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Hibiscus —“Mallow Marvel.” This 
is a quick, shrubby growing- 
perennial that needs 3 or 4 ft. 
of space. In the late summer 
there is a mass of flowers like 
single hollyhocks. Red, pink or 
white. 
Heartsease 
Heartsease. When these baby 
pansies get started in your 
shrubbery or rock garden they 
self-sow and form a magic car¬ 
pet of bloom every spring. To 
make sure you get all colors 
we use 6 in a clump, selected 
from different parts of the patch. 
Hollyhocks — Single. These are 
the Allegheny or Mammouth 
Fringe. Tall with very large 
flowers. All colors. 20c each; 8 
for $1.00. 
Double. The large rosettes of 
tissue paper-like blossoms are 
very beautiful. Crimson, yellow, 
white, maroon and pink. 25c 
each; 6 for $1.00. 
Lupine. “Blue Bonnet.” These 
lovely blue pea-shaped flowers 
grow on spikes a foot tall. The 
round whorls of foliage below 
is very attractive. 
Nepeta —“Ground Ivy.” A perfect 
rock or border plant. It can be 
trained as you like. Best of all 
it is a compact mass of dainty 
lavender flowers all summer. 
DAY LILIES (Funkia). 
Plaintain Blue Lily. Here’s an¬ 
other splendid perennial with 
handsome foliage and blue lily- 
like flowers on graceful spikes 
for planting on the north side 
of your house. They will thrive 
in poor soil and will do beau¬ 
tifully with very little care. 
White Flaintain Lily. The broad, 
massive light green foliage 
makes this lily valuable in the 
shady border even when not in 
flower. The clusters of large, 
pure white flowers on tall stems 
in August and September are 
very beautiful and very frag¬ 
rant. 
Hardy Phlox 
For masses of color nothing is 
more generous than the hardy 
phlox. All summer these choice 
new shades are brilliant through 
your planting. You have seen acres 
of phlox blooming in the late sum¬ 
mer here at Shenandoah. Here are 
the choicest varieties and colors: 
B. Compte. A brilliant wine red. 
Enchantress. Soft salmon pink 
with red eyes. 
Firebrand. Flaming orange red. 
Special French. Large, clear 
pink. Exceptionally fine. 
Miss Lingard. The earliest, 
waxy white, spikes long and 
large. 
Mrs. Jenkins, Immense heads 
of white. 
Rheinlander. Salmon pink with 
the currant red eyes. 
Thor Phlox 
R. P. Struthers. Soft rose red 
blended into the salmon. 
Rijnstrom. The deep shade of 
rose pink like the Neyron rose. 
Thor. A ruddy salmon pink 
with red eyes. Large heads. 
PHLOX DIVARICATA. 
Timber Phlox. This beautiful 
light lavender phlox blooms 
early in April and May, and is 
the perfect companion for pink 
tulips. 
PHLOX SUBULATA. 
Moss Phlox. This ground cov¬ 
ering creeping plant is a mass 
of bloom very early in the 
spring. Your choice of white, 
purple, rose and pink. 
“Peg’s Pink.” This is bright 
pink with deep eye. Large vivid 
blossoms. 
Pinks 
DELTOIDES. 
“Maiden Pink.” These charm¬ 
ing little slender stems are a 
mass of carmine and coral blos¬ 
soms through May and June. 
Spicy Carnations. These large 
spicy fragrant carnation blos¬ 
soms of rich colors are good for 
cutting and are very effective in 
the flower bed. Scarlet, pink and 
white. Mixed colors, 8 for $1.00. 
Barbatus. The hardy Sweet 
William. Here you get a mass 
of color in all shades. The broad 
blossoms are like phlox, and 
there is a choice of blood red. 
giant white, pink and scarlet. 
Mixed colors, 8 for $1.00. 
PYRETHRUM. 
“Painted Daisy.” Our stock is 
all hybrid so you get the deep 
rosy pink, daisy-like flowers on 
long slender stems. 
Sanguinia. Deep blood red. 
Blue Salvia. This hardy perennial 
is similar to the annual salvia 
except that this is a pretty sky 
blue. It is native to the Rocky 
Mountain and is very hardy. 
Since light blue flowers are 
scarce you should try this new 
blue salvia. 
Sednms (Stone Crop) 
Here is a most interesting and 
useful family. It is the best friend 
of our rock garden and besides 
makes beautiful edging plants for 
your stepping stones and flower 
border. Most of them are low 
growing and spread very densely. 
Acre. Moss foliage of dark g'reen 
with brilliant yellow flowers. 
Sarmentosum. Dwarf with 
creamy white carpeting blooms. 
Kamschaticum. A choice spread¬ 
ing plant with rosette leaves. 
The blossoms are perfect stars 
of orange-yellow. 
Sieboldi. The reddish stems of 
Sieboldi are beautiful with the 
blue green of leaves. The bright, 
pink flowers are charming. 
Spectabile Brilliant. Grows 15 to 
18 in. high. Has large clusters 
of light leaves of sage green 
and in September is crowned 
with a massive flat flower of 
crimson. 
Sempervivum —“Hardy Old Hen 
and Chickens.” We have prob¬ 
ably 50 varieties. Unless there 
is some certain variety you 
want ask for our Treasure Box 
collection. They will be un¬ 
labeled but all different. At 
least one will be red, and if you 
request we will not include Tec- 
torum or Globiferum. 6 for $1.00. 
GIANT SHASTA DAISY. Very 
hardy and very essential to 
every garden. The lovely white 
petals surround a deep yellow 
center. All on a tall strong 
stem. 25c each. 
Shasta Supreme. Flower lovers 
who have seen this daisy can’t 
find adjectives big enough to ex¬ 
press their admiration! The 4 
in. wide blooms stand on strong 
stems from 20 to 30 in. tall. It 
is a strong grower and improves 
by being divided each fall. Like 
all daisies it likes lime. 50c each. 
Snow in Summer. This is the 
low edging or carpet plant with 
thick silver foliage and very 
early white flowers. Undoubt¬ 
edly the most valuable of the 
carpet plants, for it is the show¬ 
iest and will last the longest. 
Stachy’s Lanata. A lovely soft 
silvery foliage plant for rock 
gardens and borders. 
S t a t i c e Latifolia. “Lavender 
baby’s breath.” This is a new 
flower similar to the gypsophila 
except for its color. Will last 
for months in winter bouquets 
when dried, or may be used 
fresh with roses or sweet peas 
with good effect. 
Stokesia. The small aster-like 
flowers of lavender. It is very 
bushy, and the flowers are on 
from July to October. 
Torch Lilies —(Tritoma). Some 
times called Red Hot. Poker 
Plant. This is a semi-tropical 
plant and is one of the showiest 
things in the garden. The spear¬ 
like foliage is long, and the sin¬ 
gle fiery spiked cone comes out 
of the low leaves. It is a bril¬ 
liant fiery color. 
Verbena 
Verbena, This hardy perennial 
makes a wonderful bedding or 
border plant for it’s a strong 
thrifty plant covered from early 
summer to late fall with a lav¬ 
ish profusion of the bright 
lavender-rose fl(iw«rs. 
