THE JOSEPH F. MARTIN COMPANY 
PERENNIAL SEEDS 37 
Other Valuable 
Delphiniums 
Belladonna Improved 
Cliveden Beauty 
Our strain of Belladonna Improved is pro¬ 
duced from stock seed of Cliveden Beauty, 
carefully selected to keep it absolutely 
pure and true to type. Tt is far superior 
to much of the so-called Belladonna Im¬ 
proved that is on the market today. We 
can thoroughly recommend it to the flor¬ 
ist or nurseryman who really is critical 
and wants the best to be had. It is the 
finest light blue for forcing or for out¬ 
door growing. 14 or. 35c, y 4 oz. 60c. or. 
$2.00, y 4 lit. $7.00. 
ItrlImlonn;i. Standard strain. 14 or.. 30c. 
V 4 or,. 50c. or. $1.60, y 4 lb. $5.50. 
Hclliutiosum Improved. A real improve¬ 
ment with large flowers, deeper and 
more uniform color. 14 or.. 45c, 14 oz. 
80c, or. $2.75. 
Bcllnmosum. Fine dark blue. 14 or.. 35c. 
y 4 or.. 60c, or.. $1.80, y 4 lb. $6.00. 
Lamartine. Deep blue like Bellamosum 
but a more lively, brighter shade. Slen¬ 
der stems and somewhat taller growing 
than Bellamosum. The foliage is dis¬ 
tinct, handsome deep green, lacinated. 
Good forcing and cut flower strain, the 
individual flowers having good .sub¬ 
stance. f V or.. 10c, % or. 75c. 14 or,. $1.50 
or,. $4.50. 
Cardinale. The Red Delphinium, bright 
scarlet blooms in loose spikes. Grow a 
few plants, but Cardinale is not val¬ 
uable grown on a large scale. 14 «>z. 
40c, 14 or.. 75c, oz. $2.40. 
Hybrids Good Mixed. A good selection 
and well worth the money. A or.. 25c, 
14 or,. 45c, 14 or,. SOc, or.. $2.50. 
Chinensis Blue Delphinium 
Sometimes called Annual Delphinium as 
they bloom the first year from early sown 
seed. Graceful plants and spikes loosely 
arranged, excellent for cutting or garden 
display. 
Cambridge Blue. Clear Belladonna blue, 
flowers with good cutting stems, 3 ft. 
tall. 14 or. 40c, 14 or.. 75c, or.. $2.40. 
Chinensis Dark Blue, 3 ft. 14 or.. 30c, oz. 
90c. 
Chinensis White, 3 ft. 14 oz. 30c, oz. 90c. 
Blue Butterfly Improved or Tom Thumb. 
Rich Ultra-marine blue. Dwarf plants 
only a foot high. Excellent for border 
or Rock Garden. 14 oz. 30c, % oz. SOc, 
oz. $1.50. 
Dicentra—Bleeding Heart 
The Bleeding Hearts make beautiful bor¬ 
der plants and they are valuable for cut¬ 
ting as well. Give a partially shaded lo¬ 
cation and light soil. Seed is slow to ger¬ 
minate. 
E.vimca, Plumy Bleeding Heart. Finely 
cut fern-like foliage and showy racemes 
of pink flowers, which bloom practically 
the whole season. Dwarf growth, 12- 
15 inches. 14 oz. 35c, 14 oz. 60c, oz. 
$1.80. 
Spectubilis Dielytra. Beautiful pendant 
sprays of heart-shaped pink flowers. 
Flowers best during May and June, is 
perfectly hardy and at home in most 
any part of the garden. Used exten¬ 
sively for forcing in the greenhouse, 
1 V 2 to 2 ft. Tr. Pkt. 50c. 
Doronicum < aucusicuui 
Dodecatheon—Shooting Star 
Mcadia. Dwarf, spring blooming variety 
with dark rose star-like flowers. They 
thrive best in deep moist soil and par¬ 
tial shade. Tr. Pkt. 50c. r« oz. $1.25. 
Digitalis—Foxglove 
The most popular varieties are biennials 
and are best propagated from a sowing 
of seed eacli year. 
Shirley Mixed. Large individual flowers - 
on tall stately spikes. A rich mixture 
of colors. !4 oz. 20c, oz. 60c, 14 ll>. 
$1.80. 
Gloxiniaflora Varieties 
Large spikes with spotted flowers in va¬ 
rious colors. 
Purple Bose White 
Any color y 4 oz. 20c, oz. 60c, 14 lb. $1.80. 
Glox. Mixed 14 «*. 15c, oz. 50c. 14 lb. $1.50. 
Perennial Varieties 
Canaricusis. Canary yellow, 3 ft. 14 or,. 
30c, !4 oz. 50c, oz. $1.50. 
Grondiflora. Chrome yellow, 3 ft. y 4 oz. 
30c, oz. 90c. 
Lutzii Hybridii Salmon. Shades of sal¬ 
mon and pink, 4 ft. 14 oz. 20c, 14 or.. 
35c, oz. $1.00. 
