BRAND’S POPULAR PERENNIALS 
Hardy Perennials 
FALL. FLOWERING HARDY ASTERS. (Michaelmas Daisy or Starwort). 
Provide your garden with a wealth of bloom during the months of 
September and October by planting a collection of late flowering 
Asters. These are the months when most of our flowers are past, and 
your garden needs color. These hardy plants grow well in any soil. We 
have five excellent varieties to offer our customers this fall. 
Charm. Very double violet-blue; very free bloomer. 
Climax. One of the best and showiest with large pyramidal spikes of 
large rich lavender-blue flowers. Very free. 
Erica. Beautiful clear pink; large, semi-double flowers. 
Feltham Blue. A pretty aniline-blue; free blooming and very fine. 
Novae-Angliae Roseum Superbum. Almost red, and a very profuse 
bloomer. 
Prices of all Asters—25c each; one each of the five beautiful varieties 
for $1.00, postpaid. 
HARDY ASTER, Mauve Cushion. Something distinct in hardy fall 
blooming asters. Comes from Japan. Forms a round cushion-like plant 
2 feet across, and is seldom over 9 inches high. Delicate soft mauve- 
colored flowers measure 1% in. in diameter and literally cover the plant 
during October and November. One of the best of all rockery plants. 
Each 25c; $2.00 per doz. 
DELPHINIUM. The Delphinium or Perennial Larkspur is one of the 
indispensable flowers to our flower garden. No garden is quite finished 
without it, as it works into so many places. It starts blooming in June 
and continues throughout the season until frost, if, as soon as the 
first bloom falls, the old spike is cut off and the root well watered. 
New shoots will soon appear and the second crop of blooms will soon 
follow. The Delphinium should be planted in full sun in mellow soil, 
enriched with well-rotted manure. Water as soon as planted. 
Wrexham Hollyhock Strain. We will have a nice bed of plants for this 
fall’s trade in this most wonderful strain from the finest seed we 
could procure in both England and 
America. Delphinium plants will go 
out at the proper planting season 
and only select plants will go into 
our orders. Shipments usually made 
in September. 
Strong, 1-year, field-grown plants in 
assorted colors, 6 for $1.75; 12 for 
$3.00, postpaid. 
AQUILEGIA, or COLUMBINE. Colum¬ 
bines are a most important part of the 
hardy garden and should be grown in 
quantity by every lover of the old- 
fashioned garden. 
Coerulea (Rocky Mountain Blue Col¬ 
umbine). One of the most beautiful 
of our native American flowers. 
Sepals deep blue; petals white. A 
most beautiful contrast. 
Dobbies Imperial Hybrids. A wonder¬ 
ful mixture in the most beautiful 
colors. Contains every shade imagin¬ 
able. Unequalled for their sturdi¬ 
ness. In England they are con¬ 
sidered the best mixture offered to¬ 
day. Beautiful wide open blooms 
with long spurs. 
Scott Elliott Long-Spurred Hybrids. 
Our strain of Scott Elliott’s is the 
very finest to be had. Beautiful 
clear colors in all shades. Wonder¬ 
ful long spurs. 
Price of all Columbines; Large, 
field-grown plants 35c each; any 4 
for $1.00; any 12 for $2.50, postpaid. 
DICENTRA spectabilis. The old-fash¬ 
ioned Bleeding Heart so dear to the 
old garden of grandmother’s days. 
Long, graceful racemes of pink heart- 
shaped flowers are very pretty. Strong 
clumps. 50c each, postpaid. 
DICENTRA formosa (Plumy Bleeding 
Heart). A dwarf growing species with 
finely cut foliage. Bright pink flowers 
all season from April to frost. 
Splendid in rock garden. 
25c each; $2.50 doz. 
DIANTHUS, Fuerst Bismarck. A new 
Dianthus with broad dark green foli¬ 
age. The flowers are carried on 10 to 
12-inch stems. A perpetual-flowering 
deep rose-pink variety. 
25c each; $2.50 doz. 
FUNKIA lanceolata. Makes a very 
attractive plant for the border even 
when not in bloom because of its 
beautiful large leaves. A late flower¬ 
ing lilac colored variety. September. 
Very pretty when in bloom. Used to 
border taller flowers. 
25c each; $2.50 doz. 
GEUM, Mrs. Bradshaw. Showy free- 
flowering variety producing carnation- 
like flowers that are red all summer. 
