SPECIAL AND IMPORT PRICES FOR SPRING OF 1906 
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ORIENTAL POPPIES 
I remember very well the first time I saw an Oriental Poppy. I 
was a boy then, and it excited me wonderfully, and I thought if the 
most remarkable flower in the world; and now after twenty-five years 
have gone by and 1 have seen almost all the known flowers of the 
world, I am still of the opinion that it is mighty fine, striking and 
effective, and I have taken the trouble to gather up and have grown 
a collection of several varieties. The foliage of Oriental Poppies 
dies away in the summer and many think they are dead, but they will 
start into growth again in the fall. They are rather hard to estab¬ 
lish, but, once established, prove the most persistent perennial. 
Each Per doz, 
Orientale. The type. Immense orange-red flowers, 8 to 
12 inches in diameter.$8 per 100.. $1 50 
Orientale, Brightness (Bracteatum). Flowers rich glow¬ 
ing salmon, crimson-brown blotch at base of petals_$0 30 3 00 
Orientale, Fire King. New. Large, fiery scarlet flow¬ 
ers, with glittering black center; very handsome; 2% 
feet high. 30 3 00 
Orientale, Pink Beauty. Large, delicate flesh-pink flow¬ 
ers, with dark blotch at base of each petal; a very 
distinct color; 3 feet high. 35 3 50 
Orientale, Hoyal Prince. Large, brilliant scarlet flowers. 50 5 00 
Orientale. Salmon Queen. Large, handsome, soft salmon- 
scarlet flowers. 50 5 00 
Orientale, Trilby. Beautiful cerise-scarlet, with hand¬ 
some black spots at base of petals; distinct and extra 
fine. 50 5 00 
Orientale, Duke of Teck. Large brilliant crimson scarlet 
flowers; handsome; 2% feet high. 35 3 50 
Orientale, Masterpieco. New. Flowers very lnrge and 
handsome, of the palest salmon-pink slightly tinged 
mauve, borne on stiff stems; extra fine. 50 5 00 
Orientale, Multiflorum. Large, deep blood-crimson flow¬ 
ers of medium size; free bloomer and earlv; 3 feet 
high. 50 5 00 
Orientale, Princess of Wales. A lovely new variety with 
flowers of a satiny gray shot with pink, but attractive 
art shade; 3 feet high. Award of Merit R. H. S. 50 5 00 
Orientale, Scarlet Giant. Dazzling scarlet with glittering 
black blotch at base of petals; 3 feet high. 40 4 00 
HELIANTHEMUM MUTABILE 
This dainty, charming evergreen plant is almost unknown in this 
country, but nothing is more worthy of general culture. In Mrs. 
Henry L. Higginson’s garden, perhaps the loveliest and certainly the 
most interesting garden in America, it is used in the greatest profu¬ 
sion and in a great variety of positions, and everywhere it is most , 
charming. There are few more brilliant sights than masses of it in 
full beauty, and it is of easiest possible culture; dwarf and compact, 
bearing in great profusion flowers with fine diversity of color. It 
likes a light, well-drained soil. The colors range from white and 
3 r ellow to deep crimson, with a great variety of lovely intermediate 
shades. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
SOUTHERNWOOD 
Artemisia Abrotanum (Southernwood, or "Old Man”), 25 cts. each, 
$2.50 per doz. 
Artemisia stelleriana. A trailing species, with handsome silvery 
gray’ foliage; G inches high. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
WALLFLOWERS 
The old favorite fragrant Wallflower; mixed colors, including yel¬ 
low, brown, etc. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100. 
CERASTIUM (Snow in Summer) 
Tomentosum. A desirable low-growing plant with silvery foliage and 
white flowers, suitable for the rockery, or for carpeting dry, sunny 
spots, such as covering graves or steep banks; can also be used with 
good effect in carpet bedding. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., 
$8 per 100. 
Biebersteinii. Similar to C. tomentosum , but the flowers are very 
much more beautiful. The plant is dwarf and covers the ground 
with a mat of silvery foliage which is almost evergreen. The starry 
flowers are white and extremely beautiful. They are produced 
freely in June. The plant is for the rockery, covering dry banks 
or edging borders. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz., $8 per 100. 
INCARVILLEA DELAVAYI 
(Hardy Gloxinia) 
A new hardy tuberous-rooted plant, and one of the choicest peren¬ 
nial plants introduced in recent years. It produces large, gloxinia¬ 
like rose-colored flowers, which last in perfection a long time; these 
are produced in clusters on stems 18 inches high: should be pro¬ 
tected with a covering of leaves during winter. 25 cts. each, $2.50 
per doz. 
NEW HELIANTHUS 
H. G. Moon. A grand seedling variety with abundance of large, rich, 
deep yellow flowers, rising well above the foliage. It is distinct and 
extra fine. It grows four feet high and blooms in August and 
September. Award of Merit R. H. S. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
Wolley Dod. A fine late variety, with beautiful small yellow flowers. 
15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz., $8 per 100. 
SAXIFRAGA CORDIFOLIA 
This, the only Saxifraga, or Rockfoil, that is hardy in this climate, 
is distinguished by its large, handsome shiny foliage and its dense 
panicles of lovely pink flowers, which are produced very early in the 
spring. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
PHLOX PANICULATA 
This is the wild species from which all the fine large-flowered Phlox 
have been produced. It does not compare in coloring with the newer 
kinds, but it is very valuable on account of its vigorous constitution, 
which makes it available for naturalizing. It will take care of itself 
in almost any situation when once established. We have seen it per¬ 
fectly happy growing wild in the tall grass of a meadow where it had 
never received any attention whatever. The plant grows about 2 
feet high and has large heads of rosy purple flowers. 15 cts. each, 
$1.50 per doz., $10 per 100. 
V1TIS COIGNETTLE 
This grand wild grape-vine from Japan is of remarkably rapid 
growth, and the foliage turns to a rich wine color in the fall. Not 
sufficiently hardy in the North, but south of Philadelphia it is most 
valuable. 50cts. each, $5 per doz. 
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