SPECIAL AND IMPORT PRICES FOR SPRING OF 1906 
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TWO USEFUL IRISES 
TECTORUM. This is a beautiful white Iris, resembling /. Sibirica 
in habit and blooming at the same time, early in June. It is ex¬ 
tremely vigorous and hardy and very valuable either for the gar¬ 
den or for naturalizing on the edge of ponds or streams. 10 cts. 
each, $1 per doz., $5 per 100. 
SIBIRICA SAN GUINEA. This is the best of the Siberian Irises, 
and extremely desirable in every respect. Brilliant blue flowers 
freely produced. The plant grows with great vigor and is per¬ 
fectly hardy. Splendid for the garden and nothing finer for 
naturalizing. 10 cts. each. 75 cts. per doz., $5 per 100. 
LEONTOPODIUM ALPINUM 
(Edelweiss, or Alpine Snowflower) 
Well known to tourists who have traveled in Switzerland. It is a 
hardy plant, and well worth a trial. It should be grown either on the 
rockery or in well-drained, sandy soil. 15 cts. each. $1.50 per doz. 
SAPONARIA OCYMOIDES SPLENDENS 
A charming creeping plant, even prettier than the creeping 
Phloxes. It is quite as free-flowering but piles itself up in masses that 
| are lovely beyond description, beautiful bright pink flowers, pro¬ 
duced in June. One really good thing that should be in every garden. 
Pot-grown plants. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
ACONITUM BICOLOR 
This new Monk’s-hood is the only one that will thrive in this cli¬ 
mate. It is a vigorous plant, growing 3 to 4 feet high and, produces 
large spikes of beautiful blue and white flowers. A distinct and 
I valuable plant. This plant has been tested in our grounds for two 
j years, and has proved to be one of the best of recent introduction. 
In habit it somewhat resembles the English Delphinium. 50 cts. 
I each, $5 per doz. 
LIATRIS PYCNOSTACHYA 
The popular name of this striking plant is Kansas 
Gay Feather. Nothing can be planted that will attract 
more attention on account of a very unusual appearance, 
but it is very beautiful as well as odd. It blooms in 
midsummer and throws up long, narrow spikes of rich 
purple flowers which last a long time. A peculiarity of 
this plant is its great attraction for butterflies; when in 
bloom it is always surrounded with them. A plant 
in bloom is shown in illustration on page 33. 15 cts. 
each, $1.50 per doz., $9 per 100. 
LYCHNIS 
Vespertina, Double White. Large, double white flowers, 
which are produced in the greatest profusion during 
the entire summer, taking the place of the carnation 
at a season when double white flowers are scarce. 
20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
Splendens, Double Red (Ragged Robin). Forms a dense 
tuft of evergreen foliage, and in June it sends up tall 
spikes of handsome double, deep red flowers of ex¬ 
quisite fragrance, and remains in perfection six 
weeks. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
TUFTED PANSIES, or BEDDING 
VIOLAS 
The Tufted Pansies are hybrids of Pansies and Viola 
cornuta , and are quite distinct from Pansies in habit 
and coloring, and we think far more beautiful. The 
flowers are smaller, but unique in coloring, and the 
plants spread from the roots like a violet, making them 
true perennials. They are perfectly hardy, enduring 
the extremely cold weather of 1898-89 in an open border 
without protection. They are immensely popular in 
England and Scotland, where they are generally used 
for bedding and table decorations, and nothing can be 
more charming for either purpose. We have always ad¬ 
mired these flowers in England, but were not certain 
that they would thrive in this climate, but after testing 
them a year in our garden we are convinced that they will 
do as well here as they do abroad. We have had a splen¬ 
did lot of plants grown from the best collections in 
Scotland. They can be planted in the summer, fall or 
spring. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz., $0 per 100. 
PLATYCODON 
Mariesi. A valuable dwarf variety, bearing blue bell¬ 
shaped flowers nearly 3 inches across, for a long sea¬ 
son in late summer and early autumn. One of the 
finest of border plants. The unopened buds are 
nearly as beautiful as the flowers themselves, and are 
particularly interesting in their peculiar shape. Ex¬ 
tremely effective when planted in groups. 15 cts. 
each, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100. 
Mariesi nana. The Platycodon or Wahlenbergia has 
been for many years one of the most popular hardy 
plants, and deservedly so. This new variety is a de¬ 
cided improvement, as the plants are dwarfer and 
more compact, and never fall over. Beautiful white 
or blue bell-shaped flowers produced in the greatest 
profusion. This new plant is to be highly commended. 
Price of either white or blue variety, 15 cts. each, 
$1.50 per doz., $10 per 100. 
IRIS TECTORUM 
