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THE PALISADES NURSERIES CATALOGUE 
Pyrethrum 
Plumbago —Leadwort 
Very pretty dwarf perennials of creeping habit, 
that continue in bloom all summer and thus make 
them desirable additions to the border or rock garden. 
Larpentae. (Cape Leadwort.) Covered with beautiful 
deep violet-blue flowers. 4 to 6 inches. 6-10. Price, 
strong plants, 35c each; $3.50 per dozen. 
*Polygonum —Joint Weed 
Knot Weed 
Strong growing perennials, excellent for growing 
where rank growth is desired and where nothing else 
will thrive. Ornamental habit; fine for screens or for 
growing beneath Fir trees. 
Amplexicanle. (Mountain Fleece.) Strong growing, 
tufted, green-stemmed plant, resembling a Bamboo; 
flowers a bright rosy-red on branching stems. An 
excellent plant for growing in groups or in the border. 
5 to 6 feet. 9-10. Price, strong plants, 25c each; 
$2.50 per dozen. 
Compactum. White flowers in profusion; compact 
bushes. \ l /2 feet. 7-10. 
Cuspidatum. (Giant Knot Weed.) Handsome hardy 
perennial, the stems gracefully curved outward; 
flowers white in long drooping clusters in the axil 
of each leaf; clouds of bloom. Very effective for bold 
mass effects. 5 to 7 feet. 6-8. 
Polemonium —Greek Valerian 
Reptans. Useful border plants, about 12 inches high, 
succeeding best in a partially shaded position; deep 
green, finely-cut foliage, and spikes of showy blue 
flowers in May and June. 
Richardsonii. (Jacob’s Ladder.) Large heads of lovely 
sky-blue flowers with golden-yellow anthers; fra¬ 
grant odor like that of ripened grapes and are fine 
for cutting. 6 inches. 5-6. 
—album. A white variety of the above. 1)4 feet. 6-7. 
*Potentilla —Cinquefoil 
Five-Finger 
Potentillas have nearly all the good qualities we 
look for in a border plant—handsome foliage and free- 
blooming habit. They continue in bloom from spring 
until autumn, with very profuse pretty bloom, and 
grow in almost any soil; prized for cutting. 
Formosa. A fine species, charming, rich, cherry red, 
shaded with carmine; one of the best; nearly always 
in bloom. Single. 
Miss Willmott. (Cinquefoil.) A charming seed¬ 
ling from Formosa, being dwarfer in habit and with 
more brilliant cerise-colored flowers. One of the 
prettiest of the rock plants. 2 feet. 6-8. 
*Primula— Hardy Primrose 
Derived from the Latin, primos—first to flower; 
the delicate blossoms of most of the species appearing 
when all nature is otherwise inert. 
This genus of beautiful dwarf alpine plants, valuable 
because of their early spring flowering, and for being 
prolific in variation. They are usually treated as rock- 
work plants, to which their small stature, tufted habit, 
and love of cool, partially shaded places admirably 
suits them. Plant in masses, naturalized in the grass 
or in the rockery. 
Auricula alpina. See Auricula. 
Elatior. (Oxlip; Polyanthus.) Lovely and interesting 
group, deserving of very extensive cultivation, 
perfectly hardy and easily grown, thriving in any 
soil or situation; various colored flowers with long 
tube and on long stems. 6 to 9 inches. 4-5. 
Officinalis hybrida. (Cowslip.) An improved variety 
of the type. Flowers bright yellow, hanging more or 
less to one side. In olden times the leaves were com¬ 
pounded with cucumbers and were said to improve 
the complexion. 4 to 12 inches. 4-6. 
Veris. (English Cowslip.) Very fine strain, embracing 
a fine range of yellow shades. Very charming little 
border plants. 9 inches. 4-5. 
Veris superba. (Giant Yellow Polyanthus.) Giant 
flowered form, producing individual flowers from 1 
inch to 2 inches across; in color they are a bright 
canary-yellow with a golden center; perfectly hardy 
and when in flower present a sheet of bloom. 6 
inches. 4-5. 
Vulgaris. (English Primrose.) To secure a true stock 
we imported from England a large quantity of col¬ 
lected or native-grown plants which we can now 
offer. Any one can depend upon our stock of this 
plant being the true English Primrose. An excellent 
plant for florists to force for Easter. 
Price, strong plants of above varieties, 25c eacli; 
$2.50 per dozen. One eacb 5 varieties for $1.00. 
*Pyrethrum—Persian Daisy 
Roseum hybridum grandiflorum. Single flowering 
in shades of pink, lavender, red, and yellow; if cut 
down after blooming in Summer, they will bloom 
again in the fall. Superb new large single-flowered 
varieties in mixture. 
Roseum hybridum. Finest Double Varieties. 
Saved from the finest named perennial varieties. 
Colors bright and varied. 30 each; $3.00 per doz. 
Nipponicum. See Chrysanthemum. 
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. 
