Herbaceous Perennials 
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NEW HARDY PHLOX 
25 cts., $2.00 per 10. 
Elizabeth Campbell. Very large spikes with 
flowers of a quite new color, light salmon chang- 
ing to pink in the center. It is the best pink 
Phlox and the best for bedding. Extra. 
General Van Heutsz. This novelty produces im- 
mense trusses of enormous flowers, which are of 
the most brilliant salmon-red color with white 
center. Distinct and beautiful. 
Frau Ant. Buchner. This is undoubtedly the 
finest pure white Phlox, which has as yet been 
raised. It has a strong habit and produces flow- 
ers of an enormous size and perfect form. Award 
of Merit, R. H. S., London, August, 1910. 
Mme. Paul Dutrie. Soft pink color, reminding 
of the shade of a Cattleya suflused with white. 
Rynstrom. A splendid improvement on Pantheon, 
which has been one of the most popular sorts for 
massing; of a uniform color, not unlike that of 
Paul Neyron Rose. 
Tapis de Blanc. Pure white,, large flower, very 
dwarf. 
Dwarf Species 
Phlox amoena. 4 to 6 in. April and May. One 
of the best early-flowering species. Flowers pink- 
ish purple. Rock garden. 
P. Caroliniana, or ovata. 1 to 214 ft. ,Iune and 
July. Largo ])urplish red flowers. 
P. divaricata. 10 to 18 in. May. Fragrant lilac 
flowers. Good for rock garden. 
P. Stellaria (Creeping). 5 to 6 in. April and 
May. Handsome pale blue flowers. A tufted 
or creeping Phlox. Rock garden. 
P. subulata (Moss Pink) . Forms a carpet of mo.ss- 
like foliage, covered with pinlc flowers in var. 
alba. A form of P. subulata, with white flowers. 
P. suffruticosa — 
Indian Chief. Clear purple-red. 
Miss Lingard. Almost pure white, slightest 
pink eye. Large spikes; fine quality. 
PHYSOSTEGIA. False Dragon's Head 
Physostegia Virginiana. 3 ft. Early .luly to 
August. lOrect spikes of pretty pink flowers, 
var. alba. A beautiful while-flowered form, 
var. rubra. Beautiful soft pink flowers, in spikes, 
var. speciosa. 2 ft. .lune. A tall form, witli 
bright pink, showy flowers. 
PINKS, HARDY GARDEN 
See Dianthus 
PLATYCODON 
Platycodon grandifiora. 18 in. ,)une to Octo- 
ber. Large, showy, deep blue flowers. Good for 
rock garden and border. 
var. alba. White-flowered form of the above, 
var. Mariesii. .luly until late Heptember. \ 
beautiful dwarf .sjiecies, with broad, think foliage 
and large, deep violet-blue flowers. 
PLUMBAGO. Leadwort 
Plumbago larpentae. 9 in. A splendid plant, 
with dark foliage and numerous deep blue flow- 
ers. Useful for rock garden or edging. 
POLEMONIUM 
Polemonium cccruleum (Jacob's Ladder). 2 ft. 
May and June. Foliage fern-like; terminal 
spikes of blue flowers. 
var. album. Handsome pure white-flowered 
form of the above. 
P. reptans. 6 to 8 in. April to June. Dwarf, 
bushy plant of graceful growth. Showy blue 
flowers. Rock gai-den or border. 
POLYGONATUM 
Polygonatum giganteum (Solomon's Seal). 2 
to 8 ft. Panicled racemes of drooping flowers on 
very long stems. 
POLYGONUM. Knotweed 
Polygonum Baldschuanicum. A perfectly hardy 
climbing plant fairly smothered with feathery 
snow-white flowers, delicately suffused with pink, • 
borne in long racemes. 75 cts. each. 
P. Sachalinense. 8 ft. Greenish white. Effec- 
tive in rough grounds or near water. 
P. Sieboldi. 5 feet. August and September. A 
strong-growing plant, producing clouds of creamy 
white flowers; very effective for massing. 
POTENTILLA. Cinquefoil 
Potentilla formosum. 18 in. July. A fine spe- 
cies, with bright (therry-red flowers. 
P. grandifiora. 10 to 20 in. June and July. A 
plant with an abundance of bright yellow flowers 
in Summer; very desirable for rock garden or bor- 
der. 
P. Double Mixed Varieties. 25 cts., $2.00 per 10. 
PRIMULA. Primrose 
Primula officinalis hybrida ((Cowslip). Range in 
color from crimson to deep yellow and pure white. 
P. vulgaris (English Primrose). 6 to 9 in. One of 
the earliest Spring flowers; pale yellow, very fra- 
grant. 
PYRETHRUM. Feverfew 
One of the most useful hardy flowers grown, 
thriving in almost any soil or situation, being true 
perennials, and when they are established they 
thrive well for many years without transplanting. 
While we have a stock of the hybrid single varieties 
we consider the clouble hybrids of su|)erior merit. 
Pyrethrum roseum (Single Varieties). 
Named colors from white to dark red. 
P. roseum (Double Varieties). 25 cts., $2.00 per 
10, $15.00 per 100. 
Alfred. Full lich crimson, one of the best dou- 
ble red. 
Aphrodite. Pure white; fine. 
Capt. Norris. Bright glowing crimson; remark- 
ably free. 
Henry Murger. Purple. 
Miss Bateman Brown. Rose. 
Mont Blanc. Double white. 
Ne Plus Ultra. Light flesh-colored, nearly 
white, extra large flowered. 
P. uliginosum. 4 to 5 ft. July to September. A 
choice and noble variety, bearing a profusion of 
large, pvu-e white flowers with yellow centers. 
Foliage light green. 
