PERENNIALS 
THE LIST — We have carefully selected the plants for this list, and 
have excluded all which have no place in the well-considered gar¬ 
den. To be sure all of these perennials are not equally valuable, and 
some have serious faults, but are included because of their adapt¬ 
ability to some special situation. There is no such thing as a perfect 
plant: blue flax is possessed of delicacy, grace, color, and a long 
blooming season, and it is free from disease and insect pests, but 
mature plants v/ill not stand transplanting and it is short lived, 
though it compensates somewhat for these faults by self-sowing 
easily. The net result is one of the most satisfactory plants for 
the average garden, and so we have had the printer set it in bold 
type to call your attention to it. All varieties set in bold type we 
particularly recommend for their beauty and ease of culture. 
In addition to the species and varieties listed in this catalogue, we 
have at the nursery many others, of which we have a small stock 
only; if you do not find what you wish on this list, ask us about it, 
for we have it in stock. 
DESCRIPTIONS — In a catalogue of this size it is impossible to give 
a complete picture of each plant, its appearance, habits, and pre¬ 
ferences, but we have attempted to give here what appear to us to 
be the salient points. We have had to omit much valuable informa¬ 
tion, but if you want to know the foliage type of Caryopteris, 
whether Geums like sun, or anything else about perennials, we will 
be glad to assist you to the best of our knowledge and experience. 
COLOR — Word descriptions of color are admittedly inaccurate be¬ 
cause people do not see alike: what is purple to one may be blue or 
red to another. If you are trying to work out a color scheme and 
want to know whether the pink listed is one which will “click” with 
rose or fight with it, we will give you our opinion on the matter. 
But as it is a controversial subject, we would much prefer that you 
would come to see the flowers in bloom and decide for yourself. 
DATES — Flowering dates vary, of course, from season to season and 
place to place, and we only approximate them in this list. We do 
however keep a record of the blooming dates of all plants in the 
nursery, so if you live in the vicinity of Philadelphia and want to 
know whether cowslips and blue phlox can be depended upon to 
bloom together, we will be glad to give you the benefit of our ex¬ 
perience on that point, or any other comparative blooming dates. 
HEIGHT — The numbers preceeding the common names of each 
plant give the approximate height of the plant at blooming time. 
It is hardly necessary to point out that this will vary, as much as 
several feet in some instances, according to the soil, the amount 
of feeding, water, and the care which the plants receive. 
TRANSPLANTING TIME — A good general rule is to transplant 
fall-blooming perennials in the spring and spring-blooming ones in 
the fall, but this is not always convenient. Almost everything can 
be transplanted in very early spring, as soon as it is possible to 
get on the ground. All spring transplanting of perennials should 
be completed before May, and fall planting should be done early 
enough for the roots to get established before the ground freezes: 
