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Hardy Perennial Plants 
COTONEASTER horizontalis. Curious, dwarf shrub of spread¬ 
ing habit. Fine for rockeries. It is covered with brilliant red 
berries in autumn and winter. Pot-grown plants, $1.50 each. 
CYNOGLOSSUM coelestinum. Salvia-blue; extra large, and 
good color. 40 cts. each; $4 per doz. 
DAPHNE Cneorum. Garland Flower. Most attractive, dwarf, 
bushy evergreen shrub, producing richly perfumed, rose-pink 
blossoms during May and August. See illustration in color 
on page 16. 75 cts. each; $8 per doz. and up, according to size. 
DELPHINIUM. See pages 3 to 5; also Larkspur on page 15. 
DIANTHUS (Hardy Pink), Beatrix. A new and beautiful hybrid, 
having double, soft pink flowers. Blooms from June until 
October. 50 cts. each; $5 per doz. 
D. laciniatus, Lucifer. Double; orange-scarlet. 50 cts. each; 
$5 per doz. 
D., Mrs. Sinkins. The genuine, old-fashioned, double, white, 
English border Pink. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
D., Plumarius Hybrids. The old-fashioned clove-scented Pinks. 
Colors from white to deep rose, with beautiful fringed petals; 
very fragrant. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
Other fine Pinks are offered on page 7 
DICENTRA spectabilis. Bleeding-Heart. A very popular old- 
fashioned border plant with beautiful foliage and long, droop¬ 
ing sprays of pretty pink, heart-shaped blooms. 13 ^ feet. 
May, June. 50 cts. each; $5 per doz. 
DIGITALIS. Foxglove. The tall flower-spikes of the Foxglove 
are particularly handsome when grown among shrubbery or 
naturalized in odd places in bold masses. 3 to 4 feet. July, 
August. Spotted Varieties, Alba (White), Gloxiniaeflora, 
and The Shirley. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
DORONICUM magnificum. Leopard’s-Bane. Very attractive 
early yellow daisy with large flowers on stiff stems. Useful for 
cutting. H/z to 2 feet. May, June. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
ENGLISH IVY. Pot-grown plants, $25 per 100. 
EUPATORIUM coelestinum. Mist Flower. One of the finest 
hardy plants with heads of light purple flowers similar to 
ageratum; in flower from August until frost. Good cut-flower. 
1 to 2 feet. 40 cts. each; $4 per doz. 
EUPHORBIA corollata. Flowering Spurge. Showy and useful 
native plant growing about V/i feet high, and bearing from 
June till August great sprays of tiny pure white flowers with a 
small green eye. 40 cts. each; $4 per doz. 
NEW YELLOW GAILLARDIA, SUN GOD. Outstanding 
novelty offered for the first time this year. A perennial of 
superb garden habit, having huge 4-inch flowers of brilliant 
yellow with a deeper and more luminous golden center. 
The stems are rigid, wiry, clean-cut, often 2 feet or more 
tall. Its free-flowering habit makes it a splendid acquisition 
to the garden and a grand cut-flower. It blooms freely 
from late June until the end of the season. $3 per doz.; 
$20 per 100. 
GAILLARDIA, Duckham’s New Hybrids. Blanket Flower. 
The Gaillardias, among the most successful of hardy perennials, 
give a most striking effect when planted in bold groups or in a 
bed by themselves, and are equally effective in mixed borders. 
They seem to thrive in extreme drought and the greater the 
scarcity of other flowers, the more their utility is demonstrated. 
They bloom perpetually from June to November. 50 cts. 
each; $1.25 for 3; $4.50 per doz. 
G., Dazzler. Large, bright golden yellow flowers with rich ma- 
roon-red centers. 40 cts. each; $3.75 per doz. 
G., Pure Yellow. Very fine large flowers. 50 cts. each; $4.50 
per doz. 
GEUM. Avens. Desirable for borders or rock-gardens. The 
flower-stems stand boldly over the prostrate, deep green 
foliage. 1 to H /2 feet. June to September. 
