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Hardy Perennials—Continued 
FCNKIA SUBCORDATA (White Day Lily)—Large, full 
clumps of handsome foliage, with large, fragrant, 
pure white flowers. Blooms in August. Both the 
foliage and flowers are conspicuous, so even when not 
in bloom the plants are attractive. Suitable for most 
any part of the garden. Price, eacli 35c; per 10, $3.00. 
FCNKIA LANCEOLATA (Blue Day Lily)—Lilac-colored 
flowers, valuable for its late blooming. Not as large 
and vigorous as the preceding. Price, each 20c; per 
10, $1.50. 
MALLOWS (Hardy Hibiscus)—A large leaved heavy 
plant, producing large flowers t> to 10 inches across 
from July until late in September. Requires about 
3 feet of space. Flowers extremely showy. In sep¬ 
arate colors—Red, Pink and White. Price, each 35c; 
per 10, $3.00. 
GAILLARDIA (Blanket Flower)—Daisy-shaped flowers 
with orange-tipped petals shading to scarlet in the 
center. Are most attractive from June until frost. 
Their long flowering period, long stems and bright 
colors make it one of the most valuable of the per¬ 
ennials. being easily grown in beds or borders in any 
ordinary soil. Price, each 20c; per 10, $1.50. 
GYPSOPHYLA (Baby’s Breath)—A beautiful old- 
fashioned plant, possessing a grace not found in any 
other perennial. When in bloom during July and 
August it forms a symmetrical mass 2 to 3 feet in 
height, and as much through, of minute pure white 
flowers, forming a beautiful gauze-like appearance. 
When cut it is exquisite in combination with other 
flowers. Price, each 20c; per 10, $1.50. 
LEMON LILY (Hemerocallis)—Magnificent hardy plant 
and undoubtedly among the finest for ordinary gar¬ 
den culture, as they will grow anywhere in either 
partial shade or full sun. The lemon-colored flowers 
are produced in clusters of 6 to 12 blooms, opening 
in succession, and are very useful when cut for indoor 
decoration. Good for borders, shrubberies, wild gar¬ 
den or naturalizing in grass. Price, eacli 20c; per 10, 
$1.50. 
LINUM PERENNE (Flowering Flax)—Very desirable 
within dwarf perennial beds, very much at home in 
rockeries. The plant bushes up evenly about 18 to 24 
inches, with dainty glaucous foliage, the surface 
spangled with perfectly round, flat, solitary, azure- 
blue flowers from May to August. A fresh crop with 
each morning’s dew. Price, each 20c; per 10, $1.50. 
POPPY’ ORIENTALE—For gorgeous coloring the Ori¬ 
ental Poppy has few rivals among hardy plants. Im¬ 
mense scarlet flowers that contrast vividly with the 
green of shrubbery or Evergreen borders during June 
and July. Price, each 30c; per 10, $2.50. 
LILY-OF-THE-V ALLEY—Will thrive and throw up 
its beautiful, modest, fragrant white bells in any 
kind of soil. It will make a carpet of refreshing 
green, daintily patterned by its pervading flower 
sprays, in those shady and cold spaces otherwise lost 
to ornamentation around every house, and in the 
little nooks and angles too small for coarser and 
more ambitious plants. The bloom occurs in late 
spring and early summer. Price, strong clumps, each 
10c; per 10, 75c. 
TIGRINUM SPLENDENS (Tiger Lily)— Because it is so 
widely cultivated in this country, this lily has come 
to be looked upon as native, but it originally came 
from China and Japan. The flowers are orange, 
spotted purple, opening in August and September on 
2 to 4 ft. stems. Price, strong blooming sized bulbs, 
each 20c; per 10, $1.50. 
MYOSOTIS (Forget-Me-Not)—Few flowers are more 
admired than the Forget-Me-Not. which bloom so 
profusely from May until September. The tiny blue 
flowers have a very appealing charm. The dwarf 
plants spread rapidly, carpeting the ground. Makes 
excellent edgings for beds or borders of perennial 
plants. Price, each 25c, per 10, $2.00. 
IRIS, or FLEUR de LIS (German Iris)—It is hardly 
necessary to describe this well known hardy per¬ 
ennial, which is sometimes called Hardy Orchids be¬ 
cause of the richness and beauty of the flowers. 
They vary in height from 2 to 3 feet, blossoming in 
June in exquisite shades of purple, lavender, blue, 
yellow and white. Price, each 15c; per 10, $1.00. 
IRIS KAEMPFERI (Japanese Iris)—The flowers are 
generally rather flat and wide, often measuring 9 to 
10 inches across, appearing in great profusion in June 
and July, after the German Iris are through. Price, 
each 15c; per 10, $1.00. 
Japanese Iris 
IRIS SIBERICA (Siberian Iris) —A variety distin¬ 
guished by its tall, grass-like foliage and clustered 
flowers of a royal purple on numerous slender stems. 
They reach a height from 2 to 3 feet and bloom from 
May to June. Price, each 15c; per 10, $1.00. 
SEDUM SPECTABILIS (Live Forever) — Of upright 
growth, 12 to 15 inches high. Foliage round, thick 
and rubbery, crowned with massive flat cymes of 
dark crimson flowers. Will grow anywhere. Price, 
each, 20c; per 10, $1.50. 
SAXIFRAGA CORDIFOLIA—These will thrive in any 
kind of soil and in any position. Grow about 1 foot 
high, and are admirable for the front of the border or 
shrubbery, forming masses of handsome, broad, deep 
green foliage, which alone renders them useful; 
flowers appear very early in the spring. Fine among 
rocks or ledges. Price, eacli 20c; per 10, $1.50. 
PLATYCODON MARIESI (Balloon Flowers)—Blue; 12 
to 15 inches. July until late September. A beautiful 
dwarf species, with broad, thick foliage and large, 
deep violet-blue flowers. Price, each 20c; per 10, $1.50. 
Phlox Paniculata Variety 
(Miss Lingard) 
PHYSALIS FRANCIIETI (Japanese Lantern Plant) — 
This wonderfully decorative plant is easy to grow 
and multiplies rapidly. A big money maker that will 
yield more than any other outside crop. The fruits 
are becoming more popular each year for decorative 
purposes in the early fall and winter. The color of 
these lantern fruits is orange-vermilion and are ever¬ 
lasting after drying. Single plants produce as many 
as thirty lanterns that sell readily in any flower 
market. They are beautiful for home decoration, be¬ 
ing ever-lasting. Price, each 15c; per 10, $1.50. 
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