BRIDGEPORT, PENNA. 
HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
Mrs. Jenkins, fIndependence). 
Pure white, late flowering, grows very fast and is of medium height. A splendid sort for plant¬ 
ing in masses. Few varieties equal its free-flowering habit. Free from any disease and can al¬ 
ways be depended on. An old sort but worth while. 
Mrs. Milly Van Hoboken. 
An excellent new variety. Very large florets combined in rather loose, large heads. Color 
bright pink with a slight and delicate mauve suffusion. Strong grower apd free-flowering. The 
general color effect, at a distance, is a fine bright pink. 
Rijnstroom. 
A good strong grower producing an abundance of stems, each one topped with heavy trusses of 
flowers of a lively rose-pink, much like the color of the Paul Neyron rose. 
Riverton Jewel. 
Deep rose pink with red eye, very large compact trusses, very distinct and fine. Rather late 
bloomer. 
Thor. 
Not a new sort but becoming more and more popular because of its splendid free-flowering qual¬ 
ities. Color a beautiful shade of deep salmon-pink, overlaid with a scarlet glow; small aniline- 
red eye. A good grower, never giving trouble, always full of bloom. One of the best of the 
salmon-pink sorts. 
Von Hochberg. 
Park red. 
Wellesley. 
A seedling of Elizabeth Campbell. A pink of exceedingly pure color. 
Widar. 
A deep violet-blue with pure white eye. Medium height. Midseason. 
Any above Phlox: 30tf each; $1.00 per 4; $2.5C per dozen; $17.50 per 10C 
Special Collection of 10 Phlox in 5 named varieties our selection $2.00 
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PHLOX SUBULATA. Mountain Pink. 
A dwarf early spring type, flowering in 
April and May. The moss-like foliage is 
usually evergreen; and falls dense mass, 
growing 12 or more inches in diameter. An 
invaluable plant for carpeting the ground 
or covering graves; and for the rock 
garden. 
Culture: These dwarf Phlox must be grown 
in full sun; the soil should be rather dry 
and sandy and not too rich. Plants should 
be dug and divided and replanted every two 
or three years, to prevent them from de¬ 
teriorating and getting weedy. Not satis¬ 
factory when grown in the shade. 
★Alba. (^.L. ) 
Pure white flowers, in May; completely 
covering the neat compact plant. 
★Atropurpurea. (S.L.) 
A strong grower and of the same color as 
Phlox, B. Compte. When in bloom it stands 
out strikingly and can be distinguished by 
its deep red blooms which are entirely 
different' from any other subulata. 
★Fairy. (S.L.) 
Pale blue with dark purple eye. Slow 
growing, neat in habit. 
Phlox Subulata Alba 
' A° stronger owing variety, suitable for bold masses in the rockery. Pale blue flowers, in May. 
Has very good winter foliage. 
^ R ° # Rose-pink, ) fine for covering banks; -thrives in hot, dry situations and blooms profusely. 
*This variety is distinguished by its clear pink blooms or flowers, and exceptionally pretty 
evergreen foliage; neat and compact habit of growth. 
^Bright pink with dark pink eye: this plant is very dwarf and compact growing; one of the love- 
liest dwarf Fhlox known. 
* G * Soft'lavender*flowers, in early spring; and a scattering of blooms in the late fall. A most 
distinct type and color, and one of the best. 
It grows but 6 
PHLOX SPECIES. 
of the best varieties for carpeting the ground the ,rockery or the border, 
inches high, and in the Spring is a sheet of rich bright pink flowers. 
★Divaricata canadensis. (L. ) th of extensive planting, commencing to bloom early in 
One of our native species, which is worthy of extensive n ^ ers on stems 1C inche s 
April and continuing through May, with large, iragr , , .Hp rorkerv 
h?gh. This variety is best grown in open woods or a shady, moist p.ace in the rockery. 
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