HARDY ORNAMENTALS, HERBACEOUS PLANTS, ETC, 
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PRIMUL A officinalis (P. versts). Cowslip or Palsywort. Flowers bright yellow, in umbels. 
Plant 4 to 12 inches high. Europe. 15 cts., 2 for 25 cts. c. 
P. spectabilis. Flowers deep rosy purple, 6 to S in an umbel. Stalk 3 to 4 inches high. 
Eastern Alps. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. b. 
P. Wulfeniana. A form of the preceding. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. b. 
POLYGONATUM biflorum (Smaller Solomon’s Seal). The flowers of this plant are not showy, but 
its foliage is good, and it thrives well in the shade. Lasts nearly the whole summer, and is quite 
desirable for the shady corner. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. c. 
PODOPHYLLUM peltatum (Mandrake). A hardy perennial, with creeping root-stalks and fibrous 
roots. Height about 15 inches. Has large, round-lobed, peltate leaves. Flowers nodding, 
almost hidden by the foliage ; white, an inch or two wide. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per dozen, d. 
POLEMONIUM reptans.- Flowers in loose-panicled corymbs; blue, sometimes white. April or 
May. Plant 6 inches high 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. d. 
*P. Himalayense. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per dozen, d. 
*P. caeruleum (Greek Valerian, or Jacob’s Ladder). An elegant border plant, 2 feet high, with 
handsome blue flowers in early summer. 10 cts. each, d . 
P. grandiflorum. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. d. 
POTENTILLA (formosa) Nepalensis. Flowers yellow, about an inch wide. Plant a foot high. 
Himalayas. 12 cts. each, $1 per dozen, d. 
PENTSTEMON spectabilis. 2 feet high. Flowers bluish purple; corolla an inch long, June. 
10 cts. each, $1 per dozen, d. 
P. gracilentus. 20 cts. each. c. 
P. glaber. Flowers blue or purple, sometimes violet. Plant 6 to 12 inches high. 15 cts. each, 
2 for 25 cts. c. . 
P. acuminatus. Flowers lilac, changing to violet. Stem about a foot high. 15 cts. each, 
2 for 25 cts. d. . . 
P. pubescens. Flowers light violet or purple. A strong and hardy species. A native of New 
England. 10 cts. each, go cts. per dozen, d. 
PHLOX. Among the hardy perennials of this genus are some of the best garden plants The dwarf 
species, like subulata and its varieties, are very useful for rock-work The taller kinds, like 
paniculata and maculata, produce some of the most delicately colored flowers, varying from 
pure white to dark red and purple. They are easy 
of culture in any good garden soil. 
P. frondosa. This js a variety of P. subulata* 
very vigorous, with lilac-rose flowers. 15 cts. each* 
or 25 cts. c. 
P. maculata, or decussata. Hybrids. Among 
these are some of the finest and most delicately 
colored varieties in cultivation. 25 cts. each, 
2 for 40 cts. d. 
P. pilosa. A pretty native ; grows along borders of 
thickets. 12 to 18 inches high. Slender flowers, 
purple or rosy red. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. c. 
P. reptans. This is a low species, forming dense 
beds of its dark green foliage, which at flowering 
time is often hidden by thelarge rose-purple flowers. 
15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. d. 
P. subulata (Ground or Moss Pink). This creep 
ing and tufted species grows in broad mats. Likes 
dry, sandy soil. The rose-purple flowers are very 
fine in their season. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. d. 
P. divarlcata. Flowers rose-purple; pretty; a hardy 
native. 12 cts. each, $1 per dozen, d. 
P/EON IA Chinensis. Various shades. 25 cts. each, 
2 for 40 cts. e. 
PHLOX. 
