Perennial Novelties and Specialties 
This page is devoted to Perennials in Novelties and Specialties of special interest. Several of the varieties are 
but little known, but should be better known. They are all hardy if given some winter protection. 
Trollius —Globe Flower 
Very pretty Globe Flowers of 
bright orange and gold. With 
finely cut leaves. Desirable for 
moist or shaded locations or 
pool sides. 
Choice Mixed: Pkt., 1 5 1 
New Hybrid Delphinium —Deluxe 
This is a marvelous race of Giant Hybrid Del¬ 
phiniums, embracing many shades and colors 
such as lavender, blue, azure, purple, indigo, 
with several of the shades being blended in some 
of the blooms impossible to describe. 
Flowers are of immense size, single, double 
and semi-double on tall spikes produced on giant 
plants from 4 to 6 feet tall. The blooms of such 
immense size produced in many rich shades and 
colors make it a wonderful perennial to grow. 
Mixed Shades and Colors: Pkt., 15 <; 
2 pkts., 25C 1/16 oz., 75t- 
Pure White — Selected from the above Hy¬ 
brids, mammoth spikes: Pkt., 25(. 
Hollyhock Double “Triumph” 
A very distinct strain. Growing 4 to 5 feet high, 
is of branching habit, all the stems being stud¬ 
ded with prettily waved and fringed flowers, 
which appear in a kaleidoscopic variety of color 
hitherto unknown, in perennial Hollyhocks. 
As many as 45 distinct colorings have been 
noted in one planting. They appear in different 
shades of colors, such as crimson, scarlet, car¬ 
mine, rose, flesh, white, yellow, violet and pur¬ 
ple, white shaded lilac, etc. 
Blooms about ten days ahead of others and 
creates a sensation wherever grown. 
Mixed Colors: Pkt., 1C><; 8 pkts., 25(1 
Vh oz., 60C. 
Scabiosa —Caucasica 
GIANT HYBRIDS (House’s Strain). An im¬ 
proved type which is more vigorous, with longer 
stems and flowers have longer petals ruffled and 
frilled at the edges, most of the flowers a del¬ 
icate lilac, with some colors running to the 
darkest blue. A very beautiful flower for cutting 
or for the border; grows about 3 feet high. 
Pkt., 15c; 3 pkts., 30<. 
Llatris —(Kansas Gay Feather) 
SPICATA. A highly desirable hardy border plant 
growing from 3 to 4 feet high and producing 
long spikes of purple and rosy-purple flowers 
from July to September. The flowers are very 
attractive and much used for cutting. 
Pkt., 1 5C. 
Hardy Perennial Phlox 
DECUSSATA. Hardy Herbaceous perennial quite 
distinct from the annual Phlox offered on page 
44. The seed we offer is saved from the very 
best specimens of the perennial phlox plants 
having many shades and colors. Grows about 3 
feet high. 
Mixed Colors: Pkt., lOc; 3 pkts., 25C- 
Viola Cornuta or Tufted Pansies 
Violas are becoming more favored each year for 
edging or rock gardens. If planted in masses or 
rows they form perfect mats covered with their 
dainty flowers from spring to cold weather. 
Being a Perennial and perfectly hardy may be 
f rown in the same manner as Pansies and will 
loom continuously if the faded flowers are kept 
nipped off. Our improved strain produces won¬ 
derful shades and colors. 
Mixed Colors: Pkt., IOC! 3 pkts., 25C* 
New Hybrid Delphinium De luxe 
Echinops— Ritro 
Flower heads produced on stalks 3 to 
4 feet tall are round like a ball, steel 
blue color, entirely covered with needle¬ 
like spines. Fine for cutting, or can be 
dried. A very interesting plant. 
Pkt., IOC- 
Perennials 
F. B. Mills Seed Grower, Rose Hill, N. Y, 
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