14 Hardy Perennial Plants 
THE STORRS & HARRISON CO 
Edelweiss. 
DELPHINIUM [Larkspur] 
Belladonna A magnificent sort with 
■■ ... — large spikes of the most 
delicate turquoise-blue. 
Bellamosa Very dark blue variety, 
' strikingly contrastive. 
Both: 2-yr., 3, 55c; doz., $2.00; 
100 , $ 12 . 00 . 
Iceberg Medium height novelty with 
■ stocky flower spikes, pure 
white. 30c each ; 3 for 85c. 
S. & H. Supreme Hybrids 
An assemblage of thrifty 1-yr. plants, 
grown from selected English seed 
(chiefly Blackmore & Langdon’s), 
with a small per cent added from 
prominent American strains. Mixed 
only: 3, 65c; doz., $2.25. 
Wrexham Hollyhock Strain 
Under English conditions and cultiva¬ 
tion, this highly developed strain at¬ 
tains 4 to 6 feet and produces flower 
heads of abnormal length and thick¬ 
ness ; but American growers cannot 
expect quite so much. The most dis¬ 
tinguished feature is the great size of 
the florets, and their peculiar setting 
along the spike, so like the Hollyhock. 
We offer strong, 2-year, field-grown 
plants raised from choicest imported 
Wrexham seed. 3, 75c; doz., $2.50; 
100, $15.00. 
Dwarf Larkspur (Delphinium 
■ ■ — chinense). Con¬ 
trary to character of the foregoing, 
this type is short and slender in 
growth, 15 to 18 inches, very desir¬ 
able for low bedding and borders. 
Blue — a very deep purplish blue; and 
White. 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
DIANTHUS <$> Hardy Pinks 
Short, dense growth and glaucous 
grassy foliage and abundant fragrant 
flowers all summer, throw these delight¬ 
ful subjects into the edging foreground. 
Alpinus AIIWOOdi3> 6-inch growth, 
-— just right for 
rockery. Shades of rose and pink. 
July and August. 3, 55c ; doz., $2.00. 
Barbatus (Sweet William). Great rich¬ 
ness and variety of coloring; beauti¬ 
fully marked. Numerous broad com¬ 
pact trusses of single flowers like 
Phlox. Blood Red, Giant White, 
Newport Pink and Scarlet Beauty. 
3, 40c ; doz., $1.50. 
Deltoides<^ (Maiden Pink). 18 inches. 
A charming slender-stemmed type, 
foliage prostrate; mass of small pink 
flowers, carmine to light coral. May 
and June. 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
Dicentra Eximia, 
“Plumy Bleeding Heart.” 
Flumarius semperflorens<«> mixed. 
Noted for spicy fragrance and rich 
coloring, with long cutting stems. 
3, 40c ; doz., $1.50. 
HYBRID PINKS 
Beatrix^ 18 inches. A charming in- 
. - novation among hybrid 
pinks, constantly in bloom from June 
on. The flowers are double, very free, 
soft salmon-pink, good for 2 weeks 
when cut. 
Furst Bismarck^ In constant lux- 
■ - i urious bloom 
from early June till frozen down in 
late November. The color is an even 
rose-pink. 
Her Majesty Very large flowers, 
< .. spicily fragrant. Pur¬ 
est white. 
Robert One of the choice “Ever- 
— blooming” type; clove-scent¬ 
ed, long-stemmed, from early spring 
till late autumn; tinted white; ma¬ 
roon-red center. 
Four above: 3, 70c; doa., $2.50. 
DICENTRA Bleeding* Heart<$> 
Eximia (Plumy Bleeding Heart). 15 
inches. Compound racemes of deep 
rose, the heart-shaped flowers taper¬ 
ing to a long slender neck. The fine- 
cut, celery green foliage makes a lacy 
mound of striking ornamental value ; 
short-stemmed bloom always in evi¬ 
dence from early spring into fall. 
Each, 30c ; 3, 85c; doz., $3.00. 
