PERENNIALS 
BLEEDING HEART 
(Dielytra Spectabilis) 
Very easy to force. Can be brought into flower in 
three weeks. Excellent for St. Valentine, Easter and 
Mother’s Days,where a reasonably priced item is required. 
Our stock has gained a reputation for being young, 
vigorous and producing exceptionally fine flowers. 
We offer strong selected forcing size: $2.50 per doz., $18.00 per 100. 
Garden size, useful for a cheap item: $1.75 per doz., $12.00 per 100. 
ASTILBE (Spirea or Goats-Beard) 
res Although mostly used for forcing in pots these are 
excellent for moist semi-shaded positions in the 
garden and the plumy spikes of flowers produced in 
June-July are excellent for cutting. 
America. 1 ft. White, sometimes tinted pale lilac. 
Early. $3.50 
Gloria Superba. 18 in. A rich deep pink, midseason. 3.50 
Rheinland. 18 in. Bright deep crimson shaded 
salmon. 3.50 
White Gloria. 18 in. Pure white. 3.50 
GYPSOPHILA (Baby’s Breath) 
c Bristol Fairy. Produces large panicles of small double 
pure white flowers in June and continues through¬ 
out the Summer with smaller clusters. Indispens¬ 
able for cutting and every garden should have a 
number of plants. 
Vigorous Field Grown Grafted Plants: $2.50 per doz., $20.00 per 100 
100 
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25.00 
Daphne 
DAPHNE (Garland Flower) 
r Cneorum. 12 in. Low spreading shrub bearing 
clusters of delightfully fragrant rose pink flowers in 
May and intermittently throughout the Summer. Doz. 100 
Fine for edging or a low hedge. 
9-12 in. spread.$0.75 each $7.50 
6- 9 in. spread.50 each 5.00 
2-yr. plants.25 each 2.50 
UNUSUAL ITEMS 
To force for cut flowers and pot plants. The following 
are a few varieties of Perennials that have been forced 
successfully and where space is available in a cool house 
they will provide that “something different” your more 
discriminating customers are looking for. Merely having 
them for show lifts your establishment out of the 
ordinary. 
ARABIS (Rock Cress) 
rc Alpina Florepleno. 12 in. Forms masses of gray Doz. 100 
green foliage which are covered with spikes of 
double white flowers in early Spring. This double 
form lasts much longer and is in every way superior 
to the single variety.$1.50 $10.00 
Astilbe or Spirea 
CAMPANULA MEDIA (Canterbury Bells) 
c Tall erect growing biennials delighting in rich well- ^ oz " 
drained soil. The plants are covered with large showy 
bells during late May and June and the flowers last a 
long time when cut. We offer four separate colors, 
dark blue, white, rose, lavender.$1.20 $8.00 
CALYCANTHEMA (Cup-and-Saucer) 
c Similar to the above with a “saucer” at the base of 
each flower. Separate colors, dark blue, white, rose, 
lavender. 1.20 8.00 
DIGITALIS (Foxglove) 
cs Ambigua. 2-3 ft. Pale yellow flowers on tall spikes 
during May and June and occasionally until frost. 
Very hardy and easy to grow. 1.50 10.00 
cs Giant Shirley Hybrids. 3-6 ft. Tall stems with bell 
shaped blossoms ranging in color from white to 
deepest rose. The best of hybrid foxgloves. 1.50 10.00 
DORONICUM (Leopards-bane) 
cs Caucasicum. 3 ft. Produces numerous large yellow 
daisy-like flowers on long stems in April and May. 
One of the best early blooming plants, excellent for 
cutting and useful for forcing in the greenhouse.. . 1.75 12.00 
PRIMULA 
res Veris Elatior (Polyanthus). 12 in. A mixture of 
large flowered hybrids with large clusters on 
strong stems in all colors from pure white to 
dark red. The showiest and most popular of 
all primroses. We are proud of our strain and 
do not hesitate to recommend them highly. . . 1.50 10.00 
PHLOX—STANDARD VARIETIES 
Phlox are one of our great specialties. Each season we 
grow a considerable number and we have worked up a 
reputation for vigorous, healthy, true to name roots. 
Showy, fragrant, easy to handle, hardy and reasonable in 
price, they make a profitable item. Plant a group for 
show and resale. 
(L) Low—(M) Medium—(T) Tall 
Baron von Hecheren (T), Vigorous plant with good- Doz. 100 
sized clusters of carmine scarlet flowers with a 
white eye.$1.50 $10.00 
B. Compte (T). Late, tall growing, popular rich 
wine red. 1.20 8.00 
Beacon (T). Compact, round heads of cherry red. 
A popular sort. 1.50 10.00 
Enchantress (M). Early, soft salmon pink, quite 
similar to the old favorite E. Campbell. The plant 
is vigorous and healthy in contrast to the plant of 
Campbell which was difficult to grow. 1.20 8.00 
For Annual and Greenhouse flower seeds see pages 2 to 11 
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