SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. 
GUARANTEED NURSERY STOCK 
PUNT PERENNIALS 
THEY THRIVE and BLOOM 
YEAR AFTER YEAR. 
ASTER (Michaelmas Daisy) 
CHRYSANTHEMUM 
DIANTHUS (Sweet William) 
DIGITALIS (Foxglove) 
GYPSOPHILA (Baby's Breath) 
Dianthus (Sweet William): White, violet 
and crimson blossoms. Sweet smelling 
and showy flowers. 1 to 2 feet. 
Digitalis (Foxglove): Hybrids. These 
plants are not offered as to color but are 
mixed. Colors range from white and 
shelbpink to deepest rose. Height, 2 x /i 
to 3 feet. 
Funkia (Plaintain Lily): An attractive 
flower for borders. Have broad, massive 
foliage. White blossoms. 12 to 18 inches. 
Gaillardia (Blanket Flower): Yellow flow' 
ers flecked with crimson and brown. A sturdy vigorous plant that 
grows to a height of 2 feet. It starts blooming in June and lasts 
through the autumn and into the winter. 
Geum (Avens): Pretty for borders, growing about 15 to 18 inches 
high. Produce showy, bright colored flowers. Fine for the rockery. 
Gypsophila (Baby’s Breath): When in bloom it is a mass of tiny white 
flowers forming a beautiful, airy, mistlike effect. Grows 2 to 3 feet 
high. Fine for mixing with other cut flowers. 
Hemerocallis (Lemon Lily): Sweet scented, lemon'yellow Lilies flow' 
ering in June and growing about 2 x /i to 3 feet in height. 
Lychnis chalcedonica: Heads of vivid scarlet flowers. Blooms a long 
time. 3 feet high. An old garden favorite. 
Oenothera (Evening Primrose): Elegant for borders or on the rockery. 
Blooms all summer. Lemon'yellow blossoms. Height, 2 x /i feet. 
Pachysandra (Japanese Spurge): One of the best ground covering 
plants. Fully and practically evergreen. Bears small spikes of light 
colored flowers in May and June. Height 6 to 9 inches. 
Papover orientate (Oriental Poppy): Tremendous cup-shaped blooms 
of brightest crimson'scarlet, with large, purplish black blocches at base 
of petals. Height, 2 to 3 feet. 
Platycodon (Balloon Flower): Produce attractive blue or white flowers. 
Fine for cutting and borders. Grows anywhere. 5 to 7 feet. 
Pyrethrum (Painted Daisy): Mixed shades of pink to dark crimson. 
Attractive blossoms, unsurpassed for beauty. Grows 1 to 2 feet high. 
Foliage is fine and fernlike. 
Rudbeckia (Golden Glow): Large Dahlia'shaped golden yellow flowers. 
Fine for cutting and borders. Grows anywhere. 5 to 7 feet. 
Shasta Daisy, Alaska: Pure white petals and yellow centers. No 
bouquet is complete without some of these lovely flowers. 2 to 3 
feet. Covered with bloom throughout the summer. 
Tritoma (Red Hot Poker): Rich orange, scarlet blooms. Stems 3 feet 
high. Grows in any garden soil. (See page 48). 
Fall Blooming Varieties 
Anemone Japonica: (Windflower). Grows 2 to 3 feet high. (See 
Page 13). 
Whirlwind: Double white flowers. Blooms late fall. 
Queen Charlotte: LaFrance pink. Excellent for cutting. 
Asters (Michaelmas Daisy): Hardy. Blue and pink. 3 to 4 feet high. 
Bloom September and October. State color. 
Chrysanthemums, Hardy: A favorite for generations. Height 2 to 3 
feet. White, red, pink or yellow. State color. 
Stokesia (Cornflower Aster): A fine hardy plant of the Aster family. 
Beautiful blossoms of azure'blue. 18 to 24 inches. (See page 13). 
Yucca filamentosa (Adam’s Needle). A low'growing evergreen plant. 
Branching spikes of drooping creamy white flowers Blossoms on 
sturdy stalks from 3 to 6 feet high. Fine for the lawn or large rockery. 
All Perennials listed above shipped Postpaid. State varieties wanted. 
71 T 2057 
Each. . 17c 3 for. . 42c 
EACH 
POSTPAID 
YUCCA (Adam's Needle) 
STOKESIA (Cornflower Aster) 
PYRETHRUM (Painted Daisy)' 
RUDBECKIA (Golden Glow) 
PACHYSANDRA (Jap. Spurge) 
PAPAVER (Oripntal Poppy) 
PLATYCODON (Balloon Flowers 
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