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Tunica Saxifraga. 
Rudbeckia—Coneflower. 
Pyrethrum 
(Painted Daisy) 
Daisy-like flowers in white and colors. The flow¬ 
ers are borne on long stems and are fine for cutting. 
Fernlike foliage. 
Platycodon. 
Helianthemum—Sunrose. 
Helianthemum 
MUTABILE (Fickle Sunrose). Of procumbent 
shrubby character, about 12 inches high, the 
young growth stiffly erect. Abundant inch¬ 
wide flowers in loose racemes, capriciously 
varying in color from yellow and white to 
rose and purple. A delightful dwarf border 
and rockery subject. June and July. 
Hibiscus 
(Mallow Marvel) 
Improved new hardy giant-flowering Marsh¬ 
mallows, the most free-blooming of all perennials; 
rich, gorgeous and hardy as an oak. 
Gypsophila 
PANICULATA (Baby’s Breath). A beautiful old- 
Hibiscus. fashioned plant possessing a grace not found in 
any other perennial and attracting the eye of 
everyone. 
Liatris 
(Blazing Star or Gay Feather) 
It blooms in midsummer and throws up long, narrow 
spikes of rich purple flowers, which last a long time. 
Digitalis 
(Foxglove) 
For stately and picturesque beauty it is not to be sur¬ 
passed, and planted in masses in the garden among shrubs 
or naturalized on the edge of woods, in the orchards or along 
brooks, it is extremely effective and satisfactory. It is a bien¬ 
nial, but, as it renews itself from self-sown seed, it may be 
treated as a perennial. 
German Iris 
Fine Named Sorts: 10c each; 
#1.00 per doz., prepaid. 
ATROPURPUREA. Deep 
purple. 
AZUREA. Blue. 
CANARY BIRD. Yellow. 
HER MAJESTY. Pink. 
MRS. DARWIN. White with 
lavender center. 
MONT BLANC. White. 
PALLIDA DALMATICA. 
Solid blue. 
QUEEN EMMA. White. Gaillardia. 
Tunica 
SAXIFRAGA. A pretty tufted hair-fine grass 
plant with tiny light pink flowers produced all 
summer; useful either for the rockery or 
the border. 
Foxglove. 
Gaillardia 
(Blanket Flower) 
GRANDIFLORA. Probably one of the 
most universal flowers planted among 
the hardy perennials. Conspicuous for 
their profusion of bloom. Flowers in¬ 
tense, blood-crimson, margined with 
golden yellow. 18 to 24 inches. 
Rudbeckia 
PURPUREA (Purple Coneflower). An 
entirely distinct variety. The flowers 
are a peculiar formation as well as 
color, which is reddish purple with 
large cone-shaped center in brown. 
Double Hollyhocks. 
Double Hollyhocks 
The Hollyhock is an old garden favorite, full of 
sentiment and association with a distant past. It is 
a plant of strong, vigorous growth and noble aspect. 
Platycodon 
(Balloon Flower) 
June to October. Large, showy, deep blue flow¬ 
ers. Good for rock garden and border. 
Perennials on this page are field- 
grown, 2-year plants: 20c each; 
$1.50 per dozen, prepaid. 
PERENNIALS 
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