PERENNIAL PLANTS FOR YOUR HARDY BORDER 
This year again, wo thank you for the business you have Riven us (lurinR the past year. We 
hope this folder will be and aid to you in planning your garden for the coming: year, and that you 
will entrust us with your order. You may send your order by mail or you may call at our 
nursery and make your selections from the finest perennial and rock plant nursery in the Chi¬ 
cago territory- Early planting and beautiful gardens go hand in hand, so plant as soon as the 
soil in your garden is in a workable condition. 
Visitors are welcome at any time. Remember aur efforts are always toward truthfulness, 
honesty, and growth of the best plants at a fair price. Our plants have superior root systems 
which in turn means superior plants. 
Bl ue Garden 
Anchtisa italiea Dropmore. Tall clusters of blue 
flowers in June. 4-5 feet. 
Amsonia tahcrnaemontana. Light blue panicles 
in late May and June. 2-3 feet Beautiful gold¬ 
en foliage in September and October. 
Aster Climax. (Michaelmas Daisy) See “New 
and Noteworty Plants" for description. 
Little Boy Blue. Compact fine rich blue A.ster. 
2-3 feet. August and September. 
Baptisia australis. (False Indigo) Massive plants. 
3 feet across, with dark blue pea-shaped 
flowers in June 3 feet. 
Campanula persicifolia. (Peachleaf Harebell) 
Blue bell-shaped flowers on 2 feet stems in 
June and July. 20c each. 
medium. (CanterbuiT Bells) 2*4 feet plants 
covered with blue bells. June and July. One 
of our best biennials. 15c each, 4 for 50c. 
Ccntnuren montana. (Perennial Cornflower) 
Large violet-blue thistle-like flowers in June. 
2 feet. 20c each. 
Clematis Dnvidiana. Hyacinth-like flowers of 
deep lavender-blue. August and September. 2V6 
feet. Not a climber. 35c each. 
Delphinium belladonna. See “Majestic Perennial 
Border” for description and prices, 
belladonna. A dark blue larkspur that is al¬ 
ways popular. 20c eacn. 
Eryngium nmethy.stinum. (Sea Holly) Metallic 
blue flower bracts in July and Augst. Useful 
in winter bouquets. 2 feet. 20c each. 
Eupatorium eoelestinum. (Hardy Ageratum) 
Showy lavender-blue umbels in August and 
September. 2 feet. 20c each. 
Hosta lancifolia. (Plantain Lily) Huge tufls of 
broad green ieaves with blue pendant flowers 
in July and August. IS inches. 
Iris. (Common) The familiar blue garden iris. 
15c each, $1.20 per dozen. 
Lavandula!' verai. (Sweet Lavender) Its lavender 
spikes from June to August are known to all. 
Linum austriacum. (Flax) Slender, graceful 12 
inch stem terminated with pretty dark blue 
flowers. 20c each. 
Mertensiu virginica. (Virginia Bluebells) Beauti¬ 
ful for naturalizing in partial shade. Late 
April and May. Drooping panicles of pink 
!• -lls coanging to blue. Best piaiiteu in fail or 
early April. 20c each. 
Plat.vcodon grandiflorum. For description, see 
"Majestic Perennial Border.” 
Plumbago Larpentae. Desirable spreading 
clumps S inches high, with bronzy green foli¬ 
age. Beautiful deep blue flowers in August 
* and September. 
Salvia azurea grandiflora. Sky-blue racemes in 
August and September. 3-4 feet. 20c each. 
Scabiosa eaueasica Houses Hybrids. Lovely Ir'u* 
and lavender-blue pin-cushions on slender 
stem 15-18 inches. Long-lasting cutflower. June 
and July. 
fischeri. For description and prices of this new 
and very useful perennial, see “New and 
Noteworthy Plants.” 
Statin* latifolia. (Sea Lavender) Broad panicles 
of minute purplish-blue flowers. July and 
August. Good cut flower. 
Stokcsia laevis. (Stokes Aster) Blue aster-like 
flowers in July and August. 18 inches Every¬ 
one likes it. 20c each. 
Tradescnntlu virginica. (Spiderwort) Blue flow¬ 
ers on grass-like stems. Good for naturalizing 
and for shade. 2 feet. 20c each. 
Veronica longifolia subsessilis. For description 
of this beautiful perennial, see “New and 
Noteworthy Plants.” 
spieatm Spikes of blue in July. 2 feet. 20c 
each. 
Yellow to Orange 
Alyssitm saxatile compaction. (Basket of Gold) 
Broad masses of bright yellow in April and 
early May. 12 inches high. 
Anthem is tinctoria Kelwayi. (Hardy Marguerite) 
Grows in driest of soils. Daisy-like golden 
yellow flowers all summer. IS inches. 20c each. 
