HICKS NURSERIES, WESTBURY, L. I 



HARDY GARDEN FLOWERS 



Asclepias tuberosa. A dome of orange. Plant two hun- 

 dred on a sunny bank, and start a new idea in utilizing the 

 native flora. 



ASTER. Michaelmas Daisy. The hardy Asters, native 

 to our roadsides and abandoned fields, vie with the 

 Goldenrods in illuminating the autumn landscape. 

 They are also valuable border plants, as well as useful 

 in shrubberies. 



A. NovEe-Anjliae. New England Aster. Large flowers 



of bright violet-purple, with yellow centers. 4 ft. 

 A. Novae-Angliae, var. roseus. Large. Rose-purple 



flowers. 4 feet. 

 A. Novae- Angliae, Thomas S. Ware. A large-flowered, 



rosy lilac or pink, feet. 

 A. Novi-Belgii, Perry's Pink. A bushy, dwarf plant with 



extra-fine pink flowers. 

 A. Novi-Belgii, Gloire de Nancy. Large; white. One 



of the best. 



A. Novi-Belgii, Topsawyer. Parma violet color. 4 feet. 



A. Tataricus. A very tall, erect plant 6 feet high, bearing 

 clear azure-blue flowers in October after the frost has 

 killed most other flowers. 



A.^ sub-coBruleus. This varies from most of the Asters 

 in that it has a dense tuft of leaves from which flower- 

 stems are thrown up about a foot high in midsummer, 

 bearing violet-blue flowers 3 inches across. 



BABY'S BREATH. See Gypsophila. 



ASTILBE Japonica. See Spima Japonica. 



BEE BALM. See Monarda. 



BELLIS perennis. English Daisy. This is as much the 



children's favorite as the first Violets and Forget-me- 

 nots. It is much used for edging and for bedding in 

 formal gardens, blooming in the spring and through 

 the season scatteringly, and again in the cool autumn. 

 Excellent for carpeting among bulbs, such as Poet's 

 Narcissus. 



BLANKET FLOWER. See Gaillardia. 

 BLEEDING HEART. See Dicentra. 



CERASTIUM tomentosum. Snow-in-Summer. The 



silvery gray foliage and snow-white blossoms make 

 this good for carpeting or bordering, especially near 

 the blues or purples. 6 inches. 



CACTUS, Opuntia vulgaris. The Prickly Pear grows 

 in the bottom of the driest valleys at Meadow Brook 

 on the Hempstead Plains, where the soil is a coarse 

 gravel. It also grows on the beach at Eaton's Neck. A 

 novel use has been made of it on a nearly vertical bank 

 held by wire netting. The large yellow Cactus blos- 

 soms, about 3 inches across, nearly cover it and are 

 followed by the red, pear-like, edible fruits. 



CAMPANULA. Bellflower. Stately garden plants with 

 blue or white bells. If the flowers are cut immediately 

 after fading, the blooming season may be prolonged. 



C. persicifolia grandiflora. Peach Bells. This is one of 

 the best of the Bellflowers. It grows 2 or 3 feet high, 

 with large blue bells, 2 inches across, in spikes, during 

 June and July. See picture of our stock on next page. 



C. persicifolia, var. alba. A white form of the above. 



C. persicifolia gigantea Moerheimi. Spikes of pure 

 white, camellia-like, double flowers from May to July. 



C._ pyramidalis. Chimney Bellflower. This is the show- 

 iest and tallest of the Campanulas, growing 4 to 6 feet 

 high. It is not reliably hardy here. It is much used for 

 pot-culture, and for porch or terrace decoration. 



C. Medium. Canterbury Bells. The best known of all 

 the Carnpanulas and' its magnificent spikes of blue, pink 

 and white flowers produce an effect in the garden not 

 equaled with any other plant. Requires extra winter 

 protection. 



C. Carpatica. Carpathian Harebell. Dense tufts of 

 leaves from which numerous broad, salver-shaped flow- 

 ers are thrown up singly- on wiry stems, about 8 inches 

 high. A splendid plant for bordering beds. Blue. 



C. Carpatica, var. alba. A white form of the above. We 

 grow both colors in quantity. 



C. rapunculoides. An attractive plant, with graceful 

 spires of blue bells, 2 to 3 feet high. An excellent plant 

 for naturalizing in the wild garden. 



CANDYTUFT. See Iberis. 



Bellis perennis (English Daisy). At the cool ends of the sea- 

 son, April and May, and in September and October, these 

 cheerful pink-and- white flowers are produced in profusion. 



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