Armstrong Select 
It is impossible in two pages to adequately describe the dozens of varie¬ 
ties of Perennial and Annual plants we have available at different seasons 
of the year and if you do not find the plants you want listed, write us. 
Among others we have, at the standard prices below, English Daisy, Calla 
Lilies, Canterbury Bells, Sweet Williams, Gaillardias, Geums, Marguerites, 
Oriental Poppies, Petunias and Verbenas. 
Prices 
All plants listed below, unless other¬ 
wise stated, will be supplied in 2•/,}- 
inch pots at $1.00 per dozen, $7.50 per 
100, or in 4-inch pots at 25c each, $2.50 
per dozen. No mail orders for less than 
$ 1 . 00 . 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM SPECIOSUM 
Brilliant Orange-Scarlet Flowers. 
Cannas 
Cannas. Few flowers are as showy and 
give such rich color effects as the Canna. They 
thrive in any good soil, in a sunny exposure, 
blooming from early summer until frost. Root 
divisions. 20c each, $2.00 per doz. 
Ambassador. Scarlet. Tall. 
Candelabra. 3-3V2 ft- Rose-pink spotted 
orange. 
Cheerfulness. 41/2 ft. Bright orange, yellow. 
Eureka. 4 ft. Pure white. 
Favorite. 41/2 ft. Golden yellow splashed 
crimson. 
Fiery Cross. 31/2 ft. Orange-scarlet. 
Flamingo. 4 ft. Pink, spotted orange. 
Golden Wedding. 31/2 ft. Canary-yellow. 
President. 5 ft. Orange-scarlet. 
Razzle Dazzle. 31/2 ft. Orange, yellow spots. 
Wyoming. 6 ft. Clear orange. 
Delphiniums 
There are few more satisfactory perennials 
than the Delphiniums or Perennial Larkspurs, 
for they bear their tall spikes of blue flowers 
for eight months in the year and are glorious 
in the garden or as cut flowers. 
Delphinium Belladonna. Turquoise blue. 
Delphinium Bellamosum. Rich, deep blue. 
Delphinium Dreams of Beauty. Immense 
spikes of large, single, semi-double, and dou¬ 
ble flowers in all shades of blue. 
Hybrid Dianthus 
Beatrix. It makes a clump of rich green 
grassy foliage that is handsome in itself. If 
is surmounted several times a year with many 
flower heads of delicate light pink, exquisitely 
beautiful and marvelously fragrant. 12 inches. 
4-inch pots, 25c. 
Dianthus Bristol Jewel. The semi-double, ex¬ 
ceedingly fragrant flowers are white, flaked 
with crimson. 4-inch pots, 25c. 
Dianthus Bristol Purity. A beautiful pure 
white, with double flowers, and a most intense 
spicy fragrance. 4-inch pots, 25c. 
Grassy Bells 
Dierama pendula. Tall, thin, sword-like 3-ft. 
leaves and dainty, drooping, light pink, bell¬ 
shaped flowers hanging on thin threads from 
4-foot, slender wiry stems. Gal. containers, 
50c; 4-inch pots, 35c. 
Pride of Madeira 
Echium fastuosum. From the Island of Ma¬ 
deira comes this magnificent flowering plant 
which grows splendidly in California. Makes 
a large clump 4 to 6 feet high and 4 feet 
across, made up of enormous blue flower 
spikes, blooming in June. Plant it in an open 
warm, sunny location where the drainage is 
good for it likes light soil and plenty of sun¬ 
shine. Gal. containers, 50c; 4-in. pots, 35c. 
Boneset 
Eupatorium speciosum. "Boneset." A bushy 
plant, becoming 24 inches high and 3 feet 
across, smothered in January and February 
with small white flowers. A very showy win¬ 
ter bloomer. Full sun. 4-inch pots only, 25c. 
Transvaal Daisies 
Gerbera. "Transvaal Daisy." See descrip¬ 
tion and colored illustration on inside front 
cover. 
