Seeds of Perennials 
Edelweiss (Gnaphalium Leontopodium) 
Nat. Ord. Compo3itae 
The most popular flower of the Swiss and Tyrolean Alps. The velvety texture 
of the flower petals and their creamy white color are features which the flowers retain 
after being pressed. The tourist traveling through Switzerland or Tyrol will find 
it on the hat of every guide. But do you know that you can grow it in your back¬ 
yard, and more luxuriously than in the Alps? Seeds should be sown very thinly 
in a frame and transplanted into another, where it should be wintered for the first 
year. Tho following spring plant in a spot which faces northern exposure and you 
will bo rewarded with a fine crop of flowers. If you are ever in Hartford, Conn., 
visit the garden of J. J. Goodwin, Esq?, and you will be able to Bee whole naturalized 
spots of this attractive flower. 
Plants grow only 4 inches high. The silvery gray leaves lie almost flat on the 
ground, while from the center rises the flower-stem bearing two or three star-like 
flowers. If grown in the sun the flowers will be of greenish gray, while if grown in 
partial shade it will be almost pure white. 
8765. —White Flowers...Pkt., $ .25 
Erigeron (Flea Bane) 
Nat. Ord. Compositae 
Charming summer flowering plants with attractive Daisy-like flowers with fine 
cut petals. The dwarfer kinds are valuable for rock work or the front of borders; 
the taller sorts are effective where massed. 
8767. — Aurantiacum (Tho Orange Daisy). Flowers ranging from brilliant orange 
to orange yellow. A valuable, showy bedding plant. Height, Ms foot. Space, 
6 inches.Pkt., $ .25 
8760. — Grandiflorus Elatior. Large, solitary purple flowers, with bright yellow 
disc; June and July; 18 inches.Pkt., $ .10 
8765. — Speciosus. Tho straight flower-stem terminates in a flat cluster of beau¬ 
tiful Aster-like flowers of a delicate lavender pink with yellow disc. Splendid 
for cutting; June; 18 inches.Pkt., $ .10 
8766. — HultIradiatU8 Roseus. The very graceful flowers of this new variety which 
the plant produces abundantly and which measure about 2 Ms inches across, 
aro composed of innumerable close and narrow standing rosy-colored petals 
which surround the golden yellow disc. It is a splendid and artistic cut 
flower.Pkt., $ .25 
Eryngium (Sea Ilolly) 
Nat. Ord. Umbelliferoe 
Remarkably decorative plants with ornamental Thistle-like foliage and Thistle¬ 
like flower-heads which can be cut and dried for winter decoration. They delight 
in deep, sandy soil and are most effective as groups on lawns or in borders or nat¬ 
uralized in woods. 
8770. —Amethystinum. Finely cut spiny foliage and beautiful thistle-like heads 
of amethyst blue; 3 feet; July and August.Pkt., $ .15 
8772. —Giganteum (Ivory Thistle). Foliage and stems glistening silvery white, 
with large branching flower heads; 3 Ms feet.Pkt., $ .25 
8775. —Planum. Broad glossy foliage and steel-blue flowers.Pkt., .10 
Please Order by Numbers only. 
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