HEMRYADREER WIIIADELPH IA' -PA' HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
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SPIR^A (Goat’s Beard, Meadow Sweet;, 
Aruncus. A noble variety, 3 to 5 feet high, producing in June and 
July long, feathery panicles of white flowers. 
— Kneiffli. A new variety, 3 to 4 feet high, with foliage divided as fine 
as a fern, with great sprays of silvery-white flowers in June. 25 cts. 
each ■ $2-50 per doz. 
Chinensis, A distinct and handsome species, with large heads of 
silvery-pink flowers in June and July ; 2 feet. 25 cts. each ; 2.50 per doz. 
Filipendula FI. PI. ( D.mble-Jlowrred Drop-wort). Numerous corymbs 
of double white flowers, on stems 12 inches high, during June and 
July, and pretty, fern-like foliage. 
Gigantea, or Kamtschatlca. Forms a bold plant 5 to 6 feet high, 
witli large palmate leaves and immense heads of white flowers from 
July to September. 25 cts. each ; $'2 50 per doz. 
Palmata (Crimson M-ndow Svrct). One of the most beautiful hardy 
plants, the deep purple-red of the stems and branches passing into the 
crimson-purple of the broad corymbs of flowers, which are produced 
very freely during June and July; 3 feet. 
— Elegans. A free-flowering, silvery-pink form. 
Venusta. A showy, red-flowering species; very fragrant; 4 to 5 feet. 
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Ulmaria FI. PI. (Meadow Sweet). A double white form. 
— Folia aurea. A variety with golden variegated foliage. 
Stokksi* Cvanea (Cornflower Aster). 
STOKESIA (The Cornflower, or Stokes’ Aster). ] 
Cyanea. A most charming and beautiful native hardy plant. 
Grows from 18 to 24 inches high, bearing freely from early 
in July until October its handsome lavender-blue Cornflower¬ 
like blossoms, which measure from 4 to 5 inches across. It 
is of the easiest culture, succeeding in any open, sunny posi¬ 
tion, and not only is it desirable as a single plant in the 
hardy border, but it can also be used with fine effect in masses 
or beds of any size. (See cut.) 
Cyanea alba. A new variety which we are sending out this 
year for the first time. Flowers identical to the now so popu¬ 
lar blue variety, except in color, which is pure white. • A 
decided novelty and a desirable addition to the list of hardy 
plants. 50 cts. each ; $5.00 per dozen. 
STATICE (Sea Lavender). 
Most valuable plants either for the border or rockery, with 
tufts of leathery foliage and immense candelabra-like panicles 
of minute flowers, producing a remarkable effect; grows from 
15 to 18 inches high, and blooms from June until September. 
Exlmia. Bears immense heads of lovely lilac flowers, 
(imellnl. Large panicles of violet-blue flowers. 
Latifolla (Great Sea Lavender). Immense heads, 2 to 3 feet 
across, of deep blue flowers, which last for months if cut and 
dried. 
Tartarica. Bright, purplish-red flowers in graceful panicles. 
TANACETEM (Tan»y). 
Vulgare. The common Tansy ; golden-yellow flowers in mid¬ 
summer ; 3 feet. 
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Thalictrum. 
THALICTIUM (Meadow Rue), 
Very graceful, pretty-flowere 1 plants, with finely-cut foliage; great 
favorites for planting in the hardy border. (See cut.) 
Adiantifolium. Finely-cut, Maidenhair fern-like foliage and yellow 
flowers; 15 to 18 inches. 
Aquilegifollum atropurpurem. Elegant, graceful foliage and masses 
of rosy-purple flowers ; 3 feet. 
— Album. Pure white flowers. 
— Compactum. A dwarf, compact-growing form, never exceeding 2 
feet in height, and producing very large, dense heads of showy white 
flowers, which are borne in the greatest freedom during June and July. 
This is without question the best of the large-flowered forms. 50 cts. each. 
— Roseum. A light rose-colored form. 
Cornutl. Panicles of white flowers in June and July; 4 to 8 feet. 
Delavayl. Entirely distinct from all others. The flowers, which are 
of a delicate lilac color, are disposed in a graceful, drooping or hanging 
manner, in broad, branching panicles ; finely-divided glaucous-green 
foliage, which makes it a very attractive plant even when not in bloom. 
50 cts. each. 
Glaucum. Fine-cut foliage ; bronzy-yellow flowers ; in June ; 2 feet. 
Minus. Finely-cut foliage and pale yellow flowers; 1$ feet. 
THYMUS (Thyme). 
Lanuginosus ( Wooly-leaved Thyme). A trailing variety, with greyish 
foliage. 
Serpyllum ( White Mountain Thyme). A pretty subject for the rock¬ 
ery, forming dense mats of dark green foliage and clouds of white flowers. 
— Coccinea ( Scarlet Thyme). Dark green foliage and clouds of bright 
red flowers. 
— Splendens. Bright purplish-red flowers. 
Cltriodora Aureum ( Golden Thyme). A pretty golden variegated va¬ 
riety, which is evergreen and showy at all seasons. 
All Hardy Perennial Plants (except.where noted) at the uniform price of 15 cts. each ; $150 per do*. 
