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HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS— Continued. 
ERIGERON Speciosus Grandiflora. Flea Bane. Large lavender flowers, produced 
profusely during July and August. 2 feet. 
ERYNGIUM Amettiystinum. Sea Holly. Foliage is finely cut and the flowers are 
thistle-like, of beautiful amethystine-blue. Very ornamental; useful for 
cutting or to dry for winter. 2 to 3 feet. July-September. 
EULALIA Japonica Zebrina Stricta. Zebra Grass. An erect growing variety of this 
grass, with broad yellow bands across the leaves, very attractive. 6 feet. 25c. 
— Japonica Gracillimus. Graceful foliage, very narrow and of bright green color, 
with a silvery midrib. 6 feet. 25c. 
EUPATORIUM Ageratoides. White Snakeroot. Bears minute white flowers in 
dense heads. 3 to 4 feet. August-September. 
— Fraseri. A dwarf variety with clusters of snow-white flowers. 1}4 feet. 
FUNKIA Stibcordata Grandiflora. Plantain Lily. Very large pure white flowers in 
August and September; fragrant and showy. 2 to 3 feet. 
— Coerulea. Blue flowers, foliage broad and attractive. 1}4 feet. July-August. 
— Undulata Medio Variegato. Beautiful silver striped foliage, purple flowers. 3 feet. 
July. 
GAILLARDIA Grandiflora. Blanket Flower. Very showy, hardy plants, about 2 
feet in height ; in bloom from June till frost. The petals are marked with crimson, 
orange and vermilion, the centre is dark red-brown; beautiful coloring. Excel- 
lent for cutting. 
GALEGA Officinalis Alba. Goat's Rue. Easy to grow, this plant makes a fine show 
in any border, being a mass of bloom in July and August. 2 to 3 feet. 
GEUM atrosangeuineum plena. Avens. Beautiful perennial, flowering very freely 
all through the summer, good for cutting. 1 foot. 
GYPSOPHILA Paniculata. Baby's Breath. The minute flowers are borne in large, 
open panicles. An excellent sort for cutting. 2 to 3 feet. July-August. 
— Paniculata plena. Double Flowering Baby's Breath. Pretty little double 
rosette-like flowers; valuable for cutting, lasting several months when dried. 
— Rokejeka. Very strong growing variety, flowers delicate rosy pink. 
HELENIUM Autuninale Superbum. Sneeze Weed. 6 feet. August-October. 
Magnificent yellow flowers; a vigorous large-flowered variety. 
— Grandicephalum Striatum. 5 feet. August-October. Very effective reddish 
brown and yellow flowers, in large branching heads 
— Riverton Beauty. Rich lemon-yellow, with large purplish-black cone. August- 
September 4 feet. 
HELIANTHUS. Hardy Sunflower. Where large borders are planted, the Sun- 
flowers are among the most effective perennial plants. Free-flowering, succeed 
in almost any soil and fine for cutting. 
' — Soleil d'Or. Deep, rich yellow, double. 4 feet. July-August. 25c. 
— Rigidus, Miss Mellish. 6 feet. July and August. A desirable variety, bearing 
rich yellow flowers. One of the best. 
— Sparsifolius. A gracefully formed variety of large size, deep yellow on long stems. 
HELIOPSIS Pitcheriana. Orange Sunflower. 3 feet. July-September. Orange 
yellow, large; useful cut flowers. 
HEMEROCALLIS. Yellow Day Lily. Excellent plants with grass-like foliage and 
orange colored flowers, borne on long stems. 
— Florham. Rich golden yellow, with Indian-yellow markings. 3 feet. June-July. 
— Fulva. Trumpet-shaped flowers of a bronze-orange color. 4 feet. June-July. 
