HARDY PERENNIALS 
N. B.—Quantities of 5 and 50 OF A VARIETY will be furnished 
at the 10 and 100 rates, respectively. 
T HERE is a strong appeal in the gardens of old farm¬ 
house and cottage, with the glowing yellow and orange 
Day-lilies, bright flowered Phlox and Peonies, and their 
show of hardy Chrysanthemums; a demonstration of the ease 
with which these plants are grown and the little care they re¬ 
quire when one thinks how little time the busy country house¬ 
wife can spend in gardening. The old-fashioned perennials 
have been enriched with many improved varieties and species, 
and every corner of the grounds can be kept bright throughout 
the whole growing season; the tall growing varieties can be 
effectively planted in the shrubberies, their flowers showing 
against the background of evergreen or shrub, and the lower 
sorts blending the edge of shrubbery and lawn in naturalesque 
borders, or the woods edge made gay with Asters, Foxgloves, 
Ferns and many other shade-loving plants. 
Of flowering plants, two things are demanded—Varieties 
which will brighten our lawns and gardens, and which can be 
cut for house decoration—these hardy herbaceous plants reward 
us bounteously in both requirements. The height, color and 
flowering season of each variety are given in the following list. 
At $2.50, 10-rate, single plants 35c 
At $3.50, 10-rate, single plants 50c 
At $5.00, 10-rate, single plants 75c 
At $10.00, 10-rate, single plants $1.50 
ACHILLEA filipendulina (Fernleaf Yarrow). Yel- Per 10 Per 100 
low. July. 3 ft. $2 50 $15 00 
A. ptarmica (The Pearl). All Summer. Double 
12 in. 2 50 15 00 
A. tomentosum (Woolly Yarrow). Bright yellow. 
July. 9 to 12 in. 2 50 18 00 
ACONITUM autumnale (Autumn Monkshood). 
Blue. September to November. 3 to 5 ft. ... 2 50 20 00 
A. Fischeri (Azure Monkshood). September. 
Blue. 3 to 4 ft. 2 50 20 00 
A. napellus (Aconite) (Spark’s Variety). July 
to August. Dark blue. 2 to 3 ft. 2 50 20 00 
A. napellus album. White. September. 3 ft. ... 2 50 20 00 
A. napellus bicolor. Blue and white. September. 
3 ft. 2 50 20 00 
A. pyranaicum. Yellow. September. 3 ft. 2 50 20 00 
AJUGA genevensis (Geneva Bugle). May. Bright 
blue shade; carpet. 6 in. 2 50 18 00 
ALTHAEA rosea (Hollyhock). June. Various col¬ 
ors. 4 to 6 ft. 2 50 15 00 
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