LITTLE SILVER, NEW JERSEY 
Hardy Perennials 15 
Foxglove (Digitalis gloxiniaeflQra) 
Dicentra • BLEEDINGHEART 
Beautiful old favorites from grandmother’s garden. 
Dicentra eximia (Fringed Bleedingheart). 10 to 
12 in. Showy racemes of pink flowers all season. 
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D. spectabilis (Bleedingheart). 2 ft. Lovely old 
popular sort, with graceful racemes of pink, heart- 
shaped flowers in late Spring and early Summer. 
Perfect for the hardy border. 
Either variety, each 35c., doz. $3.50 
Dictamnus • GASPLANT 
Dictamnus fraxinella rubra (Perennial Gas- 
plant). 1}/2 ft. Showy, with aromatic foliage and 
spikes of rosy pink flowers in early Summer. 
Each 35c., doz. $3.50. 
Digitalis • FOXGLOVE 
Digitalis gloxiniaeflora (Gloxinia Foxglove). 
3 ft. Beautiful flowers which will put a touch of 
oriental, barbaric splendor into the most prosaic 
garden. Flowers in June and July like thimbles, 
on the sides of tall stems. Separate colors— 
Pink, Purple and White, also Mixed Colors. 
ERIGERON 
Erigeron speciosus (Oregon Fleabane). 3 ft. 
^ Hardy, with rosy lilac blooms; good for cutting. 
Eupatorium • HARDY AGERATUM 
Useful border plants with fuzzy, attractive flowers. 
Eupatorium ageratoides (Snow Thoroughwort). 
3 to 4 ft. Masses of white September bloom. 
E. coelestinum (Mistflower). 2 ft. A good cut 
flower with rich, blue flowers from early August 
to October. Excellent in a mass planting. 
ERYNGIUM 
Eryngium amethystinum (Amethyst Eryngo). 
2 ft. Blue thistles on amethyst stems, in late 
Summer. 
Euphorbia • SPURGE 
Euphorbia myrsinites (Blue Spurge). Beautiful, 
thick, glaucous foliage graces this prostrate form, 
with heads of yellow flowers in Summer. ( R.) 
E. polychroma (Cushion Spurge). 1 ft. Good 
yellow flowers in May and June. (JR.) 
Either variety, each 30c., doz. $3.00 
Funkia • PLANTAINLILY 
Lovely flowers spring from the attractive foliage 
of these plants in sun or shade. 
Funkia caerulea (Blue Plantainlily). 1 Yl to 
2 ft. Blue flowers in Midsummer. 
F. lancifolia undulata variegata (Variegated 
Wavyleaf Plantainlily). 1 ft. Good for an edg¬ 
ing, with fluted white borders to its graceful 
leaves, and blue flowers in early Summer. 
F. marginata alba (Margined Plantainlily). 1J^ 
to 2 ft. Foliage distinctly margined white. 
F. sieboldiana (Cushion Plantainlily). l)/£ to 
2 ft. White flowers, tinged lilac. 
F. subcordata grandiflora (Great White Plan¬ 
tainlily). 12 to 18 in. Best of all the Plantain- 
lilies, with spikes of huge, Lilylike white flowers, 
exceptionally fragrant, rising from its broad, pale 
green foliage in Midsummer. Each 25c., doz. $2.50. 
Gaillardia • BLANKETFLOWER 
Excellent alike for border or vase, the Gaillardias 
bloom from June until frost. 
Gaillardia grandiflora (Perennial Gaillardia). 
12 to 18 in. Among the gaudiest of all perennials 
come these showy, yellow flowers, which are cen¬ 
tered red, and ringed, like targets, with crimson, 
maroon, orange, and vermilion. 
G. Portola Hybrids. New improved strain of 
Gaillardias, ranging from bronzy red to dull gold 
in color.| Each 30c., doz. $3.00. 
HARDY GRASSES 
To stand out like living exclamation points against 
your short-grassed lawn. 
Eulalia japonica (Japanese Eulalia). 6 ft. Long, 
narrow green foliage, topped with silvery grey 
plumes. 
E. japonica variegata (Variegated Japanese 
Eulalia). 6 ft. Leaves are striped lengthwise 
with white, cream, yellow, and pink. 
E. japonica zebrina (Zebra Grass). 7 to 8 ft. 
Leaves are banded with broad yellow, horizontally 
this time, in contrast to above sort. Carries silvery 
plumes and this is an excellent lawn specimen. 
Festuca glauca (Blue Fescue). 12 to 15 in. Dense 
tufts of narrow blue-leaves. The original “Ken¬ 
tucky Blue Grass.” ( R .) 
Pennisetum japonicum (Fountain Grass). 4 ft. 
Narrow leaves with purple bronze flower heads. 
Phalaris arundinacea picta (Ribbon Grass). 
12 to 18 in. Leaves longitudinally striped white. 
All varieties of Hardy Grasses, each 25c., 
doz.i$2.50, .100 $18.00 
each 20c., doz. $2.00, 100 $12.00 
All varieties, unless otherwise noted, 
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