HERBACEOUS PLANTS 



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ASTERS— Continued 



— Robert Parker. 5 feet. Large sprays of large 



soft lavender-blue flowers with yellow center, 

 Fine. 



— Snowflake. 3 feet. White, dainty small flowers; 



very free. 



— White Queen. 5 feet. Large white, free flower- 



ing. 



ASTILBE. 



— Japoniea. A perennial Spiraea. 2 feet. Plumy 



spikes of pure white flowers; pleasing dark foli- 

 age. June. 



Gladstone!. 2 feet. A novelty; nice white 



flowers. Large. 



BOCCONIA. 



— cordata. Plume Poppy. 6 to 7 feet. White 



flowers August. 



BOLTONIA. 



— asteroides. False Chamomile. 4 feet. White 



flowers. August and September. 



— latisquama. 4 feet. Light lilac. August and 



September. 



CALLIRHOE. 



— involucrata. Poppy Mallow. 8 to 12 inches. 



Rosy crimson flowers and handsome cut-leaved 

 foliage. All Summer bloom. 



CAMPANULA. 



— Carpatica. Bell Flowers. 9 inches. A dwarf 



plant bearing blue flowers in June. 



alba. 9 inches. White flowers. June and 



July. 



— Media. 3 feet. Late in June and July. Flowers 



blue, white and pink. Very showy. Is biennial. 



— persicifolia. 13^ feet. Flowers blue. June and 



July. 



alba plena. 1% feet. Double white. 



July. 



Moerheimi. 2 feet. June and July. An 



excellent variety; large, pure white flowers; 

 semi-double. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. V/% to 2Vi feet. In 

 colors. Autumnal blooming plants of much 

 beauty and exceedingly profuse bloom. Hardy 

 sorts only. 



— Shasta Daisy. 1 to 2 feet. White flowers all 



Summer. 



— uliginosum (Pyrethrum) . Giant Daisy. ' 2 



feet. White. August and September. 



CLEMATIS. 



— Davidiana. 2 to 3 feet. Very showy and 



fragrant blue flowers in August and September. 



CONV ALL ARIA. 



— ma j alls. Lily of the Valley. 4 to 8 inches. 



White, pendent, fragrant flowers in early 

 Spring. Clumps. 



COREOPSIS. 



— grandiflora. Vy% to 2 feet. Deep orange yel- 



low; excellent for cutting. June and July. 



— rosea. July and August. Rosy flowers, very 



free. 



DAHLIAS. See Flowering Bulbs and Tubers. 

 DELPHINIUM. 



— elatum. Hardy Larkspur. 3 to 4 feet. Blue 



flowers from June to August. 



— Bella Donna. 3 feet. A beautiful soft shade of 



blue. Very distinct. 



— formosum. 3 feet. The common Larkspur. 



Large dark blue flowers. June to August. 



— Sinensis. 3 feet. Fine cut foliage; blue flowers. 

 Alba. Same as above; flowers white. 



DESMODIUM, See Deciduous Shrubs. 



DIANTHUS. 



— barbatus. 1 foot. The old and deservedly 



popular Sweet William. Various colors mixed 



— plumarius. Scotch Pink, or Cinnamon Pink. 



1 foot. Very fragrant double flowers. June and 

 July. 



latif olia atrococcinea. 1 foot. Fiery crimson 



flowers in large clusters throughout the Summer 

 and Fall. 



Carmen. 1 foot. Light pink, fragrant flow- 

 ers. 



Gertrude. 1 foot. Rosy carmine, veined 



with silvery white. 



Lord Lyon. 1 foot. Deep pink. 



Her Majesty. 1 foot. Very large, double white 



and exceedingly fragrant. Flowers in June. 



Campanula 



