HARDY HERBACIOUS PLANTS. 
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HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
These easily-grown hardy and free-blooming 
plants are in many gardens much appreciated, as 
they bloom freely in very late autumn when few 
perennials are in flower. This hardy species is 
usually classed as Pompon Chrysanthemums, and 
which usually attain a height of 2 to 3 feet. 
The strong stems and brilliant colored flowers 
make these plants also very desirable for cut flow¬ 
ers in late autumn. Assortment of the very best, 
free-blooming and hardiest varieties are supplied 
in distinct colors; pink, red, yellow, white and 
bronze, and the various intermediate shades of 
color. $1.50 to $3 per dozen, according to size 
and variety. 
CIMIFUGA. 
Snaiceroot. Valuable on account of late flow¬ 
ering. Spikes of white flowers; good for cutting. 
Simplex and Racemosa. 
CLEMATIS. 
Herbaceous varieties. Clusters of fragrant 
flowers; blue, white and purple. Davidiana, 
Recta. 
COREOPSIS. 
Tick-Seed. Free-blooming; clear golden yel¬ 
low flowers. The best varieties are Lanceolata 
and Verticillata. 
CORONILLA. 
Wild Pea. A showy perennial of trailing hab¬ 
it; flowers blush and white. 
CON VALLARIA. 
Lily of the Valley. See Hardy and Forcing 
Blubs, page 
DAPHNE CNEORUM. 
Garland Flower. See Evergreen Shrubs, 
page 34. 
DAHLIAS. 
Large colection of the finest single and double 
varieties, including many new and choice kinds 
of recent introduction. $1.50 to $3 per dozen. 
Low rates per 100. 
DELPHINUM. 
Larkspur. Remarkably showy plants. Long 
spikes, 2 to 5 feet, of showy blue and light purple 
flowers in midsummer. Leading varieties: 
Azurium, Belladonna, Bicolor, Ccelestinum, 
Elatum, Flora, Formosum, Ivanhoe, Louis 
Agassiz, Pyramidalis, Wheelerii and others. 
DESMODIUM JAPONICA and 
PEN DU LI FLO RUM. 
See Deciduous Shrubs, page 43. 
DIANTHUS. ' 
Pink. Small, easily grown plants. Very sweet 
and fragrant. Delicate petal-fringed flowers. 
Barbatus, Plumarius and New Napoleon III. 
DICENTRA (DIELYTRA.) 
Bleeding Heart. Fine. Showy flowers in ear¬ 
ly summer . Eximea, rose color, and Spectabilis, 
crimson. 
DICTAMNUS. 
Fraxinella or Gas Plant. A showy peren¬ 
nial. forming a bush about 2 feet in height, spikes 
of fragrant red and white flowers. 
DIGITALIS. 
Foxglove. Beautiful flowers in long spikes in 
midsummer. 
DION^EA MUSCIPULA. 
Venus' Fly-Trap. Very sensitive leaves. 
DORONICUM. 
Leopard's Bane. Showy yellow perennial, 
flowering in early spring. 
ECHINACEA. 
Cone Flower. A Showy, strong plant, remain¬ 
ing long in bloom. 
ELYMUS. 
Lyme Grass. An ornamental, long, narrow 
grass, of a grayish hue. 
EPIG/CA REPENS. 
See Trailing Vines for Shaded Places, page 
60. 
ERIANTH US. 
Winter Aconite. Dwarf herbaceous plant 
with yellow cup-shaped flowers. 
ERIANTH US. 
Ravenna Grass. Perfectly hardy and fine. 
Attains a height of from 9 to 12 feet. Resembles 
Pampas Grass. One of the best of the hardy 
grasses. 
GILLENIA. 
Bowman's Root. White flowered, fringed with 
pink in July. Trifoliate foliage. Good for border. 
ERYNGIUM. 
Sea Holly. Blue flowers; spiny leaves. Sev¬ 
eral varieties. 
ERYTHRONIUM. 
Dog's-Tooth Violet. Yellow flowers; varie¬ 
gated foliage. 
EUPATORI U M. 
A species easily grown and bearing handsome 
flowers. 
EUPHORBIA. 
Milk-Wort. Low-growing plant with yellow 
flowers. 
EULALIA. 
Very handsome plumed grasses from 6 to 8 feet 
in height. The best varieties are Japonica, Gra- 
cillma UNviTTATA, Variegata and Zebrina. 
Strong flowering roots at special prices per 100 
and per 1,000. 
FUNKIA. 
Plantain Lily. Valuable ornamental foliage 
for use in clumps.. Mostly purple or blue flowers. 
The choice varieties are Ccerulea, Grandiflora, 
Sieboldiana, Subcordata (see page 62) and 
Thos. Hogg. 
GAILLARDIA. 
Blanket Flower. Beautiful large yellow and 
crimson flowers all summer. 
GAULTHERIA PROCUMBENS. 
Aromatic Wintergreen. Small white flowers, 
followed by red berries. Of low growth. 
GERANIUM. 
Crane’s Bill. The native hardy species. Will 
grow in partly shaded places. Purle or purplish- 
red flowers. Long seed pods. 
GLADIOLUS. 
Extra choice collections of the large flowering 
blubs, distinct colored kinds. Very fine. Selected 
bulbs, $3 to $5 per 100. XXX, $7.50 per 100. 
