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The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners. 
Hardy Perennial Flowering Plants (continued). 
SENECIO PULCHER. 
Papaver nudicaule alba. Pure white per doz. 5s. ; each 6d. 
Jt miniatum. Brilliant orange scarlet 
per doz. 5s. ; each 6d. 
* „ bracteata (true). A charming species, with 
immense deep hlood-crimson flowers ... each Is. 
* ,, Royal Scarlet. Tho flowers are unequalled for 
size and brilliancy, measuring when fully expanded 
twelve inches in diameter, and are of a glowing scarlet 
colour ... ... ... each Is. 6d. 
* Large-flowered Perennial Poppies , very showy and splendid 
flowers, first-class for mixed or shrubbery borders. 
Pseonies, Herbaceous (seepage 107). 
Phloxes, Perennial (seepage 107). 
Physalis alkekengi (Winter Cherry). Bears numerous 
bright berries, which are most attractive in late 
Autumn ... ... ... ... each 6d. 
Phlox subulata. (Dwarf Spring-flowering Phloxes). 
Beautiful . compact-growing varieties, forming dense 
cushions of lovely flowers, that continue for a long 
time; splendid for rockeries, edgings, or massing. 
9J ,, frondosa. Dense evergreen foliage, 
lovely pink flowers, dark centre per doz. 4s.; each 6d. 
„ v or na. A very beautiful trailing species; 
flowers large, deep rose colour per doz. 4s. ; each 6d. 
Polemonium Richardsoni. Beautiful hardy perennial, 
blooming in June, height eighteen inches, flowers sky 
blue with golden yellow anthers ; very pretty each 9d. 
,, Himalaicum. Vigorous habit of growth, with 
large branching spikes of azure blue flowers, 1 inch to 
1J inch across ; very handsome ... ... each Is. 
Potentillas (see page 107). 
Pyrethrums (seepage 107). 
Primroses and Polyanthuses. A beautiful and indis- 
pensable class, of brilliant Spring-flowering plants, 
blooming at the same time as Narcissi and many other 
bulbs; many of the single-flowered varieties are 
exceedingly handsome. 
Double White ... ... per doz. 6s. ; each 8d. 
„ Lilac ... ... „ 6s.; „ 8d. 
„ Yellow ... „ 6s. ; „ 8d. 
„ Purplish-crimson „ 10s.; „ Is. 
Single “ Harbinger.” A superb large-flowered, 
early blooming variety, with lovely white flowers 
with an orange centre. Strong plants in pots 
per doz. 10s. 6d. ; each Is. 
,, mixed hybrids. Very fine and brilliant 
per 100, 17s. 6d. ; per doz. 2s. 6d. 
Polyanthus, Gold-laced. Pine seedlings, all good 
flowers ... per 100, 21s. ; per doz. 3s. 6d. 
Rudbeckia Newmanni. A splendid hardy free-flowering 
plant, height about two feet; flowers golden yellow with 
black centres ... ... per doz. 5s. ; each 6d. 
Scabiosa caueasica. Large, handsome, pale lilac blue flowers, 
four to six inches across, fine for cutting, one of the best 
perennials grown ; good flowering plants . . . each Is. 
Senecio pulcher (see illustration). A very fine hardy 
perennial, flowers large, purplish crimson with yellow centre, 
three feet high ; a fine Autumn bloomer . . . each 9d. 
,, doronicum. Large golden-yellow flowers on 
stems twelve inches in height ; a first-class plant ; fine 
for cutting ... ... ... ... cached. 
Spirsea aruncus. A handsome, stately-growing, border 
plant, from three to five feet high, with magnificent 
plumes of creamy white flowers ... ... each Is. 
„ astilboides. A beautiful Japanese species, about 
two feet high, producing dense plumes of feathery 
white flowers ; easily grown in pots or borders 
each 2s. 6d. 
,, fllipendula fl. pi. Numerous corymbs of double 
white flowers and pretty fern-like foliage, very hardy 
and desirable ... ... per doz. 7s. 6d. ; each 9d. 
„ palmata (Crimson Meadow Sweet). A very fine 
border plant, flowers rich crimson. Is well described 
by its popular name ... ... ... each 9d. 
Trillium grandiflorum (Large-flowered White Wood 
Lily). A very pleasing plant for moist shady nooks, flowers 
snowy-white on stems about one foot high ... each 9d. 
Tritoma nobilis. The grandest of the group, immense 
spikes of orange red flowers, on stems six to seven feet 
long. In bloom from August to December 
per doz. 10s. 6d. ; each Is. 
„ uvaria grandifiora. Crimson and orange flowers, 
very fine spikes of bloom per doz. 10s. 6d. ; each Is. 
Trollius Europseus. Beautiful Spring-flowering plant, 
with large, globular, lemon-coloured and delicately scented 
flowers ... ... ... per doz. 7s. 6d. ; each 9d. 
Herbaceous and Alpine Plants in Collections. 
We have a fine collection of these which from want of space we are unable to catalogue. The following collections, which are offered at I 
a very oheap rate, include the most beautiful and useful sorts for border and rockery decoration, and if our customers when ordering will 
kindly say for which purpose they are required, they may rely on having the very best selection that can be given for the prices quoted. I 
Carefully selected collections of the most useful and interesting kinds, our own selection. 
100 in 60 choice varieties ... ... 26s. Od. I 26 in 26 choice varieties ... 7s. 0d. 
60 in 60 „ „ 14s. Od. | 12 in 12 „ „ 4s. 6d. 