Aselepias tuberosa. (Butterfly Weed) Umbels of 
brilliant orange flowers in July and August. 
Good for hot, dry, sandy places. 18 inches. 
Cassia murylundioa. (Indian Senna) Shrubby 
plant with locust-like foliage. Racemes of 
yellow flowers in July. 5 feet. 
Centaurea macrocephala. Best of the corn¬ 
flowers. Large, thistle-like yellow flowers. 
July. 2*4 feet. 20c each. 
Chry san them um 
Chrysanthemum Carrie. Showy yellow ’Mums in 
late August and September. 2 feet. 
L’Argentuillois. See “Majestic Perennial Bor¬ 
der Collection" for description and prices. 
Coreopsis auricula superba. See "Majestic Per¬ 
ennial Border” for description and price, 
lanceolata grandiflora. These all - summer 
blooming yellow daisies should be in every 
garden. Good for cutting. 2 feet. 20c each. 
Heliopsis pitclieriami. (Orange Sunflower) Deep 
golden yellow daisies, with dark center, on 
3 feet stems in July and August. 
Hemerocallis thumbergi. (Day Lily) Orange lily¬ 
like flowers in July on 3 feet stems. 
Lilium tigrinum. (Tiger Lily) Orange-red lily 
with black spots. Old and common yet very 
handsome. August and September. 3-4 feet. 
Willmottine. A graceful Lily of the Tiger Lily 
type that blooms in late June and July. 3 feet. 
Oenothera missouriem-ds. (Evening Primrose) 
Prostrate stems, S-12 inches high, with large 
solitary yellow flowers, often 4 inches across, 
fom July to August. 
Papa ver orientale. The orange Oriental Poppy 
with May bloom. 
Rudbeckia Golden Glow. A popular plant for the 
background. Masses of large, double, golden 
yellow dahlia-like flowers in August. 0 feet. 
20c each. 
Thermopsis caroliniana. Racemes of yellow pea¬ 
like flowers in June and July. 2 feet. 
Tritoma pflt/.eri. (R d Hot Poker) Rich orange 
spikes, with a shade of scarlet, in August and 
September. 2 feet. Use in border or formal 
beds. 
Troll ius led ebon ri Golden Queen. See “New and 
Noteworthy Plants” for description and prices. 
Pink to Rose Flowers 
Achillea millefolium roseum. Rosy-pink umbels 
in July. 2 feet. 20c each. 
Aster Abendroetlie. (Michaelmas Daisy) Shower 
of lavender-pink daisies on 3 feet stems in 
August and September. 
Barr’s I’ink. The finest bright pink. 
Campanula medium. (Canterbury Bells) 2 1 / 4 feet 
plants completely covered with pink bells. 
June and July. One of our best biennials. 15c 
each, 4 for 50c. 
Chrysanthemum Murillo. Attractive September 
and October bloomer with large pink ’Mums. 
Chelone Lyoni. (Turtlehead) Heads of purplish- 
rose in late July and August. 2 feet. Always 
attractive. 
Diantlius allwoodi Select. A good Pink that 
blooms all summer. 
Dicentra cximia. (Plumy Bleeding Heart) Beauti¬ 
ful. finely cut foliage with racemes of small 
pink hearts all summer. 12 inches, 
spectabillis. The old favorite Bleeding Heart. 
Long drooping racemes ol' lai ge pink neart- 
shaped flowers in May and June. IS inches. 
35c each. 
Echinacea purpurea. (Purple Coneflowers) At¬ 
tractive purplish -pink daisies with a large, 
brown coneshaped center. July and October. 
2-3 feet. 
Lathyrus latifolius. (Perennial Pea) Large trail¬ 
ing and climbing plants. Racemes of pleasing 
pink pea flowers. June and July. 
Lychnis Flos-.Jovis. Silvery flannel leaves. Clus¬ 
ters of bright pink flowers on 12 inch stems. 
June and July. 
Papaver orientale Mrs. Perry. The best pink 
Oriental Poppy. A charming shade. May and 
June. 18 inches. Plant before May 1st. or 
after August 1st. 
Penstemon barbatus torreyi. Spikes of tubular 
pendant, coral flowers. June and July. 3 feet. 
Effective in mass. 
Py rethrum roseum. The ever-popular Painted 
Daisy in pink to rose. May and June. 20c each. 
Seduni spectabile. Broad succulent leaves on 15 
inch stems with large pink umbels in August 
and September. 20c each. 
Spigelia marilandica. (Indian Pink) A rare 
plant 18 inches high, with willow-like leaves. 
Star-mouthed' pink, upright bells, with yellow 
center. July and August. 35c 
Sweet William Pink Beauty. A mass of salmon- 
pink. 18 inches. May to July. Biennial. 20 each. 
