The Orientale Poppies should be planted in August 
MERTENSIA VIRGINICA 
The charming Blue Bells 
LYCHNIS 
CHALCEDONICA (Jerusalem Cross). Bright scarlet 
flowers forming a cross on stems 20 inches 
tall. During June and July the bright color is 
outstanding in the border. A dependable and 
easily grown variety. Each 20c, per three 50c, 
per 10 $1.20, per 25 $2.50. 
•VISCARIA SPLENDENS FL. PL. Dense tufts of 
deep evergreen foliage. In June short spikes 
of double, vivid garnet flowers rise eight 
inches above the foliage. Its bright coloring 
makes it equally useful in the rockery or low 
border. 
MERTENSIA 
•VIRGINICA (Blue Bells). A charming Spring- 
flowering native with drooping panicles of 
light blue flowers fading to clear pink. The 
pretty little bells are well known to all who 
went wild-flowering in childhood along the 
river bottoms. This plant should be moved in 
the Fall, but it is satisfactory to move early 
in the Spring. Each 20c, per three 50c, per 10 
$1.20, per 25 $2.50. 
MYOSOTIS 
•PALUSTRIS SEMPERFLORENS (Forget-Me-Not). 
Delicate blue flowers that give a profusion 
of bloom from May until late in the summer. 
Given partial shade in the rockery it will 
thrive. 6 inches. Each 20c, per three 50c, per 
10 $1.20, per 25 $2.50. 
MONARDA 
DIDYMA “CAMBRIDGE SCARLET” (Bergamot). 
Showy, bushy plants with aromatic foliage. In 
July the well rounded plant is. a mass of bril¬ 
liant crimson flower heads. 2 feet. 
DIDYMA ROSEA. Much the same as to type as the 
above, but the flowers are a bright rose. A 
strong growing variety that makes itself at 
home in the border. Gives a bright touch of 
color to the mid-summer garden. 
NEPETA 
•MACRANTHA. A fine trailer for the rockery. 
The creeping silver gray foliage is covered 
during the greater part of the summer with 
delicate lavender colored flowers. A sturdy 
and prolific variety. 6 inches. 
•MUSSINI. A very pretty variety of erect habit. 
The leaves are small, the color of sage, and 
the stems are covered with lavender blue 
flowers from May until late summer. Ideal for 
the rockery or a neat variety for edging. 8 
inches. 
“SOUV. DE ANDRE CHAUDRON.” One of the 
prettiest of the newer plants for the border. 
In July the symmetrical one foot plant is 
covered with short spikes of rich blue. Dis¬ 
tinct and much improved. Each 30c, per 
three 75c. 
OENOTHERA MISSOURIENSIS 
The Ozark Sun Drop 
OENOTHERA 
•MISSOURIENSIS (Ozark Sun Drop). The short, 
prostrate stems bear large flowers of a bril¬ 
liant yellow during June and July. The leathery 
leaves are low lying and fit in nicely among 
the rocks. Will do well in full sun or partial 
shade. 8 inches. 
PARDANTHUS 
CHINENSIS (Blackberry Lily). A striking, deep 
orange, lily-shaped flower that blooms from 
July until September. Thin, graceful stems 
bear a profusion of flowers that are handsome¬ 
ly marked with purple and brown. The seed 
pods resemble giant blackberries. 2 feet. 
PHYSALIS 
FRANCHETTI (Japanese Lanterns). Long trailing 
brancnes lined with bright red lanterns in the 
late summer. Excellent for winter bouquets 
and for Fall decorations. Each 20c, per three 
50c, per 10 $1.20. 
POPPY “PERRY’S WHITE” 
Unusual and distinct 
PHYSOSTECIA VIRCINICA 
A bright touch of color 
PAPAVER 
(Orientale Poppies) 
Nothing gives quite the riot of brilliant color to 
the June garden that the Orientale Poppies do. 
Extra large, open flowers in vivid colors rise two 
feet above the finely cut lacinated foliage. All 
plants offered are grown from root-cuttings, being 
100% true to name. As the plants start early in 
the Spring, and are dormant in August and Sep¬ 
tember we book all orders for early Autumn de¬ 
livery. 
BEAUTY OF LIVERMORE. The most brilliant crim¬ 
son with deep garnet markings in the throat. 
MRS. PERRY. Large flowers of a charming shade 
of deep apricot pink. Free flowering. 
OLYMPIA. A fine novelty being a large double 
flowered variety of a deep orange overcast 
with scarlet. 
ORIENTALE. The old favorite, a rich shade of 
orange scarlet. 
PERRY’S WHITE. The most unusual and distinct 
break in Orientale Poppies. A large pure white 
handsomely marked with maroon in the throat. 
Each 40c, per three $1.00, per 10 $3.00. 
PHYSOSTECIA 
VIRCINICA (False Dragonhead). During mid-sum¬ 
mer this gives a bright touch to the border. 
Long spikes of bright pink flowers well ar¬ 
ranged on the stem. A dependable and strong 
grower. 2 feet. Each 20c, per three 50c, per 
10 $1.20, per 25 $2.50. 
VIVID. A fine, semi-dwarf variety that is very pop¬ 
ular. Full spikes of deep rose flowers at their 
best during July. A neat and colorful item for 
the dwarf border. 12 inches. 
PLATYCODON 
CRANDIFLORUM AZUREAI Balloon Flower). Urge, 
cup-shaped flowers strongly resembling a 
Campanula are borne on slender stems. The 
flowers are a pretty shade of bright blue 
which show up in the June border. 2 feet. 
• MARESI. A dwarf form that is recommended for 
the rockery. Large, open flowers of bright blue 
are lightly held on graceful one foot stems. 
Blooms late in June. 
PLUMBACO 
• LARPENTAE. One of the finest dwarf, spreading 
plants for the low border or rockery, it is also 
widely used as an edging plant. Tiny red- 
edged leaves of apple green are a rich setting 
for the small clusters of cobalt-blue flowers 
that appear, just above the foliage, in August. 
It is a continuous mass of bright blue until 
frost. 6 inches. Each 20c, per three 50c, per 
10 $1.20, per 25 $2.50. 
POLEMONIUM 
COERULEUM (Jacob's Ladder). Small blue flowers 
with a golden center are prettily spaced on 
full spikes 18 inches high. It is a fine border 
variety and is full of color during May and 
June. 
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