AN OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN OF PERENNIALS. (NOTE THE SUN DIAL AND PERGOLA) 
Hardy Perennial Plants 
T is no wonder that these grand Old-Fashioned Hardy Garden Flowers continue to 
increase in popularity, because there is not a time during the whole flower season in 
which hardy perennial is not in bloom; aud when the wooded shrubs are almost bare 
of flowers in July and August, these little plants may be depended upon to make a 
grand display. These perennials are not fastidious about the soil they have to grow in, 
though many of them, of course, have a preference. Year after year they reappear 
and flower abundantly requiring scarcely any attention. A planting of perennials 
affords a display of bloom from earliest spring until after frost comes in the fall and gives the owner 
flowers that may be cut at any time for house and table decoration. These flowers look well 
almost anywhere, but are especially suited for border plantings, either by themselves or in connec¬ 
tion with shrubbery groups; they are also effectively used when planted along garden walks, walls 
or fences, in rockeries and innumerable places that will suggest themselves. We have added a good 
many varieties to our stock during the past year, and offer now a selection of what we believe to be 
the most generally desirable kinds. A number of other sorts, however, are carried in stock, so that 
persons wanting varieties not catalogued here will do well to write to us concerning them. 
Prices, except where otherwise noted, 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100. 
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Achillea millefolium roseum. (Rosy Milfoil.) 
All summer and on into fall there are 
heads of rosy red flowers on stems about 
18 inches high. The foliage is cut deeply. 
A. Ptarmica fl. pi., “The Pearl.” 2 feet. In 
July it is covered with a profusion of small 
pure white double flowers. 
Alyssum saxatile, var. compactum. (Golden 
Tuft). An excellent low-spreading plant 
for the rockery or border with flat heads 
of yellow flowers in May and June. 
Anemone Japonica, var. alba. A splendid late- 
flowering perennial 2 to 3 feet high. 
Var. Queen Charlotte. Large rose-like flow¬ 
ers of beautiful silvery pink color. 
Var. rosea superba. Free-flowering; rose- 
colored. 
Anthemis tinctoria, var. Kelwayii. (Hardy 
Marguerite.) A bushy plant about 18 
inches high, with a continuous show 
through the summer of golden yellow, 
daisy-like flowers. 
Aquilegia California hybrida. An assorted 
type of the popular Columbine. 
A. Canadensis. (Native Columbine.) Bright 
red and yellow. Splendid in perennial 
beds and for natural plantings. 
Anchusa, Dr o p m o r e variety-true. The 
most important Blue Flowered Hardy 
Border Plant we have. It is a strong 
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