Perennial Flowers 
SHENANDOAH, IOWA 
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Chinese Lantern — (Physalis). 
These attractive little orange 
lanterns are used for winter 
bouquets. They’re not hard to 
grow and make a beautiful spot 
of orange in the garden as well 
as an unusual bouquet for the 
house. 
Chrysanthemums 
Hardy outdoor chrysanthemums 
are more valuable for fall blos¬ 
soms than any other flower. The 
newer varieties come in to bloom 
early and give a long period of 
bloom before frost. 
Chrysanthemum 
Aladdin. Very, very early. The 
rich golden brown color shades 
into apricot with streakings of 
red and rose. The blossoms are 
large, full and compact. Stems 
are a good length for cutting. 
35c each; 3 for $1.00. 
Pink Cushion. This chrysanthe¬ 
mum grows as a round mound 
of color. The deep rosy buds 
open .early into large flowers, 
making it a huge mound of 
flower beauty for a long bloom¬ 
ing period. Most choice of the 
new' chrysanthemums. 35c each; 
3 for $1.00. 
Winnetka, Big shaggy white, 
tinged pink. 35c each. 
Vivid. A vivid rosy crimson. 
“Large and frost resistant. 30c; 
4 for $1.00, 
Bed Beauty. Garnet red blos¬ 
soms that are a glow of color 
all fall. 30c; 4 for $1.00, 
Buth M. Hatton. A pompon va¬ 
riety of ivory W'hite. It stands 
up well against frosts. By Oct. 
1st they are in bloom. 30c; 4 for 
$ 1 . 00 . 
Glory of Seven Oaks. Large, clear 
yellow. 30c each; 4 for $1.00, 
postpaid. 
Tints of Gold. Early. Large 
golden yellow with red near 
base of petals. Very lovely. 35c; 
3 for $1.00. 
New Korean Hybrid. A valuable 
new race of perennials brought 
from that land of severe climate. 
These chrysanthemums are like 
double daisies bringing very 
early color into the October gar¬ 
den. We can furnish named va¬ 
rieties so give your color choice. 
40c each; 3 for $1.00, postpaid. 
Coral Bells —(Heuchera). Sprays 
of tiny pink bells which are 
priceless for use in flower ar¬ 
rangement for a lacy effect. 
Coreopsis. This popular, showy 
yellow daisy should be in every 
garden. If you keep cutting 
them there will be an abundap.ee 
of flow^re all summer long. 
DAY LILIES—(Hemerocallis). 
Flava. This is the lemon lily 
that blooms in June. 
Middendorfi. Large golden 
blooms in late May. 
Fulva. The blossoms are al¬ 
most a copper shade. 
Dumortieri. In June loaded 
with big yellow blooms with 
reddish markings. 
Florham. Large trumpet- 
shaped golden yellow flowers. 
Thumbergi. Butter cup yellow 
lilies that bloom in July. 
Day Lily 
Delphinium 
Blue remains the favorite gar¬ 
den color and no other flower gives 
it in spikes and masses so freely 
as the delphinium (hardy lark¬ 
spur). Plgnt several strains to get 
succession of bloom. 
Belladonna—Light Blue. Mag¬ 
nificent large spikes of delicate 
turquoise blue. 
Bellamosa—Dark Blue. A rich 
shade that’s lovely combined 
with all flowers. 
Hollyhock Delphiniums (Wrex¬ 
ham strain). Under English 
cultivation the delphinium lias 
been improved to reach an 
enormous size and color. The 
large flowers of blue and purple 
are much like gorgeous Holly¬ 
hocks, shades of rich blue pur¬ 
ple are built along the spike 
similar to the hollyhock. 
“Dreams of Beauty.” The newest 
largest and best of selected 
delphiniums. Be one of the first 
to grow it. 35c each; 3 for $1,00. 
False Dragon Head — “Physos- 
tegia.” Tail spikes of these 
vivid flowers are a real accent 
spot in the garden. The deep 
purplish rose flowers are excel¬ 
lent for cutting too. One of the 
showiest of the late summer 
flowers. 
Ferns—Hardy Outdoor. This as¬ 
sortment of ferns is a valuable 
suggestion for the north side of 
the house or a shady spot where 
blossoming plants will not do so 
well. 
Flax — Hardy “Linum.” These 
dainty, very light blue blossoms 
are in a mass over ‘the entire 
plant. Here’s another choice 
plant for the rock garden. 
Forget-Me'-Not —(Myosotis palus- 
tris). The bright sky blue color 
of this dainty perennial is a real 
joy to every flower lover. Ever 
blooming but requires a moist 
location. 
FOXGLOVE. “Digitalis.” The 
giant spear-leaved biennial fox¬ 
glove has a tall flower head 
crowned with big bell-shaped 
flowers. The colors range from 
white and shell pink to deepest 
rose with dots of crimson and 
brown. 
Ambigua —Hardy Foxglove. A 
hardy one that blooms in mid¬ 
summer. Grows 2 to 3 ft. high, 
a,nd the lovely yellow flowers are 
marked with brown. 30c each; 4 
for $1.00. 
Gaillardia 
GAILLARDIA. This is another 
splendid perennial for cut flow¬ 
ers. You’ll have an unfailing 
supply of blooms in a rich 
tawny shade of yellow with 
deep browns and bronze. 
Dazzler. Largest blooms. Bril¬ 
liant colors of gold and red cop¬ 
per. Vigorous growing even to 
the last day. 30c each; 4 for 
$ 1 . 00 . 
Golden Glow. This is the golden 
glove variety with large yellow 
flowers in August, much much 
larger than the common va¬ 
rieties. They’ll grow 5 to 6 ft. 
high, and be a mass of brilliant 
yellow flowers. 
Grasses 
Eulalia. Useful for accents in 
good-sized clumps for it will 
grow 4 to 5 ft. high. 
Ribbon Grass. This is a low 
growing one with long narrow 
leaves, striped white. 
Baby’s Breath 
GYFSOFHILA 
“Baby’s Breath.” The little 
bushy plant of baby’s breath gives 
you the small fine white dainty 
foliage to mix in with other cut 
flowers. Is used a great deal for 
winter bouquets. 
Bristol Fairy. Baby’s Breath. 
This is the new double-flowered 
baby’s breath. Each individual 
bloom is much larger and very 
double. Blooms will stay on all 
summer if you keep cutting 
them. 50c each. 
Repens. Like the well known 
“Baby’s Breath” but with a 
trailing habit. A rock garden 
treasure. 35c; 3 for $1.00. 
HELEN!I7M—Fall Daisies. 
Autumnale Rubrum. Blooming 
about a month before the chrys¬ 
anthemums this tall plant with 
its clusters of copper and gold 
daisy-shaped flowers glorifies 
the September garden. 
Fumilum Magnificum. A more 
dwarf form and blooms earlier, 
ill August usually. It is pale 
yellow with brown markings. 
