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M E NTO R , OHIO 
WAYSIDE GARDEMS 
PRUNELLA - Self-heal; Heal-all 
A dwarf-growing perennial with solvia-like flowers. The growth is 
evergreen and neat in choracter, and the flowers are borne in dense 
spikes. Suitable plants for edging or carpeting bare surfaces in shody, 
moist borders or in woodland gardens. 
Culture. Ordinory soil in a moist shady position, os obove described. 
Plant in outumn or early spring, 6 inches oport. 
■J'Grondiflora Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Violet or purple flowers all summer. Fine for the rockery or slightly 
shaded ports of the hardy border. Succeeds in gny soil not excessively 
dry. 
PULMONARIA - Lungwort 
A perennial noteworthy for hardiness of growth, freedom in flowering, 
and for its odaptobility for growing in shady borders or rock gordens. 
The plants have rough foliage sometimes speckled with white, and 
blue or reddish flowers borne in racemes. 
Culture. Grow in ordinary soil in groups in the shody, mixed border, in 
masses under the shade of deciduous trees, or in the rock garden. 
Plont 10 inches opart in autumn or early spring. 
'('Soecharata maculata Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
A lovely early spring flower not unlike Mertensia, with pink flowers 
ond when through blooming the plant has beautiful silvery spotted 
foliage. 12 to 14 inches high. 
PYRETHRUM - Colored Marguerite or Painted Daisy 
They produce showy flowers of all shades of color, except blue and 
yellow, freely on long stems throughout spring, which are of inestim- 
oble volue for cutting. They grow in neot, compact tufts, and have 
elegant, finely cut foliage, which adds to the attractiveness of the 
plonts. 
Culture. The Pyrethrums require generous treatment. Plenty of well- 
rotted monure should be freely mixed with the soil before planting. The 
position, too, must be a sunny one. The best time to plant is in spring; 
early fall plonting is olso very successful. Grow them in groups of not 
less than three plants, plonted a foot to 15 inches apart. In drv weather 
give copious supplies of woter. As soon as the first flowers have faded, 
cut the flowering stem^ back to their base. Every third year divide 
and replant in eorly spring. 
Buckey Three $1.60, Doz. $4.50 
Double 'red and when well established, a marvelous plont completely 
covered with blooms. 
Miami Queen Three $1.60, Doz. $4.50 
Semi-double pink flowers of a lighter shade than Trojan, equally good 
for cutting or the hardy border. 
Trojon Three $1.60, Doz. $4.50 
A very lovely, free flowering semi-double dark pink variety. Tall stems 
and a good cut flower. 
Finest Mixed English Varieties Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
This mixture contains double- and single-flowered sorts in many shades 
of pink, rose and white. Strong, 2-year clumps that will give immediate 
results. 
RANUNCULUS - Buttercups 
Herbaceous plants of easy culture and with attractive flowers. 
Culture. All require o moist, loamy soil. Grow in partiol shade or full 
sun, in colonies, plonting a foot apart in autumn or eorly spring. Do 
not permit plants to spread beyond their allotted space. 
Aeris flore pleno Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
A double yellow, upright growing Buttercup-like plant. Good for border 
in wet places; good cut flower. 
"'Repens fl. pi. Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
A pretty, double-flowering bright golden yellow Buttercup of creeping 
hobit; flowers in May and June. 
oaxifraga Decipiens 
RUDBECKIA - Coneflower 
Hardy, free-flowering and easily grown perennials, somewhat akin to 
the Sunflowers in habit. Excellent and showy plants for sunny or par¬ 
tially shaded borders, ond for yielding flowers for cutting. 
Culture. Ordinary soil in sun, or shade. Can be grown singly or in 
groups. Plant in autumn or spring, 12 to 15 inches apart. Divide and 
replant every third year. 
Golden Glow Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
A popular hardy plont, grows six feet high, producing masses of large, 
double, golden yellow flowers shaped like a Dahlia, in late summer. 
Maximo Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
A rare and ottractive voriety, growing 5 feet high, with large, glaucous 
green leoves and bright yellow flowers 5 to 6 inches across, with a cone 
2 inches high; flowers continuously from June to September. 
Newmanni Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
The perennial form of the "Black-Eyed Susan." Deep orange-yellow 
flowers with a dark purple cone; long, wiry stems 3 feet high; blooms 
all summer. 
Purpurea Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
(Giant Purple Coneflower). Most attractive purple flowers, with a very 
lorge, brown, cone-shaped center. Blooms from July to October. 3 feet 
high; a splendid plant for the border. 
SALVIA - Meadow Sage or Clary 
Showy, hardy plants of medium growth and of easy cultivation in 
sunny borders. The flowers are borne in spikes, racemes or panicles, and 
are very attractive during the summer and autumn months. 
Culture. Those listed will thrive in good, ordinary soil in sunny positions, 
and are best grown in masses in the larger borders. Plant in autumn or 
early spring, 10 inches apart; divide and replant every third year. 
Azurea Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
A Rocky Mountain species. Grows 3 to 4 feet high; producing, during 
August and September, pretty sky-blue flowers in the greatest profusion. 
Forinaceo Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
Beautiful pale blue flowers all summer on neat plants about 2 feet 
high; splendid for the border. 
Pitcher! Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Similar ta Azurea, but of more branching habit; large flowers of a rich 
gentian blue color, and one of the most admired plants by the many 
visitors to our nurseries during the early autumn. 3 to 4 feet. 
Pratcnsis Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
Lilac-blue flowers from June to September; grows about 2 feet high. 
Good border plant. 
Turkestanica Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Extremely decorative sweet scented, silvery foiliage and showy whorls 
of white flowers surrounded by pole pink, all summer. 
Soponaria Ocymoides 
SANGUINARIA - Blood-root 
There is only one species in the genus, ond that is Canadensis, a 
dwarf perennial with handsome leaves and white (lowers borne in 
April and May. 
Culture. Requires to be grown in moist, rich or peaty soil, in partiol 
shade under deciduous trees, or other shady spots. Plant in autumn or 
spring, 3 inches apart. 
'^'Canadensis Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
(Bloodroot). Native. A low perennial, about 6 inches high, with pure 
white flowers an inch in diameter, in early spring. The large, leathery 
leaves oppeor later. Plont in shady places in the rock garden or 
open woods. 
