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MOUNT ARBOR NURSERIES, SHENANDOAH, IOWA 
Coreopsis (Tickseed) — Showy and valua- 
ble free flowering perennials. Produces 
bright golden yellow flowers in great 
profusion the entire season. 
Chrysanthemum (Hardy Pompon) — This 
class of beautiful plants is now so uni- 
versally popular for out-door bedding, 
and justly so. They produce a lavish 
profusion of blooms, giving color, life 
and beauty to the garden at a time when 
other plants have been nipped by frost. 
They are quite hardy, but it is well to 
give a slight covering of leaves or ma- 
nure during winter. Grow from 2 to 3 
feet high. 
Daisy, Shasta — Large snowy-white flow- 
ers. 4 inches across: in bloom all sum- 
mer; a good cut-flower variety. 
Delphinum (Larkspur) — The hardy Lark- 
spurs are one of the most important and 
most satisfactory plants in the herba- 
ceous garden, and should be planted 
extensively, even in the smallest gar- 
den. Their long spikes of flowers are 
produced continuously from June until 
late in the fall, if the precaution is taken 
to remove the flower stems before they 
can produce seed. 
Desmodium (Penduliflorum) — A beautiful 
Japanese perennial, with clover-like 
foliage and long, pendulous racemes of 
rosy-purple flowers. The stems are 4 
feet long, and in early autumn are liter- 
ally loaded with the flowers. Very hardy 
and showy, and a fine plant for growing 
in front of shrubbery. 
Dianthus (Sweet William) — The old-time favor- 
ite, growing 1% to 2 feet high, and bearing 
during May and June a profusion of round- 
topped clusters of flowers of all shades of 
red and pink to white. 
Iris, Kaempferi (See page 65) 
Hollyhocks (See page 65) 
Dicentra (Bleeding Heart) — A hardy perennial 
with heart-.shaped, rose colored flowers in 
drooping spikes. One of the best border 
plants; perfectly hardy and easily cultivated. 
Flowers in April or May. 
Digitalis (Foxglove) — Long bell - shaped 
flowers, on stems 3 to 4 feet feet high; 
white and red; very showy. July to Sep- 
tember. 
Funkia (Day Lily) — A superb autumn 
flower, having broad, light green leaves, 
prettily veined, and long, trumpet-.shaped, 
pure white flowers, that possess a de- 
lightful, though delicate fragrance. 
Gaillardia Grandiflora (Blanket Flower) — A 
showy plant with dense tufts of drooping 
leaves and flower stems, producing daisy- 
t like blossoms 2 to 3 inches across, of 
gorgeous colors; blooms in the most won- 
derful profusion from June to November. 
Gypsophila Paniculata (White Veil Flower) 
— Two to three feet in height and most 
graceful in effect, with list-like white 
flowers that are popular for cutting, as 
they give an air of grace and harmony to 
any arrangement. Blooms July to Sep- 
tember. 
Helianthus (Sunflower) — One of the show- 
iest of the hardy perennials. Flowers are 
large and vary in color from light to deep 
orange - yellow; stalks are tall and 
graceful. 
