PERENNIAL PLANTS 
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Aquilegia (Columbine) 
Columbines are among the most beautiful hardy perennials, 
producing gracefully spurred flowers on stems 2 to 3 feet tall 
throughout May and June. 
SELECT HYBRIDS —Mixed colors. 1-year-old plants. Each, 
15c.; doz., $1.50. Strong clumps. Each, 20c.; doz., $2.00. 
BLUE HYBRIDS— 1-year-old. Each, 15c.; doz., $1.50. 
ORANGE and SCARLET HYBRIDS— 1-year-old. Each, 15c.; 
doz., $1.50. 
PINK HYBRIDS— 1-year-old. Each, 15c.; doz., $1.50. 
*Arabis (Rock Cress) 
ALFINA FIi.-FIi. —Similar to the Alyssum or Golden Tuft but 
with double pure white flowers from early spring until 
summer. 3-inch pots. Each, 20c.; doz., $2.00. 
Armeria (Sea Pink) 
Evergreen border plant, very dwarf, requiring no trimming; 
flowers rose-pink. Doz., 35c.; postpaid, 45c.; 100, $2.00. 
Hardy Asters ( Michaelmas Daisies ) 
CLIMAX — Extra large lavender-blue flowers. Two inches 
across. 4 feet tall; very fine. 
FERRY’S WHITE —Pure white with golden center. 4 feet tall. 
LATERIFIiORUS —Numerous heads of small but pretty laven¬ 
der-blue flowers. 5 feet tall. 
LITTLE BOY BLUE —The finest rich blue Aster introduced. 
Very compact habit, not over 2 feet tall. 
RYECROFT FINK —Bright rose and a very free bloomer; 4 
to 5 feet tall. 
ST. EGWIN —A pleasing soft rosy pink of medium size; very 
free flowering of fine compact habit; 2 to 3 feet tall. 
All of the above. 4-inch pots. Each, 25c.; doz., $2.50. 
*SUB-COERULEUS— Flowers light blue, 3 inches in diameter 
on leafless stems 12 inches high issuing from a tuft of 
leaves; useful for the rockery or border. 3-inch pots. Each, 
15c.; doz., $1.50. 
J: Arenaria Caespitosa (Irish Moss) 
Makes a vivid green carpet an inch or so high and spreads 
rapidly. Fine for rock gardens and flag walks. Sections, 25c. 
each. 
Calceolaria 
Fine little shrub of low growth, bearing large clusters of 
pouch-like flowers in yellow and brown shades. 
PURE YELLOW or CRIMSON with yellow border. 3-inch 
pots. Each, 15c.; doz., $1.50. (April Delivery). 
Giant Flowering Cannas 
Cannas succeed in a sunny position. For best results the 
ground should be spaded deeply and a generous amount of 
any well decayed manure thoroughly incorporated. Water 
freely at all times, after the plants are started. Set the roots 
1 foot apart and cover the crowns with 3 inches of soil. Cannas 
may be planted from January to April. 
All varieties have green foliage unless otherwise specified. 
BEACON —Large cardinal-red. 4 feet. 
CALIFORNIA —Orange and pink. 3)4 feet. 
HUNGARIA —The best pink Canna. Flowers very large and 
trusses of enormous size. 4 y 2 feet. 
KING HUMBERT —Large orange-scarlet, streaked with crim¬ 
son. Bronze foliage. 4 feet. 
MME. CROZY —Vermilion-red with golden-yellow border. 3*A 
feet. 
RICHARD WALLACE —Large canary-yellow. 4 feet. 
THE PRESIDENT — Rich glowing scarlet with immense 
rounded flowers. 4 feet. 
WINTZERS COLOSSAL —Immense vivid red. 5 feet. 
WYOMING —Large orange colored flowers; bronze-purple 
foliage. 6 feet. 
YELLOW KING HUMBERT —Deep rich yellow, softly spotted 
and blotched with bright red. 4 y 2 feet. 
Strong divisions. Each, 20c.; doz., $2.00; 6 at dozen rate. 
*Aubrietia Graeca 
One of the daintiest of all dwarf creeping plants for carpet¬ 
ing beds or rockwork, forming brilliant sheets of blue for 
many weeks. 3-inch pots. Each, 15c.; doz., $1.50. 
Campanula 
CANTERBURY BELLS —Hardy biennials bearing a profusion 
of bell-shaped flowers. Single Fink, White, Blue and Lav¬ 
ender. Large clumps. Each, 15c.; doz., $1.25. 
CANTERBURY BELLS—Single Mixed — Young plants from 
flats. Doz., 50c.; postpaid, 60c. 
*CARPATICA (Carpathian Harebell) —A pretty species suit¬ 
able for rockwork, forming compact tufts not over 9 inches 
high, flowers come well above the foliage on slender wiry 
stems. Blooms from July until October. Blue and White. 
3-inch pots. Each, 15c.; doz., $1.50. 
FERSICIFOLIA (Peach Bells) —Perennial; 4 feet tall. In 
bloom during June and July. Single White, Single Blue, 
Double Blue. 3-inch pots. Each, 15c.; doz., $1.50. 
FERSICIFOLIA TELHAM BEAUTY — Immense bell-shaped 
flowers of a pale china-blue, produced on long stems. 3- 
inch pots. Each, 25c.; doz., $2.50. 
*FORTENSCHLAGIANA— A low growing perennial sort with 
slender, graceful foliage and small blue-purple bell-shaped 
flowers which are produced very freely for a long period. 
Suitable for rockwork and borders. Young plants from 
flats. Doz., 50c.; postpaid, 60c. Field grown. Each, 15c.; 
doz., $1.25. 
*ROTUNDIFOLIA (Blue BeUs of Scotland)— Clear blue flow¬ 
ers; fine rock plant. 1 foot high, in bloom from June to 
August. 3-inch pots. Each, 15c.; doz., $1.50. 
Regarding postage on Perennial 
Hardy Aster, Lateriflorus 
Plants see top of page 74. 
