The Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, Conn. 
HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
PADANTHUS, see Belemcanda. 
PAEONIA IN GREAT "VARIETY, see pages 24 and 25. 
PANSY, see Viola. 
PAPAVER NUDICAULE (Iceland Poppy). 1 to 2 feet. June to November. 
These interesting little poppies with their smooth bluish green foliage and bright golden 
flowers produced at intervals all Summer are among our most desirable garden plants 
PAPAVER ORIENTALE (Oriental Poppy). 2 to 3 feet. June and July. 
Great showy flowers of the most dazzling orange scarlet. 
PEA, see Lathyrus. 
PENTSTEMON BARBATUS VAR. TORREYI. 2 to 3 feet. August and September. 
Also known as the Coral Plant. Flowers are crimson and produced on graceful spikes 
PERIWINKLE, see Vinca. 
PHLOX, Paniculata, Tall Garden Varieties, see page 28. 
PHLOX DIVARACATA. 6 to 8 inches. April and May. Lilac, white; showy. 
PHLOX GLABERRIMA VAR. SUFFRUTICOSA. 2 to 3 feet. June and July. Lilac, 
rose, white— five varieties, 
PHLOX SUBULATA (Moss Pink), see page 28. 
PHYSOSTEGIA VIRGINICA (False Dragon Head). 3 to 4 feet. July and August. 
Effective spikes of clear pink flowers. 
PINKS, see Dianthus. 
*PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM. 2 to 3 feet. June to October. 
Resembles the Campanulas. The large blue bell-like flowers are produced in clusters 
of from three to six. Plant blooms all summer and is very hardy and desirable. 
*PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM VAR. ALBUM. 2 to 3 feet. June to October. 
A white form of the above. Both are fine for cutting. 
*POLEMONIUM CAERULEUM (Jacob's Ladder). 6 to 8 inches. May and June. 
A favorite old garden plant, producing a quantity of attractive blue blooms. 
*POLYGONUM SIEBOLDI (Giant Smart Weed). 8 to 10 feet. July and August. Fleecy 
white. 
POPPY, see Papaver. 
PYRETHRUM ROSEUM. The semi-double forms of this interesting hardy garden plant 
are very beautiful, ranging in color from almost white to deep rose. The flowers rise 
above a cluster of beautiful fern-like foliage on single stems from twelve to eighteen 
inches high. The flowers resemble Chinese asters in appearance and when cut will 
last for weeks in water. 
PYRETHRUM UGILIGNOSUM, see Chrysanthemum. 
RAGGED ROBIN, see Lychnis. 
* RANUNCULUS REPENS VAR. FL. PL. (Double Buttercup). 6 to 12 inches. May and 
June. Of the brightest yellow. Foliage very glossy green. 
ROCK CRESS, see Arabis. 
ROSE, Choice Hardy, pages 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 
RUDBECKIA LACINIATA (Coneflower). 10 to 12 feet. July to September. Golden yellow. 
* RUDBECKIA LACINIATA VAR. FL. PL. 10 to 12 feet. July to September. Also see 
page 30. 
This is now the extremely popular Golden-Glow of the catalogues. It is one of the 
most desirable tall-growing hardy plants ever introduced. The blooms, of a rich golden 
yellow, are produced with great freedom and resemble double cactus dahlias. As a garden 
plant or as a cut flower, it is almost indispensable during its blooming season. 
*RUDBECKIA SPECIOSA VAR. NEWMANII. 2 to 3 feet. July and August. Pure 
yellow, dark disk. 
*RUDBECKIA SUBTOMENTOSA (Black-Eyed Susan). 2 to 3 feet. July to October. 
Yellow, dark cone. 
SALVIA PRATENSIS. 1 to 2 feet. May and June. Blue. 
*SAXIFRAGA CRASSIFOLIA (Rockfoil). 1 to 2 feet. May. Purple lilac. 
SCABIOSA CAUCASICA (Mourning Bride). 1 to 2 feet. July and August. Lavender to 
white. 
SEA PINK, see Statice. 
*SEDUM ACRE (Stone Crop). Fine for rockeries and dry places. 2 to 3 in. June and 
July. Yellow. 
SEDUM ALBUM. 3 to 4 inches. July and August. White, red center. 
SEDUM POPUFOLIUM. 6 to 12 inches. July. White, pink tinted, rare. 
SEDUM TERNATUM. 3 to 4 inches. July. Rose tinted. 
*SEDUM SPECTABILE (Showy Sedum). 1 to 2 feet. September and October. . 
A splendid garden plant, the showy flat panicles of rosy pink being very effective. 
Used as a cut flower it lasts for weeks. 
SHASTA DAISY, see page 29. 
SOLIDAGO (Golden Rod) in varietv. 
SNEEZE WEED, see Helenium. 
SPEEDWELL, see Veronica. 
SPIRAEA ARUNCUS, see Aruncus. 
SPIRAEA FILIPENDULA, see Ulmaria. 
SPIRAEA GRAND! FLO R A, see Astilbe. 
SPIRAEA PALMATA, see Ulmaria Purpurea. 
SPURGE, see Euphorbia. 
*STACHYS LANATA (Wooly Woundworth). 1 to V/ 2 feet. July and August. 
Valuable for its very pearly, velvety foliage. 
*STATICE LATIFOLIA (see Lavender). 1 to 2 feet. August and September. . 
A beautiful plant producing a cluster of broad evergreen leaves from 4 to 8 mcnes 
long which grow quite flat to the ground. The flowers are produced on slender wiry 
stems which branch into a bushy head of branchlets bearing small blue flowers m greatest 
profusion. It also thrives well at the sea shore even where the ground is quite salty. 
STOKESIA CYANEA (Stoke's Aster), see page 31. 
SUNFLOWER, see Helianthus. 
SWEET-FLAG, see Acorus. 
SWEET-WILLIAM, see page 32. 
THALICTRUM MINUS VAR. ADIANTI FOLIUM. 1 to 2 feet. July and August. 
Foliage delicately arranged and graceful. ...... 
*THALICTRUM POLYGANUM (Rue Anemone). 2 to 3 feet. July and August. White. 
A very graceful native plant which thrives well in the garden. , . 
THYMUS MONTANA ROSEA (Thyme). Trailing. May. Rosy Red; fine for -rockeries. 
TORCH LILY, see Kniphofia, page 32. ... 
*TRADESCANTIA VIRGINICA. 1 to 2 feet. June to August. Deep Blue; grass-like 
foliage. , , 
TRADESCANTIA VIRGINICA ALBA. y 2 foot. June to August. White form of the 
preceding. 
TR1TOMA UVAR1A, see Kniphofia, page 32. 
TROLLIUS ASIATICA. y 2 foot. May. Orange; a rare and beautiful garden plant. 
TROLLIUS GRANDI FLORA. Similar to preceding with clear yellow flowers. 
*ULMARIA FILIPENDULA (Spiraea Filipendula) 2 to 3 feet. May and June 
Beautiful fern-like foliage which remains fresh and green throughout the Summer. 
Flowers are produced on spikes and are white and very graceful. 
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