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HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS 
Most of the varieties which we list under this head are perennial; that is, the growth of each year 
is killed to the ground by winter frosts but the roots remain in the ground perfectly hardy and ready 
to grow again in the spring. Plants of this character are very satisfactory, as they need but little care, 
and the proper assortment will furnish blooms early and late. There is rot a time during the spring^ 
summer and fall, in which some hardy perennial is not in bloom. Thev are not difficult to grow, and 
will thrive in soils of moderate fertility. We deliver only the roots. 
Apache Plume • Geum 
A dwarf plant, with conspicuous bright red 
flowers, followed by silvery, pink seed-pods. 
Blooms in May and June, g inches. 
Beard Tongue • Pentstemon 
Plants of a very ornamental nature, producing 
long spikes of showy flowers in great abundance, 
Colors run from pure white through blue, purple 
and lilac to bright scarlet. June to September. 
I to 4 feet. 
Bellflower • Campanula 
Bearded Harebell (C. barbata). An Alpine 
sort,, with a beard at the mouth of the pretty 
sky-blue flowers; nearly ij inches long. 
Blanket Flower • Gaillardia 
A constant bloomer from June until frost. 
Flowers yellow or purple; 2 inches across; single 
or naked stems; very showy, ornamental and 
hardy. 
Bleeding Heart • Dicentra, or Dielytra 
Alleghany (D. e.ximia). Very hand,some; 
leaves finely divided; flowers deep ro.se, heart- 
shaped; blossoms at intervals from spring until 
autumn. 12 to 15 inches. 
California (D. formosa). Color of flowers 
pale rose; leaves gracefully clustered. 
Dicentra spectabilis. Flowers large and 
heart-shaped; deep red; well adapted for winter 
culture. Blooms in May and June, i to 2 feet. 
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