Hardy Herbaceous Plants 
HE eastern coast of Maine has proved itself within the last few 
1 years a region wonderfully well suited to the hardy herbaceous 
plants, whose beauty of form and splendid color, as well as their 
permanent character and wealth of bloom, have long made English 
gardens—whether those of cottage or of great estate—famous the 
world over. And it is these plants, in their best species and most 
beautiful varieties, that the Mt. Desert Nurseries have made a 
specialty of growing, invigorated and made hardy by our climate, 
for export to other regions as well as for garden and other plant¬ 
ing on the coast of Maine. 
Our list is the result of long trial, actual experiment and careful 
selection; our soil is deep and well-cultivated but not rich, tending to 
the best development of roots for transplantation; and our climate 
is one demanding vigorous vitality in all that grows in it. 
But though our climate permits the growth of none but really 
hardy plants, it makes it possible to grow these with greater freedom 
and in wider range than elsewhere and gives them a hardihood, a 
vigorous constitution, and a depth and brilliancy of color in their 
flowering which they take elsewhere with them to new homes. 
We pack our plants for export with the greatest care, and long 
experience has shown that we can send them by express—thus 
packed—to Virginia or Illinois in as good condition as to Boston or 
to places on the near-by coast. Moreover, the exceptional lateness 
of our season and the coolness of our ground and nights make it 
possible for us to lift plants directly from the nursery and ship them 
in full vigor long after this has become impossible for nurseries to 
the southward or with an inland climate. Nor do plants suffer in the 
least from transportation to a region where the season is more ad¬ 
vanced than in their own, though they do from the reverse or from 
being lifted and held back for later trade. 
Assistance in the selection of the best varieties of plants or advice as 
to the plants best suited to special conditions of soil and climate will be 
gladly given to anyone writing to the Nurseries for it. 
Address 
THE MOUNT DESEITT NURSERIES, 
Bar Harbor, Me. 
WM. MILLER, Manager. 
