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The Barnes Bros. Nursery Co 
Polyanthus, Barnes Superb Mixture 
Polyanthus, Barnes Superb Mixture (Bunch Primrose) —6-8". All the colors of a 
Persian Carpet. We are offering an especially fine lot of these desirable Primroses. 
The parent stock of our plants was a marvelous sight in full bloom—several thousands 
of them in mass plantings of such beauty as to be actually breath-taking. The color 
range embraces every color and color combination known to Polyanthus. These 
bright, free flowering plants do well in a partially shaded location w'hich does not 
get real dry in the summer. You will be delighted with the marvelous color a bed 
of these will present in May and June. 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Polyanthus, Twin Cups —A Barnes Brothers Introduction for 1937. Twin Cups, as 
the name implies, is a hose-in-hose, or duplex Polyanthus; that is, the flowers are 
borne in pairs with the second blossom growing out of, and over the first. The plants 
in bloom look exactly as though some one had come along with a handful of extra 
Polyanthus blooms and had placed another flower in the center of each one in the 
original cluster. Twin Cups is bright red in color and w'hen in flower is entirely cov¬ 
ered with a mass of showy blossoms—twice as showy as any ordinary Polyanthus, of 
course, because it has twice as many flowers. 50c; 3 for $1.35. 
Our General Price List offers a fine selection of Paeonias. Send for it if you 
are interested. 
Rudbeckia purpurea (Echinacea), Cone Flower —We are offering a new' and im¬ 
proved Cone Flow r er. 
The King —5'. Differing from the common Rudbeckia purpurea in its enormous 
growth and very large bright pink flow’ers which average 4" in diameter. The King 
is a very early flowering variety, beginning to bloom about the middle of July. 
The large protruding cones of the flow'ers are browm. 50c; 3 for $1.35. 
Scabiosa caucasica (Pin Cushion Flower) —2'. Large feathery flowers blooming all 
summer. They are among the finest for our gardens and for cutting and will thrive 
in any soil provided it is well drained, for they rot when it is damp and heavy. 
Isaac House Strain —An outstanding strain with extra large flowers in all shades 
of lavender, blue and white. Offered only in mixture. 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Perfecta alba —A pure white flow’ered variety. 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Goldingensis—Very fine deep blue variety having exceptionally well shaped, sym¬ 
metrical blooms. 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Sedum spurrium coccineum. Bronze Carpet —A new red leaved German Introduc¬ 
tion. Bronze Carpet is probably the finest of any red leaved variety of these easily 
grow'n perennials. We find it a rapidly growing ground cover, bronzy-red in the 
summer changing to a shining copper-red as the fall advances. Perfectly hardy. 
Deep pink flowers. 35c; 3 for 90c. 
Veronica incana rosea —12-15". Most gardeners have long grown and admired the 
well known, silver leaved, blue flowered Veronica incana; it is a choice perennial. Now' 
comes this importation from Holland, a silver leaved Veronica incana w'ith deep pink 
flow’ers. To describe it fully: Veronica incana rosea is a low growing, white leaved, 
hardy perennial, which, during July and August, sends up quantities of foot long 
spikes of deep rose colored flowers, making a striking contrast with the silvery grey 
of its foliage. 50c; 3 for $1.35. 
Papaver nudicaule (Iceland Poppy) —For brilliant coloring use Iceland 
Poppies. Here and there in various corners of the world are nurseries and 
individuals busily working on new varieties of these showy biennials. 
Gartref, Sunbeam, Coonara, are just a few of the really wonderful strains 
which have come on to the market recently, but w'hich are, as yet, com¬ 
paratively unknown to most flower lovers. We are offering two strains of the 
very fine Coonara group. 
Giant Coonara Mixed —A mixture of Iceland Poppies having huge flowers 
of exceedingly brilliant coloration. Every shade of these dainty, wiry 
stemmed poppies, be it yellow, orange, pink or red is bright , even the w'hites 
with their centers of golden yellow are showy. Try them. 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Giant Coonara Pinks —A fine strain of large flowered Iceland Poppies in 
which various shades of pink predominate. 25c; 3 for 60c. 
PERENNIAL 
COLLECTIONS 
Do you realize that one of the fundamental principles for making a beautiful and 
artistic perennial border is to have, not only a succession of bloom through the season, 
but a succession of dominance of color or varieties? This can be accomplished only by 
planting in masses. 
A well planned border will give you greater joy and satisfaction, and to further this, 
we are offering several varieties of border perennials at GREATLY REDUCED 
PRICES when purchased in larger quantities. 
