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TW I N-LA RCHES NURSERY, WEST CHESTER, PA. 



A glimpse of snowy August Lilies 



Funkia • August Lily 



Subcordata grandiflora. Why is it that so few 

 realize the possibilities of this grand old plant. 

 Every time 1 see on someone's front lawn a perfectly 

 circular bed of Funkias, pale and wan in the scorch- 

 ing August sun, with an ugly brown border to every 

 leaf find the (lowers wilting dejectedly on their stalks, 

 I have a feeling of irritation and disgust that could 

 hardly be much greater if that bed were filled with 

 scarlet geraniumsand magenta petunias, or some such 

 excruciating combination. But, as a contrast to that 

 picture, I can call up another— a colony of August 

 Lilies growing in an angle of a north wail, backed by 

 rhododendrons and Virginia creeper. Here the great 

 heart-shaped leaves can come to perfection without 

 a flaw in the cool, pale green, and when a dozen or 

 more (lower-spikes are crowned with clusters of long- 

 tubed, Irosty white lilies, crisp and exquisite and de- 

 Iieiously Ira-rant, then that shady corner is indeed a 

 place o I beauty. For that is the secret in growing 

 Funkia$—tney must have shade, or the leaves will 

 inevitably scorch and the (lowers last even less than 

 t he one day that is supposed to constitute their life- 

 time. Indeed they seem to need no sun whatever 

 even Tor their most perfect development. Besides the 

 situation I have mentioned, they do well and look 

 well planted in the shadow of evergreens, and they 

 can be grown in shady nooks along the banks of 

 streams and ponds. Their decorative leafage also 

 makes them adaptable for use around pools and in 

 paved courts ol formal gardens. Blooms in August 

 1 1 2 H.; space 18 in. 



Gaillardia • Blanket Flower 



Grandiflora. A (lower of brilliant and barbaric 

 coloring; a very free bloomer, and though of rather 

 awkward and sprawling habit, a very valuable 

 border plant. Hie blossoms are da isv-shaped, with 



Gaillardia, continued 



thick, flannel-like centers, and broad petals with 

 notched ends, marked with varying rings of devp 

 maroon-red and brilliant orange-yellow. Keep the 

 old (Towers cut, stem and all, and Gaillardias will 

 bloom from July until frost. They are better 

 planted quite close together, say 6 inches, as then 

 the plants will help support each other and the 

 mass of blossoms be showier. They should, of 

 course, be kept away from all delicate shades of 

 pink and blue, but can be combined with other 

 oranges, yellows, scarlets, and whites. Few flowers 

 are more satisfactory for cutting then Gaillardias. 

 Mixed, red and yellow sorts, 15 cts. each. 



Lady Rolliston. Very distinct novelty; the 

 finest of Gaillardias. Rich, deep yellow, with no 

 hint of any other color. Immense, perfectly formed 

 blooms, and robust, erect habit. 50 cts. each. 



Gypsophila • Baby's Breath 



Paniculata. Familiarity with the Gypsophila 

 might almost be regarded as a criterion of good tasle 

 in (lower-gardening. It is the most refined and 

 ethcrial of plants, and to those who know how to use 

 it skilfully, one of the most valuable. Nothing else 

 is like it — a rounded mass of innumerable, branching 

 (lower-stems, thread-like, yet stiff, all holding out the 

 minutest pearly (lowers, hundreds on one plant, so 

 that they make a gauzy shimmer of white. Flower- 

 gardens filled exclusively with showy, robust plants, 

 even of the finest varieties, will inevitably look coarse 

 and over-dressed, and to remedy this defect nothing 

 is more efficacious than an occasional well-placed 

 cloud of Baby's Breath. An excellent scheme is to 

 plant it among oriental poppies; it will be in full 

 bloom when the poppies have disappeared for their 

 annual rest. Anyone who has used Gypsophila for 

 combining with cut-flowers will testify how wonder- 

 fully useful it is for this purpose. July and August. 

 3 ft.; a well-developed plant will cover a space of 

 ft. 



Helenium • Sneezewort 



Plants of strikingly massive growth and gorgeous 

 richness of color — forerunners of autumn in their 

 glowing reds and yellows. Helenium autumnale 

 superbum, which is one of our. native wild flowers, 

 was the only kind much grown in the past, but now 

 that we have such varieties as those given below, it 

 has been quite superseded. Helemums are fine 

 grouped in the background of the flower-border, 

 and perhaps still more useful planted in the shrub- 

 bery border. In either case alt they require is full sun, 

 which is necessary in order to bring out the normal 

 depth of their coloring. The plants increase so rap- 

 idly that unless divided every spring the (lower- 

 spikes are apt to become weakened, which seriously 

 detracts from their appearance, as one of their chief 

 distinctions is the enormous, spreading heads of 

 bloom. Blooming from late August for three or 

 lour weeks. 5 ft.; space 18 in. 



Superbum rubrum. Narrow, drooping leaves 

 clothe the sturdy stems that hold up an immense, 

 (lat, branching cluster of daisy-shaped (lowers, with 

 prominent central disks. The individual blooms 

 are 1) 2 inches wide and of the most unique color; 

 on opening, a deep terra-cotta-scarlet, like a wall- 

 llower, which gradually fades to a sort of burnt 



Unless otherwise noted, all plants in this catalog, 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100 



