OF HARDY PERENNIALS, SHRUBS AND VINES 
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*Monarda —Horse Mint; Bergamot 
Oswego Tea 
This genus includes some very striking border plants 
with handsome flowers and aromatic foliage. Do well 
in any position, but prefer moist places, and are seen 
to best advantage massed. 
Didyma rosea. (Oswego Tea.) Flowers of a rose 
color, and sweetly fragrant foliage. 18 inches. 7-9. 
—Cambridge Scarlet. Flowers of a much more 
vivid shade of crimson than the older form. 3 feet. 
7-9. 
—alba. (White Bergamot.) Pure white flowers in 
whorls. Leaves cordate and highly scented. 3 feet. 
6-9. 
MOSS PINKS. (See Phlox Subulata.) 
*My osotis—F orget-Me-N ot 
Scorpion Grass 
Palustris semperflorens. (Perpetual Flowering For- 
get-me-not.) Blue with yellow throat; damp places; 
spread rapidly. 9 inches. 3-8. 
Royal Blue. Flowers of the deepest indigo-blue, pro¬ 
duced on long sprays which are excellent for cutting. 
Early and free blooming. 
*Nepeta —Ground Ivy 
Catnip; Catmint 
Ground Ivies are very pretty trailing or creeping 
perennials of easy culture, but preferring moist situa¬ 
tions and shade. Because of their rapid growth, they 
are useful as a ground covering in shrubbery borders 
and shady places generally; or for hanging baskets. 
Cataria. (Catnip.) Has medical qualities. Cats are 
fond of the plant. 
Glechoma viridis. (Gill-over-the-Ground.) Similar 
to the preceding sort, except the foliage of this has 
green leaves. 
Mussini. An excellent plant for any position, but 
especially useful in the rock garden. Of dwarf, com¬ 
pact habit, producing masses of bloom of a beautiful 
shade of lavender. 1 to 1) 2 feet. 5-9. 
Nierembergia —Cup Flower 
Pretty perennials with petunia-like flowers that 
are extremely showy. Thrives best in a moist soil with 
half-shaded exposure, but often makes fine patches on a 
dry bank or even the rockery. 
Rivularis. (White Cup.) Large and beautiful bell¬ 
shaped white flowers with a golden-yellow or rosy 
throat, in great profusion. 3 inches. 6-9. Price 
strong plants, 35c each; $3.50 per dozen. 
*Oenothera —Evening Primrose 
Showy and very beautiful plants, for borders, beds, 
rockwork, etc., where in the full sun their fragrant and 
pretty flowers will nod to the garden all day and invite 
the friendly bee. 
Missouriensis. Large, handsome yellow flowers, spot¬ 
ted with red, on trailing, downy stems. 6 inches. 6-8. 
Speciosa. Producing a mass of large, erect, fragrant, 
pure white flowers, becoming reddish as they fade; 
valuable for cutting. 1 to 2 feet. 6-10. 
Youngii. Prized for its stocky growth and profusion 
of bright, large lemon-yellow flowers in bold heads. 
2 feet. 6-9. 
*Onopordon— Cotton or 
Scotch Thistle 
Robert Bruce. A cross between the Scotch Thistle, 
Onopordon acanthium and Onopordon arabicum, 
resulting in a large, handsome ornamental plant of 
branching habit, with bold, grayish foliage, ele¬ 
gantly cut, and silvery prickly flower stems. 6 feet. 
7-8. 
Pachysandra —Japanese Spurge 
True evergreen with thick, glossy foliage forming a 
dense mat, making a very desirable low-growing cover 
plant, succeeding admirably either in full sun or partial 
shade. 
Terminalis. A trailing plant; flowers white, in terminal 
spikes. 3 inches. 5. 
Paeonia— Peony 
According to the old Greek, named after the physi¬ 
cian Paeon, who used the plant to cure Pluto of a 
wound inflicted by Hercules. 
Paeonia Sinensis —Double 
Chinese Peony 
These magnificent Peonies bear large and handsome 
flowers in summer, varying in color from pure white 
to blush rose, pink, and bright and deep crimson, while 
most of them are deliciously rose-scented. They are of 
simple culture, succeeding in any ordinary garden soil. 
The planting season for Peonies is from September to 
April; those planted in September generally blooming 
the following Summer. 
Madonna Lily (See page 15) 
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. 
