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dried. Especially useful for mixing- with 
other flowers for bouquets. July to September. 
SW EET WILLIAM (Diantlius) —18 inches. 
June-July. Germany. An old flower garden 
favorite. It sports into endless vareities of 
color—white, pink, purple, crimson and scar¬ 
let, and many sorts variously edged, eyed or 
spotted. 
TRITOMA (Red Hot Poker) —Rich, orange- 
scarlet blooms borne on stems three feet 
high. Very attractive for mass planting or 
singly in the border. In bloom from August 
to October. Requires slight winter protec¬ 
tion for best blooms. 
VERONICA-SPEEDWELL (Cancerwort ) -—A 
medieval name of doubtful origin, probably 
from hiera eicon—a sacred image; in allu¬ 
sion to the leg-end of the sacred handkerchief 
from St. Veronica. A large and much culti¬ 
vated group of blue-flowered perennials, 
great favorites in the hardy garden. The 
taller forms are very pretty border plants, 
while the more dwarf, spreading forms are 
well adapted to the rockery. Unexcelled for 
cutting purposes. 
A ERONICA-SPICATA—Regarded as one of the 
better border Speedwells, thriving in an open 
soil away from shade; clear blue flowers with 
purple stamens. 2 to 4 feet. June. 
VIOLA (Horned Violet) —A much prized, early 
bedding plant. Very large violet colored 
flowers. 5 to 8 inches. April to September. 
Phlox 
The phlox is the most important of our late 
flowering perennials. It is a strong, hardy plant 
from 12 to 30 inches high and produces large 
flowers in showy spikes or helmets in late sum¬ 
mer and early fall. 
For several years we have been gathering 
from many sources the most showy, many-hued 
varieties of phlox to be found and now we have 
every variety that we believe is entirely satis¬ 
factory in the middle west. 
For begt results plant several in a group in 
separate beds or if they can be backed up by 
other or taller plants or shrubs it adds to their 
gorgeous display. 
Plant six or eight inches apart for mass 
effect in any good soil. 
B. COMTE—Vividly colored cherry red. 
BARON VON HEECKERN—Delicate salmon 
pink. 
BEACON—Good sized, cherry red. 
CHAMPS ELYSEES—Bright rosy-magenta. 
CHAS. H. MAYO-—Very large, white, with 
crimson center. 
COQUELICOT — Glowing orange red, with 
violet eye. 
COMMANDER—Brilliant deep crimson red 
with slightly darker eye. 
ECLAIREUR—Bright rosy-carmine, with light 
halo. 
FIANCEE—Very dwarf, producing extra large 
flowers of purest waxy white. 
F. A. BUCHNER—Splendid mid-season bloom¬ 
er. Tall. White. 
FUERBRAND— Brilliant orange scarlet, al¬ 
most Vermillion. 
GEN. VON HEUTZ—Soft salmon red with car¬ 
mine and white center. 
HINDENBURG—Crimson red with darker eye. 
H. O. AVIJERS—White with red center; very 
pretty. 
JULES SANDAU—Dwarfish. Large flower, 
pure pink. 
LOTHAIR—Very fine. Bright crimson. 
MRS. JENKINS—Pure white. 
PANTHEON—Rose pink, free bloomer. 
PROF. VIRCHOAV—Bright carmine, overlaid 
with orange-scarlet. 
RHEINLANDER — Beautiful, large, salmon 
pink, deep red eye. 
RYNDSTROM—Deep pink, tall. 
R. P. STRUTHERS—Rosy carmine with claret 
eye; very bright, tall. 
SEIBOLD—Bright orange-scarlet; crimson eye. 
THOR — Free flowering of a beautiful deep 
shade of salmon pink. 
VON HOCKBERG—Brilliant red. 
AATDAR —Bright reddish-violet. Large white 
center. 
Iris 
Plant Irises where other things will not grow. 
They will stand the test of almost any location. 
Use Irises to give you pride of ownership; for 
profit derived from their self-propagating qual¬ 
ities; for market or the house; standing in the 
community; and hours of communion with 
their magic spell of hidden beauty. 
YELLOAV AND BROWN 
ABU HASSON—Gold standards; falls streaked 
with brown and gold. 
HER MAJESTY—Late; standards soft rose; 
falls red, deeply veined. 
MRS. A. A\. BLAKELY—Standards yellow 
tinged with pink; falls yellow with dividing 
line in center; lighter border. 2 8 inch. 
PROSPER LAUGHER—Standards fiery bronze; 
falls Indian purple. 30 inch. 
SHERAA'IN AATMGHT—Bright deep yellow. One 
of the best of the old standard varieties. 24 
inch. 
GOLDEN BLUE 
LOHENGRIN—Pink silver mauve shading to 
white. A tall grower with wide leaves. Ex¬ 
tra nice flower. 
QUAKER LADY—Standards smoky lavender 
with yellow shadings; falls blue and old gold. 
38 inch. 
LIGHT BLUE 
JUANITA-—Standards and falls clear blue. Tall¬ 
est of the bearded irises. Large, fragrant 
flowers. 
