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CHOICE HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
The flowering periods are for the vinicity of New York. 
Many varieties not included in the following list will be found listed under “Rock Garden and 
Alpine Plants.” 
Prices: All herbaceous perennial plants, except where noted, 30c each; $2.50 per 10; $20.00 per 100. 
ACHILLEA ptarmica. Perry’s White (Milfoil or 
Yarrow). Choice. Pure white. 1-2 ft. 
ptarmica fl. pi, The Pearl. Useful for cutting. 
Pure white, double flowers. 2-2% ft. June-Sept. 
Tomentosa. An attractive, dwarf variety bearing 
in June a profusion of bright yellow flowers. 
Height 6 in. Excellent for Rockeries: 
millefolium roseum. Rosy pink flowers on 18 inch 
stems. July-October. 
ACONITUM fischeri (Monkshood). Large dark blue 
flowers. 2 ft. Sept.-Oct. 25c each; $2.50 per 10. 
. napellus, Sparks Variety. Beautiful dark blue 
flowers. Vigorous grower. 4-5 ft. Sept. 
Wilsoni. Large light blue. 4 ft. Sept. 75c each; 
$6.50 for 10. 
AETHIONEMA Corodifolia. 5 in. Soft pink and 
blooms a little later than grandiflorum. 35c each; 
$3.00 for 10. 
ANCHUSA Italica Dropmore. Tall spikes of beau¬ 
tiful blue flowers, flowering all Summer. 
Myosocidiflora. Clusters of charming blue flowers 
resembling forget-me-nots. Suitable for shade. 
1 ft. May. 
ANEMONE pulsatilla. Violet purple flowers. Likes 
sunny situation. 1 ft. April-May. 
pulsatilla alba. Beautiful white flowering form of 
the above. 
pulsatilla rubra. Red flowering form of the pre¬ 
ceding. 
sylvestris. Fine for cool, moist corner or rock 
garden or border. Large white blossoms on nod¬ 
ding stems of about 12 in. Very free blooming. 
May and June. 
Japonica Mt. Blanche. Double pure white. 
Japonica Mount Rose. Double rose pink. 
AQUILEGIA (Columbine), caerulea (Rocky Moun¬ 
tain Columbine). Blue and white flowers. 2 ft. 
Coerulea Rose Queen. Soft amaranth rose with 
white corolla. 
chrysantha. Yellow flowers with long, slender 
spurs. 2% ft. 
Long-spurred Hybrids. Beautiful strain varied 
Colors, long spurs. 2-3 ft. 
Mrs. Scott Elliot Strain. Superb, long spurred var¬ 
iety in many lovely shades. 2-3 ft. 
Rose Queen. Splendid rich pink with long spurs. 
2%-3 ft. 
ARTEMISA abrctanum. (Old Man) Dark green, 
finely cut foliage, with pleasant aromatic odor. 
Lactiflora. Tall growing plant of fine foliage and 
heads of small white flowers. Aug.-Sept. 
Silver King (Ghost Plant). The plant makes a 
bright frosted silver effect. The fine cut sprays 
are used to set off bouquets. 3 ft. 
Stellariana. (Old Woman) Foliage deeply cut, sil¬ 
very white. Useful for carpet bedding, also a 
fine rock-garden plant. 
ASCLEPIAS tuberosa (Butterflyweed) Large heads 
of orange flowers. Very pretty. 12 in. July-Aug. 
ASTERS Hardy (Michaelmas Daisy) 
novi-belgi, Blue Gem. Semi-double, dark blue flow¬ 
ers. 4-5 ft. Sept.-Oct. 
novi-belgi. Climax. One of the most beautiful As¬ 
ters. Exquisite pale mauve with golden centers. 
5-6 ft. Sept. 
novi-belgi St. <Egwin. Fine, compact grower. 
Flowers rose-pink. 2-2% ft. Sept. 
ASTERS, Hardy—Continued. 
Sam Barhan. The best white Michaelmas daisy. 
Large flowers. 
novae-angliae, Roycroft Pink. Fine rosy pink, 
branching habit. 4 ft. Sept.-Oct. 
novae-angliae, Roycroft Purple. Like the above 
with purple flowers. 4 ft. Sept.-Oct. 
ASTILBE. See Spirea. 
BOCCONIA Cordata (Plume Poppy). A stately 
plant with fig-like foliage and white flowers. 4-8 
ft. July and August. 
BOLTONIA asteroides (False Camomile). White 
Aster-like flowers on stems 5-6 ft. high. Aug.-Sept, 
latisquama. Lavender-pink flowers. 4-5 ft. Aug.- 
Sept. 
CAMPANULA 
medium (Canterbury-bells). Flowers large, blue 
white or rose. 2 ft. June, 
medium calycanthema. (Cup-and saucer Canter¬ 
bury-bells) Blue, white or rose. 2 ft. 
glomerata. Violet flowers carried on erect stems. 
18 in. June-July. 
persicifolia. Broad, single, bell-shaped blue flow¬ 
ers. 2-2% ft. 
persicifolia alba. White variety of above. June- 
July. 
pyramidalis (Steeple Bellflower). Blue flowers on 
long, massive spikes. 4-6 ft. July-Aug. 
pyramidalis alba. A white variety of the preceding. 
CENTAUREA montana (Perennial Cornflower). 
Large blue flowers. Fne for cutting. 2 ft. June- 
Sept. 
montana alba. A white flowered form of the above. 
2 ft. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, maximum (Shasta Daisy). 
Large, pure white flowers. 2% ft. July-Oct. 
CIMICIFUGA simplex (Bugbane). A rare and dis¬ 
tinct species producing tall spikes of feathery white 
flowers. 3 ft. Sept. Each 50c; $4.50 for 10; 
$40.00 per 100. 
COREOPSIS grandiflora (Tickseed). A true per¬ 
ennial Coreopsis. Bright yellow flowers. 2 ft. 
June-Oct. 
DAPHNE Cneorum (Garland Flower) Dwarf, bushy 
plant forming a broad mat of wiry, almost pros¬ 
trate stems covered with dark green leaves, tipped 
with a dense cluster of rose-pink, fragrant flowers 
in May and Aug. 6 to 8 in.—75c; 10 to 12 in.— 
$1.00; 12 to 15 in.—$1.50. 
DELPHINUM (Larkspur). Mixed Hybrids. The fin¬ 
est strain of Delphinium ever offered. Contains 
large, single and double flowers in various shades, 
belladonna. Sky-blue flowers, continuous bloomer. 
2% ft. 
bellamosa. A dark blue type of belladonna, 
chinense. Gentian-blue flowers and fine divided 
foliage. l%-2 ft. 
chinense album. A pure white form of the preced¬ 
ing. 
Wrexham Strain. Strong plants, 50c each, $5.00 
per doz. 
DIANTHUS (Pinks). *Allwoodi. A new strain of 
hardy Pinks, producing larger and better flowers 
than the old type. Deliciously clove-scented. 
Barbatus (Sweet William). In separate colors* 
pink, red and. white, 15 in. 
