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MOUNT ARBOR NURSERIES, SHENANDOAH, IOWA 
HARDY PERENNIALS—Continued 
SOLID AGO—Continued 
•SPERGULA 
Per 10 
Pilifera, a hardy, evergreen suitable for grass edging or rock 
work, 4” _____ $ 1.50 
SPIREA, Goat’s Beard, Meadow Sweet 
Filipendula, (Dropwort). Numerous corymbs of white flowers on 
stems 15” high. Fern-like foliage, June and July __ __ 1.50 
-STACHYS, Woundwort 
Lanata, soft silvery foliage, Flowers useless, 4” . ... 90 
♦STATICE, Great Sea Lavender, August, 18” 
All these plants have broad leathery leaves, producing candle- 
bra-like heads. If cut in full bloom make very valuable winter 
bouquets. 
Latifolia, blue ___-.. 1.00 
STOKESIA CYANEA, Cornflower Aster or Stokes Aster 
Blue Flowers, lavender blue, centaurea-like blossoms, July to 
October, 18” --- 1.00 
White Flowers, same blooming characteristics .... 1.00 
* SWEET WILLIAM, See Dianthus Barbatus 
THALICTRUM, Meadow Rue 
Adiantifolium, white flowers, fern-like foliage, 15” _ 1.20 
Glaucum, yellow flowers, bluish-gray leaves, July, 3 to 4' .. 1.00 
* THYMUS, Thyne 
Serpyllum Coccineum, plants become completely covered with bril¬ 
liant scarlet flowers, 18” ___ 1.20 
TRITOMA, Kniphofia—Red Hot Poker 
This perennial is not truly hardy in Northern latitudes and must 
be taken up and stored through the winter. Foliage grass-like. 
Blooms range from orange to deep coral. August, September, 30”. 
Pfitzeriana, this is the genuine Red Hot Poker and must be grown 
from divisions ___ 1.50 
VALERIANA, Valerian, Garden Heliotrope 
Oificinalis, flowers rose tinted white, June and July, 3 to 4' . 1.20 
VERBENA, Hardy 
Lilac flowers from June to October, very good, 6". _ 1.50 
♦VERONICA, Speedwell 
Longifolia Subsessilis, this is the best of the Veronicas, producing 
long spikes completely studded with beautiful blue flowers, July 
to September, 2' _____ 1.50 
Pinnata, very dwarf grower, blooms white, borne on delicate hair¬ 
like foliage. August, September, 12” _____ 1.00 
Repens, trailer, has delicate white and blue flowers. One of the 
first to bloom, 6”_ __ 1.50 
Spicafca, violet blue flowers, borne in masses. July, August, 18” _ 1.00 
VINCA, Periwinkle or Trailing Myrtle 
♦Minor, a trailing Evergreen plant, used extensively for carpeting 
the ground under shrubs or trees or on graves, where it is too 
shady for grass or other plants, 4” ..... .90 
Per 100 
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