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F. & F. Nurseries, 



* Kaempferii (Japan Iris) — Our list of this magnificent class of Iris has been care- 



fully selected and contains the very best varieties in cultivation. The};- are per- 

 fectly hardy and flower abundantly during June and July. A well established plant 

 produces a dozen or more flower stalks, 2 to 3 feet high, each stalk giving from 2 to 

 4 enormous blooms. The Iris thrives best in a moist soil, but if this cannot be 

 given, supply it with plenty of water, during the growing and blooming season. 



PARDANTHUS (Blackberry Lily). 



Of easiest culture in ordinary garden soils, preferring a rich, sandy loam, in a sunny 

 situation. Flowers are very pretty, and are followed by show}'' bunches of shin- 

 ing black seeds, looking like blackberries. Fine for vases in house decoration. 

 *PHI,OX, DECUSATA^ Perennial Phlox). 



Few plants give better satisfaction to the amateur than hardy Phloxes. They thrive in 

 any ordinarily rich soil. The ease with which they are cultivated, their entire 

 hardiness, and the extended season of blooming, combined with the varied and 

 beautiful coloring, made them particularly valuable for garden planting. We 

 offer a carefully selected strain, Red, White and Pink. 

 Subulata (Moss Pink). 



White — A beautiful pure white form of the Common Moss Pink, with deep shining 

 green foliage. It flowers so freely as to completely hide the foliage. 



Rose Colored (The Common Moss Pink) — Very free flowering ; pinkish purple with 

 darker center. 



PEONIES. 



A splendid class of shrubs, flowering in all shades, from red and lilac to white, with 

 blooms from four to eight inches in diameter. Many of them are very double, 

 and have a delicate and refreshing fragrance ; they are easily cultivated and 

 require but little protection. 



* Herbaceous Pseonies — These are very beautiful, showy, and easily cultivated 



plants, blofeming from the beginning of May to the end of July. They should 

 have a place in every garden. A selection will give a continuous bloom for three 

 months. We offer the best sorts, varying from pure white, straw color, flesh color 

 to deep red. 



Tree Pseonies (See under Shrubs.) 

 PIvATYCODON GRANDIFIyORTJM. 



Chinese Bell Flower— Blooms constantly from July until late in September ; 

 flowers large, bell-shaped, of a deep shade of blue. An extremely rapid growing 

 plant, will do well in any ordinary garden soil. Perfectly hardy, making a dense 

 branching bush two to three feet high. 



PLUMBAGO URPBNTAE 



A useful edging plant, bearingrich deep blue flowers, and continuing in bloom till frost. 

 PYRF,THRUM ROSF,UM. 



This is one of the prettiest perennials of its season. The flowers are rose colored 

 on long stems, just the thing for cutting. 

 * RTJDF,BF,CKIA, I/ACINIATA, fl. pi. (Golden Glow). 



A hardy perennial growing six to seven feet high and producing hundreds of bright 

 golden flowers two to three inches in diameter, on long graceful stems, forming 

 immense heads of bloom. Fine for cutting. Should be planted in every garden ; 

 blooms until frost. 

 SPIR^ (Palmata). 



One of the finest perennials in cultivation, with elegant palmate foliage and a suc- 

 cession of showy, large heads of deep crimson flowers. Should be in every 

 collection. 



TRITOMA (Uvaria Flame Flower, Red-hot Poker) . 



Blooms from midsummer till freezing weather. The stalks shoot up from 3 to 4 feet 

 high, and continue blooming for several weeks. As the flower buds open and fade, 

 they pass through the shades of yellow, red and blue that a bar of hot iron does in 

 cooling. 



VINCA MINOR (Periwinkle). 



Handsome evergreen foliage ; showy, bright-blue flowers, borne freely in early spring, 

 and at intervals throughout the summer and autumn. Will grow in the poorest 

 soil, and in or right under trees, largely used as a cover plant where grass will 

 not grow. 



