Homer N. Chase & Co., Geneva, New York 
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Chalk Plant 
Gypsophila 
Gypsophilas are valu- 
able for cutting, being 
very dainty and grace- 
ful. 
Acutifolia. A reliable 
plant, worthy of general 
culture; very choice for 
cutting; small white 
flowers in panicles, 
blooming in July. 
Paniculata. Has a 
symmetrical bush, cov- 
ered with white flowers. 
Blooms in July. 2 to 3 
feet. 
Repens. A handsome 
trailing form, with light 
green foliage and pink 
and white flowers. July 
to September. 6 inches. 
Aquilegia 
Cone Flower 
Rudbeckia 
Newmani. Produces 
golden yellow flowers, 
with black centers; 
blooms in great profu- 
sion during the autumn. 
3 feet high. 
Purpurea. Has large 
and handsome crimson- 
purple flowers, with dark 
central disk. Blooms in 
September. 
Day Lily 
Hemerocallis 
Yell ow {H. flava). 
Bright golden; very fra- 
grant; fine for cutting 
and forcing. A thoroughly 
hardy, true perennial. 
Will last for twenty 
years without renewing. 
Chamomile • Anthemis 
Golden Marguerite (A. tincloria). Flowers 
golden yellow, in bloom from June to Novem- 
ber; splendid for cut-flowers. 2 to 3 feet. 
Christmas Rose 
Helleborus 
Atrorubens. Flowers of 
purplish red, produced in 
clusters, blooming in April. 
Niger. Beautiful pure 
white flowers, with slight 
rosy tinge when grown out- 
doors. A favorite among 
market-growers. Blooms 
freely in December and 
January. 
Chinese Bellflower 
Platycodon 
Grandiflorum. Plants of 
erect growth, blooming in 
constant succession; large 
blue flowers. June to July. 
I to 2 feet. 
Columbine 
Aquilegia 
Alpine (/I. Alpina). An 
elegant, erect bush; hand- 
some foliage; soft showy 
blue flowers. 8 to 0 inches. 
Rudbeckia Newmani 
False Dragon Head 
Physostegia Virginica 
A showy plant, with spikes of delicate, rosy 
pink flowers an inch long, and very profuse. 
Grows 3 to 4 feet. 
False Indigo 
Baptisia 
Blue {B. Auslralis). A 
strong-growing plant, very 
desirable; deep blue, lupin- 
like flowers. Blooms in 
June. 2 to 5 feet. 
Baptisia caerulea. Bluish 
green leaves and pea-shaped 
indigo-blue flowers. Blooms 
in June and July. 2 ft. 
Feverfew 
Pyrethrum 
Among the most useful of 
hardy flowers; adapted to 
any soil and situation. True 
perennial. Flowers of good 
size and form, double, like 
an aster; beautiful for bou- 
quets and cut-flowers. 
Flax • Linum 
Perenne. Free-blooming 
plants that thrive in light 
soil; elegant habit and foli- 
age; handsome light blue 
flowers. Blooms in July. 
