COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA 
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GROW MORE PERENNIALS 
There are days during Spring and Summer when the 
florist does not have enough of his own flowers and has to 
buy or miss sales. Both cost money. To prevent this loss, 
florists should have lots of perennials on their premises, 
many of which can be raised from seed with little expense. 
No florist should have bare places on his property where 
flowers could be growing, advertising his wares to visitors, 
furnish him blooms and make those unattractive nooks and 
corners cheerful with beautiful as well as paying flowers. 
Get the seeds and start the plants. Make every dollar you 
can, utilize those spots where at present nothing or weeds 
are growing. 
THE BEST PERENNIALS 
To make selection easy we arranged all perennials of 
which we have the seed, into several groups. The best of 
the list are printed in heavy type and they are the kinds that 
produce quantities of fine showy flowers and are absolutely 
hardy without protection. Consequently many a grand flow¬ 
er is not printed in heavy type for the only reason that it is 
not perfectly hardy in our extremely severe Iowa climate. 
Bear in mind that our winters are very changeable, we have 
one day 70 degrees above and in less than 36 hours the tem¬ 
perature is 20 or more below zero. Three or four days af¬ 
terwards we are enjoying summer weather—for a while. 
These sudden changes kill many plants that are PERFECT¬ 
LY HARDY 500 miles further north and everywhere else ex¬ 
cept here and in Montana, especially so if protected over 
winter by a layer of straw or hay. 
PERENNIALS FOR CUTTING 
Achillea 
Dianthus 
Phlox 
Aconitum 
Digitalis 
Peony 
Agrostemma 
Doronicum 
Physalis 
Anemone 
Eryngium 
Physostegia 
Anthemis 
Eupatorium 
Platycodon 
Aquillegia 
Gaillardia 
Polemonium 
Armerla 
Geum 
Poppy 
Asperula 
Gypsophyla 
Primulas 
Astilbe 
Hesperis 
Pyrethrum 
Aster Hardy 
Heuchera 
Rudbeckia 
Beilis 
Iris 
Salvia Azurea 
Campanulas 
Lathyrus 
Scabiosa 
Carnations 
Lavender 
Silene 
Catananche 
Linaria 
Statice 
Centaurea 
Linum 
Stokesia 
Chrysanthemum 
Lupinus 
Thai ic rum 
Cheiranthus 
Lychnis 
Tritoma 
Coreopsis 
Myosotis 
Trachelium 
Commelina 
Pansy Tufted 
Sweet Violet 
Delphinium 
Pardanthus 
Valeriana 
Candytuft 
Pentstemon 
Veronica 
ORNAMENTAL PERENNIALS 
Not recommended as good cut flowers, although some 
would pass as such. We are excluding for instance Anchusa, 
because too coarse, Sweet William because of poor lasting 
qualities, etc. Our aim is to make these lists dependable and 
a real help in ordering. 
Anchusa 
Dictamnus 
Hollyhock 
Hibiscus 
Hyacinthus 
HARDY 
Akebia 
Ampelopsis 
Aristolochia 
Cinnamon Vine 
DIVIDE YOUR PERENNIALS 
Dividing keeps perennials in a healthy and vigorous condition. 
In dividing them, use your Judgment. You can divide most peren¬ 
nials during the summer or early fall except those that bloom in the 
fall which are best divided in the early spring. Aggressive plants 
like Anthemis, Physostegia and others should be divided annually, 
Phlox, Iris and plants with their rate of growth, divide every two or 
three years. Do not divide: Platycodon, Dictamnus, Gypsophyla 
and similar plants with carrot-like roots. Peonies should be di¬ 
vided in the fall once in 8-10 years. But in order to increase root 
stock, divide Peonies once in three years, not oftener, else your roots 
will go blind. 
Poppy Oriental 
Pyrethrum Uliginosum 
Oenothera 
Sweet William 
CLIMBERS 
Clematis Paniculata 
Lathyrus 
Pueraria 
Wistaria 
Primulas 
Trachelium 
Sweet Violet 
SUITABLE FOR SHADE 
Achillea Campanula Physostegia 
Aconitum Commelina 
Aquillegia Doronicum 
Asperula Lobelia 
Lythrum 
IRONCLAD PERENNIALS 
That will grow and do well in any kind of soil, in hot 
and dry positions and under the hardest of conditions. 
Agrostemma Gaillardia Pentstemon 
Arabia Pardanthus Rudbeckia 
Coreopsis Physostegia Veronica 
Acanthus 
HARDY FOLIAGE PLANTS 
Bocconia 
LOW GROWING PERENNIALS 
Alyssum Saxatile Myosotis 
Arabia Polemonium Richardsoni 
Beilis Pyrethrum Aureum 
Candytuft Sempervirens Pansy Tufted 
Campanula Carpatica 
DELPHINIUM WREXHAM 
Known also under the name of Hollyhock Delphinium. 
Wrexham strain grows 5 to 8 feet tall, the spikes have 36 to 
40 inches of flowers, hence the name Hollyhock Delphinium. 
The colors are shades of blue and violet with white, purple 
and black-blue center petals. Both double and single. Per¬ 
fectly hardy. T. pkt. 20c; % oz. 45c; 1 oz. $3.00. 
DOUBLE DELPHINIUM 
The double and semi-double flowers are closely set to¬ 
gether all along the stalks for a length of 15 to 20 inches, 
mostly of light blue shades. Height 4-5 feet. T. pkt. 20c; 
% oz. 40c; oz. $3.00. 
DIGITALIS MACULATA 
Extremely beautiful, outstanding and very much “different” 
variety of vigorous growth, producing large flowers in a wide range 
of colors covered with prominent blotches. MIXED. T. pkt. 10c; 
oz. 45c; lb. $5.40. 
