32 HARDY PERENNIALS— (Continued.) 
State Nursery and Seed Co. 
FENTSTEMOlr. 
A most useful and 
showy perennial, 
either for mass 
planting, the rock- 
ery or border work. 
In some respects 
they rival Phlox, 
Petunias, etc., es- 
pecially for bedding 
purposes. 
Barbatns TorryeU — 
Scarlet spikes, 
height 3 feet. 
Digritalls — Purple 
and white. 
FHY-SOSTEGIA 
(Virg-inla Heather) 
One of the most 
beautiful of the 
Hardy Perennials 
forming dense bush- 
es four to five feet 
high, with long 
spikes of tubular 
pink flowers like a 
gigantic Heather, 
and very valuable 
for cut flowers. 
Pentstemon, 
Hardy Phloz. 
FHI.OX— (Hardy.) 
This is anotlier hardy perfiiijial in which we are specializing, 
and no better colkction can bo found in the entire Northwest 
than those offered. They w;ll succped in almost any soil and 
location, yet no class of hardy planls will better repay a little 
attention. Give them well spaded and enriched soil, with a good 
mulching of fertilizer in the early sprlnj,' frequent waterings in 
the growing season, ami they will produce enormous heads of 
brilliant bloom. Treated in this manner, and they will be one of 
the chief attractions of any hardy border. 
P. O. Von Iiaasburgr — The purest and largest white known. 
Geo. A. Strohleln — Bright scarlet with crimson red eye. 
Edmund Rostand — Reddish violet, shading brighter toward the 
center of petals. 
Siebold — Bright scarlot and one of the very best of its class. 
Vesnvlns — Bed with bright purple eye. Quite showy. 
Von Hochberff — The finest crimson. 
Elizabeth Campbell — Very bright salmon pink with dark red eye. 
Bridesmaid — Pure white with large crimson carmine, eye. 
Pantheon — Bright carmine rose. 
R. P. Struthers — Bright rosy carmine, with claret red eye 
De Miribel — White suffused with rosy scarlet; crimson eye. 
Hyon — Reddish pink. 
Bouquet do Pleura — White, with a cherry eye 
Miss Iiingard — A grand early dwarf white variety. 
DrasTo — Light red with dark eye. 
Eleg^ntlsslma — A large flowered early white. 
Verdi — A beautiful rosy-pink. 
PTKETHBTTM. 
A Cluster of Pyrethrum in Our Nursery. 
FVRETHBUM. 
Too much cannot be said about this superb perennial, which 
will thrive under almost any conditions. Splendid for cutting, 
lasting a week in good condition. 
Hybridum, Mixed (Sing^le) — In the choicest shades of red and 
pink. June flowering. 
tnig-inosum — Grows 4 to 5 feet high, covere 1 with large Mar- 
guerite—like flowers. Tile individual flowers are often 4 to 5 
inches across and borne on a good stiff stem. 
HARDT PINKS. 
PINKS— (Hardy.) 
These are the old time Spice or Clove Pinks, and are indis- 
pensable for edging the hardy border, and also make beautiful 
independent beds. Their fragrance Is delightful, are a most 
excellent cut flower, and will grow and succeed anywhere. 
Homer — Rosy red with dark center. 
Her Maje-ity — Large pure white flowers. Very fine. 
Juliette — White laced crimson. 
Stanislaus — Rose with crimson ring. 
Swan — An everbloomlng white. 
