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Hardy Perennial Plants 
Most Satisfactory of All Garden Flowers; Once Established, 
Last for Years, Growing More Beautiful Each Season 
Chinese Lantern Plant 
2809 Chinese 
Lantern Plant 
Physalis Francheti. Height 2 
feet. An ornamental variety of 
the Winter Cherry, forming 
dense bushes, about 2 feet high, 
jiroducing freely its bright 
orange-scarlet lantern-like fruits 
which can be cut and dried, in 
which shape they are used ex¬ 
tensively for floral decoration 
during the winter. 
Yucca (Adam’s Needle) 
2918 Yucca 
Filamentosa 
(Adam’s Needle—also known 
as Siianisli Bayonet.) Height 
4 to 5 feet. This is a hardy 
evergreen plant producing 
long leaves; a tall stock pro¬ 
ducing sometimes as liigli as 
200 flowers of pure white; 
blooming period about June 
and July. The leaves remain 
green the entire year. A fine 
plant for sunny, exposed 
places and for the lawn. 
“36 Golden 
Glow 
(Rudbeckla). Height 5 
to 6 feet. Grand old 
stately, hardy perennial. 
A strong, robust grower, 
of five to six feet; pro¬ 
duces masses of double 
golden yellow eactus-dah- 
lia-like flowers, from early 
July to late September. 
Double English 
Daisies 
Bellis-Perennis. Height 
6 to 8 inches. This dwarf 
early - flowering s e m i - 
hardy perennial will 
bloom for years if pro¬ 
tected during the winter. 
They like a moist soil and 
arc splendid for beds and 
borders. 
2815 Snowball. Mammoth 
white. 
2816 Longfellow. Mam- 
moth pink._ 
2800 Achillea 
Ptarmica, the Pearl. 
Famous cemetery plant. 
Height 2 feet. White, 
double flowers produced 
on sturdy plants all dur¬ 
ing the summer. They 
are useful for the border, 
wild garden or shrubbery; 
also for cutting. 
Delphiniums 
(IIAUDY 
I<ARK- 
SPUK) 
Height 4 to G feet. These are 
deservedly among the most pop¬ 
ular subjects in the hardy bor¬ 
der; of easiest culture; perfectly 
hardy. They will establish them¬ 
selves in almost any garden soil, 
but respond quickly to liberal 
treatment. 
2817 De Luxe Select New Double 
Hybrid. The most gorgeous su- 
pej-ior New Double. A wonderful 
strain. Plants of strong vig¬ 
orous habit with immense 
spikes of flowers of the larg¬ 
est size in every tone from the 
palest lavender to the richest 
Oxford-blue, as well as a 
number of unusual pastel .shades. 
Strong plants that will give a 
bountiful crop of flowers this sea¬ 
son. Supplied in mixed colors 
only. 
2818 Vanderbilt Hybrid.s. A Cali¬ 
fornia novelty of charming 
beauty. Immense flower stalks 
witli great heads of bloom taper¬ 
ing to the tip. The range of col¬ 
ors varies from the palest shade 
of blue to the deepest indigo blue 
and royal purple with many in¬ 
termediary pastel tones of mauve, 
p i n k and lavender blendings. 
Among these new hybrids are 
flowers of huge size in both sin¬ 
gle and double forms. 
2811) Wrexham Hollyhock Strain. 
This is one of the newest and at 
present the most popular strains 
of the garden Delphinium. It is 
distinct because of its broad, con¬ 
ical spike and enormous individ¬ 
ual flowers, l%-2 inches in diam¬ 
eter, in all shades of blue blended 
with mauve and violet. Also con¬ 
tains some fine clear white types. 
Arrange your Perennial beds by planting taller 
i sorts in background 18 to 24 inches apart. Place 
the lower growing varieties in front according to height of plants. 
Fyrethrnm Roseum 
2915 Pyrethrum 
(Painted Daisy) 
Hybridiim Koseum. Height 2 feet. 
These produce showy flowers of all 
shades of color except blue. They 
grow in neat, compact tufts, and 
have finely cut foliage. In dry 
weather if you water them plenti¬ 
fully, they will make an unusual 
growth and flower freely. 
2804 Bleeding Heart 
Spectahilis (Bleeding Heart, or 
Seal Flower). Height 24 inches. An 
old-fashioned favorite; its long ra¬ 
cemes of graceful heart shaped pink 
flowers are always attractive; it is 
used largely for forcing, and is per¬ 
fectly at home in any part of the 
fiardy border, and especially valuable 
for planting in the shade. Strong 
clumps. Each, 39 cts.; 2 for 70 cts., 
I postpaid. 
Bleeding Heart 
SHUMWAV’S HARDY PHLOX. The gorgeous bloom of the Pe¬ 
rennial Phlox from the first of July until November puts It in a 
class by itself. Easy to grow, hardy, excellent for bordering 
shrubbery, and indispensable in the perennial garden. We are 
offering large, field-grown plants. Excellent background. 
Height 2 to 3 feet. 
2900 BRIDESMAID. Pu re w hite with large crimson-carmine eye. 
2901 FERDINAND CORTEZ. Deep crimson, overlaid bronze. 
2902 LA VAGIJE. Pure mauve, with aniline-red eye. 
290.a LORD r'ALEIGH. Large florets; violet-purple. 