G., Mrs. Bradshaw. Double, brilliant orange-scarlet flowers 
throughout the summer. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
Geum, Lady Stratheden. (New.) Fine, double, yellow blooms of 
same type as Mrs. Bradshaw. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
G., Orange Queen. A brilliant orange-scarlet. 35 cts. each; 
$3.50 per doz. 
GYPSOPHILA paniculata. Baby’s Breath. A very valuable 
perennial because of its light, graceful form and the charm it 
adds to mixed bouquets of other flowers. The small blooms 
are borne in great quantities. 2 to 3 feet. July, August. 
35 cts. each; $3.75 per doz. 
G. paniculata, Bristol Fairy. A very greatly improved Baby’s 
Breath having flowers almost three times as large as the 
old Paniculata, and which remains pure snow-white under 
all conditions. One of the finest cut-flowers ever introduced to 
gardens. Strong, field-grown plants, 75 cts. each; $7 per doz. 
HELENIUM. Sneezewort. Showy autumn Daisies of great 
value for garden display in bold masses, and effective when 
cut. 3 to 4 feet. August, September. 
H. autumnale rubrum. Splendid flowers of deep bronze-red, 
changing to terra-cotta. 5 to 6 feet. September. 40 cts. each; 
$4 per doz. 
H., Riverton Beauty. Long-stemmed, brownish crimson flowers. 
Very popular. 40 cts. each; $1 for 3. 
H., Riverton Gem. Produces a great profusion of bronzy orange 
flowers. 40 cts. each; $1 for 3. 
HELIANTHEMUM. Rock-Plant offered on page 7. 
HELIANTHUS decapetalus multiflorus. The graceful flowers of 
this fine hardy Sunflower are deep golden yellow and very 
attractive. Plants 6 to 8 feet tall. June to September. 30 cts. 
each; $3 per doz. 
HEUCHERA. Coral Bells. Charming plants for the border, or 
a half-shady place. The well-known red variety is a good 
rock-plant. 
H. sanguinea. Graceful spikes of dazzling crimson flowers in 
greatest profusion. l )/2 feet. 50 cts. each; $5 per doz. 
HOLLYHOCK, Duckham’s Improved Strain. My strain is in¬ 
deed very wonderful, with extremely large, double flowers in 
unusual colors. 6 to 8 feet. July to September. Rich Crimson, 
Bright Rose, White, Scarlet, and Salmon-Rose. 35 cts. each; 
$3.50 per doz. 
IBERIS. Candytuft. Rock-Plant offered on page 7. 
IRIS, GERMAN. Fleur de Lis. These popular flowers like 
well-drained soil and plenty of sunlight. Massed on the edge 
of the border or near the brinks of ponds or streams, the 
effect is remarkably fine. I offer them in five separate shades 
selected from the better named varieties. 
Light Blue and Lavender Deep Blue and Violet 
Bronze Shades Yellow Shades 
White and Light Shades 
65 cts. for 3; $2.50 per doz.; $15 per 100 
Dauntless. Superb new Bearded Iris with crimson falls and 
standards shaded with rich wine-red. One of the finest 
red Irises. $10 each. 
IRIS, JAPANESE (I. Kaempferi). The varieties of this hand¬ 
some species enjoy almost unlimited quantities of fertilizer 
and will develop sturdy growth and amazing blooms if they 
are given plenty of water. They are at their best in July. 
Amethyst. Large, single flowers with broad petals of silky 
texture. 
Betty F. Holmes. Very large; white. 
Clarice Childs. Single; petunia-violet, yellow center, blue 
cast; large. 
Francis E. Cleveland. Semi-double; blue; very large. 
Grace Sperling. Very early; single; Hortense-violet. 
Oriole. Double; claret-red, flamed white and blue; compact; 
medium size. 
Painted Lady. Striped, tall, and free flowering. Flaring falls 
are beautifully veined and washed bright purple over a 
bluish white ground; erect, violet standards, edged white. 
Violet Giant. Very large; deep violet. 
All Japanese Irises, 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 
WILLIAM C. DUCKHAM, MADISON, N. J. 
