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PARDANTHUS—Belamcanda; Blackberry Lily 
An old-fashioned hardy perennial. A lily-like plant with 
orange and black spotted flowers on stems about 30 
inches high, which are followed by large black seeds, 
resembling a blackberry. 
Culture. Of easy culture in rich sandy loam in a 
sunny border. Plant in fall or spring, 6 inches apart. 
Chinensis Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, $100 $20.00 
Flowers orange colored, spotted black on 24-inch steins. 
A lovely old-fashioned flower for the hardy border. 
PENTSTEMON—Beard Tongue 
Very popular hardy flowering plants. Most attractive 
for massing in beds or borders. They are not only of 
graceful habit, but also decidedly beautiful from a deco¬ 
rative point of view. The many species are interesting- 
subjects for growing in the rock garden or border. 
The flowers are tubular and foxglove-like in shape. 
Culture. The Pentstemons require a rich, well manured, 
loamy soil, and a well drained, sunny place. The dwarf 
kinds should be grown on the margins of the border, or 
in the rock garden. Plant in autumn or early spring 
Place the plants 10 inches apart each way. 
Barbatus Torreyi Three $0.85, Doz. $2.50, 100 $18.00 
Spikes two feet long of bright scarlet flowers from 
June till August. A very effective plant for the border. 
Barbatus, Pink Beauty Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
Color is a lovely clean shell-pink. A beautiful cut 
flower; one of the outstanding new and good plants; 
makes a delightful companion to gypsophila. 
Diffusus alba Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
Long flowers of pure white on spikes about 2 feet long. 
Fine border variety. 
♦Digitalis Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
White foxglove-like spikes produced in great quantities 
all summer. Plant is about 20 inches high, excellently 
suited for the garden as well as naturalizing in the 
grass. It self seeds very freely. 
♦Fruticosa Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
Lilac-purple flowers with pink base about 1 foot high. 
A splendid rock or border variety. 
Heterophyllus Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
Lovely metalic-blue flowers from June until September, 
on 3-foot spikes. Excellent for the sunny border; good 
cut flower. 
Ovatus Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
A strong growing variety from the Rocky Mountains. 
Rich purplish blue flowers on stems over 3 feet tall. 
Good cut flower and excellent in the sunny border. 
♦Procerus Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
A very reliable and satisfactory garden sort. Flowers 
are rich blue-purple; early summer. 
Pubescens Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
(Hirsutus). Stems 24 inches high, covered with violet 
flow’ers shading to a flesh-pink; excellent for hot, dry 
place in the garden; is also a very fine wall or rock 
plant. It enjoys hot, dry exposures. 
Roezli Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
Excellent variety for late bloom in the rock garden. 
About 14 inches high with bluish purple spiky blooms 
in August. Likes a dry, sunny location. 
Unilateralis Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
A very fine June-flowering variety producing 6 to 10 
erect spikes, 24 to 30 inches long, covered from top to 
bottom with opalescent blue flowers. A beautiful bor¬ 
der plant and splendid cut flower, lasting for several 
days in water. 
PEROVSKIA—Russian Sage 
A tall plant with gray foliage not unlike the sage. The 
blue flowers are arranged in slender spikes forming 
terminal panicles which are exceptionally fine combined 
with summer flowers such as gladioli. 
Culture. A well drained, loamy soil, not too rich, suits 
best- Plant in fall or early spring, 12 inches apart in 
sunny border. 
Atriplicifolia Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 30.00 
Produces whorls of blue flowers very late in the season. 
A lovely plant for the hardy border. Most graceful 
flower for cutting. In bloom in August. 
PHYGELIUS—Cape Fig-wort 
A showy and very beautiful herbaceous perennial. It 
has angular, purplish stems, large, lance-shaped leaves, 
and tubular, scarlet pentstemon-like flowers borne in 
whorls on branching racemes. An attractive plant for 
the sunny border. 
Culture. Ordinary soil and a sunny border will suit 
this plant. Best grown in .groups or three or more. 
Mot suitable for heavy, damp soils or cold districts. 
Plant in autumn or spring, 10 inches apart. 
♦Capensis Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
(Cape Fuchsia). This is a hardy Fuchsia. It endures 
hot, dry weather well. The plants are perfectly hardy 
as far north as Philadelphia, but require protection 
further north where they will act much the same as 
buddleia, producing new shoots each summer which 
bear purple flowers all summer until frost. A splendid 
plant for the South or hot, dry states. 
PHYSALIS—Winter-Cherry or Chinese Lanterns 
A perennial noteworthy for its large, showy calyces, 
which are attractive for drying for winter decoration. 
The plants have light green, ovate leaves, and white 
flowers of no great attraction, followed by orange-red, 
inflated calyces enclosing scarlet berries. When ripe 
in autumn the stems furnished with the calyces should 
be cut and dried for winter decoration. 
Culture. They will succeed in good, ordinary soil and 
in sun or light shade. Best grown in a colony by them¬ 
selves. Plant in autumn or spring, 12 inches apart. 
Gather the stems as soon as the calyces are fully 
colored. 
Francheti Three $0.75, Doz. $2.00, 100 $15.00 
An ornamental variety of the Winter Cherry, forming 
dense bushes about 2 feet high, producing freely its 
bright orange-scarlet, lantern-like fruits, which, when 
cut, will last all winter. 
PHYSOSTEGIA—False Dragon's Head 
Handsome plants for the sunny border or the wild gar¬ 
den, of easy culture. The flowers are borne in terminal 
spikes or branching racemes from July to September. 
Culture. Grow in good, ordinary soil in groups in sunny 
borders. Plant in autumn or spring, 12 inches apart 
and divide, and replant every second year, as the roofs 
are of spreading habit. 
Virgrinlca Three $0.85, Doz. $2.50, 100 $18.00 
Forms large clumps 3 to 4 feet high, bearing long 
spikes of delicate pink flow'ers in July and August. 
Virginica alba Three $0.85, Doz. $2.50, 100 $18.00 
Pure white. 
Virginica, Vivid Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
This is a new dwarf variety about 20 inches high, and 
a great improvement over the first two mentioned. It 
blooms three weeks later than the others, the flowers 
are a deeper pink; much larger and better, lasting a 
long time when cut. 
FZRK3 (Hardy Garden, see Dianthus). 
PLATYCODON—Chinese Bellflower 
Very satisfactory hardy plants for the sunny border. It 
has broad, blue or white, bell-shaped flowers all summer 
and is therefore a very fine garden plant. 
Culture. Must be grown in a light, more or less sandy 
soil, in a well drained, sunny border. If the border is 
slightly elevated so much the better. Plant in early 
spring or fall, S inches apart. Disturb as little as pos¬ 
sible. 
Grandlflora Three $0.85, Doz. $2.50, 100 $18.00 
Large, showy, deep blue flowers on 20-inch spikes are 
produced all summer. A splendid plant for the hardy 
border. 
Grandlflora alba Three $0.85, Doz. $2.50, 100 $18.00 
White-flowered form of the above. 
♦Maries! Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
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. 
♦Maries! alba Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
White-flowered form of the above. 
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