Much prized for cutting. Plunge into 
warm water when cut to keep from 
wilting. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
GYPSOPHILA paniculata. The old-fash¬ 
ioned variety. When in bloom covered 
with minute pure white flowers, hav¬ 
ing a beautiful gauze-like appearance. 
Much used to trim baskets of other 
flowers and for winter bouquets. 
25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
HEUCHERA sanguinea (Coralbells). 
The plants grow in a nice round form 
with large almost evergreen leaves, 
and produce many slender, many- 
flowered, erect flower stems about 18 
inches high, covered with small 
brilliant red flowers. Much used to 
trim bouquets with. Splendid for the 
rockery. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
H DULY HOURS, Brand’s Superb Dou¬ 
bles. No flower can take the place 
of the Hollyhock as it stands stately 
and tall at the back of the garden. 
We have a beautiful line of doubles in 
the very best colors. Double Crimson, 
Double Yellow, Double Newport Pink 
—a superb variety; Double Mixed— 
all colors; Double Salmon, Double 
Deep Rose. 
Your choice. Hollyhocks 25c each; 
$2.50 per doz. 
LUPINES. Are one of the hardiest of 
the perennials, producing three foot 
plants with large spikes of blue, pink, 
white and red shades. 
25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
PENTSTEMON (Beard Tongue). Very 
showy perennial for either border or 
rockery. Blooms all through the 
summer. A cluster of large, heavy, 
leathery leaves from which spring 
long slender stems covered with 
flowers which resemble the foxglove. 
Absolutely hardy. Purple-white flow-: 
ers. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
PLATYCODON (Balloon Flower). A 
splendid flower for the rock garden. 
Very hardy. Neat, upright plants, 
covered with large blue bell-shaped 
flowers all summer. 
25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
SEDUM (Stonecrop). A hardy family of 
many interesting types, all practical 
for garden edgings where short 
growth is required, and for the rock 
garden where matting and creeping 
plants are wanted. 
Acre (Golden Moss). 2 to 3 inches. 
Minute foliage dense like moss, 
dark green. Flowers covering all 
with a golden yellow. May-June. 
Sedum Collection 
8 Beautiful Sedums, All Different. 
Leave the Selection to us 
for 
$ 1.00 
Postpaid 
Mauve Cushion Aster. 
SEDUM Ewersi. 6 in. Blue-gray foliage 
covered in summer with a mass of 
dull rose colored flowers. Nice to dot 
about among the rocks. 
Glaucum. 1 to 3 in. One of the small¬ 
est Sedums; close groups of little 
round balls made up of the tiniest 
blue-gray beads; flowers blush 
white. 
Kamtscliaticum. 8 in. Strong, pros¬ 
trate, quickly spreading. The wide 
leaves are escalloped, arranged in 
partial rosettes, light green turn¬ 
ing yellow in autumn. The 14 -inch 
florets are perfect stars of orange- 
yellow drying to red. Very showy. 
Lydium. 2 to 4 in. Wonderful rock 
plant. Deep blue-green foliage, 
prostrate habit. Works out into one 
of the most beautiful of all the 
Sedums. We admired this as one of 
the best. 
Reflexum. 8 in. Light green fleshy 
leaves touched with bronze in the 
fall. Yellow flowers % inch across. 
Trailing stems. 
Spurium. 6 in. From Caucasus, has 
pink flowers which come in July 
and August. Reddish bronze foliage. 
Sexangulare. 3 in. An improved Acre. 
Very dark green foliage, dense and 
rich. Bright yellow flowers in pro¬ 
fusion during May and June. 
Stolonifera. Foliage has a reddish 
tinge all during the summer. Dark 
rose-colored flowers. 
Spectabile (Showy Stonecrop). 12 to 
18 in. Large thick light green 
leaves. Pink flowers in September. 
Useful in both the border and the 
rock garden. Does well anywhere. 
Spectabile, Brilliant. 12 to 18 in. Like 
Spectabile only in the different 
color of its flowers which are a 
rich deep rose. 
Any of the above 25c each; 12 for 
$ 2 . 00 . 
STATICE latifolia (Great Sea Laven¬ 
der). A wonderful plant for borders 
and beds. Has large long feathery 
leaves from which spring heavy 
branched flower stems throwing out 
a multitude of delicate branches, 
forming a mistlike head of small 
purple flowers often 18 inches deep 
and over 2 feet across. Fine for win¬ 
ter bouquets. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
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