White Blossoms 
Achillea ptarmica. The Pearl. Pure white double 
flowers. June and July. 18 inches. 20c each. 
Aquilegiu nivea grandiflora. A fine robust white 
Columbine. 
Artemisia Silver King. See “Majestic Perennial 
Border” for description and prices. 
Boltonia asteroides. Masses of small, single 
aster-like flowers in August and September. 
6 feet. 20c each. 
Chrysanthemum nreticum. (Arctic Daisy) At¬ 
tracts lots of attention. 12 inch clumps with 
multitudes of pure white single daisies. 2 
inches in diameter. September and October. 
. Hartjc and Elder. (Hartje and Elder Daisy) 
White daisy for Memorial Day. 12 inches. 
20c each. 
maximum Mrs. C.Lothian Bell. A very large 
continuous blooming Shasta Daisy. June to 
August. 
I valda A double white for September and 
October bloom 2 feet. 
Gypsophila Bristol Fairy. (Baby's Breath) 
Choice. Large panicles of double, white flow¬ 
ers throughout the summer. 50c each, 
panieulata. Old fashioned single Baby's Breath. 
Good filler for cut flowers. 20c each. 
Hibiscus. White Mallow with its huge single 
Hollyhock-like flowers in July and August. 
5 feet. 
Hosta subcordatn grandiflora. (Plantain Lily) 
Huge clumps of groad light green leaves. 
Waxy white lilies in August. 18 inches. 35c 
each. 
Lilium candiduni. (Madonna or June Lily) Those 
massive pure white lilies that bloom in June. 
3 feet. 
regale. (Regal Lily) Oon of the finest easiest 
and most popular. Pure white, with a delicate 
pink suffusion. Late Jun P and July. 3-4 feet. 
Py rethrum album. A pure white Painted Daisy. 
Late May and June. 15 inches. 20c each. 
Stokesia laevis alba. (White Stokes Aster) 
Asti r-llke flowers in July and August, la 
inches. 20c each. 
Yucca filunientosa. (Adam's Neddie) Large bold 
tufts of evergreen, sword-like leaves. Immense 
spikes of creamy white flowers. June. 5-0 feet. 
Whole plants lends tropical appearance. 
Garden Phlox 
Th P most effective and useful border plants 
during late summer and early fall. Our collec¬ 
tion has been carefully selected to give you the 
best from early June until September. 
Africa. Best dark red variety. 2 feet. 
Beacon. A tall deep pink. 24-30 inches. 
Eclaireur. A rosy-magenta. 24-30 inches. 
Europa. Large heads of white with red eye, 
changing to a pale blush white with age 
August and September. 
Evelyn. New and very good. A rich salmon-pink. 
2 feet. 35c each. 
Gen. Petain. Deep wine-red. 35c each. 
Mbs Lingard. Best early white. June. 
M rs. Jenkins. Perhaps the most fioriferous of 
the late whites. August to September. 
Salad in. New. Brilliant orange-scarlet. 35c each. 
Will. Kesselring. Violet with a white eye. 
August. IS inches. 
Clematis Jackmanni 
One of the most beautiful of all flowering 
\ ines. Large open flowers of the richest purple- 
blue from June to August. Plant in a rich, deep, 
limy soil with perfect drainage, with the crown 
of plant 3 inches below the surface of the grond. 
75c each 
Pansies and English Daisies 
Customers who call at our nursery, may 
secure their pansy plant needs—not the ordinary 
kinds sold at the grocery stores—' but those 
mammoth, many-colored Improved Swiss Giants, 
Super-Swiss Giants and Maple Leaf Giants. 
And, remember, they are freshly dug. 
Our English Daisies are those popular rose- 
red and white mixtures. 
Annual Flowering Plants 
Each succeding year, we are called upon by 
our increasing number of perennial plant cuto- 
mers to furnish annual flowering plants. We 
shall grow the following kinds for our nursery 
callers. Available late May and June. 
Ageratum, Aster, Calendula, Cosmos, Globe 
Amaranth, Heavenly Blue Morning Glories, 
Marigolds, Petunias, Portulacas (double). Sal¬ 
vias, Seahiosas, Snapdragons, Statiee, Straw- 
Mowers, Sweet Alyssnni, Verbenas, and Zinnias. 
For That Red Border 
Agrostemma eoronaria atrosanguinea. (Mullein 
Pink) Silvery, felt-like tufts of flowers. Bright 
crimson flowers all summer. 2 feet. 20c each. 
Carnation Crimson King. Th e best hardy, large- 
flowering carnation ever introduced. Blooms 
all summer. 