Mnculutu Ivcryuna. Beautiful spotted va¬ 
rieties, 1 ft. y 4 oz. 20c, oz. 60c. 
Doronicum 
Leopard’s Bane 
Extremely valuable flowers for cutting 
and also for garden display. Large, grace¬ 
ful, pure golden yellow flowers are free¬ 
ly borne in May and June. 
t nuonsicum Magiiiticum. Excellent strain 
with very large flowers, 2-2 % inches 
across, 2 ft. Tr. Pkt. $1.00. 
Draba 
Aizoidcs (l<). Spring flowering creeping 
plants with rosettes of slender loaves 
and bright yellow flowers, 4-G inches. 
Tr. Pkt. 50c. 
Dracocephalum 
Ku.vschinnum (It). Neat bonder plants 
with dark violet blue flowers, 8 inches. 
!4 oz. 35c, % oz. 60c. oz. $2 00. 
Dry as 
Octopetnla tit). White anemone-liko flow¬ 
ers, 6 inches. Tr. Pkt. SOc. 
Echinacea—Rudbeckia 
Furpiiren. Purple cone flower. Reddish 
purple flowers with long- drooping: pet¬ 
als. Vs oz. 25c, Va oz. 40c*. o/,. 1.20. 
Sc*c* also Hmllicckins. 
Echinops—Globe Thistle 
Ititro. Very ornamental metallic blue, 
rounded thistle-like flowers in July and 
August. Valuable for- cutting, making 
everlasting - bouquets. 3-4 ft. y 4 or. 
10c, oz. SOc, y 4 lb. $1.00. 
Ilumilis. Dwarf species with bright blue 
head. % oz. 15c, oz. 45c, 14 lb. $1.50. 
Edelweiss—Leontopodium 
Vlpiiium <R). A fine dwarf alpine witli 
wooly foliage and small yellow flowers. 
Tr. Pkt. 40c, A oz. 75c, 14 oz. $1.25, 14 
oz, $2.25. 
Sihiricum. Larger yellow flowers. Tr. 
Pkt. 75c, A oz. $1.50, 14 oz. $3.00. 
Epilobium 
Heotori <R). Tiny creeping- plant with 
white flowers, 2 inches, n- oz. 50c, Vs 
S5c\ *4 oz. $1.50. 
August ifolium. French willow or Rose 
Bay. Decorative summer flowering 
plant with rose pink flowers. Does 
well in damp shady spots in tin* bor¬ 
der. Vs oz. B5o, Vi oz. G0t\ oz. $12.00. 
Erinus 
Alpimis til). Dark green leaved little car¬ 
peting plant with rosy purple flowers in 
May and .June, (i inches. Tr. Pkt. 50c, 
oz. $1.75, Vs oz. $5.00. 
Al|)iiiiis AI bus White llowers. Tr. Pkt. 
SOc, oz. $2.50. 
Erigeron 
An excellent group of plants for the 
hardy border and for cutting. They do 
well in most any garden soil. 
Speeiosus Grandillorus. One of the best 
for cutting with good sized blue flow¬ 
ers, touched with violet and contrasting 
yellow centers. Blooms June and July, 
2% ft. !4 oz. 25c, !4 oz. 45c. oz. $1.50. 
Speeiosus Semi-Double. Although varying 
from seed, it will produce a fair per¬ 
centage of very nice semi-doubles of 
lavender blue, 1 ’4 ft. Tr. Pkt. 30c, 14 
or.. 80c, 14 oz, $1.50. 
( oulteri. Early, white flowers, excellent 
for cutting. Tufted foliage, 1% ft. 14 
oz. 35c, 14 oz,. 65c, oz. $2.25. 
GlabeUux. Pale blue flowers, 1% ft. 14 
oz. 30c, oz. $1.00. 
Pink Pearl. The best pink flowering va¬ 
riety. It varies from seed but is cer¬ 
tainly well worth starting and selecting 
the best plants from it. Good for cut¬ 
ting, 1 14 ft. (V, oz. 35c, 14 «z.. OOc, 14 oz. 
$1.00, oz. $3.00. 
)l u I (i rad i a I ns I So.sc us (IS). Distinct from 
others, a dainty little plant for rock 
gardens, bearing small pink daisies, 6 
..inches.. A oz. 25c, 14 oz, 45c, 14 oz. S5c, 
oz. $2.80, 
Eryngium—Sea Holly 
Alpiuum Superbum (R). Sometimes lol¬ 
led Alpine Sea Holly. Blue flowered, 
214 ft. i *5 oz. 30c, 14 oz. 50c, 14 oz. OOc, 
oz. $3.00. 
Ametliystinum. We have the true strain 
of this fine variety. It is the real deep 
blue shade, much better than some 
strains sold under the same name, 2V4 
ft. 14 or. 30c, 14 oz. 55c, oz. $1.80. 
Planum. Tall bushy plants with bluish 
stems and gray-blue flowers in thistle¬ 
like heads, 4 ft. 14 or. 20c, oz. OOc. 
