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BROWN BROTHERS COMPANY 
Dictamnus. 
Eulalia Japonica. 
Centaurea 
Montana (Perennial Cornflower). Large 
violet-blue flowers, commonly known 
as Bachelor’s Button. May to Septem¬ 
ber. 2 feet. (c). 
* Cerastium 
‘Tomentosum (Snow-in-Summer). A 
carpet plant with bright silvery foliage 
and white flowers; suitable for rockery 
or in dry, sunny places. 6 inches. May 
and June. 
Chelone - Shellflower 
Handsome perennials, growing about 
2 feet high, and bearing numerous spikes 
of large flower heads. Summer and fall. 
Lyoni. Heads of showy purplish red 
flowers. 
Christmas Rose 
(Helleborus) 
Niger. Large white flowers, flushed pur¬ 
ple on outside of petals. Glossy ever¬ 
green foliage, November to March. 
Very hardy. 12 inches. Rich soil in 
shade. 
Chrysanthemum, Hardy 
Button Varieties. Also asterlike varie¬ 
ties. Blooms at end of growing seasons, 
one of the last flowers in the garden. 
Excellent for bouquets and a superior 
keeping flower. 
Button Varieties. Small blossoms, less 
than 1 inch across. Color of button or 
asterlike, bronze, pink, red, white or 
yellow. 
Coreopsis - Tickseed 
Lanceolata grandiflora. Begins to 
flower early in June and continues in 
flower until killed back by the frost; 
until then, it is one mass of golden 
yellow. The flowers are borne on long 
graceful stems, making them invalu¬ 
able for cutting. 1% to 2 feet. June to 
August. 
Daisy, Shasta 
Chrysanthemum Maximum. The flow¬ 
er has a small yellow center, and long 
snow-white petals. Very hardy, grows 
anywhere and succeeds best in deep 
moist soil. 12 to 15 inches. June to 
September, (c). 
Daisy, English 
Lovely blooms of pink, also white; 
very free flowering. Blooms till snow¬ 
fall. Recommended for rock gardens. 
"Daphne 
Cneorum (Garland Flower). A dwarf 
shrubby evergreen plant, bearing clus¬ 
ters of pink flowers in May and June 
and later in summer. Very fragrant. 
Does well in sun or shade. 
Delphinium 
Gold Medal Hybrids. Tall growing 
Larkspur; dark blue or light blue. 
These tall aristocrats of the garden are 
loved by all growers of flowers. The 
pleasing contrasts in blues are very 
striking when planted with Tritoma 
and Madonna Lilies. Blooms June to 
October. 3 to 5 feet. (c). 
DICENTRA. See Bleeding Heart. 
Dianthus - Hardy Pinks 
Pretty gray-green foliage and intensely 
fragrant flowers on long stems, excellent 
for cutting. Blossoms about 1 inch across 
in various colors, pink, red, white and 
fringed petals. Prefers a sunny, dry loca¬ 
tion, excellent for cutting. 
Dictamnus - Gas Plant 
Bushy and upright growing. Foliage 
glossy; flowers fragrant with a strong 
lemon aroma. Blooms June and July. 
Rose and white. 2 to 3 feet. (c). 
Digitalis - Foxgloxe 
Exceedingly handsome, stately plants, 
throwing up immense spikes of tubular 
flowers of all colors, 2 to 3 feet above 
the foliage. Blooms June and July. 
Doronicum 
(Leopard’s Bane) 
Caueasicum. Yellow daisy-like flowers, 
excellent for cutting, as it blooms in 
May on long stems, and keeps well 
when cut. Blooms May and June. 1 foot. 
Echinops - Globe Thistle 
Coarse growing thistle-like plants, suit¬ 
able for naturalizing in wild gardens and 
shrubberies. Silver white stems, prickly 
foliage. 
Our "Superb" Perennial 
Collection 
17 Gold Medal E 
Delphiniums F 
15 Gold Medal G 
Delphiniums H 
9 Digitalis (Fox- K 
glove) M 
5 Lychnis Chal- 
cedonica 
5 Coreopsis 
12 Aquilegia 
9 Platycodon 
8 Gaillardia 
25 Shasta Daisy 
9 Shasta Daisy 
114 Plants 
There is no border quite so lovely as one like 
this, where the stately Delphiniums and the 
graceful Shasta Daisies predominate. Persistent 
bloomers throughout the summer. This collection 
will nicely fill a space about 4 or 5 feet wide, 
and 15 to 20 feet long. 
