Ewing s 
Hardy Perennial Fl 
ower oeeas 
Seed; 
Hardy perennials are easily raised from seed; they may be 
frame protecting the seedlings, as they appear above ground, from the sun. 
or twice if necessary to prevent crowding. 
FOR HARDY PERENNIAL 
Pkt. 
No. ACHILLEA cts. 
779. Ptarmica Flore Pleno— "The 
Pearl." 2 ft. July-September. Double 
pure white 6owers; very numerous 
and fine for cutting 10 
ACONITUM 
780. Napellus (Monk's Hood)— Blue, 
3H ft. July-August 10 
ADONIS 
781. Vernalis — Bright star-shaped yellow 
flowers, 2 inches in diameter. 1 ft. 
May-June 10 
ADLUMIA 
782. Cirrhoaa (The Allegheny Vine) — 
A perennial climber of very graceful 
babit, with flesh-colored flowers .... 10 
AGROSTEMMA 
783. Coronaria — 1 ft. June-August.Crimson 10 
ALYSSUM 
784. Saxatile Compactum — M ft. yellow. 
Valuable for rockwork and edgings. 
May-June 10 
AMPELOPSIS 
785. Veitchii or Boston Ivy 10 
ANEMONE 
786. ST. BRIGID'S STRAIN, MIXED— 
These beautiful Irish Poppy-flowered 
varieties produce in abundance large 
single, semi-double and double flowers 
3 to 5 inches across, in an endless va- 
riety of colors, from maroon and 
brightest scarlet to flesh-pink and from 
lilac to purple. Some are mottled, 
striped, ringed, etc. For cutting they 
are unsurpassed, and in the garden 
they flower until after frost; hardy 
perennials flowering from seed the 
second year and thereafter IS 
787. JAPONICA (Honorine Jobert)— 
Superb large white. A grand flower 
for cutting 25 
788. FULGENS — Dazzling scarlet with 
black centre 15 
AQUILEGIA 
The Aquilegia is one of the showiest peren- 
nials, growing from 2 to 3 feet in height. 
Produces most attractive bright-colored blooms, 
which make a grand show in either beds or 
borders. May-July. 
789. LONG-SPURRED HYBRIDS— The 
graceful blooms are formed of several 
rows of cornucopia-like petals in differ- 
ent shades of yellow', light and dark 
blue and white, and all of the long- 
spurred type. Mixed 20 
790. CHRYSANTHA (Golden Spurred) 
Golden-yellow 15 
791. COERULEA (Rocky Mountain Co- 
lumbine) — Violet-blue and white; 2 
feet 10 
792. CALIFORNICA HYBRIDA — Ex- 
quisite flowers, in yellow and orange 
shades, all with low spurs 10 
793. EWING'S DOUBLE VARIETIES, 
MIXED 10 
794. EWING'S SINGLE VARIETIES, 
MIXED 10 
ANTHEMIS 
795. Tinctoria — Yellow, 1)^ ft. May-June 10 
ARABIS 
796. Alpina Nana Compacta 6 inches.. 10 
Pure white flowers and compact habit 
of growth. Makes a fine edging, and is 
most suitable for rockeries. May- June. 
ARMERIA 
797. Formosa— The Armeria. Sea Pink, looks well in either beds or edg- 
ings, and it is a remarkably free flowerer. July-September 10 
ASTER (or Michaelmas Daisy) 
The Hardy Asters are of easy culture and are among the best of all perennials. 
September-October. m 
798. EWING'S SUPERB MIXTURE— New Large Flowering Varieties 10 
ASTILBE 
799. DAVID! — Of strong growth, with elegant foliage, graceful spikes of 
deep rose-violet flowers on stems 6 ft. high, forming in the garden 
when established one of the most pronounced and effective plants 25 
AURICULA 
800. CHOICE MIXED HYBRIDS • ■ •• 25 
A very beautiful spring flowering plant, with rich-colored fragrant blooms; 
6 inches. May. 
sown either in spring or during the early summer. The simplest method is to sow them in a 
The soil should be kept evenly moist, but not saturated. Transplant the seedlings once 
PLANTS SEE PAGES 78 AND 79 
Pkt. cU. 
EWING'S SUPERB DELPHINIUMS 
No. BOCCONIA 
801. JAPONICA— 8 ft. . Highly decorative foUage plant, with creamy 
flowers. Summer 
802. 
803. 
BOLTONIA 
ASTEROIDES— Pure white, fine. 5 to 7 feet. ....... . . . . ..... ■ • • • 
LATISQUAMA— Pink, slightly shaded with lavender. 4 to 6 feet... 
Among the showiest of our native hardy perennial plants, with large, 
single Aster-like flowers. 
CAMPANULA 
804. CARPATICA or "HAIR BELL"— Mixed, 6 inches 
805. PERSICIFOLIA— 2 ft. Blue. One of the best 
806. PERSICIFOLIA ALBA— 2 ft. White . . 
807. PYRAMIDALIS— The "Pyramidal Bell Flower, 4 ft. 
Mixed. 
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