62 Hardy Perennial Plants 
The STORRS & HARRISON CO. 
Thalictrum Aquilegifolium. 
TEUCRIUM^ 
Canadense (American Germander). Six-inch spikes of 
rosy purple flowers. July and August. The attractive 
dark, toothed foliage makes a spreading ground cover. 
Chamaedrys. Used as an evergreen shrub with densely 
ascending stems. Small flower whorls in loose spik^, 
bright rose with white and red spots. The valuable foli¬ 
age is dense, small, round, dark, glossy, closely resem¬ 
bling dwarf Boxwood for which less hardy item it is 
often substituted. Can be clipped to any desired height 
up to 12 inches. 
Both: 3, 85c; doz., $3.00; 100, $15.00. 
THALICTRUM (Meadow Rue). “Mist” plants, fine cut foli¬ 
age and spreading heads of tiny flowers. 
_aquilegifolium.^ 1 to 3 feet. Scalloped Columbine foli¬ 
age; white flower balls. May to July. 
-purpureum. Purple flowers in June. 
_dipterocarpum. 4 feet. Fine cut foliage, lilac-mauve flower 
sprays. August and September. 
_g-laucum. 3 to 4 feet. Finely cut blue-gray leaves; fra¬ 
grant flower heads of Chinese yellow. July. 
All; 3, 70c; doz., $2.50; 100, $18.00. 
THURMOFSIS caroliniana. 3 feet. Looks very much like 
a yellow Lupine; with attractive foliage like Clover, and 
tall spikes of pea-shaped yellow flowers in June and July. 
3, 85c; doz., $3.00; 100, $15.00. 
ThvmUS^ (Thyme). The charming Mountain Thymes 
' ^ make a dense, perfect carpet of foliage, of 
great value for covering dry banks where grass will not 
easily persist, giving out a pleasing fragrance under the 
hot sun. They are very useful in rockeries, and provide a 
rich carpet for blocks of spring-flowering bulbs ; their early 
bloom all-covering. 
—citriodorus (Creeping Thyme). Lemon scented; golden 
yellow. 
_lauuffinosus (Woolly Thyme). Silvery foliage, reddish 
pink flowers. 
_serpyllum album (White Mountain Thyme). Dense mats 
of dark green foliage, with clouds of tiny white flowers. 
__ —cocciucum. Crimson-scarlet bloom in dense sheets. 
Price; 3. 60c; doz., $2.25; 100, $12.00. 
TBADESCANTIA virg-inica (Spiderwort). 2 to 2l^ feet. 
Broad, grasslike foliage; clustered blossoms all summer. 
An excellent filler for moist bottomlands ; among the semi¬ 
shading trees at base of ravines. 
Blue or White. 3, 40c; doz., $1.50; 100, $8.00. 
S. & H. Tritoma Pfitzeri 
(Red Hot Poker). Semi- 
_ tropical and showiest of all 
garden plants in bloom. Rushlike foliage with thick flower 
stalks a yard long, a single fiery cone at top. Brilliant scar¬ 
let, lower petals rimmed with orange. Blooms July to Octo¬ 
ber A magnificent cut flower. Use heavy winter mulch. 
3, 56c ; doz., $2.00; 100, $12.00. 
—Quartiniana. A thick stalked variety, blooming late in 
May with flower cones 10 to 12 inches long. Oi’ange-red at 
first, but yellow bottom half as bloom matures. 
3, 70c ; doz., $2.50. 
TBOXiIiIUS<^ europaeus (Globe Flower). 2 feet. Foliage 
like Larkspur; 1)4- to 2-inch bloom on long stems. May and 
June. Flowers are glorified Buttercups, waxy lemon-yellow. 
(See front cover illustration). 
Each, 50c; 3, $1.25 ; doz., $4.00. 
—Barliest-Of-All. J^rliest to bloom ; very free flowering, 
light orange-yellow. Each, 60c; 3, $1.60; doz., $5.00. 
—^Meteor. Very rich in color and attractive form; deep or¬ 
ange. Each, 60c; 3, $1.60 ; doz., $6.CfO. 
TUNICA<^ saxifrag'a. Tufted hair-fine grass plant; tiny 
pink flowers all summer; for rockery or border. 
3, 40c; doz., $1.50; 100, $8.00. 
VALBBIAITA officinalis (Hardy Heliotrope). 3 to 4 feet. 
Thick spikes of white flowers, slightly roseate, with strong 
heliotrope scent. June and July. 
—coccinea. 2 feet. Reddish pink flowers, in upright panicles 
like Hyacinths. June to October. 
Both: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00; 100, $12.00. 
VZ!RONICA.<$> (Speedwell). Blue flowers, varying in size 
and shade, for borders and rockeries. 
—incana. 1 foot. Silver foliage; violet-blue flowers. July and 
August. 
—long'ifolia subsessilis (Bluebird Flower). 2 feet. Long 
bronze-green leaves, deep indigo-blue flowers. July to Sep¬ 
tember. 
— rupestris nana. 1 to 2 inches. Creeping plants with small, 
dark leaves. Gentian-blue flowers. April and May. 
All Veronicas: 3, 55c; doz.. $2.00; 100, $12.00. 
VINCA ininor<$> (Hardy Myrtle). A trailing evergreen for 
carpeting where it is too shady for grass; on sloping banks 
not too dry, a bordering for shaded pools ; as a setting for 
other plants such as Daffodils, Bluebells, Plumbago, certain 
Lilies and Ferns; and as a filler in large shaded rockeries. 
2 year, field-grown: 3, 40c; doz., $1.60 ; 100, $10.00; 1000, 
$80.00. 
2)4-inch pot plants, thrifty, stocky—ready any time: 3, 50c; 
doz., $1.80; 100, $12.00; 1000, $90.00. 
VIOIiA<^ (Tufted Pansy). Dwarf edging plant, hybrids of 
Alpine Violet and Garden Pansy; blooms 8 months if sheared 
often. Brilliant color spots in the rockery. 
— Admiration. Velvety wine-purple. 
—Blue Perfection, Golden Yellow, White Perfection. 
— Jersey Gem. Dwarf, bushy and continuous in bloom; pure, 
rich violet; slightly perfumed. 
All above five: 3, 50c; doz., $1.80; 100, $10.00. 
—Sutton’s Apricot. A new, rich apricot color much in de¬ 
mand, 3, 70c; doz., $2.50; 100, $16.00. 
YUCCA 
FilBmentOSa (Spanish Bayonet). Swordlike evergreen 
.— foliage; pendent clustered white bells along 
thick, 3- to 6-ft. spikes. 
2 yr.: Each, 25c; 3, 60c ; doz., $2.00. 
4 yr.; Each, 40c; 3, $1.00; doz., $3.50, by express. 
Variegated Leaf similar to above, but the leaves are 
—' . ' " bronzy green, striped and the outer 
edge widely bordered with yellow. Keeps its striking foliage 
all winter. 
2 yr,: Each, 40c ; 3, $1.00 ; doz., $3.50. 
4 yr.: Each, 60c ; 3, $1.50, by expi'ess. 
