AGAWAM, MASS. 
POTENTILLA (Cinquefoil). Nepalensis, 
1-2'. A bushy plant with purple red flowers 
in July and August. 
*Tridentata, 1'. Small clusters of white 
flowers, June to August. Fine for dry banks 
and rockeries. 
PYRETHRUM. Roseum, l'-2'. Flowers 
resembling a daisy in shape and manner of 
growth, the flowers coming in white and shades 
of pink and red. Mixed colors only. May and 
June. 
RUDBECKIA. Newmanii, 2'. Large 
orange yellow flowers, good for cutting. July 
to October. 
Purpurea (Purple Cone Flower), 3'-4'. 
Purple red petals, slightly drooping, with cone- 
shaped center. July and August. 
*SEDUM. Acre (Golden Moss), 2"-3". 
Has the appearance of light green moss; cov¬ 
ered with tiny yellow flowers in May and June. 
*Kamtschaticum (Orange Stonecrop), 6"- 
8". Moss-like, evergreen foliage, with golden 
yellow flowers in July and August. 
Sieboldi, 6". Broad bluish gray foliage, 
margined pink, with rose pink flowers in August 
and September. 
Spectabilis (Stonecrop), 15". Foliage 
thick and rubbery; flowers pale rose, in large, 
flat cymes in early fall. 
Spectabilis Brilliant, 15". A variety with 
bright pink flowers. 
SHASTA DAISY, 2'-3'. Very large white 
daisies in bloom from July to September. 
SPIREA. Aruncus (Goat’s Beard), 3'-4'. 
Long feathery plumes of white flowers in June. 
Palmata, 3'. Broad clusters of deep pink 
flowers in June and July. 
STATICE. Latifolia (Sea Lavender), 18". 
Large, loose panicles of tiny blue flowers in 
July, giving a very delicate and graceful appear¬ 
ance. 
STOKESIA. Cyanea, 18". A large, double 
blue flower with delicate, narrow petals. Mid¬ 
summer. 
THALICTRUM (Columbine Meadowrue), 
2'-3'. Finely-cut foliage with heads of creamy 
white feathery flowers in June and July. 
THERMOPSIS, 3-4'. Tall spikes of 
bright yellow flowers, resembling Lupines in 
shape. June and July. 
VALERIANA (Garden Heliotrope), 3-4'. 
Trusses of light pink flowers, delicately fra¬ 
grant, in June. 
VERONICA. Longifolia Subsessilis (Blue 
Bird Flower), 2'. Deep green foliage and 
slender spikes of deep Yale-blue flowers in late 
summer. One of the best blue perennials. 
BLUE BIRD FLOWER 
(Veronica Longifolia Subsessilis) 
VINCA. Minor (Myrtle). A creeping plant 
with handsome evergreen foliage and bright 
blue flowers in spring. Very hardy and will 
grow in shady places. 
VIOLA. Cornuta (Tufted Pansies), 6". 
Low, spreading plants, producing pansy-like 
flowers from May to November. Blue, 
White, Yellow. 
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