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* Hardy Perennial Plants 4 
Once planted, perennials continue year after year with no further garden¬ 
ing concern beyond cultivation, cutting and thinning. Perennials should be 
planted in good rich soil. For Delphiniums lime should be added to the soil. 
Our Perennials Are 2-Year Field Grown Plants 
Price of all Perennials on This Page 
20c each; 3 for 55c; 12 for $1.75 
Add 10% for Postage. 
ACHILLEA—Small white flowers. Good for cutting-. 
ASTERS HARDY —Climax. Tall growing, blue flowers. 
BABIES BREATH (gypsophila) —Graceful plant with small white flowers. Much used dried. 
BALLOON FLOWERS (Platycodon) —Deep blue flowers from July to September. 
CANTERBURY BELLS—Cup and saucei ; pink, blue, wnite. 
COLUMBINE LONG SPURRED—Beautiful spring blooming plants. Flowers in shades 
of lavender, blue, pink, yellow and red; are fine for cutting. 
CHRYSANTHEMUS (Hardy)—Pink, Indiana red, snowclad white, yellow, bronze button, 
yellow button. 
COREOPSIS (Everblooming Yellow Daisy) 
GALLARDIA (Blanket Flower) —Orange and yellow flowers, blooming all summer. 
PHLOX—Thor, deep salmon pink; B. Compte —Brilliant, rich French purple or wine color; 
Miss Lingard —Large flowers of waxy whit^; Enchantress— Light salmon; Feurbrand — 
Scarlet; R. P. Struthers —Rosy carmine with red eye; Coquelicot —Orange scarlet; 
Beacon —Vivid cherry red. 20c each. 
HIBISCUS (Mallow) —A shrub-like perennial with handsome green foliage, bearing large 
bright flowers thruout the summer. Red, pink and white, mixed. 
HARDY SWEET PEAS—Pink and white. 
HARDY SALVIA—Sky blue flowers in August. 
ORIENTAL POPPY—Orange. Most showy of all garden flowers. 
RED HOT POKER—Brilliant scarlet cones on three foot stems in August and September. 
SHASTA DAISY—Large glistening white flowers on long stems in June and July. 
MAY QUEEN, EA FLOWERING SHASTA DAISY—Lovely flowers for Decoration Day. 
STATICE (Sea lavender)—Immense clusters of small blue flow r ers in June and July. Fine 
for drying. 
PAINTED DAISY (Pyrethrum) —Beautiful daisy-like flowers in shades of rose, pink and 
white. Blooms in May and June and again in September. 
SWEET WIVELSFIELD—Ever-blooming Sweet William. 12 inches. 
SAGE'—For seasoning. 
Cut Flowers For All Occasions — Funeral Flowers 
a Specialty at 
ALPHA GREENHOUSE 
