B. F. BARR NURSERIES, LANCASTER, PA 
Hardy Perennials 
IIOW TO PLANT AND CARE 
FOR PERENNIALS 
The secret of success with Perennials is an enriched 
soil together with good cultivation and careful 
watering. 
Groups of three or more of a variety will produce 
the best effect in a border, using the taller growing 
varieties as a background. If planting near Shrubs 
which will rob the Perennials of plant nourishment, 
keep 3 ft. away from Shrubs. 
Plant in Spring or early Fall, providing Winter pro¬ 
tection for Fall plantings, especially Anemones, 
Campanula, Digitalis, Hollyhocks, Chrysanthemums, 
Stokesia and Tritoma. For best results transplant 
every few years to increase number ami produce more 
abundant bloom. 
The soil should be dug to a depth of at least 12 to 
18 inches into which has been worked two inches of 
well-rotted stable manure. Some other good fertilizer 
can be used if stable manure is unobtainable, but 
stable manure is to be preferred. 
At the beginning of freezing weat her apply a mulch 
of cut tobacco stems, strawy manure, leaves or other 
light material to prevent alternate freezing ami thaw¬ 
ing of the soil, which may cause damage. 
AUBRIETIA graeca. Greek Aubrietia. (*) (t) 6 in. 
Dainty creeping plant with large violet flowers. Good 
for mass effects. April-May. 25c. ea.; 3 for 60c.; $2.00 
per doz. 
BAPTISIA australis. Blue Wild-Indigo. 2-3 ft. 
Attractive blue pea-shaped flowers in short spikes. 
June. 20c. ea.; 3 for 50c.; $1.50 per doz. 
BOCCONIA cordata. Pink Plume Poppy. 6-8 ft. 
Small, creamy-white flowers forming huge feathery 
plumes. July-August. 20c. ea.; 3 for 50c.; $1.50 per doz. 
CAMPANULA glomerata superba. Showy Cluster 
Bellflower, (t) li-2 ft. Dense clusters of funnel-shaped, 
violet-blue flowers. June-August. 20c. ea.; 3 for 50c.; 
$1.50 per doz. 
C. medium. Cup and Saucer Bellflower. 2 ft. Large, 
lovely bell-shaped flowers in mixed colors —white, pink, 
blue, purple. June-July. 20c. ea.; 3 for 50c.; $1.50 per doz. 
C. carpatica. Blue Carpathian Bellflower (*) 9 in. 
Grows in dense tufts covered with clear blue flowers held 
erect on wiry stems. June-August. 20c. ea.; 3 for 50c.; 
$1.50 per doz. 
CERASTIUM tomentosum. Snow-in-Summer. (*) 6 
in. Myriads of small white flowers from a dense silverv- 
foliaged plant. Valuable for rockeries, bedding or 
covering graves. May-July. 20c. ea.; 3 for 50c.; $1.50 
per doz. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
In late Fall when nearly all other flowers have ceased to 
bloom the hardy Chrysanthemums are still here to delight 
with their great variety of form and color. 
Strong plants out of pots, ready for delivery 
after May 10. 
LARGE FLOWERING VARIETIES 
Most showy of the late Fall flowers. Should be planted 
in a protected location in good soil. For larger flowers 
allow only one bud to a plant. 
Gold Lode. Very early yellow; large flowers of shaggy 
type. 
October Rose. Early, incurved, pink. 
Silver Sheen. White Japanese incurved of large size 
and perfect ball shape. 
15c. each; 3 for 40c.; $1.20 per doz. 
HARDY POMPON VARIETIES 
Easily-grown plants, known to many persons as “Winter- 
shrubs.” Extremely graceful and beautiful sprays of bloom 
of every conceivable form and shade of color. The varieties 
listed below will bloom before freezing weather. 
Bronze Buckingham. Glowing bronze; single. 
Buckingham. Old rose; single type. 
Detson. Early; rose-pink; button type. 
Firelight. Bright red; aster type. 
Frances Whittlesey. Bronze and garnet. 
Keystone. Rosy-pink; one of the best. 
L’Argentuillais. Chestnut; decorative type. 
Lillian Doty. Large incurved pink; aster type. 
Mrs. Albert Phillips. Double; pink. 
New York. Orange and wall flower color. 
Rodell. Dwarf; yellow; button type. 
15c. each; 3 for 40c.; $1.20 per doz. 
“Will Grow’’ is Proper Slogan 
Upper Darby, Pa. 
We have never lost a plant that we received from you. 
“Will Grow” is a most appropriate slogan. The stock never 
wilted but kept right on growing. 
G. G.J. 
CERATOSTIGMA plumbaginoides. Larpente Plum¬ 
bago (Leadwort). (*) 6-8 in. Attractive spreading plant 
with beautiful deep violet-blue flowers borne in abun¬ 
dance. July-October. 20c. ea.; 3 for 50c.; $1.50 per doz. 
CHEIRANTHUS allioni. Siberian Wallflower. (*) 1 
ft. Biennial. Dazzling, fiery orange flowers produced in 
abundance, deliciously fragrant. Very desirable in rock 
gardens and on old walls. May-June. 20c. ea.; 3 for 
50c.; $1.50 per doz. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM articum. Artie Daisy. 1-H ft. 
Multitudes of flower stems terminating in pure white 
flowers of large size. September-November. 20c. ea.; 
3 for 50c.; $1.50 per doz. 
C. coccineum. Painted Lady. 1^-2 ft. Bright colored 
flowers ranging from deep rich crimson to light pink, 
borne on long stems. "The Spring Chrysanthemum.” 
Mixed colors only. June-July. 20c. ea.; 3 for 50c.; 
$1.50 per doz. 
C, maximum. Shasta Daisy. 1J-2 ft. Long, snow-white 
petals, yellow center. Excellent for cutting because of its 
beauty and profuse blossoming. Fine for beds and bor¬ 
ders. June-October. 15c. ea.; 3 for 40c.; $1.20 per doz. 
Perennials Give Lots of Pleasure 
Lillian Doty Pompon Chrysanthemums 
in the Garden at Little Cost. 
33 
