The STORRS & HARRISON CO 
50 Hardy Perennial Plants 
Hardy Aster, Climax. 
Artemisia, Silver King (Page 49). 
Hardy Carnation, Crimson King. 
HARDY ASTERS 
The “Michaelmas Daisies” are very largely used by land¬ 
scapers, to provide masses of foliage and bloom throughout 
the fall. The dwarf Alpines and Japanese varieties are excel¬ 
lent for edging beds and for sunny rock garden use. 
Alpiiius<^ (Blue Mountain Daisy). 5 to 10 inches. May and 
June. Short stemmed but large flowered, of striking char¬ 
acter ; lavender-blue with orange-yellow disc. 
Blue G-em. 3 feet. Large rich violet-blue. Darkest of the blue 
varieties, of good form and size. 
Climax. 4 feet. Much branched, pyramidal clusters of light 
lavender-blue flowers, 1% inches in width, with a prominent 
golden cone at center. August to mid-October. 
Mauve Cushion^ a Japanese dwarf, 9 to 10 inches, with 
— - tapering margins. It spreads thriftily 
into a round cushion perhaps 30 inches broad ; in November 
literally covered with beautiful inch-wide, silvery mauve 
flowers. Valuable in rockeries for late bloom. 
Mons. 3 feet. Distinct reddish violet. These flowers are large, 
perfect, in handsome, very conspicuous clusters. 
Queen Mary. The flowers average 2% inches in diameter, 
arranged loosely in branching panicles; an excellent cut¬ 
ting type. Blue, tinted lavender. 3% feet. 
Itoseus Superbus. 4 feet of dense growth; the profuse sym¬ 
metrical bloom a brilliant rose-red. 
All Asters: 3, 40c; doz., $1.50; 100, $8.00. 
BOCCONIA cordata (Plume Poppy). Six to eight feet. Im¬ 
mense flat, deeply indented leaves of silvery green on pearl- 
pink stalks. Flowers creamy white, produced in large upright 
panicles which persist for months, darkening to rusty 
bronze. This is a splendid plant to point the angles of the 
tallest perennial backgrounds, its neutral colors associating 
well with any other colors, and its stems and foliage highly 
ornamental. 
Each, 20c; 3, 55c; doz., $2.00; 100, $10.00. 
BOIiTONIA (False Chamomile). 5 feet, bushy plants with 
aster-like flowers ; good background plant for late summer. 
—asteroides. White. 
—latisquama. Pale lavender flowers. 
Both: 3, 40c; doz., $1.50; 100, $8.00. 
CABAMINTHA<^ alpina. 6 inches. Dwarf, twiggy, savory 
herb; useful in wall and rock gardens, in dry stony soil, 
with pretty purple spikes of mintlike flowers in June. 
3, 55c; doz.. $2.00; 100, $12.00. 
CAMPANULA [BelUlowerj 
These are among the most beautiful of the border plants, 
all throwing up a liberal number of flower spikes along which 
are a crowded profusion of good sized bells. 
BAPTISIA<^ australis (False Indigo). Deep blue flowers in 
pretty racemes during June and July. 2 feet. 
3, 55c; doz.. $2.00; 100, $12.00. 
Carpatica.<^ (Carpathian Hare-Bell). A pretty compact spe¬ 
cies, not exceeding 8 inches high, flower l^lls 1 inch in 
diameter. Blue or Wbite. 
Calycanthema (“Cup-and-Saucer”). Hardiest and most popular 
form. Single cup-shaped flowers 3 inches long, set in saucer-like 
calyx 3 to 4 inches across; entire flower of one color. Very pro¬ 
ductive. Three separate colors. Blue, Bose or Wbite. 
Medium. The well known “Canterbury Bells” ; its numerous branches 
crowded with deep bells, the edges softly rolled back and fluted. 
In July. Height. 2 to 3 feet. Blue, Bose or Wbite. 
Persicifolia<^ (Peach Bells). 1% to 2 feet high; many small salver¬ 
shaped flowers. Blue or White. 
Botundifolia<^ (Blue Bells of Scotland). 12 inches. A thrifty rock 
plant well set with nodding blue bells. June to August. 
All Campanulas: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00; 100, $10.00. 
CATABrANCBB<^ caerulea (Cupid’s Dart). 2 feet. Long, stiff 
flower stems, the ends crowned by blue flowers resembling Bache¬ 
lor’s Button. July and August. A good, small cut flower. 
3. 55o; doz.. $2.00; 100, $12.00. 
The New Hardy Carnation 
^^Crimson King**^ 
A true Carnation, yet perfectly hardy planted outdoors with the 
other perennials, and with just the usual gardening attention 
blooms prodigiously during about 5 months, June to November, 
with splendid double flowers 1^ to 2% inches across, on stems 
12 inches or more in length. The color is a rich, deep crimson-red; 
the spicy carnation fragrance very pleasing. 
1-year, pot-grown plants: Each, 25c; 3, 70c; doz., $2.50; 100, 
$15.00. 
