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John Connon Co., Limited, Hamilton, Ont. 
HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS— ConHnued. 
PHLOX Indian Chief. Bright, dark purple. 
Miss Lingard. A fine white variety with lilac eye. 
— Subulata. Moss, or Mountain Pink. As a cover-plant and for rockery 
work we know of nothing that excels this variety. When in flower the plants 
are a sheet of color; foliage is excellent. Cinches. May- June. 15c. 
Alba. Pure white. 
Lilacina. Pretty, light lilac color. 
Rosea. Bright rose. 
PHYSALIS Franchetti. Chinese Lantern Plant. An ornamental winter cherry 
producing bright orange scarlet fruits, very useful for winter decoration 2 
feet, August-November. 
PHYSOSTEGIA Virginiana. False Dragon's Head. Rose colored flowers in showy 
spikes. 3 feet. July-September. 
— Virginiana Alba. A white form of the preceding. 
POLEMONIUM Richardsoni. Jacob's Ladder. Valued as much for their handsome 
deeply cut, dark green foliage as for their clusters of showy flowers. Blue flowers' 
with golden anthers, produced in May and June. 1 foot. 15c. 
— Richardsoni Alba. A pure white variety. 15c. 
PYRETHRUM Roseum plena. Double varieties, crimson, pink and white. 35c. 
RUDBECKIA Laciniata Plena. Double Golden Glow. Very large, golden yellow, 
double dahlia-like flowers, borne in great masses. 6 to 7 feet. July-September! 
— Newmanni. Deep, orange-yellow flowers, with purplish cone, borne on long wiry 
stems. 2}^ feet. July-September. 15c. 
SAXIFRAGA. Rockfoil Alpine Varieties. 
— Umbrosa. London Pride. Very easily grown, succeeding anywhere. Flowers 
white, suffused with red. 1 foot. May-August. 25c. 
SEDUM Lydium glaucum. A very neat variety, with glaucus foliage, fine for rockery. 
3 inches. 
— Speclabile. One of the prettiest erect growing varieties, broad foliage, light 
green in color and large heads of rose-colored flowers. 2 feet. September. 
SCABIOSA Caucasica. Blue Bonnet. An excellent border plant, useful for cutting 
purposes. The large, lilac-blue flowers are borne on long stems. 2 feet. June- 
August. 
SPIRAEA Aruncus. Goat's Beard, or Meadow Sweet. Splendid border plants 
with white feathery plumes of flowers and attractive foliage. 4 feet. June-July. 
— Filipendula plena. Fern-like foliage, branching panicles, creamy-white flowers. 
2 feet. June-July. 
— Palmata Elegans. A beautiful variety, producing large, silvery-pink flowers. 4 
feet. June- July. 
SIDALCEA Rose Queen. Erect growing, of strong robust habit; flowers rose color, 
in great profusion. 
STOKESIA Cyanea. Cornflower Aster. The foliage is handsome, and from July 
until frost, the plants are covered with clusters of broad, lavender-blue flowers 
iy2 feet. 15c. 
THALICTRUM Aquilegifolium. Meadow Rue. This plant has handsome foliage 
and graceful white flowers, suitable for cutting. 3 feet. June- July. 20c. • 
TRADESCANTIA Virginiana. Spider^s ort. A graceful plant, producing a succession 
of blue flowers all the summer. 2 feet, 15c. 
