WILLIAM EWING & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE 
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CHOICE HARDY PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS 
A Perennial Border. 
the approximate time of flowering, which will help in making selections. 
Note that on pages 72 and 73 we offer an extensive assortment of 
No. Pkt. cts. No. 
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„^ HARDY PERENNIALS ARE 
BECOMING MORE POPULAR 
FROM YEAR TO YEAR, but this 
13 not to be wondered at when we 
consider their great variety of 
form, both in flowers, foliage and 
height, their loveliness of bloom 
and wonderful effectiveness alike in 
borders or beds, and for cutting 
There are varieties of the most 
stately growth and strilsiug foliage 
and flowers, others are of the 
most chaste and beautiful hues 
to be found in any class of flower- 
in,'! plant, while those, like the 
ransy or the Daisy, have a modest 
beauty that is all their own, and 
which 13 not to be found in any of 
the aggressively showy plants used 
gener.T,lly in bedding. In a peren- 
nial .border every day brings to 
view something new as the dif- 
ferent varieties come into bloom. 
In the open ground. Perennials 
should be sown either in May or 
June. Some may flower the same 
year, but aU will be strong enough 
to transplant into the permanent 
borders in September and ' will 
bloom the succeeding season. To 
raise perennials from seed pre- 
P£ire a bed 4 ft. in width, or 8 ft. 
with a path in the middle, in a 
sunny situation, or, at all events, 
not in the shadow of trees, and if 
the .soil is heavy, Ughten it with 
sanil and leaf mould, and rake 
perfectly smooth. Sow seed in 
shallow drills, six iiiche;. apart. 
.™d four feet is long enough to 
admit of weeding or thinning out 
the rows. After seeds are sown 
cover with a thin layer of straw or 
gr.iss, which will retain the mois- 
ture given after sowing, and will 
also prevent heavy rains from 
washing out the seeds. We give 
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10 
ACHILLEA, Ptarmica Flore Pleno— " The Pearl 
2 ft. July-September. Double pure white 
flowers; very numerous and fine for cutting 
ACONITUM, Napellus (Monk's Hood)- Blue, 3J ft. 
July- August 10 
ADENOPHORA, Potanini— Bear.s lovely pale blue 
bell-shaped flo\^-er.s. A vahiable border plant 
ADONIS, Vernalis- Bright star-shaped vellow 
flowers, 2 inches in diameter. J ft. May-June 
ADLUMIA, Cirrho.sa (The Allegheny Vine) —A 
perennial climber of very gracefufhabit, with 
flesh-colored flowers 
AETHIONEiWA, Grandiflora— Bose. 1 it. June. 
AOROSTEMMA, Coronaria— Rose Campion, 1 
ft. June-August. Bright rose-colored flowers. 5 
ALYSSUM, Saxatilc Compactum--J ft., yellow. 
Valuable forrockwork and edgings. May-June. 5 
ALLIUM. Azureiim — li ft. June-July 10 
A blue flowering plant of the Carlic family. 
697. ALSTROEMERIA (Peruvian Lily), Chilensis— 3 ft. 
July-Sept. Bright yellow, in clusters 10 
AMPELOPSIS, Veifchii or Bo.ston Ivy 
\ pretty hardy clin.ber. The leaves of the 
voung growth in summer are of a purplish green, 
changing in autmnn to crimson and orange. We 
can supply plants of Ampelopsis Veitchii from 
25f . each up. 
ANEMONE, Japonica — Rose. 3 ft. September 
ANEMONE, Japonica (Queen Charlotte)— 2 ft. A 
grand border plant, producing in autumn large 
semi-double flowers of a beautiful pink shade 
standing well above the foliage 25 
701. ANEMONE Japonica fHonorine Jobert) — Superb 
large white. A grand flower for cutting 25 
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HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS FOR SPRING PLANTING. 
Pkt cts 
ANTHEMIS, helwayi— Yellow, IJ ft. Mav-June " 10 
AQUILEGIA 
Thp Aquilegia is one of the showiest perennials, 
growmg from 2 to 3 ft. in height. Produces n,ost 
attractive bright colored blooms, which make a 
grand s'jow in either beds or borders. May-July. 
NEW AQliILEOIA ((COLUMBINE), LONG SPUR- 
RED "ROSE QUEEN"- (New). Attains a height 
of 12 to 16 ins. Freely branching, the plants 
produce on long and slender stalks a great 
profusion of graceful long-spurred flowers 
of light to dark rose with white centre and yel- 
low anthers, a most delicate and beautiful com- 
bination of color 35 
Long-Spurred Double flowering Hybrids— New. 
The graceful blooms are formed of several rows 
of cornucopia-like petals in different shades of 
yellow, light and dark blue and white, and all of 
the long-spurred type 30 
VULGARIS COMPACTA ROSEA FL. PL.-New. 
The freely branching flower stems produce a 
mass of very double rich dark rosy-red flowers, 
which are well set off by the elegant foliage and 
bushy habit of the plant. Fine for bedding 30 
Chrysantha (Double Golden Vellow)— Producing 
a proportion of double and semi-double bright 
yellow flowers, 2i ft 15 
Veitch's New Single Hybrids— Choice' niixed. 
Blooms have long spurs and are of the most 
beautiful colors 
Stuarti — A first class acquisition. Profuse bloomer 
azure blue, with white corolla and golden 
anthers 25 
Choice Double Mixed Colors! " 5 
Single Mixed Colors 5 
