ROCKFORP.-iLLINOIS 
CHARLOTTE M. HAINES 
HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
The old-fashioned hardy garden flowers are very popular, and deservedly so. No feature of 
the garden can be more satisfactory than a good assortment of these hardy plants, orodnrinp- 
from early spring tn f^n ^ r>nntiniimiQ cn^oocinn Af a 
io 
)g to late fall 
valuable for garden 
or more pleasing results 
to late fall a continuous succession of charming flowers, which are equally 
1 ornamentation and cutting purposes. No class of plants will yield better 
suits for the money invested. They require veiy little care or attention are 
perfectly hardy and yield a rich harvest of bloom. 
BABY’S BREATH 
Gypsophila Paniculata 
A beautiful old-fashioned plant possessing 
a grace not found in any other perennial. 
Beautiful pure white flowers. Plants grow 
2 to 3 feet in height and about the same in 
diameter. 20c each; 3 for 55c; doz. $1.95. 
postpaid. 
CANTERBURY BELLS 
Campanula Medium 
Beautiful large bell-shaped flowers in blue, 
rose and white colors. The Medium is the 
most satisfactory of the Campanulas. It 
grows 3 feet high on good soil and blooms for 
a long time, if flowers are cut immediately 
upon fading and if planted in a half-shady 
place. Mixed colors, 25c each; 3 for 70c; 
doz. $2.50, postpaid. 
COLUMBINE OR AQUILEGIA 
Long-spurred varieties of many rich and 
varied colors and with broad petals. Two 
feet high. Columbines are a most important 
part of the hardy garden and should be 
grown in quantity. With their airy grace 
they will serve to lighten up a too stiff and 
formal planting. Their lasting flowers and 
long stems are also splendid for cutting. 20c 
each; 3 for 55c; doz. $1.95, postpaid. 
CORN FLOWER ASTER 
Stokesia 
A most charming and beautiful native 
plant. Grows from 18 to 24 inches high, 
bearing freely from early in July until Octo¬ 
ber its handsome Corn Flower-like blossoms, 
which measure from .4 to 5 inches across. 
It is of the easiest culture, succeeding in any 
open sunny position, and not only is it de¬ 
sirable as a single plant in the hardy border, 
but it can also be used with fine effect in 
masses or beds of any size. • Mixed colors, 
blue, purple, pink, yellow and white. 20c 
each; 3 for 55c; doz. $1.95, postpaid. 
Cornflower Aster—Stokesia 
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