PAINESVILLE, OHIO 
Hardy Perennial Plants I I 
Anemone Japonica. 
Anchusa Dropmore. 
Alyssum Saxatile Compactum. 
HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
The strongest practical argument in favor of hardy peren¬ 
nials is the fact that once planted, they continue year after 
year with no further gardening concern beyond cultivation, 
cutting and thinning. 
Beautiful in a thousand types and expressions, embracing 
every color shade and pattern within the knowledge of man, 
it needs only a little thought, study, and art sense to so select 
types and associate colors, that the perennial garden will be¬ 
come a vivid, glorious, living adventure in beauty and self- 
expression. 
“Rock Plants” are designated with this character <$>, 
DDipCC Are postpaid on dozens or less. 
1 ICO rate is for express, yonr expense. 
General Assortment 
ACHXXiIiRA. Delightful cut flowers and garden units, espe¬ 
cially valuable because of long blooming season. 
—Boule de Neige (Ball of Snow). 18 inches. The best white- 
flowered edging plant; erect, stiff stems and compact clus¬ 
ters, fully double, rounded, pure white florets. June to 
September. (Illustrated on outside back cover). 
—millefolium, Cerise Queen (Rosy Milfoil). Fine cut, 
decorative foliage on spreading bushes 18 inches high. Bril¬ 
liant cerise-red flowers continuous all summer, in flat um¬ 
bels. This with foliage, is a dainty bowl cut-flower. 
—Perry’s "White. 2*4 feet. Takes the place of The Pearl, 
giving height maintained by rigid, upright stems. Extremely 
free, with clustered double white flowers, excellent for cut¬ 
ting. June and July. 
—tomentOsa-^> (Woolly Yarrow). A low mat of leaves, 
bright with flat heads of yellow flowers in June and later. 
All Achilleas: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
ACONITUM Fischeri (Monkshood). 2 to 3 feet. September 
and October. Valuable for either sun or shade, and very 
hardy. The foliage is attractive, and the bloom abundant in 
long, dense spikes of hood-shaped flowers ; dark blue. 
Each, 25c; 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
AETHIONEMA persicum (Persian Candytuft). 9 inches. 
Group six inches apart in sunny location for edging, or 
distribute freely among the rocks. Leaves are glaucous 
blue on twiggy stems, with many midsummer spikes of 
rose-pink bloom. 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
AJUGA<$> reptans rubra (Bugle). 3 to 4 inches. Deep pur¬ 
plish blue. Excellent carpeting plants for grass, bare spots 
in border, beneath trees or in rockery, in either sun or par¬ 
tial shade; blooming freely May and June. 
3, 55c ; doz., $2.00. 
ALYSSUM<$> argenteum. 15 inches. Dense growth. Leaves 
silvery beneath, flowers yellow, in clustered heads all sum¬ 
mer. 3, 65c ; doz., $2.00. 
—saxatile compactum (Golden Tuft). A useful, flat, 
spreading edging and rockery plant, growing not over 12 
inches high ; covered with enveloping flat clusters of bright 
golden yellow flowers. May-June. 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
ANCHUSA Dropmore. A bold, broad-leaved growth with 
flower stems 3 to 6 feet high, bearing a continuous show of 
deep blue flowers from spring until late summer. The stools 
are quite dense and bushy, each stem nearly covered full 
length with double, inch-wide flowers of the deepest cobalt 
blue. 3, 65c ; doz., $2.00. 
ANCHUSA myosotidiflora.<§> 1 foot. A beautiful dwarf 
border and rockery plant, best in sand. Its foliage is broad 
on spreading stools, but the vivid flowers in May are almost 
identical with Forget-Me-Not, a rich gentian-blue. 
Each, 30c ; 3, 85c ; doz., $3.00. 
ANEMONE<»> hupehensis. A miniature Japonica, 10 to 12 
inches, in profuse bloom from August on, with l!4-inch 
single flowers colored bright mauve-rose. 
ANEMONE JAPONICA. Suitable for edging, massing or 
single specimens. They grow rapidly 2 to 3 feet and are 
profuse in bloom, gaining strength and beauty each year. 
The blooming period extends from August till mid-Novem¬ 
ber. 
- alba. Glistening, pure white, with yellow center. 
•-Queen Charlotte. Flower semi-double, broad and per¬ 
fectly formed, the pleasing “La France” shade of pink. 
— i —rubra. Brilliant rose-red ; yellow center. 
— —Whirlwind. Excellent large, double white flowers. 
All Anemones: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
ANTHEMIS Kelwayi (Hardy Marguerite). An excellent 
perennial for cutting; golden yellow, daisy-like flowers in 
profusion, nearly all summer. 
3, 40c; doz., $1.50. 
AQUILEGIA (Columbine). 2 to 3 feet. For rockery, mass, 
or border. Distinct, deeply cut foliage and delicate, pendent 
flowers. Bloom early spring into July ; prefer partial shade. 
—Caerulea. Choice; sky blue, with white corolla. 
— Chrysantha. All over pure bright yellow, late blooming. 
— Dobbie’s Imperial Hybrids. A recent English triumph 
following many years of crossing and selection ; notable for 
size, long spurs, and extensive range of colors. Mixed. 
—Long Spur Blue Shades. Selected. 
i— Long Spur Fink Shades. Very bright and showy. 
— Mrs. Scott Elliott’s Long-Spurred Hybrids. A choice 
old English strain ; free-blooming, in pastel shades of rose, 
blue, and yellow in many delightful combinations. Mixed. 
All Aquilegias: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
ARABIS$> alpina (Rock Cress). Low growing plants espe¬ 
cially suited to rockwork, flowering in small white terminal 
racemes. Bloom in May and continue a long time. 
3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
—alpina fi. pi. Same as the above, but with double white 
flowers. 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
ARMERIA<§> (Thrift; Sea Pink). Rosettes of narrow ever¬ 
green leaves on the ground, from which arise many slender, 
naked stems crowned by a compactly round flower. 
— Laucheana. About 8 inches ; in liberal bloom from June 
to August; good sized globular flowers of rosy crimson. 
— maritima splendens (Cushion Pink). 6 to 10 inches. Fine 
grassy, evergreen mounds ; flower balls a deep coral-rose. 
Both: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
ARTEMISIA lactiflora. Deep green, cleft foliage and com¬ 
pact bush shape; the creamy white flowers resembling her¬ 
baceous Spireas in large terminal panicles on erect stems 
3 to 4% feet tall. August-September. 
—Silver King. A beautiful frostlike “mist” for bouquets 
and floral combinations. Vigorous, quick growing, with a 
close network of branches, fine stemmed and slender leaved. 
The opening leaf buds gleam like tiny silver beads. 3 feet. 
Both: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
ASCLEPIAS tuberosa (Butterfly Flower). 2% feet. A de¬ 
lightful show of orange flowers during early summer. 
3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
