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Baptisia - False 
Indigo 
Baptisias, although rath- 
er shy bloomers, grow 
freely and are very good 
for the border, where 
they prefer free expos- 
ure to the sun, 
H, Australis, 
blue, pea -shaped flow- 
ers in racemes: good 
foliage, 4 to 5 feet, 
Beilis - Daisy 
B. Bride. Pure white; 
double. 
B. Boiijjfellow. Pink; 
double. 
Bocconia - Tree 
Celandine 
Bocconia cordata, Au- 
gust. This is one of the 
most tropical-looking of 
ail our hardy plants. The 
foliage Is broad and glau- 
cous. It grows 6 to 8 
feet high, terminating in 
a great spike of whitish 
flowers, and thrives in 
grass or any wild spot. 
Boltonia - False 
Chamomile 
li. asteroidos. I^irge 
white flowers, tinged with 
pink; 4 to 5 feet. Sept. 
B. latisqiiamie. Aster-like flowers in a broad 
head; rosy purple; free-blooming, showy and 
fine: 0 feet. July to October. 
Campanula - Canterbury Bell 
r. media (Canterbury Bell). Biennial. 3 to 
4 feet high; flowers blue, w'hite and rose; cor- 
olla very large and bell-shaped; bright and 
attractive. 
C. var. ealyt'aiiUiema (Cup and Saucer). 
July. Calyx is colored like the flower, giving 
a cup and saucer effect. 
C. persiejvfolia. 3 feet. June and July. 
Broad, purple, bell-shaped flowers arranged 
along a tall flower spike. A good border plant. 
C. var. alba. 1 ^ to 3 feet. June and July. 
A pure white form of the above. Very fine. 
Cassia - Wild Senna 
f'a.ssia Marylaiidica. 3 to 4 feet. July to 
September. A showy, valuable plant; easily 
grown, even on poor soil. Very ornamental 
foliage, and immense heads of yellow, pea- 
shaped flowers. 
Chrysanthemum 
Dwarf Yellow. Yellow, 
fioldcn Queen. Yellow. 
Triiinii>h. Pure white flowers with long, 
broad petals; grand variety for cutting, flow- 
ering for a long period. 2 feet. 
Shasta Daisies 
nirysaiitlieiiuiiii Maximiiin 
C. leiicantlieimiin “Slia.sta.” (Original Shasta 
Dais.v). Barge white flowers, blooming through- 
out the sutnmer. 
C. var. “Alaska.” A decided improvement on 
fhe original, very free-flowering, with blooms 
4% to ,T inches across, of pure glistening white. 
C. var. King Kdward. A very robust grower, 
with enormous white flowers all summer. 
Coreopsis -Tickseed 
anricnlata. A showy 
perennial; flowers solitary, 
on long stalks; yellow; 
2 to 3 feet. June. 
C. giiindiflora. 
Barge yellow 
flowers on long 
stems; early sum- 
mer until frost. 
C. lanccolata. 
Uirge golden yel- 
low flowers; pro- 
fuse bloomers. 
Delphinium - Lark- 
spur 
I). Belladonna. Sky- 
blue. June to October. 
I). Chinensis grandilloi-a 
(('hinese I^arkspur). Blue. 
Jul.v to Sepember. 
I). var. alba. White. 
.July to September. 
var. clatuin. Violet- 
June to September. 
Flowers in long and heavv 
spikes. 
I). forinosnni (Oriental 
Barkspur). Blue. June 
and July. 
1). V a r. ca-lestlmiin. 
Bight blue. June and July. 
Dianthus - Pink 
I). .\iirk‘iila - flowered. 
White flower with red 
eye. 1 foot. 
I), barbatiis (Sweet William). Old garden 
favorites; no old-fashioned border is complete 
without their cheerful, sweet-smelling and 
showy flowers. 
I). Holborn Glory. Various colors. Finest 
-strain. 
I), latil'oliii.s. 9 inches. June to September. 
Quite a constant summer and autumn bloomer 
Bright red flowers. Excellent. 
I). >'c\v|)ort Pink. Watermelon-pink or sal- 
mon-rose. 18 inches. 
1). pliimarius (Garden, or Scotch Pink). 9 
inche.s. Juno. Thick tufts of handsome glau- 
cous green foliage; beautiful fragrant flowers 
on long spikes. 
Dicentra, Dielytra - Bleeding Heart 
I). .s|M'<'tabilis. A handsome, most ciiriouslv 
formed, rosy-crimson flower, with white and 
blue tinged protruding stamen. 
Dictamnus - Fraxinella; Gas Plant 
I). alba. White. June. 
I), nilira. Jied. June. 
Digitalis - Foxglove 
I). grandiflora. Y’ellow. June and July. 
I>. purpurea. Purple. June to July. 
I). var. gloxinia-flora. White to pink. June 
and July. 
I). var alba. White. .June and .July. 
Echinacea - Cone Flower 
A species closely related to Rudbeckia; stout 
in appearance, with very attractive flowers. 
May be used to help cover unusually dry and 
exposed places. 
K. Ileliaiifliiis. Flowers red; fine for cutting. 
5 to 6 feet. 