Gaillardia Burgundy. See “New and Noteworthy 
Plants” for description and prices. 
Heuchera sanguinea. (Coral Bells) Clumps of 
attactive green leaves from which arise slen¬ 
der 12 inch stems wih myriads of small bright 
crimson bells. June to September. 
Hibiscus. (Mallow) Shrub-like plants with large 
pink or red single Hollyhock-like flowers. July 
and August. 5 feet 
Lychnis chalcedonicn. (Maltese Cross) Unbels of 
bright scarlet in June and July. 2 feet. 20c 
each. 
Haageana. Large orange-red to crimson flow¬ 
ers from Jun e to August. 12 inches. 
Lobelia rardinalis. (Cardinal Flower) Spikes of 
fiery cardinal in August. 2\(, feet. Loves a 
moist place. 
Papaver orientale Lula A. Needly See "New and 
Noteworthy Plants” for description and prices. 
Pyrethrum Janies Kelwayi. Large flowered single 
red. Grown from seed—80% will be true. 
Seduni s-pectable Brilliant. See "New and 
Noteworthy Plants” for description and prices. 
Sweet William Double Blood Red. A biennial 
that is very popular at our nursery. 20c each, 
latifolius atrocoocineus fl. pi. Large double 
crimson. 
Hardy Climbing Roses 
Blaze. (New Everbloomir.g Climber) P’ant 
Patent No. 10. A marvelous deep scarlet 
Climber that blooms all summer. $1.50 each. 
Chaplain’s Pink Climber. A rich lively pink rose 
in clusters of 8 to 12 large and shapely flowers. 
(10c each. 
Paul's Scarlet Climber. None can compare with 
it for brilliancy of color in its vivid scarlet. 
00c each. 
Border Plants for Shade 
See Classisfications for Descriptions and Prices 
AQIILEGI.Y DOBBIES IMP. HYBRIDS 
AQ III.EG IA NIVEA GRANDIFLORA 
C A MPA NIJ LA PERSICIFOLIA 
DICENTRA EX I MIA 
DICENTRA SPECTABILIS 
H E M E ROC A LLIS Til V N B E RGI 
HOSTA LANCIFOLIA 
HOSTA SITBCORDATA GRANDIFLORA 
LOBELIA CARDINALIS 
MERTENSIA VIRGINICA 
SEDIIM SPECTABILE &• BRILLIANT 
SPIGELIA MARILANDICA 
TRADKSCANTIA VIRGINICA & ROSEA 
TROLLIES LEDEBOERI 
Unclassified Border Colors 
Dim,Uiiis |>Itimarius H. pi. The olil familial- Clove Pink with tlouble or 
single flowers from white to red. Mixture only. 2(!c each 
IHgltnlis The Shirley. (Foxglove) Biennial. Tall graceful spikes of 
bell-shaped flowers. Rose to white. June to duly :l feet 20c each 
(.Iiillurdiu Portola Hybirils. Always popular. Profusion of highly colored 
rich crimson rays that arc tipped yellow. Blooms all summer. 12-18 
inches. 
II Ionium Riverton Gem. Musses of gold s-uffused with terra cotta, 
changing to a wallflower red. 2-4 feet. August and September. 
Hollyhock Iniperutor. New. Flowers are composed of a very broad collar 
of frilled and fringed petals with a very large double center rosette. 
Many colors mixed 
Physnlis francheti (Chinese Lantren) Briyht orange lanterns which 
when cut. last all winter. 2 feet. 
PRICES 
Prices of Plants in (his folder, unless otherwise noted, are 25c 
each, three of one variety for 60c, twelve of one variety $2.00. 20c 
plants art 1 three of a kind for 50c twelve of a kind for 81.GO; 35c 
plants are three of a kind for SI.00, or twelve of one variety for 
$2.80. Six plants of one kind take dozen rates, and if as many as 
25 plants of a kind are wanted, the hundred rate will apply, which 
is GO times the each rate. Order amounting to $2.00 or more will be 
sent postpaid, except Roses(Add 10e each for postage). 
Garden Roses 
Every garden has its roses—no matter how 
meager it may be. Perhaps it is the most popu¬ 
lar garden flower because of the individuality of 
its flowers. We are listing an especially selected 
group of three kinds that are the most useful 
and freest bloomers. You can sure to be pleased 
with them. 
Gruss en Teplitz. Brilliant crimson with velvety 
shadings and intense fragrance. In bloom ail 
the time. 50c each. 
Mrs. Pierre S. l)u Pont. Best yellow rose at 
the World’s Fair. Lasting fragrant flower of 
a deep golden yellow. Continuous bloomer. 
(50c each. 
Radiance. Brilliant rose-pink Constant 
bloomer and excellent cut-flower. 50c each. 
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