122 MICHELL’S HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
Hardy Phlox, Miss Lingard 
MICHELL’S SUPERB HARDY PHLOXES 
Antonin Mercie. Delicate lavender, suffused bluish lilac. 
Baron von Dedem. Deep pink, suffused orange; immense trusses. 
Beacon. Brilliant cherry-red flowers on straight, strong stems; 
an excellent variety and one of the best of its color; 36 inches. 
B. Comte. Brilliant rich French purple. 
Commander. Brilliant crimson-red with darker eye. 
Deutschland. The brightest red Phlox ever introduced; a bril¬ 
liant red with crimson eye. 
Eclaireur. Brilliant rose-magenta, with lighter halo. 
Enchantress. Bright salmon-pink, vigorous grower. 
Firebrand. Bright vermilion scarlet with deeper center, large 
trusses, strong grower. 
Jules Sandeau. Dwarf; very large flowering; pure pink; extra 
fine variety. 
Mrs. Jenkins. The best pure white. 
Mrs. Milly Van Hoboken. Enormous trusses of bright pink 
flowers; very showy and outstanding. 
Painted Lady. Silver pink with salmon shadings and cherry red 
eye. A strong upright grower with large masses of flowers; 
one of the most delicately colored and pleasing of the hardy 
Phlox. 
Rheinlander. Deep salmon pink, with a distinct bright red eye. 
Rheinstrom. A splendid new Phlox with gigantic flowers of a 
bright pink. Quite tall; continues in bloom till frost. 
Thor. Deep salmon pink, suffused with scarlet; a white halo 
surrounds the aniline red eye. 
Price of all varieties Hardy Phloxes, extra strong roots which 
will flower the first season, 25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; per 100, 
$15.00. 
PERENNIAL GARDENS 
By H. S. Ortloff 
Tells how and where to use perennials Suggestions and 
valuable ideas for home plots of every size and situation. 
88 pages. Price, $1.25. 
NEW HARDY PHLOX 
Columbia. See color plate opposite. 
Count Zeppelin. Very large white with deep crimson eye, an 
improvement on Europa; a strong grower with no fading or 
suffusion of the colors; the best of the calico type. 
Daily Sketch. Extra large trusses and individual flowers; in 
color a light salmon-pink with very faint carmine eye. An 
outstanding variety. 
Gustave Lind. A dwarf variety; sharp salmon red in color; a 
bright Phlox for the rock garden; free bloomer. 1to 2 feet. 
Leo Schlageter. One of the very best of red Phloxes. Strong 
healthy grower with well branched pyramidal clusters of large 
individual flowers. Color bright carmine-scarlet with slightly 
darker center. Resistant to rain and heat. 
Morgenrood. A very distinct variety, producing large clusters 
of flowers; color bright rose with a deeper eye. Strong grower, 
to 3 feet. 
Wm. Kesserling. Very large individual flowers of a rather 
intense violet, with a distinct white eye. Medium height; 
excellent grower and free bloomer. 
50c. each; $5.00 per doz. 
*PHLOX SUBULATA 
Alba (Moss Pink). Moss evergreen-like foliage, tucking close to the 
ground and covered completely with white star-like flowers in May. 
Apple Blossom. A real addition to the Subulata class. Dwarf, 
compact grower, covered with a profusion of apple blossom 
pink flowers. 
Atropurpurea. A distinct form of Phlox Subulata; very free 
flowering; rich French purple in color, very outstanding. 
Blue Hill. A uniform compact grower, giving an early and a 
late Fall crop of deep blue flowers. 
Fairy. Pale blue with dark purple eye; a neat compact grower. 
A very desirable rock plant. 
Rosea. The same as above but with pure pink flowers. 
Vivid. A new introduction with bright rose-colored flowers. 
Price (except where noted), 25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; per 
100, $15.00. 
MISCELLANEOUS VARIETIES OF PHLOX 
‘Amoena. A beautiful plant, with soft rose-colored flowers; one 
of the best for rockeries or borders; April-May. 
Divaricata Canadensis. A patch of these makes a Spring show 
hard to describe. The large heads of fragrant lavender flowers 
appear the latter part of April and in May. 
Price, 25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
— Laphami. A great improvement over Canadensis, the plant is 
more robust, the flowers larger and of a more intense shade of 
lavender-blue. 50c. each; $5.00 per dozen. 
PHLOX SUFFRUTICOSA 
Miss Lingard. Pure white, with a lilac eye; very early. 25c. 
each; $2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
PLATYCODON 
(Balloon Flower or Japanese Bell Flower) 
The Platycodons are closely allied to the Campanulas, and 
form neat, branched bushes of upright habit. 
Mrs. Ely says of them: “Do best if planted in early Spring. 
They grow from 2 to 2J^ feet high, and after the third season each 
plant will have from ten to twelve stalks covered with the lovely 
blue or white blossoms, during July and August.” 
Grandiflorum. Deep blue cupped, star-shaped flowers. 
— Album. A white-flowered form of the above. 
25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
For a plentiful supply of lovely blue cut-flowers for the Summer, plant Delphiniums. See page 114 (wn) 
Plants marked * are suitable for the rock garden 
