View in the Herbaceous Garden, Lincoln Park, Chicago. 
HARDY HERBACEOUS FLOWERS. 
This list comprises many of the old-time garden flowers, some recent introductions, and a number of our 
beautiful native wild flowers. There is a great advantage in establishing permanent garden beds, or borders 
on the lawn, of Hardy Perennials. 
In narrow borders along house foundations, as an edging for taller shrubbery, or in bold masses among the 
shrubs, herbaceous plants are most satisfactory. They should be chosen in reference to color effect, size and 
vigor of growth, and time of blooming. 
Given the dimensions and situation of a proposed bed, we can make a selection of plants and hardy bulbs 
that will give a succession of flowers from early spring until frost. 
Most shrubs and trees produce their flowers in May and June, and perfect their seeds during the long sum- 
mer, therefore plantations of them are usually bare of flowers except Hydrangeas, and devoid of interest from 
midsummer to the middle of October. 
The tall-growing hardy flowers will remedy this with their brilliant colors. They are cheaper than shrubs, 
and give an immediate effect, continuing to increase from year to year. The expenditure of a few dollars in 
this way will transform the expression of a lawn that is sere and brown from the August drought. We recom- 
mend, and grow in quantity for this purpose, Aster, Bee Balm, Campanula, Coreopsis, Day Lily, Foxglove, Heli- 
anthus, Helenium, Hypericum, Iris, Milkweed, Paeonia, Phlox, Polygonum, Pyrethrum, Rudbeckia and Sedum. 
Price, 10 to 25 cts. each. Some varieties we can furnish at $4 to $8 per 100. 
OSTBesides the following we have many varieties and are rapidly extending this department. 
BAFTISIA australis (False Indigo). An easily 
grown, vigorous plant, with long racemes of dark 
blue flowers. 
ANEMONE, Japan. Large, single white blossoms 
with yellow stamens ; blooms from September 
until frost. 
ASTER. Showy native plants, graceful in habit and 
profuse bloomers, making an exceedingly pleasing 
appearance when massed in borders'. White, blue 
and purple flowers. 
Novae Anglee roseus. Large, handsome rose- 
colored flowers. 
Tataricus. Bright blue; very attractive. 
BEE BALM {Monarda didyma). A showy plant of 
aromatic foliage, blooming all summer. The 
blossom-heads are composed of salvia-like red 
flowers in whorls. It should be more largely grown, 
BLUE BELL (Grape Hyacinth). Small bright 
blue spikes, appearing among the earliest spring 
flowers. 
