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Baron von Dedem. Brilliant scarlet-red; in large trusses. 
B. Comte. French purple. 
Boule d'Feu. Cherry-red. 
Coquilicot. Orange-scarlet. 
General Van Heutsz. Brilliant salmon-scarlet flowers. 
Goliath. Crimson scarlet; very tall. . . 
Elizabeth Campbell. Large spikes of bright sahnon flowers, changmg to pmk m 
Hermine. White; the most dwarf variety. Fine for borders. 
J. H. Slocum. One of the best crimson Phloxes. 
Jean D'Arc. Pure white; late. 
Le Caid. Pink; darker eye. 
Laphami. Lavender-blue. Blooms in late May and early June, the flowers lasting 
a long time. Very dwarf. 
Paul Harriot. Pale pink, shading to center. 
Peach Blow. Pale pink, shading lighter toward edge. 
Mrs. Lingard. White flowers with pale pink center. Early. 
Prosper Henry. Large white; bright crimson eye. 
Richard Wallace. Pure white; violet-rose center. 
Rynstrom. Color of Paul Neyron rose; very large. 
Selma. Delicate, soft pale pink, with distinct red eye. 
Siebold. An improved Coquilicot. 
Theresa. Rose-pink, with white eye. 
von Lassburg. Large, white. 
We can supply Phloxes in unnamed sorts at 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz. 
PHLOX SUBULATA - Moss, or Mountain Pink 
An early spring-flowering type, with pretty moss-like evergreen foliage, which, during 
the flowering season, is hidden under the masses of bloom. An excellent plant for the 
rockery, the border, and invaluable for carpeting the ground or covering graves. 
Alba. Pure white, Lilacina. Light lilac. 
Atropurpurea. Purplish-rose. Nelsoni. Pure white. 
Rosea. Bright rose. 
10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 
PHYSOSTEGIA - False Dragon-Head 
One of the most beautiful of our midsummer flowering perennials, forming dense 
bushes 3 to .5 feet high, bearing spikes of delicate tubular flowers not unlike a gigantic 
heather. (See cut.) 
Virginica. Bright but soft pink. 
Virginica alba. Pure white; very fine. 
PLATYCODON - Balloon Flower, or Japanese Bell-flower 
The Platycodons are closely alhed to the Campanulas, and form neat, branched bushes 
of upright habit. 
Grandiflorum. Deep blue cupped, star-shaped flowers. 
Grandiflorum album. A white-flowered form of the above. , ■ . , . 
Mariesi. Deep blue bell-shaped flowers, nearly 3 inches across on 1-foot-high plants. 
POPPIES - Papaver 
Orientale. The common variety of Oriental Poppy. The flowers are a bright scarlet 
with a black blotch at the base of each petal, and when in bloom in the spring, they make 
a very brilliant display. 
Iceland Poppy. A beautiful species and among the most desirable of our herbaceous 
plants. The plant forms tufts of Fern-Uke foliage, from among which the slender flower- 
stalks rise to about a foot in height and bear fragrant, cup-shaped flowers, ihey wiU 
thrive on any good garden soil. June till October. Scarlet, white, yellow. 
PRIMROSES 
Japanese. These are not so well known as they deserve; they are of free growth, with 
dark green foliage, and throw up in the late spring innumerable stems of large flowers, vary- 
ing in color from pure white to rich crimson. They succeed under the same conditions a,3 
the common hardy Primroses, and are also useful for forcing under glass, making beauti- 
ful pot plants. 
