104 JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
irardy Perennials. They dll a place in oar gardens, and in our hearts, which nothing else can supply, 
hike Flowering Shrubs, when once planted they are good for a life-time, and wo cotue to regard them as 
a part not only of our home hut our very existence. What would Induce us to part with the grand old 
clumps of Pieonies, l.ilies. Iris, etc., which have stood along the path In our front yard so long, and 
greeted us year after year with such cheery brightness and beauty? They have cheered us through many 
vicissitudes and dark hours of life. They were loved by dear ones whose voices wt hear no more; their 
blooming calls to our minds dear associations, happy days and happy faces which Time, the great 
Destroyer, has stolen from us. Yes, let ns enrich our little yard, or little lawn, our borders and walks 
with these dear dowers, which will be our friends and companions for evermore. 
The list of Hardy Perennials here presented we have collected together with great care, having in 
view one special object, vlg.; to supply the best varieties and best plants at a smaller co. t than they can be 
had elsewhere in the world. Wo feel sure that wc have succeeded, and that our customers will not let this 
season pass without adding many of these treasures to their homes. They are all perfectly hardy anywhere, 
and thrive and bloom year after year with little or no care after once well planted. 
NeW Pereppial phloxes. 
Those who remember the tliin-petaled white and theduil- 
hued purple Perennial Phlox of old-fashioned gardens can 
scarcely recognize these new Phloxes as the same flower. 
These new varieties are in bloom from June until frost, and 
are in huge panicles of close bloom, like a Hydrangea, while 
the individual florets are twice the size of the old-time Phlox, 
and the shades of color the brightest, richest and clearest. 
There are no finer or more useful perennials than the Peren¬ 
nial Phloxes, or which will give more complete satisfaction. 
The variet y we offer are new and fine, and the plants we send 
out will bloom magnificently the coming summer. They are 
cheap, and vs hope that all our customers will plant them. 
Athels. Beautiful rosy-scarlet tinged with salmon. Very 
bright and showy. 
Snow Cloud. White, suffused with purple. Extra fine. 
Charlotte Salpson. White, suffused with pink, deepening 
towards the center to bright vermilion. 
Lasollel. Enormous flower and truss, individual flowers 
being IK. inches across. Color, light crimson tinged with 
lilac and shaded lighter towards the center. 
Diplomat. Beautiful light-lilac with crimson eye. Vcrj 
large flower and truss. 
Eclalre. Deep, bright purplish-crimson. Extra large. 
The following four sorts are Early-flowering Phloxes, as 
they begin to bloom very early, continuing all summer: 
Master Morty Hulse. Beautiful rose-lilac, marbled with 
white. Flowers large and of beautiful form. 
Master Clarence Hulse. Pure white. Flowers and truss 
of very large size and exceedingly beautiful. 
Master Sylvester Hulse. Beautiful lilac-rose. 
Miss Hattie Hulse. Pure white, with beautiful pink eye. , 
Price of all above Phloxes, 15 cents each: four for 50 cents; 
the. ten for $ 1 . 00 . 
Pereprjial Poppy— {Papaver.) 
If there is a more gorgeous flower anywhere than the 
Perennial Poppy we fail to know it. The most indifferent 
observer stands spell-hound in the presence of its magnificent 
lire-like scarlet flowers with theirsilken texture and foil-like 
heart of innumerable purple-black stamens. Each bloom is 
as large as a saucer, and sits perched like a bird on the end of 
a swaying, lmiry, slenderstem. high above the dccply-incised 
and handsome foliage. Many consider it the most showy 
flower that blooms. A grand plant to light up dark corners 
and dull shrubbery. Fine plants. 20c. each ; 3 for 50c. 
PfEOpicS. 
Tile favorite of to-day, as it was fifty years ago. Luxur¬ 
ious foliaged plants, with magnificent double, incurved 
flowers of enormous size and rich coloring. Nothing can 
surpass the intensity of the dark varieties, that fairly glow 
with a radiant fire of richness, while the white and pale 
varieties are very soft and delicate in their coloring, anu all 
deliciously fragrant. The four sorts for SIM. 
Fragrance Fine rich pink with an exquisite perfume. 
Large and double. 25c. each. 
Double White -Pure and fragrant. Enormous size, and 
very don blc. 30c. each. 
Old Scarlet The true, old. large double scarlet Pseony of 
our grandmothers’ gardens. A grand flower. 30c. each. 
Tenufollum Fine-cut fern-like foliage of exquisite beauty. 
and blooms in May. Color, rich fiery scarlet. 30c. 
Mixed Peeonles—'Ten sorts, $1.25 per dozen. 
