THOMAS J. GREY CO.’S SEED CATALOGUE 
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Hardy Perennial Plants 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS (Hardy Carden Varieties) 
Coreanum (Korean Chrysanthemum). 2 to 3 ft. Septem¬ 
ber and October. A superb garden plant, coming into 
bloom before the first frosts. Flowers are single, 2 to 3 
inches across, white at first, acquiring a rose-pink tinge 
with age. 
Alice Howell. Orange-yellow. Early. 
Barbara Cummings. Double yellow. Early. 
Brown Bessie. Pompon. Reddish bronze. 
Carrie. Light yellow. 
Early Snow. White. 
Firelight. Red. 
Glory of Seven Oaks. Large yellow. Early. 
Gypsy Girl. Red. Early. 
L'Argenteuillais. Deep chestnut. Early. 
Marie Antoinette. Rose-pink. Large. 
Model. Light yellow pompon. 
Mrs. Harrison. Light pink. 
Niza. Deep pink pompon. Earliest of pinks. Dwarf. 
Normandie. White, tinted blush pink, the earliest of all. 
Oconto. Japanese. White. Large. October 15. 
October Girl. Pink. 
Old Homestead. Pink. Large. 
Ruth Hatton. Rosy pink. 
Skibo. Golden yellow. Pompon. October 20. 
Snow Clad. Pure white. 
Tennison. Large chestnut brown. 
Tints of Gold. Yellowish bronze. 
Yellow Button. 
Burbank’s Shasta Daisy. 1V 2 ft. Large snow-white flow¬ 
ers; blooms all summer. 
COREOPSIS. One of the best blooming all-summer plants 
we have. 
lanceolata grandiflora. 2 ft. Large golden yellow. 
DELPHINIUM (Larkspur). 
belladonna. 3 ft. Sky blue. 
bellamosum. 3 ft. Dark blue. 
chinensis. 2 ft. Gentian blue. Blooms all summer. 
chinensis album. 2 ft. Blooms all summer. 
Choice Mixed English Hybrids. 
Hollyhock Strain (Wrexham). A new giant race, double • 
and semi-double. Many new and lovely shades. Mixed. 
75c each. 
DIANTHUS ijlumarius (Garden Pinks). A valuable and 
showy border plant; single and double. Very fragrant. 
May to August. 
barbatus (Sweet William). 1 to 1 V 2 ft. Mixed varieties. 
June and July. 
deltoides (Maiden Pink). A dwarf trailer with rosy pink 
flowers. June to August. 
Rose de May. Dwarf single pink. 
DICENTRA, or Dielytra (Fleeding Heart). 
spectabilis. 2 ft. An old-fashioned favorite. May and 
June. 50c each. 
DICTAMNUS fraxinella (Gas Plant). %V 2 ft. Rosy crimson, 
fragrant foliage. May to July. 50c each. 
DIGITALIS (Foxglove). The flower heads are over 3 ft. 
long, crowded with big, bell-shaped blossoms. Colors 
range from white and shell-pink to deepest rose. 
ECHINOPS ritro (Globe Thistle). Showy thistle-like plants 
with metallic-blue globular flowers. 3 ft. July to Sept. 
ERYNGIUM amethystinum (Sea Holly). 2 y 2 ft. Lovely 
amethyst blue flowers and finely cut spiny foliage. June 
to September. 
I'UNKIA (Plantain Lily). A beautiful class of plants grow¬ 
ing well in partial shade. 
subcordata grandidora (White Day Lily). 2 ft. A pure 
white trumpet-flowered and fragrant species. July to 
September. 
undulata variegata. 1 ft. Beautiful variegated foliage, 
flowers lilac. 
GAILLARBIA grandidora (Blanket Flower). 2 ft. Large 
crimson and gold; good for cutting. June to November. 
GTPSOPH1LA paniculaia (Baby’s Breath). 2 ft. An old- 
fashioned favorite; very useful, pure white flowers. 
June to August. 
Bristol Fairy. Double. 50c each. 
Kepens. A creeping variety with tiny white flowers. 
A good rockery plant. 
Hardy Chrysanthemums. 
HELENIUM autumnal© rubruni. 5 ft. Reddish brown, aster¬ 
shaped flowers; profuse bloomer. August to October. 
autumnal© superbum. 5 ft. Immense heads of golden yel¬ 
low flowers. August to October. 
Riverton Gem. Old gold suffused with terra cotta. August 
to October. 
HELLEBORUS niger (Christmas Rose). Pot grown plants. 
$1.00 each. 
HELIANTHUS (Sunflower). These form a very important 
group of bold, showy autumn flowering plants. 
maximiliani. The latest of all. Golden yellow flowers in 
graceful sprays in October. Fine for cutting. 6 ft. 
multiflorus fl. pi. 4 ft. Deep yellow double dahlia-like 
flowers. July to October. 
HELIOPSIS pitclieriana (Ox-Eye). 3 ft. Very desirable, 
blooming all through the summer. Deep orange-yellow. 
Plants on this page 25c each, $2.50 per doz., $18.00 per 100, except as noted. Six plants of a variety 
will be furnished at the dozen rate; less than six at the single rate. 
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