KENDALL & WHITNEY, PORTLAND, MAINE 
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List of Hardy Perennial Plants 
That these plants may reach the purchaser in the best possible condition they will be carefully packed at the 
nursery and sent by parcel post or express direct to their destination. If sent by parcel post add 10c for each 
plant, two cents for each additional plant. 
The prices of all perennials, except as noted, are 25c each, $2.50 per dozen, $18.00 per 100. Six of one kind 
at dozen price. Fifty of one kind at 100 price. 
ACHILLEA (Milfoil or Yarrow). 
Perry’s White. 20 in. New variety, June to September, 
ptarmica fl. pi. var. The Pearl. Double white flowers, most useful 
for cutting. June to October. 
ACONITUM napellus (Monkshood). Dark blue flowers from July 
to September. 3 ft. Each 35c. 
fischeri. A dwarf variety with pale blue flowers. September. 18 
in. Each 35c. 
ALYSSUM saxatile compactum (Basket of Gold). 1 ft. A grand 
plant for the rockery or border. April to June. 
ANEMONE japonica rubra (Windflower). 2 to 3 ft. Flowers of 
medium size, color rose; stamens yellow. September to No¬ 
vember. 
japonica alba. 2 to 3 ft. Flowers large, white. One of the best. 
September to November. 
japonica, Queen Charlotte. 2 ft. Large, semi-double, silvery pink. 
September. 
japonica, Whirlwind. 2 to 3 ft. Large, semi-double, pure white. 
September. 
AQUILEGIA (Columbine). 
California Hybirds. All colors. May. 2 ft. 
caerulea (Rocky Mountain Blue Columbine). 2 ft. Long spurs, 
blue and white flowers. May to July. 
ARABIS alpina (Rock Cress). 6 in. Early white spring-flowering 
plants. Fine for rock work and borders. April to June. 
ARMERIA maritima (Sea Pink or Thrift). 1 ft. A fine plant for 
rockeries or edgings; flowers bright pink. 
ASCLEPIAS tuberosa (Butterfly Weed). One of the showiest of our 
native flowers; brilliant orange. June to July. 
ASTER (Michaelmas Daisies). These are our most showy fall 
flowers. 
Climax. 5 ft. Light bluish lavender. August to October. 
Joan Vaughan. 2Vi ft. Semi-double, blue. 
Mrs. Raynor. 4 ft. Deepest red of all Asters. September and Oc¬ 
tober. 
St. Egwin. 2 y% ft. Bright pink. September and October. 
BOLTONIA asteroides (False Chamomile). 5 to 6 ft. Fine late-flow¬ 
ering perennials. Aster-like white flowers. August and Sep¬ 
tember. 
latisquama. 4 ft. Flowers clear lavender; fine for cutting. 
CAMPANULA carpatica (Harebell). 9 in. Erect blue flowers, use¬ 
ful for edgings. June to September, 
carpatica alba. 9 in. Pure white. 
medium (Canterbury Bells). 3 ft. Biennial. Flowers blue, white 
and rose. Separate colors. June and July, 
medium calycanthema (Cup-and-Saucer). Biennial. Separate 
colors. 
persiciiolia (Bellflower). Peach-leaved. 2 ft. Blue. June to August, 
persicifolia alba. 2 ft. White. June to August, 
rotundifolia (Blue Bells). 1 ft. Blue. June to August. 
CENTAUREA montana. 20 in. Large purple flowers. Fine for cut¬ 
ting. June. 
CERASTIUM tomentosum (Snow-in-Summer). 5 to 6 in. Low 
growing plant. Silvery foliage, white flowers; fine for rockeries. 
CHELONE lyoni (Turtlehead). 2 ft. Showy deep red flowers, bear¬ 
ing Snapdragon-like blooms and spikes. August to September. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS (Hardy Garden Varieties) 
coreanum (Korean Chrysanthemum). 2 to 3 ft. September and 
October. A superb garden plant, coming into bloom before the 
first frosts. Flowers are single, 2 to 3 inches across, white at 
first, acquiring a rose-pink tinge with age. 
Alice Howell. Orange-yellow. Early. 
Barbara Cpmmings. Double yellow. Early. 
