Ewing's Hardy Perennial Flower Seeds 
Hardy perennials^ easily raised from seed; they may be sown either in spring or during the early summer TJie simplest method Is to so^^^^ 
frame protecting the seedlings, as they appear above ground, from the sun. The soil should be kept evenly mo.st, but not saturated. Transplant the seedlmgs once 
or twice if necessary to prevent crowding. 
FOR HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS SEE PAGES 78 AND 79 
Pkt. 
No. 
779, 
780. 
781. 
ACHILLEA cts. 
Ptarmica Flore Pleno — "The 
Pearl." 2 ft. July-September. Double 
pure white flowers; very numerous 
and 6ne for cutting 10 
ACONITUM 
Napellus (Monk's Hood) — Blue, 
ft. July-August 10 
ADONIS 
Vernalis — Bright star-shaped yellow 
Bowers, 2 inches in diameter^ 1 ft. 
May- June 10 
ADLUMIA 
782. Cirrhosa (The Allegheny Vine)— 
A perennial climber of very graceful 
habit, with flesh-colored flowers...- 10 
AGROSTEMMA 
783. Coronaria — 1 ft. June-August. Crimson 10 
ALYSSUM 
784. Saxatile Compactum — H ft yellow. 
Valuable for rockwork and edginRS. 
May-June 15 
AMPELOPSIS 
785. Veitchii or Boston Ivy 10 
ANEMONE 
786. ST. BRIGIp'S STRAIN, MIXED— 
The^e 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 15 
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 penn 
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 comucopia-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 15 
792. CALIPORNICA HYBRIDA — Ex 
quisite flowers, in yellow and orange 
shades, all with low spurs 15 
793. EWING'S DOUBLE VARIETIES. 
MIXED 10 
794. EWING'S SINGLE VARIETIES, 
MIXED 10 
ANTHEM IS 
795. Tinctoria — Yellow. 114 H. 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 Pkt. cts. 
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. 
798. EWING*S SUPERB MIXTURE— New Large Flowering Varieties.... IS 
ASTILBE 
799. DAVIDI — 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 
AUI^ICULA 
800. CHOICE MIXED HYBRIDS. 25 
A very beautiful spring flowering plant, with rich-colored fragrant blooms; 
6 inches. May. 
EWING'S SUPERB DELPHINIUMS 
No. BOCCONIA Pkt. cts. 
801. JAPONICA — 6 ft. Highly decorative foliage plant, with creamy 
flowers. Summer 
BOLTONIA 
802. ASTEROIDES— Pure white, fine. 5 to 7 feet 15 
803. LATISQUAMA— Pink, slightly shaded with lavender. 4 to 6 feet . . . 15 
Among the showiest of our native hardy perennial plants, with large, 
single Aster-like flowers. 
CAMPANULA 
804. CARPATICA or "HAIR BELL"— Mixed. 6 inches W 
805. PERSICIFOLIA— 2 ft. Blue. One of the best If 
806. PERSICIFOLIA ALBA— 2 ft. White 15 
807. PYRAMIDALIS— The "Pyramidal Bell" Flower. 4 ft. MUed 15 
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