THE BLUE BOOK FOR FLORISTS 
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HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
We are giving especial attention to our Hardy Perennial Department. Our stock is exceptionally 
large this year, one million plants being grown especially for the shipping trade. The majority of the 
perennials here offered are field grown clumps. 
♦Suitable for Rock Gardens 
Achillea (Milfoil or Yarrow) 
FTARMICA, THE FEABL —Pure white 
double flowers all summer. Prized for 
cutting _ 
Aethionema 
•PERSICUM- Hardy rock plants, glaucous 
blue foliage; pink blossoms - 
Agrostemma 
CORO N ARIA —Silvery foliage, rosy-red 
blossoms - 
Alyssum (Rock Madwort) 
♦ARGENTEUM —Dense growth. Leaves sil 
very beneath, flowers yellow in clustered 
heads. B loom s all summer. 15 inches 
♦ROSTRATUM —Prostrate shrubby variety. 
Flowers pale yellow. May to July- 
*SAX ATILE COMP ACTUM —Broad mass 
es of bright yellow flowers in early spring. 
An excellent plant for the rockery or 
front of borders _ 
Anchusa 
ITAIiICA —Border plant, gentian blue- 
Aquilegia (Columbine) 
MRS. SCOTT ELLIOTT HYBRIDS —We 
offer select plants of this, the finest long- 
spurred strain ever originated - 
*Arenaria 
MONTANA —Very desirable evergreen trail 
ing plant, forming a dense carpet of fo 
liage and covered with large white flow 
ers in spring. Excellent for the rockery — 
Armeria 
MARITIMA —Low growing, with pale pink 
or rose flowers. 4 to 6 inches- 
*Armeria Hybrids 
Attractive dwarf plants; pink shades — 
Artemisia Silver King 
A Plant of Rare Beauty for Landscape 
or Cutting 
For landscape effect from early summer 
until late winter. Artemisia Silver King 
is a most outstanding plant. 
For the cut flower trade the foliage of 
Artemisia Silver King is one of the great 
est values as a filler for sprays or designs 
It matures early in the summer and quickly 
hardens to a state when it can be cut and 
used without moisture. The foliage does not 
wilt or shatter after hardening off and can 
be carried dry indefinitely without losing 
its color. 
It thrives in ordinary soil, growing to a 
height of about three feet in almost perfect 
symmetrical form. The stems are well 
branched and thickly covered with bright 
silver colored foliage, but these quickly di 
vide into a delicate lacy shape with the ap 
pearance of small flower buds all over the 
branches _ 
Aster (Michaelmas Daisy) 
ABENDROTHE —Rosy-red flowers - 
CLIMAX —Large spikes, lavender-blue- 
DELICATE —Delicate lilac rose- 
EMILE THOURY —Light ageratum blue 
HIGHLAND MORN —Delicate light blue _ 
MAGGIE PERRY —Large flowers of soft 
mauve _ 
MONS —Distinct reddish violet - 
PERRY’S BLUE —Fine blue of medium 
height_ _ _ 
ROYAL BLUE —Large rich purplish blue 
SAM BANHAM —Large, early pure white 
ST. EG WIN —Beautiful light pink _ 
HARDY PERENNIAL FLOWERING 
MIXED —These hybrids produce flowers 
of many forms and colors _ 
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‘Suitable for Rock Gardens 
New Baby's Breath Astor 
A new introduction that is rapidly be¬ 
coming very popular for garden and cut 
flower planting. It is distinctive in growth, 
making fine, round clumps 15 to 18 inches 
high. The foliage is dark green. Its flow¬ 
ering period, which is exceptionally long, 
begins about the first of August. As an al¬ 
ternative for Gypsophila for filling in cut 
flower work, it is being extensively used 
It is also considered one of the best Rock 
Garden and perennial plants introduced in 
recent years. The flowers are pure white in 
color, and about one-half to one inch in 
diameter. 
Strong plants that will flower first season 
Aubrietia (Rainbow Wall Cress) 
One of the most beautiful dwarf bor< _ 
plants producing a profusion of flowers in 
many colors for several weeks - 
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12 | 100 
Baptisia-False Indigo 
AUSTRALIS —Dark blue, pea-shaped flow 
all summer 
Boltonia (False Chamomile) 
ASTEROIDES —Among the showiest hardy 
plants with large single Aster-like flow¬ 
ers. Pure white, 6 to 7 feet- 
LATISQUAMA —A very showy florific as 
ter-like plant producing a great profus¬ 
ion of flowers in the summer and fall 
months _ 
Campanula 
(CANTERBURY BELLS) 
CARPATICA (Carpathian Harebell) — A 
to October _ 
CARPATICA ALBA —A pure white form 
of the preceding _ 
FERSICIFOLIA GRANDIFLORA 
COERULEA —Large bright blue flo 
make a very striking effect. 2 feet _ 
PYRAMIDALIS —Produces spikes from 
four to six feet long covered with blue, 
star-shaped flowers during the entire 
summer _ 
MEDIUM WHITE _ 
MEDIUM PINK _ 
MEDIUM BLUE _ 
Carnation 
CRIMSON KING —The best hardy, large 
flowering carnation ever introduced. Fo 
liage dark olive green. The stout stems 
support flowers in great profusion. The 
blooms are richly clove scented. Crimsor 
King flowers from early June until heavy 
frost. It is a valuable florist’s plant 
Centaurea 
(HARDHEADS OR KNAPWEED) 
MACROCEPHALA — Large thistle-likr 
golden yellow flowers; useful for cuttin; 
and showy in borders July and August 
3 % feet _ 
MONTANA (Perennial Corn Flower) — 
Large violet blue flowers; 2 feet_ 
MONTANA ALBA —White _ 
*Cerastium (Snow-in-Summer) 
TOMENTOSUM —Low growing rock 
and producing an abundance 
white flowers _ 
of snow 
$1.60 
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