at the dozen rate 

 Achille. Rose t \ pe. A splendid, tail-grow ing \ arid v, 

 bearing large, compact llowers on erect stems in e.irlv 

 niidseason. Color, shell-pink, shading to pale lilac, 

 nearly white. Very free and fragrant. lixcelient as a 

 cut-flower and most desirable for mass planting. 

 2-yr., -^c. ea., $".?o per doz.; 3-yr., Si ea., Sio per doz. 



Agnes Mary Kelway. Crown type. Creamy white 

 collar, guards and crown deep violet-rose. Growth, tall 

 and vigorous. Free flowering an<l c|uite fragrant. A 

 line midsi-asoii \ariel\. 2-vr., Si.2i each, Sl2 per doz.; 