Spectabilis. 2 feet. One of the most 
delightful of all the early spring¬ 
flowering plants, bearing numerous 
rosy red heart-shaped flowers pendent 
from arching stems. (See back cover). 
Each, 40c; 3, $1.00; doz., $3.50, 
DICTAMNUS rubra (Gas Plant). An 
interesting plant with dark ashlike 
foliage of pleasing fragrance; of 
shrubby, bushy growth 2 to 3 feet 
high, extreme long life. Early flow¬ 
ers in upright racemes; rose red. 
2 yr., each, 25c; 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
1 yr., each, 15c; 3, 40c; doz., $1.50. 
—Alba. Very striking; pure white. 
1 yr., each, 50c; 3, $1.25; doz., $4.50. 
DIGITALIS (Foxglove) 
Impressive, tall spired, heavy foliaged 
plants of value for background massing; 
serviceable in semi-shade. 
Ambigua. 2 to 3 feet. Midsummer. 
Flowers yellow, marked with brown. 
Giant Shirley Foxgloves. 6 to 7 feet 
high, with flower heads 3 feet or more 
long, crowded with big bell-shaped 
florets. Colors range from white and 
shell pink to deepest rose, dotted with 
crimson and chocolate. Mixed. 
Doronicum Excelsum. 
Gloxiniaeflora. A grand display of 
thimble-shaped flowers in immense 
spikes during July and August. Tall 
growing with large rough foliage. 
Separate colors: White, Rose, Pur¬ 
ple or Mixed. 
All: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00, 
DORONICUM<*> excelsum (Leopard’s 
Bane). A superb cut flower for May 
and June, the perfect rayed Daisy 
flowers a brilliant canary-yellow, 3 
inches wide. Blooming plants average 
2 feet in height, stool heavily, and 
are extremely showy. 
3, 86c ; doz., $3.00. 
ECHINOPS ritro (Globe Thistle). 2 
to 3 feet. Thistle-like plants with 
globular heads of deep metallic-blue 
flowers. Can be dried. 
Each, 25c; 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
EDELWEISS^*/ (Leontopodium alpi- 
pinum). A splendid, typical Alpine 
plant, 4 to 6 inches; small yellow 
flowers, June to August, surrounded 
by starlike heads of leaves which are 
clothed with a dense white woolly 
substance. 3, 65c ; doz., $2.25. 
ERIGERON speciosus. 2 feet. June 
and July. Very large, terminal, aster¬ 
like flowers, of considerable gardening 
value and excellent for cutting. The 
slender rays are perfectly aligned, a 
brilliant blue slightly overcast violet, 
streaking away from a button center 
of gold. 3, 70c ; doz., $2.50. 
ERYNGIT7M amethystinum (Sea 
Holly). A highly ornamental plant 
growing 2 to 3 feet high, with hard, 
angular stalks ; fine cut, spiny foliage. 
The true blue thistle, stems and bracts 
a glistening amethyst blue. 
20c each; 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
EUPHORBIA 
Corollata (Flowering Spurge). 2 feet. 
A branchy, low growing plant with 
fine stems and foliage, literally cov¬ 
ered from June to August with loose 
umbels of pretty white flowers. Good 
for cutting in long sprays; and one 
of the most charming midseason mist- 
flowers. 3, 55c ; doz., $2.00. 
Myrsinites<§>. Small, creeping plants 
of striking beauty, when protruding 
from wall pockets; or on the garden 
level, when the upright growth forms 
close ranks of 6-inch stems, covered 
with fleshy, oblong, concave pointed 
blue leaves in close spirals ; the spring 
flowers yellow in crowded umbels. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
Polychroma<j>. 1 foot. Attractive 
hemispheres of many stems clothed 
with dark green, oblong leaves. Yel¬ 
low flowers May and June, in 5-rayed 
umbels which snuggle into a whorl of 
leaves, also yellow tinged. 
3, 85c; doz., $3.00. 
