PRIZE-WINNING PEONIES 
EDULIS SUPERBA—Very early. Beautiful, clear mauve pink with silvery reflex. Decoration 
Day Peony. 35c each; 3 for $1.00. 
FELIX CROUSSE—Late midseason. Clear, brilliant ruby-red. Strong, vigorous grower and 
abundant bloomer. Perhaps the most popular of all reds. 35c each; 3 for $1.00. 
FESTrVA MAXIMA—Early. Produces large, full blooms of purest white with a carmine spot. 
Vigorous grower and dependable bloomer with splendid stems and handsome dark green 
foliage. 40c each; 3 for $1.10. 
FLORAL TREASURE—Clear pink. Immense flowers. Early, midseason. 35c each; 3 for $1.00. 
GOLDEN HARVEST—Flowers creamy-pink. Delicate fragrance. Midseason. 35c each; 3 
for $1.00. 
KARL ROSEFIELD—Semi-rose type; midseason. Very tall, compact grower of stately habit 
and an A1 bloomer. Every shoot has a flower of rich, velvety crimson; a perfect ball; very 
brilliant and striking. 50c each; 3 for $1.30. 
LA TULIP—Midseason. Blush white, red markings. 40c each; 3 for $1.00. 
L’ECLENTANTE—Midseason. Double brilliant crimson. 40c each; 3 for $1.00. 
LOUIS VAN HOUTTE—Dazzling red, silver tipped. Midseason. Fragrant. 35c each; 3 for 
$ 1 . 00 . 
MONS. JULES ELIE—Perhaps the largest Peony. Glossy shell-pink, shading to a deeper 
rose at the base, the entire flower overlaid with a sheen of silver. Very fragrant. Medium 
height, but very prolific bloomer. Early midseason. 50c each; 3 for $1.30. 
PHILOMELE—Midseason. Anemone type. Cream colored, violet-rose tints. 35c each; 3 for 
$ 1 . 00 . 
RACHEL—Brightest garnet-red shading to ruby red. Splendid cut flower variety. Midseason. 
30c each; 3 for 75c. 
Special Offer—One each of the above 12 named peonies for $4.25. 
Peony 
If left to our selection we will send 6 fine named Peonies for $1.75. 
Statice 
UNNAMED DOUBLE PEONIES 
We offer Peonies in color, not named, but all meritorious kinds— 
Red, White and Pink. 25c each; 3 for 60c 
Hardy Primrose 
OLD-FASHIONED 
DOUBLE RED PEONY 
(Paeonia officinalis rubra) 
This is the oldest and still one of the most popular sorts. Very 
early, free blooming, glorious deep crimson flowers. 
50c each; $5.00 per doz. 
Rudbeckia Cone Flower 
PLUMBAGO LARPENTAE 
LADY LARPENT—This beautiful variety of Plumbago is unquestionably the most distinct and valuable 
hardy herbaceous plant now in cultivation. The plants are strong, upright in habit, growing to a height 
of 12 to 15 inches in compact clumps, and from the middle of July until severe frosts are covered with 
rich, violet-blue colored flowers, borne in close terminal heads. The foliage is unique, finely serrated and 
fringing the stems. 20c each; 3 for 50c. 
EVENING PRIMROSE 
OENOTHERA—The Evening Primroses are elegant subjects for growing in an exposed sunny position either 
in the border or on the rockery, blooming the greater part of the summer. Large yellow flowers. 15c each; 
2 for 25c. 
HARDY PRIMROSES 
These are among the most beautiful and interesting of our early spring flowers. Plant them in rich, well 
drained soil in the border or in a sheltered nook in the rockery; if possible, in a half shady place. Plants 
grown from a select strain of seed, and embrace a fine range of colors. An old favorite, and should be found 
in every garden; one of the earliest spring flowers. 15c each; 2 for 25c. 
PURPLE CONE FLOWER 
RUDBECKIA (Purpurea)—Flowers reddish purple, large cone-shaped center of brown. 15c each; 2 for 25c. 
SCABIOSA CAUCASIA (Blue Bonnet) 
One of the most desirable of summer-flowering perennials, and in a color that is not over abundant at any 
season of the year. Its charming soft lavender blue, graceful flowers are produced on stems from 18 to 24 inches 
high from June to September, and are splendid cut-flower subjects. Strong pints, 20c each; 3 for 50c; 
$2.00 per dozen. 
SNOW-IN-SUMMER 
CERASTIUM (Tomento8um)—A low, creeping plant with the upper surface of the leaves light in color 
and woolly; it bears a profusion of pretty white flowers. Much used for edging, also to plant in crevices of 
walls or rockwork, where it keeps up a succession of bloom all summer. 20c each; 3 for 50c. 
STATICE 
LATIFOLIA (Great Sea Lavender)—A most valuable plant either for the border or rockery with tufts of 
leathery leaves and immense candelabra-like heads of purplish blue minute flowers during July and August. 
These, if cut and dried, last for months. 20c each; 3 for 50c. 
STOKESIA (Cornflower Aster) 
CYANEA—A fine hardy plant of the Aster family. Twelve to eighteen inches high, and very thrifty. Rich 
green leaves, the flowers of a wonderful shade of azure blue, the petals finely divided, good for cutting. 
August. 20c each; 3 for 50c. 
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