Geum 
Geum Mrs. Bradshaw. It looks like a giant 
strawberry plant, 15 inches high, from which 
rise, in spring and summer, many brilliant, 
double, scarlet flowers on 2-foot stalks. We 
also have Lady Stratheden growing exactly 
the same but with golden-yellow blooms. 
Sun-Roses 
Helianthemum. These splendid little plants 
make handsome mounds of foliage 2 or 3 feet 
high, or smaller in the case of the dwarf 
kinds, studded almost the entire growing sea¬ 
son with little 1-inch blooms in the brightest 
imaginable colors. Full sun; dry soil. 
Ben Nevis. Brilliant yellow with crimson 
center. 
Dark Red. Single, dark red. 
Buttercup. Single, clear golden yellow. 
Rosy Gem. Single, rosy red flowers. 
Fireball. Deep dark double red. 
Perennial Sunflower 
Helianthus coolidgei. "Perennial Sunflower." 
Makes a graceful clump, 4-6 ft. high, covered 
with hundreds of brilliant golden yellow, 
daintily shaped flowers, 3 inches across, in 
September and October. Full sun. 4-inch 
pots only. 
TRANSVAAL DAISIES 
Heliotrope 
Heliotrope. One of the finest perennials for 
a shady location is the Fragrant Heliotrope. 
We have Mauve King, a very deep blue with 
big flower heads, and Queen Margaret, light¬ 
er in color but more fragrant. 4-inch pots, 30c; 
2'/4-inch pots, $1.50 per doz. 
Coral Bells 
Heuchera sanguinea. "Coral Bells." From 
a compact low tuft of geranium-like leaves 
rise, during the summer, graceful spikes of 
splendid flowers, 18 inches high, the indi¬ 
vidual blooms like the bells of Lily of the 
Valley but bright coral-crimson in color. Best 
in a cool, shady location. 
Blue Flax 
Linum narbonense. Makes a 2-foot clump 
of blue-gray foliage covered with glistening 
blue flowers in May and June, ana planted 
with some pink flowers it makes a beautiful 
picture. Full sun. Gal. containers, 35c; 4-inch 
pots, 25c. 
Mexican Lobelia 
Lobelia laxiilora. A shrubby 3-foot plant, 
blooming the year around but producing its 
red and yellow flowers in the greatest pro¬ 
fusion in the middle of winter. Gal. contain¬ 
ers, 50c; 4-inch pots, 35c. 
Moraea 
Moraea iridioides. A charming Iris-like plant 
with white flowers beautifully marked with 
yellow and blue appearing continuously from 
spring to late fall. Easily grown anywhere. 
Gal. containers, 40c. 
Moraea bicolor. Similar to the above except 
the flowers are creamy yellow with brown 
spots in the throat. Gal. containers, 40c. 
Mexican Primrose 
Oenothera mexicana. A creeping trailing 
perennial, producing all through the spring 
and summer quantities of bright pink blooms. 
Phlox 
Phlox. The improved types of perennial 
Phlox make a wonderfully impressive display 
of color all through the summer and autumn. 
Dormant divided roots, 20c each; $2.00 doz. 
Baron Von Dedem. Deep red. 4 ft. 
Beacon. Large flowers, bright red. 5 ft. 
Cocquelicot. A brilliant vermilion scarlet. 
3 ft. 
Mrs. Chas. Door. Soft lavender, 3 ft. 
Mrs. Jenkins. Large, pure white. 21/2 ft. 
Rynstrom. Large rose-pink. 21/2 ft. 
Saxifrage 
Saxifraga megasea. A splendid winter 
bloomer for shady spots, with big broad 
leaves close to the ground and 12-inch heads 
of pink flowers. Likes shade and plenty of 
moisture, blooming January to March. Gal. 
containers, 50c. 
MOREA IRIDIOIDES 
HELIANTHUS COOLIDGEI PHLOX MRS. JENKINS 
