WAySIDE 
GARDENS 
for 9 u ality 
Platycodon Grandiflorum. 
Salvia Azurea. (For description, see page 43). 
Rudbeckia Purpurea. (For description, see page 42.) 
PHLOX.—Continued. 
Mrs. Scholten Three $0.65, Doz. $1.70, 100 $12.00 
New. Dark salmon-pink flowers in enormous pyramidal spikes. 
A splendid sort of great value. Midseason flowering and of 
medium height. 
Mrs. W. Van Beuningen Three $0.75, Doz. $2.00, 100 $15.00 
Medium height but robust in growth, with healthy appearing 
foliage. Large, rich salmon-red flowers—a bright, effective 
self color without eye. Very free and persistent in flowering. 
Compact growth. 
Rheinlander Three $0.50, Doz. $1.25, 100 $8.00 
A splendid old-time variety of good growing quality, and ex¬ 
cellent habit. Flower heads are large and on good strong 
stems. The color is a beautiful salmon-pink. 
Rijnstroom Three $0.50, Doz. $1.25, 100 $8.00 
A good strong grower producing an abundance of stems, each 
one topped with heavy trusses of flowers of a lively rose-pink, 
much like the color of the Paul Neyron rose. 
Saladin Three $0.85, Doz. $2.50, 100 $18.00 
A most brilliant scarlet-red with blood-red eye, makes this 
one of the most outstanding varieties. It is a strong grower, 
blooms freely, has good foliage; all in all a worth-while addi¬ 
tion to any collection of plants. 
Thor Three $0.55, Doz. $1.50, 100 $10.00 
Not a new sort but becoming more and more popular because 
of its splendid free-flowering qualities. Color a beautiful 
shade of deep salmon-pink, overlaid with a scarlet glow; small 
aniline-red eye. A good grower, never giving trouble, always 
full of bloom. One of the best of the salmon-pink sorts. 
Von Lassburg Three $0.40, Doz. $1.00, 100 $7.00 
A splendid, midseason, tall, white variety. Trusses large and 
stems good, very free flowering. Rather tall, fine for the back 
of the border. 
Widar Three $0.65, Doz. $1.70, 100 $12.00 
The violet florets have a clear white eye which create a most 
unusual effect. Of medium height and good habit. 
PHYGELIUS - Cape Figwort 
*Capensis Three $1.10, Doz. $3.25, 100 $22.50 
(Cape Fuchsia). This is a hardy Fuchsia. It endures hot, dry 
weather well. The plants are perfectly hardy as far north as 
Philadelphia, but require protection further north where they 
will act much the same as Buddleia, producing new shoots 
each summer which bear purple flowers all summer until frost. 
A splendid plant for the South or hot, dry states. 
PHYSALIS - Winter-Cherry or Chinese Lanterns 
Francheti Three $0.50, Doz. $1.25, 100 $8.00 
An ornamental variety of the Winter Cherry, forming dense 
bushes about 2 feet high, producing freely its bright orange- 
scarlet, lantern-like fruits, which, when cut, will last all 
winter. 
PHYSOSTEGIA - False Dragonhead 
Virginica Three $0.40, Doz. $1.00, 100 $7.00 
Forms large clumps 3 to 4 feet high, bearing long spikes of 
delicate pink flowers in July and August. 
Virginica alba Three $0.40, Doz. $1.00, 100 $7.00 
Pure white. 
Virginica, Vivid Three $0.55, Doz. $1.35, 100 $9.00 
This is a new dwarf variety about 20 inches high, and a great 
improvement over the first two mentioned. It blooms 3 weeks 
later than the others, the flowers are a deeper pink; much 
larger and better, lasting a long time when cut. 
PINKS, Hardy Garden. See Dianthus. 
PLATYCODON - Chinese Bellflower 
Grandiflorum Three $0.40, Doz. $1.00, 100 $7.00 
Large, showy, deep blue flowers on 20-inch spikes are produced 
all summer. A splendid plant for the hardy border. 
Grandiflorum album Three $0.40, Doz. $1.00, 100 $7.00 
White-flowered form of the above. 
Mariesi Three $0.50, Doz. $1.25, 100 $8.00 
A beautiful dwarf species, with broad, thick foliage and large, 
deep violet-blue flowers on 12-inch stems in great profusion 
throughout the entire summer. Plant in front of the border 
or in the rock garden. 
Mariesi album Three $0.50, Doz. $1.25, 100 $8.00 
White-flowered form of the above. 
PLUMBAGO - Leadwort 
Larpentae Three $0.55, Doz. $1.50, 100 $10.00 
One of the most desirable border and rock plants. It is of 
dwarf, spreading habit, growing 6 to 8 inches high, covered 
with deep blue flowers during late summer and fall. 
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