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Hardy Perennial Plants 
It is not difficult to match the beauty of famous old-country gardens but 
you will never achieve the beautiful garden pictures you see in the garden 
hooks without a good stock of hardy perennial plants. You will not need to 
start with large quantities of each variety because these perennials multi¬ 
ply every year by seedlings or root divisions. In a few years you can 
have thousands. 
Tall backgrounds cannot be secured with annual plants as they can with 
Hollyhocks, Delphiniums or Liatris, etc., which tower above your head. 
From these you can grade downward with the middle-height sorts—the 
Lupins, Columbines and Canterbury bells, etc. In front of these you may 
complete your garden-pictures down to the ground with your favorite 
colorful annuals—or make it a complete perennial border by continuing 
earthward with the Hardy Chrysanthemums and Carnations, the Gaillardia, 
Iceland Poppies, Primroses and Alyssum. 
There is practically nothing in European royal gardens that you cannot 
do with Isbell’s hardy perennials. Start creating a beautiful garden pic¬ 
ture by ordering plenty of these hardy plants now. 
WE SUPPLY STRONG, FIELD-GROWN PLANTS, AND OUR PRICES 
INCLUDE POSTAGE. Single plants will be supplied at one-third the 
price of 3 and 10c extra for packing and handling. 
Hardy Carnation 
LONG-SPURRED HYBRIDS 
ISBELL* EXTRA SELECT MIX- 
1 LKit-.—A beautiful color assortment 3 
plants, 65c.; doz., $ 2.25, prepaid. 
BLUE SHADES. —Fine plants in 
shades of dark and light blue Very 
popular. 3 for 65c; doz., $2.25, prepaid. 
SUPERB PINK. — Lovely shades of 
pink, a very high grade strain. 3 for 
75c; doz., $2.65, prepaid. 
NEW CRIMSON STAR. —Novelty from 
Europe. Brilliant dark crimson, white 
center. 3 for 80c; doz., $2.75, prepaid. 
A Beautiful Perennial Border 
To make a Picture Garden 
Read Descriptions for heights 
OrderVarious Lengths and Colors 
Hardy Asters 
Michaelmas Daisies. See Color Illustration 
on Page 97. 
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Border with Primrose, Alyssum. Iris Cris- 
tata, Phlox Subulata, Sedum, Cerastium, 
or other dwarf hardy plant or bulb. Use 
Favorite Annuals to fill in each year. 
Campanula 
Persicifolia 
The True Perennial Type 
PEACH BELLS. —This is a very good 
perennial type of Campanula with large 
bright blue bells. Blooms June-July. 2 ft 
3 for 60c; doz., $2.00, prepaid. 
Hardy Carnation 
RED GRENADIN. —The large, double 
flowers are of rich red color and spicy 
odor, and are produced in succession 
from June until fall; blooming most 
freely during June and July. Of dwarf 
growth. 3 ftfi^JjSc; $2.25 per doz. 
For a grand show of flowers during the fall months these Hardy Asters 
are in a class by themselves. They are beautiful in the garden and suitable 
for cut flowers; will readily succeed most anywhere. 3 to 4 feet. 
SAM BENHAM. —Pure white, large, semi-double flowers. Blooms early. 
3 for 75c; $2.50 per doz., prepaid. 
LAVENDER STAR. —Bright lavender- 
blue with yellow center. 3 for 75c; $2.50 
per doz., prepaid. 
SUNSET. —A glorious pink. Free flow¬ 
ering. 3 for 75c; $2.50 per doz., prepaid. 
JOAN VAUGHAN. —Large, semi-double 
flowers of deep blue. 3 for 80c; $2.85 per 
doz., prepaid. 
Campanula - 
Canterbury Bells 
Very Showy Garden Plants 
These imposing plants are classed as 
herbaceous biennials rather than true 
perennials. The habit of the plant is 
compact, 18 to 24 inches high; flowers 
are produced freely during June and 
July; they are very handsome, large, 
bell-shaped and come in white and 
shades of pink and blue. 
Single Mixed.—3 for 60c; $2.00 per doz. 
Double Mixed.—3 for 70c; $2.50 per 
doz. 
Cup and Saucer. —Large bells with an 
extra row of petals like a saucer under 
a cup. 3 for 70c; $2.50 per doz. 
Bleeding Heart 
DWARF FERN-LEAVED. —Charmin g 
old-fashioned hardy plant with finely cut 
ornamental foliage and showy pink flow¬ 
ers. Blooms most profusely early in the 
spring, and continuously all summer. Is 
inches high. 3 for 85c; $2.90 per doz., 
prepaid. 
Canterbury Bells 
Aquilegia - Columbine 
See Color Illustration on Page 97 
Noteworthy for the charm of their 
flowers. The Columbines are among the 
most elegant and beautiful hardy plants, 
roducing their graceful spurred flowers 
on stems rising 2 feet or more above the 
attractive foliage. Their period of flow¬ 
ering covers the late spring and early 
summer months. Good rock garden plant. 
Use Vines for a Background for Tall-Growing Perennials 
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