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WILLIAM IJWING & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE 
CHOICE HARDY PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS 
HARDY PfiRENNIALS ARE BE- 
COMIKG MORE POPULAR FROM 
YEAR TO YEAR, but this is not to be 
wondered at when we consider their 
Sre&t variety of form, both in flowers, 
foliage and height, their loveliness of 
bloom and wonderful effectiveness 
alike in borders or beds, and for cut- 
ting. There are varieties of the most 
stately gro^-th and striking foliage and 
flowers, others are of the most chaste 
and beautiful hues to be found in any 
class of flowering plant, while those, 
like the Pansy or the Daisy, have a 
modest beauty that is all their own, 
and which is not to be found in any of 
the aggressively showy plants used 
generafly in bedding. In a perennial 
border every day brings to \iew some- 
thing new, as the different varieties 
come into bloom. 
In the open ground. Perennials 
should be sown either in May or June. 
Some may flower the same year, but 
all will be strong enough to transplant 
into the permanent borders in Septem- 
ber and will bloom the succeeding 
fieason. To raise peremiials from seed 
prepare a bed 4 ft. in width, or 8 ft. 
■«ith a path in the middle, in a sunnj- 
situation, or, at all events, not in the 
shadow of trees, and if the soil is 
heavy, lighten it with sand and leal 
mould, and rake perfectly smooth. 
Sow seed in shallow drills, six inches 
apart, and 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 grass, which 
will retain the moisture given after 
sowing, and will also prevent heavy 
rains from washing out the seeds. We 
give the approximate time of flowering 
which will help in making selections. 
Note we offer an extensive assortment 
of HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
FOR SPRING PLANTING. 
No. Pkt. ets. 
6S5. ACHILLEA, Ptannica Flore Pleno— " The Pearl." 
2 ft. July-September. Double pure white flowers; 
very numerous and fine for cutting 10 
<i86. ACONITUM, Napellus (Monk's Hood)— Blue, 3i ft. 
July- August .'. . . 10 
687. ADONIS, Vemalis — Bright star-shaped yellow flow- 
ers, 2 inches in diameter. 1 ft. May-June S 
688. ADLUMU, Ciirhosa (The Allegheny Vine)— A peren- 
nial climber of very graceful habit, with flesh- 
colored flowers 5 
689. AGROSTEMMA, Coronaria- Rose Campion, 1 ft. 
June-August. Bright rose-colored flowers S 
690. ALYSSUM, Saxatile Compactum— i ft., yellow. 
Valuable for rockwork and edgings. Maj -June ... 5 
691. AMPELOPSIS, Veitchii or Boston Ivy 10 
A pretty hardy climber. The leaves of the young growth 
in summer are of a purplish green, changing m autumn to 
crimson and orange. We can supply plants of Ampelopsis 
Veitchii from 25c. each up. 
692. ANEMONE, Japonica— Rose. .3 ft. September. . . 10 
693. 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 
694. ANEMONE, Japonica (Honorine Jobert)— Superb 
large white. A grand flower for cutting 25 
695. ANTHEMIS, Kelwayi— Yellow, H ft. May-June, . 10 
A Perennial Border 
No AQUILEGIA— Contd. P^t. cto. 
697. Long-Spurred Double Flowering Hybrids — New. 
The graceful blooms are formed of several rows of 
cornucopia-like petals in different shades of yellow, 
hght and dark blue and white, and all of the long- 
spurred type 30 
698. Chrysantha (Double Golden Yellow) — Producing a 
proportion of double and semi-double bright yellow 
flowers, 2i ft IS 
699. Stuarti — A first class acquisition. Profuse bloom- 
er, azure blue, with white corolla and golden anthers. 25 
700. Ewing's Select Strain Double Varieties 5 
701. " " " Single " 5 
702. ARABIS, Alpina Nana Compacta — 6 inches 10 
Pure white flowers and compact habit of growth. Makes 
a fine edging, and is most suitable for rockenes. May-June. 
703. ARISTOLOCHIA, Sipho— (Dutchman's Pipe) 10 
A hardy perennial climber, with beautiful large heart- 
shaped leaves, 
704. ARMERIA, Formosa— The Armeria, Sea Pink, looks 
well in either beds or edgings, and it is a remarkably 
free flowerer. July-September S 
705. ASCLEPUS, Tuberosa— Bright orange, 1 J ft. August 1 0 
Fine hardy border perennials of great beauty. 
ASTER (or Michaelmas Daisy) 
The Hardy Asters are of easy culture and are among the 
best of all perennials. 
Blooms are beautiful in color and form, and the plant 
itself most graceful in habit. September-October. 
AQUILEGIA 
696. 
The Aquilegia is one of the showiest perennials, growing 
from 2 to 3 ft. iu height. Produces most attractive bright 
colored blooms, which make a grand show in either beds or 
borders, May-July. 
LONG SPURRED " ROSE QUEEN " (New)— Attains 
a height of 12 to 1 6 ins. The plants produce a great 
profusion of graceful long-spurred flowers of light 
to dark rose with white centre and yellow anthers, 
a most delicate and beautiful combination of color. 
706. 
707. 
708. 
Alpinus — 9 inche; 
Alpinus — 9 inches. White 
Ewing's Superb Mixture 
Varieties. 
Bright purple. September.... 10 
September 10 
New Large Flowering 
10 
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709. ASTILBE DAVIDI — A new hardy perennial. Of 
strong growth, with elegant foliage, graceful spikes 
of deep rose-violet flowers on stems 6 ft. high, form- 
ing in the garden when established one of the most 
pronounced and effective plants. Easily rai.sed from 
seed, flowering in 18 months from time of sowing. . 
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