New Perennials for 1916 
Aquilegia—Mrs. Scott Elliott’s Celebrated Columbine 
A renowned English strain which enjoys a world reputation for the choicest flow¬ 
ers in the greatest possible array of colors. Our seed is from the originator. 
8006. — .Pkt., $ .25 
Aquilegia — Heatherhome’s Blue Gem 
We are proud to have been honored by the English raiser of this remarkable 
novelty to be the exclusive distributor of it in America. This, undoubtedly, will form 
the forerunner of a new race of Columbines — New! Because it is so bold, so strik¬ 
ing, so remarkably clean and healthy, that it looks like a different flower. The plants 
grow to a height of 18 inches and through their healthy, clean leaves rise in great 
numbers very rigid, wiry flower stems which show at their terminal a mass of real 
giants of flowers of the clearest deep, true blue with a snowy-white corolla. The blue 
is that of Delphinium Formosum. Just picture in your imagination this contrast of 
color and do you think you could afford to miss it in your garden next year? 
§8006. —.. . Pkt., $ .35 
Aquilegia Ilybrida Vernalis 
New Early-Blooming Columbines 
A new strain of long spurred Columbines which begin to bloom early in May 
and are in their prime during the middle of the month. Adding these to our gardens 
wo thereby prolong the flowering spell of Columbines for nearly a month. 
§8002. —All colors . Pkt., $ .25 
Campanula Media Praecox 
New Early-Blooming Canterbury Bells 
This new race, if sown at the same time as the regular, will produce its flowers 
two to three weeks earlier and so it comes at a time when there is felt as a rule a 
scarcity of showy flowers. 
§8446.-Clear White.Pkt., $ .25 
§8446.-Purplish Blue.Pkt., .25 
§8448.-Delicate Pin£.Pkt., .25 
New Hardy Carnation “Glory” 
If we had nothing else to offer this year but this one novelty, we would feel that 
we had been fairly successful. 
It was by a mere accident that we learned of the originator, living in an ob- ' 
scure village in Hungary. No one knows of him, but those who live near him, but 
famo travels just the same and when we learned what he had, we were determined 
to obtain some seeds if possible. Let us tell you what this man is and what he suc¬ 
ceeded in doing. He devotes his lifetime to Carnations, both indoors and outdoors 
— Hardy and Tender — and so he conceived the idea of crossing the choicest hothouse 
Carnation with the outdoor varieties and what has he finally produced — a perfectly 
hardy outdoor Carnation which produces a very large plant from which in May rise, 
without exaggeration, from 50 to 100 spikes, 2 feet high, producing in June, flowers 
equal to the finest hothouse Carnation, and in all the colors we know. As ho has 
used the clove scented Pink as the parent, all these new hybrids possess this pleas¬ 
ing fragrance. We could procure a very limited quantity of seed only and for this 
reason we offer— 
8520. — . Pkts. (containing 10 seeds), $ .50 
Please Order by Numbers only. 
