Other Hardy Perennials 
The Linn County Nurseries 
PHLOX paniculata, Garden Phlox, 30c each, $2.50 per 10. All like rich, moist, 
well drained soil, and a mulching of well-rotted manure in winter. 
—Africa, brilliant carmine-red with darker eye. 
—B. Comte, rich reddish purple, tall. 
—Enchantress, soft salmon pink with dark eye, very large. 
—Glorie de Maroe, dark lavender-blue with large crimson eye. 
—H. O. Wijers, white with large crimson eye. 
—Jules Sandeau, large, delicate salmon pink, dwarf compact plant. 
—Leo Schlageter, pure scarlet with dark eye. 
—Mrs. Jenkins, large, white, tall. 
—Nicolas Flammel, bright carmine-lake with crimson eye. 
—Rijnstroom, Rynstrom. Very large, pure rose pink. One of the best. 
' —R. P. Struthers, cherry red with claret red eye. 
—Special France, delicate rose with carmine-rose eye. 
—Von Hochberg, the nearest pure red. Large and early. 
PHYMOSIA remota, 35c: 4 to 6 ft. Branched. 1 to 2 in. pink mallow-like flow¬ 
ers July-August. Very rare. 
PHYSOSTEGIA, False Dragonhead. Thrives in any good soil. 
—virginica. 3 to 4 ft. August. Spikes of delicate pink tubular flowers. 
-grandiflora. 2 to 3 ft. Deep pink. Blooms between the other kinds. 
-vivid. 1 to 2 ft. Deep pink. Early September till hard freezing. Fine for 
cutting. Massed, it gives the landscape effect of Heather. One of the 
choicest fall blooming perennials. Endures considerable shade. 
PLATYCODON grandiflora, Balloon Flower. 2 to 3 ft. June-October. Large 
bell-shaped flowers, either blue or white. Inflated balloon-like buds. 
—mariesi. 1 to IY 2 ft., otherwise like above. Very fine flower, resists drought. 
PLUMBAGO larpentae, 25c: Blue Leadwort. V 2 to 1 ft. Cobalt blue, July- 
September. Protect. Compact, spreading habit. Very desirable. 
POLYGONUM sieboldi, 3 to 4 ft. Japanese Fleeceflower. Creamy white, Aug- 
ust-September. Good for massing under trees or the edge of woodlands. 
—compactum, IY 2 ft. A compact dwarf form of the above. 
POPPY—Pilosum. 1 to 2 ft. Salmon flowers on slender nodding stems. Peren¬ 
nial. 
—Oriental, Papaver orientale. 2 ft. Large orange-scarlet flowers with black 
centers, May-June. Transplant all the Oriental Poppies in August. 
-Jeannie Mawson, 30c: Large flowers, beautiful soft rose. 
-Joyce, 30c: A fine new kind. Old rose. 
-Olymphia, 30c: Double, free blooming, rich scarlet. 
-Orange Queen, 25c: Dark orange. 
PRIMULA, Primroses. 
—Cortusoides, 35c: Deep rose, early summer. Sun. April. 
—Veris, 25c: Hybrids, various colors. April-May. Requires cool, rich, moist, 
soil and shade. 
PYRETHRUM, Persian or Painted Daisy. 2 to 3 ft. All colors, white to deep 
red. 
—Hybrids, random colors, as they run from seed. 
—Lady Mae, 25c: Broad overlapping petals, soft salmon pink. 
—Selected Deep Red, 25c: Color marked when in bloom. 
RANUNCULUS acris, English Buttercup. 1 to 2 ft. Upright, branching sprays 
small double, waxy golden yellow flowers, May-June. Fine for Memorial 
Day. 
—repens, similar to above, but prostrate, spreading rapidly. 
SALVIA azurea grandiflora, 3 to 4 ft. Sky blue, August-September. 
—praetensis, 1 ft. Indigo-blue, or violet flowers. 
♦PRICES unless noted: 20c each, $1.65 per 10, $15.00 per 100. See page 33. 
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