K e I s e y ' s H a r d p American Plants 
HARDY NATIVE HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS, CoN. 
ARALIA racemosa. American Spikenard. 3-6 ft. Widely branched, smooth stem, and 
large, decompound leaves. Umbels of white panicled flowers. Striking plant. July. 
15c. ea.. fi for 10. 
ARCHANGELICA hirsuta. 2-8 ft. Medicinal plant with large, showy cut leaves. 15c. 
ea., f I for 10. 
ARTEMISIA frigida. Wormwood Sage. 10-20 in. Especially valuable for its fine silvery 
foliage. Yellow or purplish. 25c. ea., $2 for 10. 
ARUNCUS (A'/i/racrt I aruncus. Goat's Beard. 3-7ft. Fine herbaceous plant, with panicles 
of white flowers and sharply cut leaves in May and June. 20c. ea., fi.50 for 10. 
ASARUM macranthum (.tAtt///fTt'or//;(/i. Small Heart Leaf . 3-5 in. Curious brown-pur- 
plish flowers in June. Thick fragrant leaves, often mottled white, icc. ea., 75c. for 10. 
ASCLEPIAS incarnata. Swamp Milkweed. 2-4 ft. Very showy. June-July. Rose- 
purple. 20C. ea., fi.75 for 10. 
tuberosa. Butterfly Weed. 1-2 ft. Brilliant orange or red . One of our showiest her- 
baceous plants. 20C. ea., f 1.50 for 10. 
ASTER cordifolius. Blue Wood Aster. 1-5 ft. Profuse bloomer. Pale blue or nearly 
white. 10c. ea., 75c. for lo. 
novae-angliae. New England Aster. 2-8 ft. One of the best and finest blooming 
sorts. Showy. Violet-purple. 20c. ea., $1 .25 for 10. 
puniceus. See Bog Plants. 
BAPTISIA australis. Blue Wild Indigo 
blue. 25c. ea., $2 for 10. 
tinctoria. V'ellow Indigo. 2-4 ft. Yellow, 
ea. , ?i.25 for 10. 
BIDENS (Coreopsis) trichosperma 
flowering plant of great value. 
4-6 ft. Very conspicuous. July. Indigo 
Abundant flowers in June. Showy. 15c. 
A strong-growing, late- 
-8 ft. 
How. 
IOC ea. , 75c. for 10. 
5 ft. Striking plant for 
Ticksced Sunflower. 
July to September. Ye 
BRAUNERIA (Echinacea) purpurea. Purple Cone Flower. 
borders although rather coar>e. July. Dull purple, rarely whitish. 25c. ea., f2 for 10. 
CALLIRHOE involucrata. Purple Poppy Mallow. 1-2 ft. Petals red or purplish, in 
sunuiicr, trailing perennial, valuable. 25'. ea., $2 for 10. 
CAMPANULA divaricata. Carolina Hare-Bell. Delicate pale blue bell- 
shape flowers in July. For rockery or border. 15c. ea., Si. 25 for 10. 
CAPNOIDES scm-peiv\TeT\s(CorydaHs glatfca). Pink Corydalis. 1-2 ft. 
May to August. Yellow. loc. ea. , 75c. for 10. 
■CAREX fraseri. Frascr's Sedge. 10-18 in. Most remarkable flowers, 
with whilish spikes, appearing in March or April. Largo evergreen 
leaves. V'ery rare. 20c. ea., ?i.25 for 10. 
CASSIA marylandica. Wild Senna. 3-8 ft. Large, 
graceful perennial in cassia-like leaves and dusters of 
yellow flowers in August. 20c. ea., f 1.75 for 10. 
CAULOPHYLLUM thalictroides. Blue Cohosh. 1-3 ft. 
Yellowish green flowers in April, inconspicuous, but 
showy blue fruit, later showy divided leaves. 15c. 
ea., $1 for 10. 
COLLINSONIA canadensis. Horse Balm. 2-5 ft. Lem- 
on-colored and scented. July to September. 15c. ea., 
Ji for 10. 
CHAMAELIRIUM luteum iCarolinianum) . Blazing 
Star. i,'i-2>i ft. A wand-like raceme of small white 
flowers in June. A dainty and showy plant. 20<'. 
ca. , f 1 .50 for 10. 
CHAMAENERION (Epiluhium) angustifolium. Spiked Willow Herb, 
flowers in June. Low wet ground. 15c. ca., %i for 10. 
angustifolium, var. alba. 2-8 ft. Pure white flowers. New variety, offered for the first 
time. 50c. 
CIMICIFUGA amerirana. American Bugbane. 3-5 ft. Panicled racemes of showy 
white flowers. August-September. Showy divided leaves. 15c. ea., $1 for 10. 
racemosa. Black Snakeroot. 3-8 ft. Racemes of fruit becoming sometimes 3 feet 
long. Large, showy, decompound leaves. July. White. 15c. ea., $1 for 10. 
Root of Ginscne. From photograph. 
-8 ft. Purple 
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