TECHNY, ILLINOIS 
Hardy Perennial Plants 17 
Oriental Poppies 
Easy To Grow — Sure To Bloom — 
Enchantress — Silvery pink of 
good substance, probably 
the largest poppy grown. 
Each 60c 
June Delight — Clear salmon 
pink, soft and delicate 
color; edges of petals are 
beautifully fringed. 
Each $1.00 
Lulu Neeley — Bright red 
with tall and strong stems, 
giant flowers. .Each 35c 
Orange — Large single orange 
of medium height. 
Each 25c 
Last A Lifetime 
Olympia — A double orange- 
red poppy, blooming earlier 
than all others; about 2 
feet tall. Each 25c 
Red Cavalier — Glowing 
cerise; flowers on good 
strong stems. Each 60c 
Trilby — A bright red of the 
color and size of Lulu Nee¬ 
ley but with crinkled petals 
and very late. Each $1.00 
For best results plant Pop¬ 
pies 3 inches deep in July or 
August. Mulch with leaves for 
the first winter after planting. 
PYRETHRUM — PAINTED DAISY 
One of the choicest hardy perennials, with fern¬ 
like foliage; growing about 3 feet high; colors rang¬ 
ing from very pale pink to deep crimson. Beauti¬ 
ful mixed colors. Each 20c 
RANUNCULUS — BUTTERCUP 
Acris FI. PI. — A double-flowering bright-yellow 
buttercup, blooming profusely in May and June; 
24 inches. Each 20c 
ROSA ROULETTI — THE BABY ROSE 
A dwarf ever-blooming rose, growing 6 to 8 
inches tall, producing nice compact bushes with 
clear-pink flowers, from early summer until heavy 
frost; protect somewhat during winter. Small plants, 
25c; Large field-grown plants, 50c each. 
RUDBECKIA — CONE FLOWER 
Purpurea — Peculiar reddish-purple flowers with 
brown cone-shaped center. 2 to 3 feet; July to 
October; thrives almost anywhere. Each 25c 
SALVIA — MEADOW SAGE 
Azurea Grandiflora — Grows from 3 to 4 feet tall 
producing willowy spikes of pale-blue flowers 
in September and October. Each 20c 
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Pratensis-Tenori -—- Very showy plant of medium 
height, with deep-blue flowers, which are borne 
on graceful spikes in racemes. Each 20c 
SAXIFRAGA — ROCK-FOIL 
Cordifolia — Plants which form a mass of deep- 
green foliage about 1 foot high. Flowers light 
pink in color and bloom in early spring. Each 35c 
SCABIOSA — PIN CUSHION 
These perennials resemble annuals except that 
the perennials have shorter florets at the center. 
Caucasica (Blue Bonnet) — Soft shade of lavender; 
height 24 inches; blooms from June to September. 
Each 30c 
Isaac House's Strain — Various shades of blue and 
lavender; many double; blooms from June to 
October. Each 30c 
SIDALCEA — GREEK MALLOW 
Rose Queen — Erect-growing plants; 2 to 3 feet high 
with bright-rose flowers; blooms in June and 
July; excellent for cutting. Each 20c 
SPIREA FILIPENDULA — GOAT'S BEARD 
This plant has a cluster of fern-like leaves; 
feathery flower-heads of the Spirea type, creamy 
white, about 3 feet tall. Each 25c 
STACHYS — LAMB'S EAR 
Lanata — Grown for the effect of the dwarf sil¬ 
very-white woolly foliage; the flower spikes 
should be removed. Each 20c 
with colorful Hardy Phlox 
