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J. E. JACKSON, Piedmont Greenhouses, Gainesville, Ga. 
Papaver nudicaule 
PAPAVER ORIENTALE. Oriental Poppy. 
These are regal representatives of this genus, 
3 to 33^ feet high. Plant in deep, rich loam and 
mulch with litter in winter. To insure success, 
only strong pot-plants are supplied in spring. 
Orientale. Tremendous, cup-shaped blooms of 
brightest crimson-scarlet, with large, purplish 
black blotches at base of petals. 
Orientale, Beauty of Livermere. The love¬ 
liest rich crimson with black blotch; fine 
flowers freely produced. 
*PAPAVER NUDICAULE. Iceland Poppy. 
Lovely dwarf plants forming a low tuft of 
fern-like foliage from which spring, throughout 
the season, a profusion of slender, leafless stems, 
1 ft. high, each graced with flowers of vivid 
colors. Well-drained, light soil and full sun. 
Supplied in mixture only. 
PEONIES. See page 16. 
PHLOX SUBULATA. Moss or Mountain Pink. 
Early, spring-flowering type, with moss-like, 
evergreen foliage hidden under masses of bloom 
during the flowering season. 
Alba. Pure white. 
Lilacina. Light lilac. 
Rosea. Bright rose. 
PLATYCODON. Balloon Flower; Japanese 
Bellflower. 
Grandiflorum. Large, deep blue or white 
flowers on 20-inch stems produced all summer. 
Splendid plant for hardy border. Requires 
light, rather sandy, well-drained soil in full 
sun. Disturb as little as possible. 
HARDY PRIMULA. Primrose. 
These are among the most beautiful and 
interesting of our early spring flowers. Plant 
them in rich, moist soil in the border, or in a 
sheltered nook in the rockery, in half shade. 
1 hey make a charming edge for shady borders 
or in front of shrubs. 
^Auricula alpina, Giant Hybrids. One of the 
treasures of the rock-garden. The plants form 
rosettes of thick leaves, and flower-stalks rise 
to a height of 6 to 8 inches, bearing heads of 
bloom of various colors; exceedingly fragrant. 
30 cts. each, $3 per doz. 
Field-grown clumps, 25 cts. each, $2’per doz. 
except w 
Hardy Primula, continued 
*Veris. English Cowslip. Plants grown from a 
select strain of seed and embrace a fine range 
of mixed colors. 6 to 9 in. 25 cts. each, 
$2.50 per doz. 
PYRETHRUM. Persian or Painted Daisy. 
Double and Single, Extra-Choice Mixed. 
White, pink, and deep rose daisies in May and 
June. Fine fern-like foliage, attractive at all 
times. Many different shades. 1 x /l to 2 ft. 
SANTOLINA. Lavender Cotton. 
Incana. A sweet-smelling, dwarf, evergreen 
perennial, with delicate, silver-white foliage, 
useful as rock or border plants; also largely 
used for edgings to flower-beds or walks. 1 ft. 
SCABIOSA. Pin-cushion Flower. 
Charming perennials of easy culture, succeed¬ 
ing in any well-drained, rich soil in full sun; cold 
and damp is fatal to them. 
Caucasica. Blue Bonnet. Sky-blue flowers, 
about 4 inches across, with tufted centers. 
June to September. to 2 ft. 
Columbaria. A new South African variety 
superior to the European species, freely pro¬ 
ducing flowers 2 to 23 ^ inches across, of a 
beautiful delicate mauve and soft pink. They 
make a fine hardy border plant. 1 x /% to 2 ft. 
SEDUM. Stonecrop. 
Ordinary soil, dry sunny borders, or dry 
sunny places in rock-gardens suit all the follow¬ 
ing Sedums. 
*Acre. Golden Moss. Prostrate, slowly spread¬ 
ing plants useful in rock-gardens or for wall- 
crevices. Bright yellow flowers in early 
summer. Sun or partial shade. 
* Album. This makes a thick mat of gray-green 
foliage, with small white flowers in July and 
August. Dwarf, spreading habit; splendid for 
rock-gardens. 
*Rupestre Forsterianum. Glaucous, bluish 
green leaves, trailing habit, and golden yellow 
flowers. 3 in. 
Primula veris 
Pot-grown plants, 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., 
iere noted 
