HARDY PERENNIALS 
Pyrethrum 
An attractive daisy; pink, white and crimson; blooms 
May and early June. 
Best English Double and Single Varieties. Mixed. 
Ranunculus, Buttercup 
Asiaticus. Double poppy-like flowers of silky texture in 
various bright colors. Not hardy. 
Repens. Meadow Buttercup. 
Repens fl. pi. A double-flowering, bright golden yellow 
Buttercup. 
Red Hot Poker, see Tritoma 
Rudbeckia, Coneflower 
Newmanni. Perennial “Black-Eyed Susan.” 
Purpurea. Reddish-purple flower, with a very large crown, 
cone-shaped center. Blooms from July to October. 
3 feet. 
Purpurea grandiflora. Large fl., bright rose. 
Salvia, Meadow Sage 
Azurea. A Rocky Mountain species. Grows 3-4 feet high 
August and September. Sky-blue flowers in the great¬ 
est profusion. 
Pitcheri. Indigo-blue blooms in August. 
Saponaria 
*Ocymoides. Border and rock plant. Flowers like rosy- 
pink forget-me-nots. Good when the garden sags in 
midsummer. 
*Ocymoides alba. White form of above. 
Pyrethrums are free from attack by pests. 
Scabiosa 
Caucasica. Lavender. 18-24 inches high. June until Sep¬ 
tember. 
Caucasica alba. The white form of the above. 
Isaac House Strain. A beautiful improved blue. 
Japonlca. Lavender-blue flowers, from .July to September 
2 feet. 
Sedum, Stonecrop 
*Acre, Golden Moss. Much used for covering graves. Foli¬ 
age green; flowers bright yellow. 
Acre Minor. Similar to above, denser green. 
*Auglirim. A gem for the rock garden; gray-green minute 
foliage; neat even .when in bloom. 
Ewersi. Glaucous foliage, rose-pink flowers in September. 
*Kamtschaticum. Orange-yello/w flowers, with prostrate 
green foliage, turning golden in autumn. 
*Eydium. A lovely dainty one. Very fine rock plant. 
Palmeri. Similar to Ewersi, foliage somewhat looser. 
♦Pulchellum. One of the most effective in the rock garden 
*Rcflexum. Fleshy stems and leaves. 8 to 10 inches high 
Sarmentosum. Prostrate, 6 inches; yellow flowers in May. 
*Sexangulare. Very dark green foliage; yellow flowers 
Spectabile. IS inches. Rose-colored flowers. 
Spectabile Brilliant. Bright amaranth-red flowers. 
*Spurium coccineum. A rosy crimson flowered form. Julj 
and August, 6 inches. 
Stenopetalum. Tiny rosettes of foliage with yellow flowers 
on 3-inch stems. 
*Stoloniferum. One of the most desirable. Evergreen leaves: 
flowers purplish-pink. July and August. Excellent 
for rock garden. 6 inches. 
Stoloniferum roseum. Clear pink flowers. 
Plant Thimbleberry in difficult places. 
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