WAYSIDE GARDENS 
FOR QUA LITY 
PHLOX DECUSSATA—Continued. 
Poletnonium Richardsoni. 
Three Doz. 
Rijnstroom. A good strong grower produc¬ 
ing an abundance of stems, each one topped 
with heavy trusses of flowers of a lively 
rose-pink, much like the color of the Paul 
Neyron rose .$1.00 $3.00 
R. P. Struthers. Bright rosy carmine with 
claret-red eye. Tall and strong grower ... 1.00 3.00 
Saladin. A most brilliant scarlet-red with 
blood-red eye, makes this one of the most 
outstanding varieties. It is a strong grow¬ 
er, blooms freely, has good foliage: all in 
all a worth-while addition to any collection 
of plants . 1.20 3.50 
Thor. Not a new sort but becoming more 
and more popular because of its splendid 
free-flowering qualities. Color a beautiful 
shade of deep salmon-pink, overlaid with 
a scarlet glow; small aniline-red eye. A 
good grower, never giving trouble, always 
full of bloom. One of the best of the 
salmon-pink sorts . 1.00 3.00 
Von Lassburg. A splendid, midseason, tall, 
white variety. Trusses large and stems 
good, very free flowering. Rather tall, fine 
for the back of the border.85 2.50 
100 
$ 20.00 
20.00 
25.00 
20.00 
18.00 
Physalis - Winter-Cherry or Chinese Lanterns 
Three Doz. 100 
Francheti. An ornamental variety of the 
Winter Cherry, forming dense hushes 
about 2 feet high, producing freely its 
bright orange-scarlet, lantern-like fruits, 
which, when cut, will last all winter.$0.75 $2.00 $15.00 
Physostegia - False Dragonhead 
Virginica. Forms large clumps 3 to 4 feet 
high, bearing long spikes of delicate pink 
flowers in July and August. 
Virginica alba. Pure white. 
Virginica. Vivid. This is a new dwarf va¬ 
riety about 20 inches high, and a great 
improvement over the first two mentioned. 
It blooms three weeks later than the oth¬ 
ers, the flowers are a deeper pink; much 
larger and better, lasting a long time when 
cut. 
PINKS, Hardy Garden. See Dianthus. 
Platycodon - Chinese Bellflower 
Grandiflorum. Large, showy, deep blue flow¬ 
ers on 20-inch spikes are produced all 
.85 
.85 
2.50 
2.50 
18.00 
18.00 
1.00 
1.00 20.00 
summer. A splendid 
border . 
plant for the 
hardy 
.85 
2.50 
18.00 
Grandiflorum album. 
of the above . 
White-flowered 
form 
.85 
2.50 
18.00 
Mariesi. A beautiful dwarf species, with 
broad, thick foliage and large, deep violet- 
blue flowers on 12-inch stems in great 
profusion throughout the entire summer. 
Plant in front of the border or in the rock 
garden . 
Mariesi album. White-flowered form of the 
above . 
1.00 3.00 20.00 
1.00 3.00 20.00 
Polemonium - Jacob’s Ladder or Greek Valerian 
Three Doz. 100 
Richardsoni album. A white variety of 
coeruleum .$1.00 $3.00 $20.00 
Richardsoni coeruleum. Erect stems of sky- 
blue flowers, 1 to IV 2 feet, in June and 
July. A very fine plant in the sunny 
border . 1.00 3.00 20.00 
Potentilla - Cinquefoil 
Nepp.lensis, Miss Willmott. This is the im¬ 
proved salmon-pink “formosa.” Very free 
flowering. A good border plant for mid¬ 
summer bloom... 1-20 
Mixed Colors of Double Varieties. This mix¬ 
ture contains various shades of orange and 
coppery red; they are especially suited for 
. in front of sunny borders or for bold 
masses in the rock wall or rock garden . . . 1.00 
Warrensi. A lovely new plant for the sunny 
hardy border, offered for the first time. 
Reaches a height of about 2 feet and is 
covered with large, pure yellow blossoms 
all summer long. Suitable for cutting .... 1-00 
3.50 25.00 
1.00 
20.00 
3.00 20.00 
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