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HENRY FIELD SEED COMPANY 
Perennial Flowers 
BLOOMS FOR ALL SUMMER WITH 
HARDY PERENNIALS 
Achillea (The Pearl). Beautiful 
white flowers, very double and 
much like the miniature pompom 
chrysanthemum. Very easy to 
grow and will thrive in a hot 
dry spot. 
Aegepodium — “Bishops.” For a 
ground cover in shaded spots 
the green and white leaves of 
this sturdy little plant give an 
effect as beautiful as flowers 
and much more lasting. It will 
grow even where grass fails. 
Ageratum. Blue flowers are rare. 
Here is one of the best for it is 
an unusually fine shade of blue, 
and a flower that makes a beau¬ 
tiful mass of color in the late 
summer in the garden. 
Ajuga Reptens —“Bugle Flower.” 
Another deep blue, purplish 
plant for the rock garden or 
border. Becomes very dense and 
will carpet any bare spot in your 
rock garden. 
Alyssum 
Alyssum (Saxatfle) “Basket of 
Gold.” The dense clusters of 
small, bright yellow flowers in 
early summer give it its name. 
The gray foliage as well as its 
golden flowers make it valuable 
for the rock garden. 
Anchusa Xtalica. Here is a deep, 
gentian blue flower that is good 
used in the background for its 
fine color. 3-5 ft. 
Anchusa Mysotidiflora. The “for¬ 
get-me-not anchusa.” Lovely 
sprays of blue, 12-15 in. tall. 
Blooms at tulip time. One of 
the rarest rock garden plants. 
35c; 3 for $1.00, postpaid. 
Armeria — “Thrift.” Interesting 
plant with rosettes of narrow 
evergreen leaves on the ground 
from which rise slender stems 
crowned by a round flower of 
rosy crimson. 
Artemisia —“Silver King.” This 
is the beautiful gray mist used 
for winter bouquets and flower 
arrangements. Very vigorous 
and will grow rapidly giving an 
effect of frosty silver where- 
ever planted. 
Hardy Asters 
These are the Michaelmas Daisy, 
very much used both for their fol¬ 
iage and bloom. Remember when 
you saw them blooming last fall, 
you desired to plant several 
clumps yourself. 
Alpinus “Blue Mountain Daisy.” 
Grows about 10 in. tall, but the 
flowers are large and lavender. 
St. Rgwyn. Is a rounded bush 
completely covered by the dainty 
pastel pink semi-double blos¬ 
soms. 
Perennials are a joy to every 
gardener. When you plant 
hardy perennials, you have 
flowers coming on year after 
year with no further garden¬ 
ing worries besides cultivation 
and cutting. Once there they 
will bloom every summer. Keep 
adding to your perennial gar¬ 
den and soon you will have a 
permanent bed of flowers that 
will bloom from earliest spring 
clear through until the frost. 
Our perennial plants are not 
light grade seedlings offered at 
bargain prices. They are all big 
2-year blooming size plants, 
carefully grown, all the right 
size to be transplanted to their 
permanent home. 
25c each; 6 for $1.00 postpaid, 
except as noted. 
Climax. Clusters of light laven¬ 
der blue flowers that fade to a 
pure white. 
Butter Cup (Ranunculus). The 
creeping habit of this glossy 
green plant makes it valuable as 
well as the shiny, bright golden 
blossoms. 
Balloon Flower (Platycodon). An¬ 
other lovely blue flower. The 
buds are real balloon shaped. 
When the blossoms unfold they 
are a star shape. 2 or 3 in. 
across. Iron clad for hardiness. 
BLUEBIRD FLOWER 
Veronica. Here are th e new¬ 
est and finest. Do you have 
them in your rock garden? 
Spicata. Violet blue flowers 
that are massed over the plant 
through the middle of the sum¬ 
mer. 
Reptens. A trailing variety with 
delicate white and blue flow¬ 
ers. They bloom very early and 
never get. more than 6 in. high. 
It’s a beauty in the rock garden. 
Rupestris. In two colors, Heav¬ 
enly Blue or Rose. Low moss¬ 
like foliage covered in spring 
by clouds of tiny flowers in blue 
or pink. State color please. 
Incana. For those who love 
gray foliage against rocks. In 
fall it has spikes of purple 
bloom. 
Amethystina. True blue. Six- 
inch spikes of gentian blue 
bloom in Beauty-bush season. 
Imagine the carpet of blue un¬ 
der the pink sprays. 
Columbian— ( A quilegia) 
Bleeding Heart 
BLEEDING- HEART 
Old-Fashioned. This lovely 
flowering plant is more a fav¬ 
orite today than ever. The little 
red hearts droop from the arch¬ 
ing stems. 35c each; 3 for $1.00. 
Fern-Leaved. This one with its 
small blossoms of deep rose is 
practically an everblooming va¬ 
riety. Likes acid soil. 30c each, 
4 for $1.00. 
Blazing Star (Liatris). These 
showy purple plants are used 
for emphasis or punctuation 
points in a garden. These tall 
purple spikes bloom in mid and 
late summer. 
Boltonia. One of the showiest 
of the fine blooming perennials. 
Each plant loaded with hun¬ 
dreds of aster like blossoms 
through late summer. Pink or 
white. 
Blue Bells (Mertensia). Early 
each spring the graceful 
branches of this bushy plant is 
hung with bells of rich blue. 
CAMPANULA 
Canterbury Bells. Every flower 
spike on this valuable biennial 
is hung with lovely bell shaped 
flowers through June and July. 
Blue, white or rose. 
Glomereta. Perennial canter¬ 
bury bell with large purple 
cups in terminal clusters. Height 
1? in. 30c; 4 for $1.00, 
Hardy Carnations 
Our strain of hardy carnations 
are grown in the field and are per¬ 
fectly hardy for your garden. They 
are very fragrant and flower 
throughout June and August clear 
into the fall. Your choice of red, 
white and pink. 
Field’s Crimson King. A true 
carnation, yet perfectly hardy. 
The beautiful double flowers on 
long stems are a very rich shade 
of deep crimson red. Has the 
true spicy carnation fragrance. 
Particularly choice for its large 
size and deep velvety color. 30c; 
4 for $1.00. 
COLUMBINE— ( Aquilegia) 
Skinneri. No flower is more 
graceful and fairy-like than a 
columbine, and this particular 
strain carries especially the red 
and yellow shades. 
Mrs. Scott Elliott’s Long* 
Spurred Hybrids. The choicest 
strain, not alone beautiful be¬ 
cause of the pastel color com¬ 
binations, but because of the 
extra long shiny spurs. 
Colorado Blue Columbine. Beau¬ 
tiful blue and white long 
spurred columbine is a native 
of Colorado. Very hardy. 
