90 Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury, N. Y.— Hardy Garden Flowers 
Narcissus, continued 
of the woodland, where these plants will go on 
increasing year after year with no trouble at all. 
Our stock includes the large single yellow Daffodil 
and the double yellow Daffodil. 
N. poeticus. Poets' Narcissus. These are the 
ivory-white flowers with carmine-tipped cups 
that bloom in early May after the Daffodils have 
passed. They thrive and multiply .and in old 
gardens hereabouts there are wide borders of 
them that must have been planted nearly half 
a century ago. 
CENOTHERA Missouriensis. Sometimes the 
question is asked how to make the garden attrac- 
tive in the evening. These will open just at night- 
fall, their large, almost luminous sulphur-yellow 
blossoms about 5 inches across, to attract the 
night-flying insects. It is a low, trailing plant. 
P^EONIA Sinensis. There has been a recent 
enthusiasm for the Peony which is based on its 
permanent merits of vigorous growth, hardiness 
and showy flowers. They grow 2 to 3 feet high, 
and equally broad, forming a shrub-like mass of 
foliage, maintained in good condition throughout 
the season. The flowers are large and showy, 
borne on long stems, making them excellent for 
cutting. The Peony is equally appropriate in 
the garden, among shrubs, against the founda- 
tions of a house, or in a bed on the lawn. Our col- 
ivloss Pink, Phlox subulata. This picture does not show 
the most beautiful design with Moss Pink and Rhododen- 
drons, but it shows its ability to hold steep dry banks better 
than grass. 
Pseonia Sinensis, continued 
lection includes a range of colors from white 
through various shades of cream and pink to 
dark red. The plants are large and well estab- 
lished and will give good results. If needed 
for planting in May, they can be taken up with 
a ball of earth. Autumn or early spring planting 
is preferable. 
P. officinalis. This is the true old-fashioned 
Peony that was used in colonial days for dyeing 
wool and decorating our grandmothers' gardens 
with their brilliant crimson flowers. It blooms 
about two weeks earlier than the other Peonies 
and differs from them in foliage, as it dies down 
in midsummer and, therefore, should be planted 
in the flower-garden where other plants will 
occupy the space later. 
P. rubrum. Brilliant, glowing, deep crimson. 
P. roseum. Bright, clear pink. 
P. alba. Blush-white. 
PAPAVER orientale. Oriental Poppy. This 
flaunts its showy flower more conspicuously than 
any other hardy garden flower. It is a big, floppy 
flower about 8 inches in diameter, on a stem 3 feet 
high. It makes a gorgeous effect in the garden. 
P. nudicaule. Iceland Poppy. A dainty little 
plant, with delicate white, yellow and orange- 
scarlet flowers in early spring and throughout the 
summer. It is a perennial as pretty as the Shirley 
Poppy, but with colors not found in the annual 
Poppies. 
PENTSTEMON barbatus, var. Torreyi. This 
very valuable garden plant has been overlooked. 
It is showy in mass and excellent as a cut-flower 
because of its long, and graceful stems The flow- 
ers are a brilliant scarlet without admixture of 
other shades. They are little Foxglove-like 
trumpets borne on slender, nodding stems about 
4 feet high from June till August. 
PHLOX decussata. Among the many varieties 
offered, we have selected the following as repre- 
senting a good example of each color. Their cul- 
ture is of the simplest. Some ask why a collec- 
tion apparently reverts to the magenta-pink 
colors after a few years. This is because seedlings 
come up between the others. This can be easily 
prevented. 
Bridesmaid. Pure white, with crimson center. 
Coquelicot. Pure scarlet, carmine eye. The 
finest red yet known. 
Eclaireur. Purplish crimson, with white halo. 
Pantheon. Salmon-rose; late. 
Pink Beauty. Pale pink; enormous panicles. 
Mid-season. 
Queen. Large, pure white; late. 
Fiancee. Pure white, large panicles; mid- 
season. 
General Chanzy. Scarlet-pink ; fine. 
P. suffruticosa, Miss Lingard. This blooms 
about six weeks earlier than the others, commenc- 
ing in May and continuing throughout the sum- 
mer. The foliage differs in being glossy and 
pointed. The flowers form an upright panicle of 
white, with a delicate pink eye, and are very showy 
for bedding or as cut-flowers. They should be 
in every garden. 
P. suffruticosa, Lemoine. A pure white form; 
very valuable. 
P. subulata. Moss Pink. Economically, this is 
cheaper than grass on dry terrace banks, road 
banks, gravelly hillsides, tops of walls and ledges, 
for it is native to the latter position in this state. 
We have sold many thousands for these purposes, 
