Reid’s Nurseries — Catalogue ok Small Fruits Etc. 
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Hardy Perennial Plants. 
Hardy plants for permanent borders or gardens should be planted in much larger numbers than they now 
When once established they increase in beauty from year to year, and require much less care than tender 
are 
bedding plants 
ACHILLEA ptarmica fl. pi. 
ASTILBE JAPONICA. 
(Double Sneezewort.) Eighteen inches. The plants produce a continuous suc- 
cession of very double, pure white flowers in dense clus- 
ters. June until September. Fine for cutting. 20 cts. 
each, *1.50 per doz. 
ANEMONE Japonica. Japanese anemones begin to 
bloom in August, and increase in beauty until the end 
of autumn. They thrive best in light, rich, somewhat 
moist soil, and should not be transplanted except when 
necessary to divide them, as they become too thick. A 
covering of leaves, straw or long manure is sufficient to 
keep them through our most severe winters. 
A. alba. Pure white, ‘with yellow center; very showy. 
15 cts.; large, 25 cts. 
A. rubra. Deep rose, with yellow center. 15 cts.; large, 
25 cts. 
ANTHEMIS tinctoria. Two to three feet. June to 
August. Flowers deep lemon-yellow, borne in great 
profusion. Very effective, and fine for cutting. 20 cts. 
each, $2 per doz. 
ARUNDO Donax. Twelve feet. Flowers pink. 50 cts. 
A. Donax varlegata. A beautiful variegated form 
of magnificent effect, its beautiful golden and green foli- 
age being most admirably shown by the habit of the 
plant. 50 cts. 
ASTER Novae Angliae. (New England Aster.) Six feet. 
September to frost. By far one of the finest asters grown. 
Of vigorous, robust habit, making it an excellent subject 
for the wild garden or the rear of borders; immense, 
broad clusters of large, deep-purple flowers with orange 
centers. Very effective. 15 cts. each, $1.30 per doz., 
J> 12 per 100. 
ASTILBE Japonica. (Spircza Japonica.) One of the 
finest hardy garden-plants ; when in flower the plants are 
from 12 to 18 inches high. The flowers are white, borne 
on feather-like spikes. Much used for winter forcing by 
florists. 20 cts.; large, 30 cts. 
CHELONE Lyonii. (Turtle-Head.) A most desirable first-class perennial of great 
beauty, with broadly ovate, dark, glossy green foliage, an upright habit of growth, 
and a most profuse habit of flowering. The terminal spikes of red or purplish red 
flowers are set off most advantageously by the foliage. Rare and very choice. 35 cts. 
■COREOPSIS delphinifolia. Six feet. July. A tall form, with deeply cut foliage, and 
clear yellow flowers with dark centers. 25 cts. 
C. lanceolata. Two and one-half feet. Blooms all summer. The finest of the class, and one of the 
most beautiful hardy plants grown, with dark lance-like foliage, a close, compact habit of growth, and a con- 
tinuous succession of brilliant golden-yellow flow- 
ers. Each flower is borne on a leafless stem, 8 to 12 
inches in length, adapting it admirably for cutting. 
DICENTRA spectabil is. (Bleeding Heart.) Four 
feet. May. A well-known, desirable form of tall 
growth, with rosy crimson and white, peculiar-shaped 
flowers. Fine for borders and margins. 25 cts. 
GERANIUM sanguineum. Two feet. All summer. 
Handsome, large, clear, crimson flowers, borne in 
profusion. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
GYPSOPHILA paniculata. (Infant’s Breath.) 
Three feet. July to August. Handsome, fine white 
flowers, in immense open panicles. Much used for 
cut-flower work. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
HEMEROC ALLIS flava. Two and a half feet. 
June. Clear yellow flowers in clusters. 25 cts. 
each, $2 50 per doz. 
H. fulva var. variegata. A handsome silver- varie- 
gated form. 50 cts. 
H. Thunbergii. Two and one-half feet. August. 
A handsome species, with clear lemon yellow, flow- 
ers. 23 cts. 
HOLLYHOCK, Double. This is one of the best per- 
ennials, being a free bloomer, and too far ahead of 
the old hollyhock to be compared with it. Assorted 
in colors, if desired is, 20 and 25 cts. 
