MICHELL’S HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
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PRUNELLA (Self-Heal) 
Webbiana. A low growing plant, suitable for a shady spot on 
the rockery or border; bright pink flowers, produced freely 
from June to September. 30c. each; $3.00 per doz. 
PYRETHRUM HYBRIDUM 
A good old-fashioned perennial resembling colored daisies, 
blooming in June. They will succeed in any good garden soil in 
a sunny position and do best when left undisturbed for 2 or 3 
years, but they should be given an annual top dressing of well- 
rotted manure. 
Single Flowering. Mixed colors only, ranging from pure 
white to dark red. 25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
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; $2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
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; $2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
RUDBECKIA (Cone-flower) 
Indispensable plants for the hardy border; grow and thrive 
anywhere, giving a wealth of bloom, which are well suited for 
cutting. 
Golden Glow. A strong, robust grower, attaining a height of 5 to 
6 feet, and produces 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; $2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
Rudbeckia Purpurea 
SANTOLINA (Lavender Cotton) 
*Chamaecyparissus Incana. A dwarf evergreen perennial with 
attractive, silvery-white foliage; suitable for the border or rock¬ 
ery. 25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
Scabiosa Caucasica 
SCABIOSA 
The hardy variety is even more wonderful and of greater 
beauty than the annual sort, commonly called Mourning Bride. 
The flowers are gigantic, measuring frequently 3 inches and more 
in diameter. It delights in a sunny position, and is a cut flower 
few perennials can equal. It lasts a long while in water; the 
average height is about 2^2 feet. Very free flowering. 
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 2)4 inches across; color a delightful shade of 
pink; splendid for cutting. 
30c. each; $3.00 per doz.; per 100, $20.00. 
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. 
30c. each; $2.75 per doz.; per 100, $18.00. 
*SAPONARIA (Soap Wort) 
Ocymoides Splendens. A good subject for the border or rockery, 
producing freely masses of bright rose-pink flowers. 25c. each; 
$2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
*SAXIFRAGA (Megasea) 
Very useful plants, growing about 12 inches high, having 
broad, deep green foliage and thriving in any soil in almost any 
position. The pretty rose-pink flowers appear very early in the 
Spring, almost as soon as the frost is out of the ground. 
Cordifolia. Rosy-pink flowers. Extra strong plants. 50c. each; 
$5.00 per dozen. 
Peonies for best results should be planted just as early as the ground can be worked 
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