2904 MISS LINGARD. Immense white blooms; earliest. 
2905 MRS. CHAS. DORR, A tall, vigorous blue mauve or lavender. 
2900 MRS. JENKINS. Pure white, large, free flowering. 
2907 RHEINLANDER. A beautiful tone of salmon-pink, the 
color being intensified by a very decided deep claret-red eye. 
2908 B. P. STRUTHERS (Tall). Bright rosy-carmine, red eye. 
2909 RYNSTROBI. Effective carmine-rose color; free flowering'. 
2910 SIR. WALTER LANDSEER. Light red, slightly tinged rose. 
2911 VON HOCHBERG. Brilliant amaranth-purple. 
HARDY ORIENTAL POPPY. Height 3 to 3% feet. These are 
the regal representatives of this popular genus, growing 3 to 
3% feet high and far surpassing in splendor of bloom all the 
annual and biennial kinds and for a gorgeous display of rich 
and brilliant coloring they surpassed everything. 
2913 SC.ARLET-RED. A magnificent glistening orange-scarlet. 
2914 PRINCESS VICTORIA LOUISE. Beautiful salmon pink. 
SUPERB DOUBLE HOLLYHOCKS. Height 6 to 8 feet. Stately, 
majestic, hardy plants, from 6 to 8 feet high, which are a neces¬ 
sary part of every old-fashioned garden, and should also find a 
place interspersed with shrubbery, as clumps on the lawn or in 
the mixed border, where their colossal spikes of bloom produce 
bold and showy effects, which cannot be secured with any other 
flowering plant. Requires protection in sections where the win¬ 
ters are severe. Usually grown as biennials. 
2839 DOUBLE CRIMSON. 
2840 DOUBLE PINK. 28-12 DOUBLE WHITE. 
2841 DOUBLE SALMON. 2843 DOUBLE YELLOW. 
2802 AOUILEGIAS, OR COLUMBINES. Mrs. Scott Elliott’s 
Strain of Long Spurred Hybriils. Height 2 feet. Recognized 
as the most beautiful strain in existence. The blooms are 
large; the spurs very long. Colors range through shades of 
lavenders, mauves, blues, purples, white, cream, yellows, pinks, 
reds, etc. The Columbines are among the most elegant and 
beautiful hardy plants, producing their graceful spurred flowers 
on stems rising 2 feet or more above the beautifully divided 
foliage. Thrives in sandy places. 
FOXGLOVE-DIGITALIS. Height 4 to 5 feet. The Foxglove, 
old-fashioned, dignified and stately, are wholesome company in 
any garden. The strong flower stalks rising from rich and 
luxuriant masses of leaves, always give an appearance of 
strength to the hardy border, and during their period of flower¬ 
ing in June, dominate the whole garden. Spikes of bloom 4 
feet in length, closely set with flowers of unusual size. 
2824 GLOXINIAEFLORA. Deep purple. 
2822 GLOXINIAEFLORA. Rose-pink. 
2823 GLOXINIAEFLORA ALBA. White. 
2810 COREOPSIS. Lanecointa graiifliflora. Height 2 to 3 feet. 
One of the most popular hardy plants. The flowers are a ricli 
golden-yellow, of graceful form valuable for cutting; blooms 
during the entire summer. A group of these plants furnishes 
an unfailing mass of rich, glowing color. The plants grow 
vigorously in any sunny position. 
2814 SHASTA DAISY. “Ala.xka.” Height 2 to 3 feet. A decided 
improvement on the original; with blooms 4% to 5 inches 
across, of pure glistening white. Very free-flowering and in 
bloom all summer and fall. The petals are broad and of great 
substance. Plants bearing a profusion of blooms from July 
until September. Excellent for cutting. 
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Campanulas, or 
Bellflowers 
Canterbury Bell (Cup and 
Saucer). Giant-Flowered 
Double. These imposing her¬ 
baceous, hardy biennials are 
profusely covered with large, 
bell-shaped flowers. Indis¬ 
pensable, extremely showy in- 
shrubberies and mixed bor¬ 
ders. Height 3 feet. These 
bloom only one season. 
2806 Calycanthema Alba. A 
pure white. 
2808 Calycanthema. Bright 
rose. 
2807 Calycanthema. 
soft lilac. 
Large 
2835 Gaillardia 
(BUANKET FLOYVER) 
Grandiflora 
One of the showiest hardy 
plants, growing about 2 feet high 
and succeeding in any soil in a 
sunny position. One mass of 
bloom from June till Autumn. 
The gorgeous flowers, 2 to 3 
inches in diameter, dark red in 
center, with bands of crimson- 
orange and vermilion, are borne 
on stems IS to 24 inches long. 
Excellent for cutting. 
2801 Agroslemma 
Coronaria (Rose 
Campion) 
Height 2 to 3 feet. Stout, 
erect-growing plants with sil¬ 
very foliage, which contra.sts 
well with the showy flowers, 
which are produced during June 
and July. It is nice for cut¬ 
ting, and lasts a long time in 
bloom. 
2916 Tritoma 
(RED-HOT POKER PLANT) 
Pfitzeri (The Everblooming 
Flame Flower). Height 3 to 4 
feet. The early, free and con¬ 
tinuous blooming qualities of 
this variety have made it one 
of the great bedding plants. 
Succeeds in any ordinary garden 
soil, but responds quickly to 
liberal treatment; hardy if ^ven 
protection. Mulch for winter 
protection. 
Tritoma 
