The I. W. Scott Company , Pittsburgh , Pa 
HARDY PERENNIALS 61 
HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS, continued 
IRIS, German. Flag. Superbly colored 
varieties of this popular garden plant. 
Japanese. White, gold, or blue flow¬ 
ers. Flowers very attractive. 35 cts. 
each, $1 for 3. 
LIATRIS pycnostachya. Kansas Gay 
Feather. Flowers purple, in dense 
spikes. Foliage thick and grass-like. 
Excellent for masses or cut-flowers. 
scariosa. Spikes of deep purple flow¬ 
ers. Very desirable. 
LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY. A dainty 
plant for shady places. Fragrant, 
bell-like, white flowers in May. A 
good ground-cover. 
LUPINUS polyphyllus, Mixed. Grows 
2*4 to 3 feet tall and produces 
White, Pink, or Lavender-Blue 
flowers. 
PAP AVER nudicaule. Iceland Poppy. 
Grows 1 foot high, with very pretty 
single, crinkled flowers in White, 
Salmon, Yellow, or Orange. 
orientale. Oriental Poppy. Im¬ 
mense, single, bright scarlet flowers 
in spring. 
orientale, Mrs. Perry. Orange- 
apricot. The best of all the pink 
Poppies. 
PENTSTEMON barbatus Torreyi. 
Beard Tongue. Spikes of brilliant 
scarlet flowers. Grows 3 to 4 feet high. 
PHYSALIS Francheti. Chinese Lan¬ 
tern Plant. An ornamental variety 
of the Winter Cherry, with orange- 
scarlet lantern-like fruits. 
PYRETHRUM hybridum. Persian or 
Painted Daisy. A good hardy 
perennial with fern-like foliage. 
Fine for cutting or planting in the 
hardy border. Mixed colors. 
PHLOX. A universal favorite and the 
most showy of garden plants. They 
grow 2 to 3 feet high, according to 
variety, and have large heads of 
bloom. Thrive in a cool, moist, well- 
drained soil. 
B. Comte. Dark red. 
Beacon. Brilliant cherry-red. 
Commander. Crimson-red with 
darker eye. 
Elisabeth Campbell. Light salmon, 
shading to pink at center. 
Enchantress. Salmon-pink. 
Fernand Cortez. Deep crimson. 
Fraulein G. von Lassburg. Pure 
white. 
Miss Lingard. Pure white, pale pink 
centers. The most popular and 
earliest white. 
Rheinlander. Large, salmon-pink 
flowers. 
Rijnstroom. Rose-pink. 
R. P. Struthers. Cherry-red, suf¬ 
fused salmon. 
Thor. Salmon-pink, suffused scarlet. 
Traviata. Carmine-red, with light 
red sheen and blood-red eye. 
Phlox, New Varieties. We consider 
these the best of the new sorts. 
Caroline Vandenberg. Vivid blue. 
Free bloomer. 
George Stipp. Carmine with violet- 
pink center. 
Hauptman Koehl. Dark blood-red. 
Rigoletto. Dark carmine-lilac, edged 
with light maroon. 
Rokoko. Clear soft pink. Large 
flowers. 
Price of above varieties, 35 cts. each, $1 for 
3, S3.50 per doz. 
PHYSOSTEGIA virginiana. Erect 
plants, 3 to 6 feet high, with rigid 
spikes of delicate lavender-pink 
flowers in late summer. A very use¬ 
ful tall border plant. 
PLATYCODON grandiflorum. Bal¬ 
loon Flower. A very good hardy 
perennial producing large, showy, 
steel-blue flowers the whole season. 
Excellent for borders. 
SCABIOSA caucasica. Pin-Cushion 
Flower; Mourning Bride. Flowers a 
soft shade of lavender. Grows 1 )4 
to 2 feet high and blooms from 
June to September. 
SHASTA DAISY (Chrysanthemum 
maximum), Alaska. Pure white 
blooms 4 to 5 inches across with 
yellow centers. 
STATICE latifolia. Sea Lavender. 
Invaluable for cutting. Attains a 
height of I to 2 feet. Purplish blue 
flowers. 
SWEET WIVELSFIELD. An unusual, 
handsome race of China Pinks. 
Fragrant and everblooming. 
THALICTRUM adiantifolium. Vig¬ 
orous plants with maidenhair foliage 
and feathery clusters of yellowish 
flowers. 
TRITOMA pfitzeri. Red-Hot Poker. 
Spikes of orange-scarlet flowers. 
VALERIANA officinalis. Flat heads 
of white flowers. Strong heliotrope 
scent. An old-fashioned favorite. 
YUCCA filamentosa. Adam’s Needle. 
Broad, sword-like, evergreen foliage 
and large, drooping, creamy white 
flowers on stems about 6 feet high. 
filamentosa Hockeri. Variegated 
leaved. 35 cts. each, $1 for 3. 
Valeriana officinalis 
Gypsophila, Bristol Fairy. See page 60 
Pyrethrum hybridum 
Hardy Phlox 
