THE NEW HARDY BORDER 
Wonder why it is that we associate only old- 
fashioned flowers with the hardy border when 
there are many newer, more unusual kinds just 
as lovely. We need both the old and the new, 
for after all that which is now old, once was 
new; and we should not lose the adventurous 
urge that our fathers had. If Hollyhocks had 
been their limitation, we should never have 
known the charm of the Bleeding Heart, novelty 
of the “fifties.” 
BAPTISIA VILLOSA—A splendid new Baptisia, 
with great spikes of golden pea-flowers, the 
showy clusters bowing over with their own 
weight. Thrives in full sun, and any soil that is 
not too heavy. No lime. Pkt. 20c. 
ALLIUM SPHAEROCEPHALUM — Big fluffy 
flower-balls of velvety mulberry red, rich and 
dark, top each slender three-foot stem. Excellent 
and easy. Pkt. 20c. 
ASTER HYBRIDUS LUTEUS—Countless starry 
blossoms that open pure yellow, gradually be¬ 
coming creamy white. Three feet. Very good. 
Called Yellow Hardy Aster, but probably it is a 
cross between Aster linosyris and Solidago mis- 
souriensis. Pkt. 20c. 
MECONOPSIS BLEND—Here we gain the di¬ 
aphanous petals, like crinkly silk, of the ex¬ 
quisite Blue Poppies of the Orient. A blend 
of many species, mostly with blue flowers, but 
including white, lemon and rose. Not of the 
easiest culture, but nevertheless quite possible 
from seeds sown in fall or winter. Pkt. 15c. 
NUTTALLIA DECAPETALA—Evening Lily. 
Ivory white blossoms of giant size, for many 
months. Each flower is decorated with a great 
tassel of golden stamens. Biennial, but sow in 
late fall or winter in open ground and it will 
bloom freely and long the next summer. A 
spectacular beauty. Pkt. 15c; y s oz. 50c. 
GENTIAN A PORPHYRIO—Ragged flowers of 
richest ultramarine, up-facing. No lovelier Gen¬ 
tian than this. Acid soil. Autumn blooming. 
Long-lived. Pkt. 20c. 
PENTSTEMON SECUNDIFLORUS SELEC¬ 
TIONS—Charming for cutting, or decorative in 
border. Great one-sided, long-lasting spikes of 
bloom above crispy foliage. Charmingly varied, 
from delicate flesh tints, through rich pink and 
deep rose, to lilac, lavender and blue-purple. 
Pkt. 15c. 
EREMURUS BLEND—The magnificent Foxtail 
Lily. Superb spikes, to eight feet, packed with 
hunderds of starflowers in white, pink, rose, 
yellow, orange, even autumn brown. 25 seeds 
for 20c; 100 seeds for 65c; 500 seeds, $2.50. 
PARADISE A LILIASTRUM—The exquisite Lily 
of Paradise. Flowers of rarest purest whiteness. 
One should grow great banks of it. Often flow¬ 
ers first summer from sowings made previous 
autumn. Pkt. 15c. 
POLEMONIUM CARNEUM — Lovely sprays of 
wide bells that may be apricot-tinted cream, sal¬ 
mon pink, or even cherry rose; a sort of after¬ 
glow blending that is most charming. Luxuriant 
foliage of fern effect. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 75c. 
OFFER 26B2—One pkt. each of above for $1.60. 
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