MICHELL’S HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
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ORIENTAL POPPIES (Papaver Orientate) 
Bracteatum. Rich blood red. 
Mrs. Perry. A soft shade of salmon rose; a beautiful large flower. 
This variety should be in every garden. 
Olympia. A new double variety, in color a brilliant scarlet over¬ 
laid with golden-salmon, a most beautiful combination. The 
earliest to bloom. 
Orientalis. Very large, orange-scarlet flowers. 
Perry’s White. Pure satiny white with a bold crimson blotch at 
the base of each petal. 
30c. each; doz., $2.75; $18.00 per 100. 
ICELAND POPPIES (Papaver Nudicaule) 
The graceful foliage is surmounted with a mass of stems a foot 
high, which terminate in a beautiful cup-shaped flower. Blooms 
the entire Summer. 
El Monte. This new variety is a California introduction; very 
large flowers; strong wiry stems for cutting; mixed colors. 
Orange, Yellow, White. Each color separate. 
25c. each; doz., $2.50; $15.00 per 100. 
HARDY PRIMULA (Primrose) 
One of the first of the early Spring flowers. They delight in a 
rich soil, preferably in a semi-shaded location. 
Veris ( English Cowslip). A mixture comprising the various shades 
of red and yellow; a splendid plant for Spring blooming. 
Vulgaris ( English Primrose). Beautiful light canary yellow; long 
flower stems with large trusses. 
30c. each; doz., $3.00; $20.00 per 100. 
PYRETHRUM HYBRIDUM 
A good old-fashioned perennial resembling colored daisies, 
blooming in June. 
Single Flowering. Mixed colors only, ranging from pure white 
to dark red. 25c. each; doz., $2.50; $15.00 per 100. 
PYRETHRUM (Giant Daisy) 
Uliginosum. Grows 3 to 4 feet high and is covered with large 
white daisy-like flowers, 3 inches in diameter, from July to 
September. 25c. each; doz., $2.50; $15.00 per 100. 
RANUNCULUS (Crowfoot Buttercup) 
Acris, FI. PI. A double flowered form of our common buttercup; 
2 feet; May and June. 
Repens, FI. PI. (Bachelor’s Buttons). A pretty double flowering, 
golden buttercup; masses of flowers during May and June. 
25c. each; doz., $2.50; $15.00 per 100. 
RUDBECKIA (Cone-Flower) 
Indispensable plants for the hardy border; grow and thrive 
anywhere, giving a wealth of bloom, suitable for cutting. 
Golden Glow. A well-known popular plant; robust grower, 
attaining a height of 5 to 6 feet; masses of double golden- 
yellow, Cactus Dahlia-like flowers from July to September. 
Newmani. Dark orange-yellow flowers with deep purple cone; 
good stiff stems; 3 feet high; July to September. 
Purpurea (Giant Purple Cone-flower). Flowers about 4 inches 
across, of a peculiar reddish purple with a remarkably large 
cone-shaped center of brown; forms bushy plants 3 feet high 
and blooms from July to October. 
25c. each; doz., $2.50; $15.00 per 100. 
SALVIA (Meadow-Sage) 
Perennials with strikingly beautiful, orchid-like bloom, that 
make them welcome in the herbaceous border. Leaves are used 
in medicine and for the kitchen. 
Azurea Grandiflora (Rocky Mountain Sage). Sky-blue flowers 
in greatest profusion during August and September; 6 feet. 
Pitcheri. Similar to Azurea but of more branching habit and 
larger flowers of rich Gentian blue; 3 to 4 feet. 
Virgata Nemorosa. An interesting plant for the hardy border; 
flower spikes bear many-flowered whorls of dark blue blossoms; 
the unexpanded buds are light violet blue, forming a pleasing 
color combination. It continues in flower for about six weeks 
during the early Summer months; 18 inches. 
30c. each; doz., $2.75; $18.00 per 100. 
Scabiosa Caucasica 
SAPONARIA (Soap Wort) 
Ocymoides Splendens. A good subject for the border or rockery, 
producing freely, masses of.bright rose-pink flowers. 25c. each; 
doz., $2.50; $15.00 per 100. 
SCABIOSA 
Caucasica. A delicate shade of lavender blue, starting in flower 
in June and lasting well through the Summer. 
Caucasica Alba. White. Like the above, except the color. 
Caucasica, Giant Blue (Isaac House Strain). A splendid 
improvement in the Caucasica type; flowers larger and with 
longer stems; colors range from light lavender to dark blue; 
excellent for cutting. 
Columbaria Anthemifolia. A low growing variety, with flowers 
measuring 2 to 2J^ inches across; color a delightful shade of 
pink; splendid for cutting. 
30c. each; doz., $3.00; $20.00 per 100. 
SEDUM (Stonecrop) 
DWARF VARIETIES 
Suitable for the rockery and covering of graves, etc. 
Acre (Golden Moss). Green foliage and bright yellow flowers. 
Album. Dark green foliage with pure white flowers in June. 
Anglicum. A coral rosette of grey green; delicate pink flowers. 
Ibericum. Numerous deep rose flowers among dark green foliage. 
Oppositifolium. Pinkish white flowers. 
Sieboldi. Round, succulent, glaucous foliage with bright pink 
flowers during August and September. 
Stahli. A compact variety with crimson tinted foliage in Autumn. 
ERECT GROWING VARIETIES 
Useful and pretty plants for the border, producing their inter¬ 
esting flowers during the late Summer and Fall. 
Spectabile. Immense heads of handsome, showy rose colored 
flowers during the Autumn; 18 inches. 
Spectabile “Brilliant.” A rich colored form of the above, 
being a bright amaranth red. 
Prices of any of the above Sedums, 30c. each; doz., $2.75; 
$18.00 per 100. 
Please see pages 34 and 35 for a list of the well tried out Roses 
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