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THE PALISADES NURSERIES CATALOGUE 
Hibiscus (See Page 13) 
*Erysimum —Hedge Mustard 
These plants do well in the front row of the border 
and on dry banks. They like full exposure to sunlight 
and in the spring months are completely covered with 
bright flowers. 
Pulchellum. (Fairy Wallflower.) Dwarf plant with 
sulphur-yellow flowers. 6 inches. 5-9. 
Rupestre. Flowers bright yellow in early Spring. 
For dry sunny spots in Rockery or wall crevices. 
4 inches. 
*Eupatorium —Perennial Ageratum 
Hemp Agrimony 
Very ornamental tall-growing perennials for the 
hardy border, with large flat heads of pretty ageratum- 
like flowers. 
Ageratoides. (White Snakeroot.) Numerous compound 
heads of pure white flowers, useful for cutting. 
3 feet. 8-9. 
Coelestinum. Lavender colored flowers, late in 
Autumn. 18 inches. 8-11. 
Purpureum. (Joe Pye Weed.) Flower heads purple 
to flesh color. 4 to 6 feet. 8-10. 
*F ragaria —Strawberry 
Very pretty trailing plants, especially useful as 
basket plants. 
Indica. Flowers golden-yellow, fruit red, insipid, 
numerous. 6 inches. 5-10. 
Euphorbia —Milkwort; Spurge 
Showy plants for the border, with continuous bloom 
that is very desirable for cutting. 
Corollata. (Flowering Spurge.) White flowers with 
small green eye, in umbels; used like Gypsophila 
for cutting, and as a bedder in light soil. 18 inches 
to 3 feet. 7-10. 
Cyparissias. (Spurge.) A pretty plant for naturalizing, 
creeping under the ground and throwing up stems 
with graceful foliage and yellow flowers. 2 inches. 5. 
Polycliroma. Masses of chrome-yellow flower-like 
bracts. Resembling a Poinsetta, onlv yellow. 2 feet. 
4-5. 
Choice Hardy Ferns 
Ferns are universally admired, and can be planted 
to beautify and make attractive odd, shady and un¬ 
sightly corners. Below is a list adapted to this purpose. 
ADIANTUM Pedatum. (Maidenhair Fern.) From 
adiantos—dry, because if plunged in water it yet 
remains dry. 
ASPIDIUM. From aspidon—a little buckler; in 
allusion to the form of the spores or seed apparatus. 
—Acrostichoides. Christmas Fern. 
—marginalis. Shield Fern. 
—-noveboracensis. New York Fern. 
—spinulosa. Evergreen Fern. 
ASPLENUM Filix-Foemina. (Lady Fern.) From 
Greek, a—not, and splen—spleen; referring to its 
supposed medicinal properties. 
—Ebereum. (Ebony Spleenwort.) Grows a foot high 
and delights to ramble amid rocky debris. Foliage 
narrow and evergreen. 
CAMPTOSORUS rhizophyllus. (Walking Fern.) 
From Greek, meaning bent sori, alluding to the 
irregular arrangement. 
DICKSONIA punctilobula. (Gossamer Fern.) Named 
after James Dickson, a famous Rritish authority on 
ferns. 
ONOCLEA. Greek, meaning closed vessel, alluding 
to the closely rolled sporophylls. 
—Struthiopteris. Ostrich Fern. 
—Sensibilis. Sensitive Fern. 
OSMUNDA. From Osmunder, another name for the 
Scandinavian god, Thor. 
—regalis. Flowering Fern. 
—Claytoniana. Interrupted Fern. 
—Struthiopteris. Sensitive Fern. 
POLYPODIUM Vulgare. (Cliff Fern.) Greek, mean¬ 
ing many feet, alluding to the extensive root stock. 
Evergreen. 
WOODSIA ilvensis. Excellent for rockwork, requiring 
little soil and thriving best in the sunniest corner. 
Funkia —Plantain Lily; Day Lily 
Japanese perennials producing attractive clumps of 
foliage and interesting lily-like blossoms. Their dense 
stools of foliage are in place along drives or walks and 
in the angles against buildings. The large-leaved kinds 
are excellent subjects for water-side planting. 
Aurea variegata. Flowers purplish-lilac; leaves 
beautifully variegated green and gold. 2 feet. 7-8. 
Coerulea. (Ovata.) Spikes of nodding light blue 
flowers; large handsome dark green glossy foliage. 
1 foot to 18 inches. 5. 
Subcordata grandiflora. (Corfu Lily; White Day 
Lily.) Handsome spikes of large, waxy-white blos¬ 
soms, with an odor like that of orange blossoms; 
and large, broad, glossy, light green foliage. 1 foot 
to 18 inches. 8. Strong plants, 50c each; $5.00 
per dozen. 
Undulata Medea-Picta. Flowers lilac, and leaves 
of medium size, beautifully variegated silver and 
green. 1 to 2 feet. 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 furnished at dozen 
rates, or twenty at hundred rates. 