Brown Bessie. Pompon. Reddish bronze. 
Early Snow. White. 
Firelight. Red. 
L’Argenteuillais. Deep chestnut. Early. 
Marie Antoinette. Rose-pink. Large. 
Tennyson. Large, chestnut-brown. 
Tints of Gold. Yellowish bronze. 
Burbank’s Shasta Daisy. 1 V2 ft. Large snow-white flowers; blooms 
all summer. 
COREOPSIS. One of the best blooming all-summer plants we have, 
lanceolata grandiflora. 2 ft. Large golden yellow 
DELPHINIUM (Larkspur). 
Belladonna. 3 ft. Sky blue, 
bellamosum. 3 ft. Dark blue. 
chinensis. 2 ft. Gentian blue. Blooms all summer, 
chinensis album. 2 ft. Blooms all summer. 
Choice Mixed English Hybrids. 
DIANTHUS plumarius (Garden Pinks). A valuable and showy 
border plant; single and double. Very fragrant. May to August, 
barbatus (Sweet William). 1 to IV 2 ft. Mixed varieties. June and 
July. 
deltoides (Maiden Pink). A dwarf trailer with rosy pink flowers. 
June to August. 
DICENTRA, or Dielytra (Bleeding Heart), 
spectabilis. 2 ft. An old-fashioned favorite. May and June. 50c 
each. 
DIGITALIS (Foxglove). The flower heads are over 3 ft. long, 
crowded with big, bell-shaped blossoms. Colors range from 
white and shell-pink to deepest rose. 
GAILLARDIA grandiflora (Blanket Flower). 2 ft. Large crimson 
and gold; good for cutting. June to November. 
GYPSOPHILA paniculata (Baby's Breath). 2 ft. An old-fashioned 
favorite; very useful, pure white flowers. June to August. 
Bristol Fairy. Double. 50c each. 
repens. A creeping variety with tiny white flowers. A good rock¬ 
ery plant. 
HOLLYHOCKS. Finest double variety. Separate colors or mixed. 
Finest Single Varieties. 
IRIS GERMANICA (German Iris). It is probable that the greatest 
range of color is found in this section—from pure white 
through all shades of mauve to blue and dark purple; the flow¬ 
ers are regular orchids in beauty and structure. 
Alcazar. Bluish violet; falls deep purple. 
Ambassadeur. Lavender; falls deep red-violet. 
Cluny. Wisteria-violet; falls soft bluish violet. 
Florentina Alba. Large fragrant white flowers. 
Gertrude. Dark blue. 
Isoline. Lilac-pink; falls purplish old rose. 
James Boyd. Blue and violet. 
Japanesque. Lavender and white. 
Khedive. Soft lavender, orange beard. 
Kochi. Dark purple. 
Lent A. Williamson. Soft lavender-violet; falls royal purple. 
Lohengrin. Soft Cattleya-rose; large. 
Lorelei. Falls marine blue veined with white and bordered with 
yellow. 
Madame Chereau. White feathered edges of sky-blue; free flower¬ 
ing. 
Mandraliscae. Deep violet-mauve. 
Mother of Pearl. Pale bluish lavender. 
Nibelungen. Fawn-yellow, falls blue. 
Opera. Rich violet-red; bicolor. 
Pocahontas. White, penciled lavender, nearly double. 
Powhatan. Violet-purple. 
Princess Beatrice. Light lavender; falls deeper and tinted violet. 
Sans Souci. Golden yellow. 
Seminole. Violet-rose and crimson. 
Sea Gull. Blue and white. 
Sherwin-Wright. Golden yellow. 
Troost. Best of pinks. 
White Queen. Purest of all white Iris. 
IRIS KAEMPFERI (Japanese Iris). All the colors of the rainbow 
seem to have been gathered together in them in the most fas¬ 
cinating combinations. 
All varieties double, except as noted. 
Astarte. Dark violet. 
Gold Bound. Pure white; yellow markings. 
Hercule. Clear lilac blue. 
Helen Van Seibolt. Reddish, veined white. 
Iphigenie. Coloring deep Chinese lilac. 
Mahogany. Large, mahogany-red, late. 
