Perennial Border 
General List of Hardy Perennials and Rock Garden 
Plants Including New, Rare and Meritorious Varieties 
EXPLANATION. The first set of numerals following description refers to the height of the plant. The second 
set of numerals refers to the season of bloom, each month being represented by a number from 1 to 12; thus 5-6 
would mean blooming in May-June. 
Plants marked with an asterisk (*) we can furnish Seed at 20c a packet. 
* Achillea —Milfoil; Yarrow 
Eupatorium. Parker’s Variety. (Giant Golden Yar¬ 
row.) Neat foliage; bright yellow, flat flower heads. 
3 to 4 feet. 6-8. 
Filipendula. (Noble Yarrow.) Finely cut foliage; 
golden yellow heads of flowers. 2 to 3 feet. 6-9. 
Millefolium roseum. (Rosy Milfoil.) Foliage finely 
cut deep green; corymbs of deep rose colored flowers 
for cutting. 1 to 3 feet. 4-6. 
■—Boule de Neige. (Ball of Snow.) Very full, double, 
of the purest white, borne freely all summer. 2 feet. 
5-9. 
—The Pearl. Pure white double flowers in dense clus¬ 
ters; fine for cutting purposes and cemetery use. 
2 feet. 6-10. 
—Perry’s White. The introducer claims this new 
sort will supersede all other varieties. Pure white 
flowers over an inch across, broad overlapping 
petals. For cutting there is nothing better among 
the hardy plants for design work. 1 to 2 feet. 5-9. 
Tomentosa. (Woolly Yarrow.) Dwarf evergreen 
for edging; flat heads of golden flowers and prostrate 
dark green foliage. For dry spots in the rock garden. 
1 foot. 5-8. 
*Actea —Baneberry, Herb Christopher 
Native border plant, with dense showy spikes of 
white blossoms followed in midsummer by showy 
berries. For shady places beneath trees or in the shady 
border. 
Spicata alba. Bunches of pure white berries on red 
stems. 3 to 4 feet. 6. 
—ruba. (Red Baneberry.) Rich scarlet berries in long, 
dense spikes. 3 to 4 feet. 6. 
*Agrostemma— Rose Campion 
Hardy evergreen perennials, of easy culture and 
well adapted for borders. Very pretty, free-flowering 
plants. Specially good for naturalizing on dry hillsides. 
Coronaria atrosanguinea. (Mullein Pink.) Flowers 
rosy-crimson; stems woolly, with leathery leaves. 
1 to 2 feet. 7. 
—alba. White flowers, silvery tomentose leaves. 1 to 2 
feet. 7. 
—rosea. Flowers coral pink. 1 to 2 ft. 7. 
Aegopodium —Goatweed 
Bishops Weed 
From Greek, aix—goat; podium—a little foot; 
referring to the shape of the leaflets. 
Trailing hardy perennials, rapid grower, with orna¬ 
mental foliage. Fine for covering waste places. 
Podograria variegata. Variegated form of the Euro¬ 
pean plant which makes attractive mats of white- 
margined foliage. Flowers white, 1 foot. 6-8. 
Ajuga— Bugle Weed 
Meaning not yoked; this refers to the shape of the 
calyx. 
A creeping perennial, useful in the rockery and as a 
bedding plant in shady locations where grass does not 
thrive. 
Genevensis. Flowers varying from blue to rose color 
and white; in dense, showy whorls almost covering 
the foliage; stems erect. 6 inches to 1 foot. 5. 
Althea Rosea —Hollyhock 
See page 14 in Catalogue. 
*Alyssum —Rock Madwort 
Meaning to take away rage; supposed by the ancients 
that the plant allayed anger. 
Dwarf, shrubby, branching perennials, with small 
heads of flowers, and hairy stems; excellent plants for 
the rockery or for the front of borders. Sunny situation. 
Argenteum. (Silver Madwort.) Masses of silvery- 
gray foliage and heads of yellow flowers; fine for 
rock work. 6 inches. 5-8. 
PRICE FOR STRONG PLANTS OF ALL VARIETIES NAMED ON THIS PAGE, except where otherwise 
noted, 20 cents each; $2.00 per dozen; $15.00’per 100. No less than three plants of one variety and color furnished 
at dozen rates, or twenty at hundred rates. 
