MICHELL’S HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
Matricaria, Little Gem 
MATRICARIA (Feverfew) 
Little Gem. Pure white, double flowers, splendid for cutting, 
flowering July and August; height, 12 inches. 25c. each; $2.50 
per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
*MAZUS RUGOSUS 
Loose trailing masses of blue and white flowers, speckled with 
gold in the throat. Splendid for flagging and carpeting. 25c. each; 
$2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
MERTENSIA (Blue Bells) 
Virginica. An early Spring flowering plant growing 1 to 1J^ feet 
high with drooping panicles of handsome light blue flowers 
fading to clear pink; May and June. 25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; 
per 100, $15.00. 
MONARDA (Bergamot) 
Didyma Cambridge Scarlet (Oswego Tea). Crimson scarlet. 
•— Rosea (BeeBalm). Flowers of a rose color, and sweetly fragrant 
foliage; 18 inches; July to September. 
25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
*MYOSOTIS (Forget-me-not) 
These are most effective when intermingled with Pansies, 
English Daisies or amongst Summer-flowering perennials. 
Palustris Semperflorens (Perpetual Flowering Forget-me-not). 
Blue with yellow throat; damp places; spread rapidly. 9 inches. 
25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
*NEPETA 
Mussini. An excellent plant for rock gardens, being a compact 
grower and forming tufts of small violet-blue flowers during July 
and August. 
Souv. de Chaudron. Large, rich, lilac-blue flowers from June to 
September; 1 foot. 
25c. each; per doz., $2.50; $15.00 per 100. 
*NIEREMBERGIA (Cup Flower) 
Rivularis. A lovely dwarf creeping plant, with large cup-shaped 
flowers, from June until September. Excellent for the rockery. 
30c. each; $2.75 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 
OENOTHERA (Evening Primrose) 
The evening Primroses are elegant subjects for growing in 
a sunny position, blooming the greater part of the Summer. 
Missouriensis. Large golden-yellow. 1 foot. 
Youngi. Bright yellow flowers; 18 inches. 
30c. each; $2.75 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 
PACHYSANDRA 
An evergreen trailing plant, with thick, glossy foliage forming 
a dense mat; one of the finest ground covers. 
Terminalis. Green: 6 to 8 inches high; small flower spikes of a 
grayish white, in May and June. 
Strong plants from 2}4-inch pots, 15c. each; $1.50 per doz.; 
per 100, $10.00; $90.00 per 1000. 
Strong plants from 3-inch pots, 25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; 
per 100, $15.00; $125.00 per 1000. 
PARDANTHUS (Blackberry Lily) 
Chinensis. Bright orange, Lily-like flowers during July and 
August, followed in September by seeds which resemble Black¬ 
berries; 2feet. 25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
PENTSTEMON (Beard Tongue) 
Barbatus Torreyi. Spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers; height, 
3 to 4 feet; June to August. 
Coral Gem. Large spikes of coral-pink flowers. 
Digitalis. Large spikes of long purple-white flowers with purple 
throats, during June and July. 2 to 3 feet. 
Gloxinoides, Sensation. A beautiful strain bearing spikes of 
large Gloxinia-like flowers in a great variety of bright colors, 
including rose, cherry, crimson, purple, lilac, etc. The plants 
grow 2 feet high and bloom from early Summer till frost. 
Praecox Hybrids. Somewhat similar to the variety Barbatus 
Torreyi but with flowers about twice the size and in a great 
variety of colors, ranging from pale lilac to purple and from very 
pale pink to almost red. A wonderful cut flower. 
Price, 25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
PHYSALIS (Chinese Lantern Plant) 
Francheti. An ornamental variety of the Winter Cherry, forming 
dense bushes, about 2 feet high, producing freely its bright 
orange scarlet lantern-like fruits; highly interesting. 25c. each; 
$2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
PHYSOSTEGIA (False Dragon-Head) 
One of the most beautiful of our Midsummer flowering peren¬ 
nials, forming dense bushes 4 to 6 feet high, bearing spikes of 
delicate tubular flowers, not unlike a gigantic heather. 
Grandiflora Vivid. A new variety growing from 18 to 24 inches 
high, bearing a profusion of bright violet-mauve flowers. 
Virginica. Bright but soft pink. 
— Alba. Pure white; very fine. 
25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
PINKS, HARDY GARDEN 
* (Dianthus Plumarius) 
These old-fashioned favorites, bearing their clove-scented 
flowers during the Spring and early Summer, are splendid cut 
blooms. 
Her Majesty. A splendid fringed pure white. 
Homer. Rosy-red with dark center. 
Juliette. White laced crimson. 
Variegated Reserve. White laced with crimson, everblooming. 
White Reserve. An everblooming variety, double pure white. 
25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 
PLATYCODON 
(Balloon Flower or Japanese Bell Flower) 
The Platycodons are closely allied to the Campanulas, and 
form neat, branched bushes of upright habit. 
Mrs. Ely says of them: “Do best if planted in early Spring. 
They grow from 2 to 2}/% feet high, and after the third season each 
plant will have from ten to twelve stalks covered with the lovely 
blue or white blossoms, during July and August.” 
Grandiflorum. Deep blue cupped, star-shaped flowers. 
— Album. A white-flowered form of the above. 
25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
* PLUMBAGO (Lead-Wort) 
Larpentae. One of the most desirable border and rock plants; 
it is of dwarf, spreading habit, growing 6 to 8 inches high, 
covered with deep blue flowers during the Summer and Fall 
months. 30c. each; $3.00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 
The stately Hollyhock is unsurpassed for a background. See page 114. 
