Hardy Ornamentals, Herbaceous ^Plants, Etc 
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ing of the same in spring. Avoid planting too deep : an inch or so of soil over the buds is sufficient. 
Don’t expect too much of them the first year. They are a little slow in their growth, but after a couple 
of seasons, if they have been well cared for, you will have no reason for regret¬ 
ting the extra pains in setting. 
PA30NIA CKINENSIS Arthur. Pale pink. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
P. C. rubicunda-albo-iuarginata. Pink and white. 25c. ea., $2.50 per doz. 
P. C. Double Dark Red. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
P. C. Double White. 25 cts. each. 
P. C. Double Red. 25 cts. each. 
P. O. Double Rose. 25 cts. each. 
P. officinalis. 25 cts. each. 
I will furnish. 25 choice Fseonias, my selection, all double, for $3.75. 
PLATA CODON grandiflorum (Chinese Bell-Flower). 6 to 
15 inches high. Large, solitary white or blue flowers at the 
ends of the branches. China and Japan. 15 cts. each, $1.25 
per doz. d. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. 
P. grandiflorura. White. 25c. each. Seeds, 5c. per pkt. 
P. autumnale is a form of P. grandiflorum which blooms 
much later. Quite useful in prolonging the flowering season 
of this very desirable group of hardy plants. 25 cts. each. e. 
P. Mariesii. A recently introduced form of the preceding, 
with shorter stems and larger floweis. 15 cts each, $1.25 per 
doz. d. Seeds, 6 cts. per pkt. 
P. Mariesii alba. 25 cts. each. d. 
PYRETHRUM Caucasicum. bias reddish purple flower- Primula Japonica. 
heads; quite attractive. 15 cts. each. e. 
P. hybridum (Gloire de Nancy). Is a very handsome plbtit. The daisy-like flower-heads of reddish 
purple flowers are very fine for bouquets. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. e. 
PRIMULA Cashmeriana. 15 cts. each. 
P. denticulata. Small flowers, half an inch wide, in dense umbels ; bright lilac. Stents 6 to 12 
inches high. Native to the Himalayas. 25 cts. each. c. 
*P. cortusoides. A fine little plant, easy to manage in any good soil, and has pretty, deep rose 
flowers in umbels. 15 cts. each. c. 
P. auricula. Bright yellow. 25 cts. each. d. 
P. officinalis (/*. veris). Cowslip, or Palsy wort. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts., $1 per doz. r. 
P. spectabilis. Deep rosy purple flowers. Eastern Alps. 25 cts. each. d. 
P. Wulfeniana. A smaller form of the preceding. 15 cts. each, $1.15 per doz. d. 
P. Japonica. Has variously colored flowers, from dark reddish purple to nearly white. Leaves very 
large. I have had very good success with this and the next, in a rather moist, partly shaded situa¬ 
tion, with a mixture of sand and leaf-mold. 20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. e. # 
P. Sieboldii. Has very large and showy flowers, deep rose with yellow eye. Root creeping stem 8 
to 12 inches high. 15 cts. each, $1.35 per doz. c. 
POLYGONATUM bifloruin (Smaller Solomon’s Seal). Is one of the good things for shade. It hfts 
nothing very showy about its flowers, but a deep green and lasting foliage, which makes it valuable 
in its place. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. c. 
PODOPHYLLUM peltatum (Wild Mandrake). Is another good plant for shade. The flower la pure 
white, or nearly so, of good size, but often hidden by the foliage. It has large round, lobed, peltate 
leaves. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. c. 
POLEMONIUM reptans. Loose panicled corymbs of blue, or sometimes white flowers. Plant 6 
inches high, blooming In April or May. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. e. 
P. Himalayense. Has large blue flowers. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. e. 
P. coBruleum (Greek Valerian). Makes a fine border plant, having handsome blue flowers In 
early summer. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. e. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. 
P. grandiflorum and pulchellum are others which I can offer at 15 cts. each. <?. 
POTENTILLA Nepalense. Has bright yellow flowers. 15 cts. each. e. 
