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Hardy Garden FloWers 
FUNKIA ovata. Blue Day Lily. Broad 
leaves and graceful stems, bearing slender 
blue Lilies. i l / 2 ft. August. 
F. subcordata. White Day Lily. The white 
Day Lily of our grandmother's gardens. 
A clump of large rich leaves surmounted 
in midsummer with spikes of pure white 
Lilies, with golden stamens and the fra- 
grance of the Madonna Lily. 2 feet. 
F. lancifolia. Clusters of lance-shaped foli- 
age, making a symmetrical plant 2 feet or 
more in diameter, and long, showy spikes 
of lavender flowers. 
F. lancifolia, var. variegata Leaves hand- 
somely variegated with green and gold. A 
low border plant. 
GAILLARDIA aristata. Blanket Flower. 
One of the most showy and effective 
hardy plants that will thrive in any location. 
The newer varieties of Gaillardia give a 
wide range of red, orange and yellow. 
They afford a bowl of daisy-shaped flowers 
any day during summer or autumn. 2 feet. 
GERANIUM sanguineum. A native hardy 
Geranium, having cut leaves and rose- 
purple flowers; i l / 2 feet. June to August. 
GENTIANA Andrewsii. Closed Gentian. Clusters 
of tubular flowers of most beautiful clear blue, 
which always appear as if in bud. 
GOLDEN GLOW. See Rudbeckia. 
GYPSOPHILA paniculata. Baby's Breath. Large, 
loose panicles of tiny white flowers, giving a 
misty effect. Excellent for use in bouquets. 
2 feet. July and August. 
G. repens. A creeping plant about 8 inches high, 
with pale rose flowers. Useful in the rock gar- 
den or in front of a border. 
HELENIUM autumnale superbum. Sneezeweed. 
The yellow daisy-like flowers are borne on tall, 
rigid stems in August and September. It is use- 
ful in the rear of the flower garden, in shrubbery 
and in the wild garden. 5 to 6 feet. 
HELIANTHUS. Perennial Sunflower. The peren- 
nial Sunflowers are the most vigorous and showy 
of the late summer and autumn flowers, produc- 
ing great masses of golden color. Valuable for 
cut-flowers when needed in quantity for decora- 
tion. 3 to 8 feet. 
Dicentra eximia. 
Copyrighted by H. P. Kelsey. 
(See preceding page.) 
Funkia subcordata. 
Helianthus Maximiliana. Single bright yellow flow- 
ers. Most effective planted in the shrubbery in 
connection with Aster Tataricits, as they, with 
the hardy Chrysanthemums, are the last to yield 
to frost. 6 to 8 feet. September and October. 
H. mollis. Downy white foliage and single lemon- 
colored flowers. 4 feet. August and September. 
H. orgyalis. Long, narrow, drooping foliage, sur T 
mounted by numerous golden flowers. Plant for 
foliage effect. 7 to 8 feet. September and 
October. 
HELIOPSIS laevis, var. Pitcheriana. A plant resem- 
bling Helianthus, but dwarfer in habit, and 
blooming profusely in midsummer. Deep golden 
yellow. 3 feet. 
HEMEROC ALLIS . Day Lily. 
H. flava. These Lilies grow freely in any situation. 
The flowers are lemon-yellow, appearing in June 
and July. 
H. fulva. Tawny Day Lily. The old-fashioned 
tawny Lily often found by the roadside, escaped 
from old gardens. 3 feet. Effective in shrub- 
beries. July. 
H. fulva fl. pi., var. Kwanso. The double form, 
blooming longer than the preceding. 4 feet. 
HIBISCUS. Marsh Mallow ; Rose Mallow. While 
the natural habitat of Marsh Mallows is the salt 
marsh, they are equally at home in the border. 
The flowers are larger than those of the Holly- 
hock, and are pink and white in color. 4 feet. 
August. 
H. Moscheutos. Pink. 
H. Moscheutos, Crimson Eye. White, with crimson 
eye. 
HOLLYHOCK. Althea rosea. These stately plants 
are indispensable in the garden or border. They 
are especially pleasing as they throw up their 
tall spikes of bright color against a vine-covered 
pergola or wall.. We offer a good variety of 
sorts, including the single ones that have been 
so difficult to obtain in quantity. 5 to 7 feet. 
July and August. (See illustration, page 72.) 
