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ELLIOTT NURSERY COMPANY, PITTSBURG, PA. 
CREE PMm^ imi o xf s 
I lio Creeping Phloxes have a charming beauty all their own, and, for general usefulness, are not to be surpassed by any 
flower that grows. 1 hey will thrive in any situation, except a very shady one; and in any soil, no matter how poor, unless 
it is very wet. They are absolutely hardy without protection ; hardy last winter, which killed millions of plants and shrubs, 
and even trees. I hey have neat evergreen foliage, and when in bloom, which is during the month of May, their multitude 
of lovely pink, white or blue flowers cover everything beneath as completely as a carpet covers a floor. They bloom again 
in September, but not so freely, For covering rocky hillsides, sandy slopes, bare ground too poor to grow anything else, or 
for odging borders of hardy plants or shrubs, they are unsurpassed. Our President literally uses these plants by hundreds of 
thousands in his landscape work, and wherever he uses them there is a large demand for them. Just think of it! The 
splendid, inexpensive hardy plants, which increase fourfold every year, are almost unknown, while commonplace geraniums, 
with not one-tenth their beauty, are planted by the million, and must be planted annually. 
1 lie Creeping Phloxes can be planted advantageously in September and until the fifteenth of October. As we grow 
them by the acre, we can offer them in quantity at very low prices, which are given below. 
Phlox subulata 
... , Perdoz. 
(Moss l ink). Rose pink.$1 00 
100 
$5 50 
1.000 
$45 00 
4 t 
4 4 
alba. Pure white. 
i 
00 
6 
00 
(1 
"The Bride.” White with pink 
eve; lovely. 
1 
00 
G 
00 
14 
44 
“Model.” Finest of all; bright 
pink. 
i 
00 
5 
50 
45 
00 
» « 
“ 
atropurpurea. Deep rosy purple.. 
i 
00 
5 
00 
40 
00 
44 
44 
"Vivid.” New; brilliant rose, 
carmine center; very showy. 
each, 25 cts... 
2 
50 
4 « 
4 4 
"G. F. Wilson.” New; lovelv 
lig4it blue; distinct and fine. 
each, 15 cts... 
i 
25 
G 
00 
14 
44 
grandiflora. Lovely pink flowers 
with crimson blotch.ea., 15c... 
i 
25 
G 
00 
The following are more upright in growth, and 
will thrive in the shade as well as in the sun 
.. Perdoz. 100 1,000 
Phlox divancata (“Wild Sweet William"). Soft 
light blue ; fine for natural¬ 
izing .$1 00 $0 00 $50 00 
“ alba. New white variety. 
each, 50 cts... 5 00 
“ Cserulea. Similar to P, divaricata, but 
brightest blue flowers in the Phlox 
family.each, 20 cts... 2 00 
“ Stellaria. Silvery gray' flowers. 4 inches 
high.each, 20 cts... 2 00 
“ Reptans. Deep rose. 6 in. high. 1 25 8 00 
WILD FLOWERS 
We have recently received a long and indignant letter from a customer who complains that many of the plants we had sent him were 
wild flowers, some of them growing in his own neighborhood. Two of the things he complained of were Dogwood and Zilimn suverbvm 
Surely these flue things are none the less tine because they grow wild in many places, and if we could find sufficient variety in the wild 
growth of our neighborhood we certainly would give it the preference, as it would be certain to thrive in our climate and soil. This was 
the secret of the great success of the work of the late P. L. Olmsted; giving native things always the preference, his designs were nev 
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spoiled by the failure of exotic plants. Half the material offered in this Catalogue, including some of the phloxes described above f 
wild somewhere. Our customer complained that we fooled him with high-sounding names; now, we are not responsible for the names, 
we do not want to fool any one, but we fear we must continue selling Wild Flowers. 
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