Aquilegia Collection 
Aquilegia Collection—Dobbie’s Imperial Hybrids —No spring blooming garden 
flower is more popular than the Columbine. We have therefore chosen it as one of 
the varieties to make a moderately priced collection. The Scottish firm of Dobbie grow' 
what are generally conceded to be the finest Long Spurred Aquilegias in the world 
today. Lovely pastels—yellow, lavender, pink, violet, blue, copper, red—combina¬ 
tions of the same and all of them on stout, wiry stems of clean, vigorous plants. 
Yearly we import seed directly from this firm in Scotland. We offer you true, fine 
strong two year plants of Dobbie’s Imperial Hybrids in mixture. Plant a group of 
them in your garden. 
Pink Aquilegia Collection 
Pink Aquilegia Collection—Pearson’s Pink Shades —Many people particularly 
admire pink Long Spurred Columbines. The firm of J. R. Pearson of England, famous 
for their Aquilegia Pearson’s Crimson Star, offered elsewhere in this catalog, also 
produce a very fine strain of pink Aquilegia hybrids. The two year plants which we 
are offering in this collecton are from seed imported by us directly from this English 
firm. 
Garden Phlox Collection 
Garden Phlox Collection —No plant in a modern garden can equal the vivid display 
put on by the Hardy Phlox. Almost overnight the flower buds burst wide open, 
flinging out their panicles of crimson and scarlet blossoms, together with the glisten¬ 
ing pink and salmon, pure silvery w'hite and here and there a lavender-blue, clothing 
the garden in a sheet of riotous color for a month or more. Our collection has been 
carefully chosen from the confusing array of varieties now' on the market. There is 
not a second rate Phlox on the list. 
Foxglove Collection 
Foxglove Collection —We are offering a w r ide range of colors in these fine old garden 
favorites at a price within the reach of everyone. 
Giant Shirley Mixed —5'. Large flow'ered strain in mixture of pink, white and 
cream. 
Isabellina —3-4'. A lovely cream-yellow. Probably the nicest of all Foxgloves. 
Sutton’s Giant Primrose —5'. Primrose yellow'. 
Sutton’s Pink and Cream —5'. A fine mixture of pink and cream shades. 
Dobbie’s Edina Mimulus Spotted Hybrids — 5'. A Scotch mixture. 
Ambigua (grandiflora) —2-3'. A true perennial sulphur-yellow Foxglove. 
Hollyhock Collection 
Hollyhock Collection — Chater’s Doubles —There is no finer strain of Hollyhocks 
than Chater’s. Please note the following —Our Hollyhocks are all transplanted plants. 
Many Hollyhocks are grown by drilling out the seed in rows and leaving the plants 
undisturbed until they are dug to be shipped. Such plants have one long tap root 
and very few' fiberous roots. Our plants are started in a seed bed and transplanted 
into the field. As any gardener knows, transplanting increases the root system and 
retards the growth of tap roots. Thus our plants with a fine root system are able to 
stand the shipping and transplanting into your garden with much less loss, or setback 
than tap rooted plants. Try our Hollyhocks and note the vigorous growth they make. 
Chater’s Double maroon, Newport Pink, salmon, rose, scarlet, white, yellow. 
Shasta Daisy Collection 
Shasta Daisy Collection— -We offer the three strains of Diener’s Shasta Daisies, 
double, semi-double and single in mixture. From June until frost, on long sturdy 
stems the pure w'hite daisies come, one after another in continuous succession. In 
this mixture you will find daisies with long petals and short ones, broad petals and 
narrow ones, single daisies, semi-double ones, daisies with so many petals that they 
look like large pow'der puffs—there seems no end to flow : er types in these hybrids. 
The culture of Shasta Daisies is simple—just sunlight, a well fertilized bed and a 
little straw mulch in locations where the temperature goes below zero. 
Viola Cornuta Collection 
Viola cornuta Collection (Tufted Pansies) —Continuously flow'ering from spring I 
till frost. 
Apricot Queen—Large apricot, Jersey Gem —Violet purple, White Perfection— I 
White, Yellow Queen—Large golden yellow, Arkwright Ruby —Ruby red. 
All these collections are priced as follows—Postage additional. If you wish plants 
sent by mail, add 10% to your remittance. 
6 plants of any one group 
12 plants of any one group 
25 plants of any one group 
$1.00 
1.75 
3.00 
If you wish Sedums, Veronica, Sempervivum, Trollius and other perennial items too numerous to mention, send for our General Price List. 
