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Edward Gillett, SouthwicK, Massachusetts 
HARDY PERENNIALS 
CLEMATIS Frernonti. A hardy herbaceous Cletiiatis from the Rocky Mountains, 
j^rowina; about a foot high, forming fine clumps. Flowers medium size, blue. 
25 cts. 
CONVALLARIA majalis (Common Lily-of-the-\'alIey of tlie garden). Well known 
in cultivation. Flowers small, white, bell-shaped, very fragrant. 20 cts. in clumps, 
'$1.2$ per doz., I5 per 100. 
C. , var. “ Miellez’s Revelation” in Lily-of-the-Valley. It is of extraordinary size 
and vigor, of the most exquisite fragrance and does well under all conditions 
and all sorts of soils, growing just as well in full sun as partial shade. Extremely 
hardy and. while not increasing (juite so fast as the common kinds, is still of good 
increase. It is well to cover it in December with a good coat of barnyard manure; 
green is just as good as old. Leave it in the spring to serve as mulch. 'The Massa¬ 
chusetts Horticultural Society awarded it a ” P'irsi-C'Iass Certificate of Merit.” May 
22, 1897. 20 cts. each. Si.50 per doz. 
COPTIS trifolia {(jolilthread). A little low evergreen, with bright shiny leaves and 
white Hovvers. Plant in a moist, shady place. 10 cts. each, $i per doz. 
COREOPSIS lanceolata. Cirows i to 2 feet high, with large, showy yellow Bowers. 
Rich, damp soil. 10 cts. each. f<i per doz. 
CORNUS Canadensis (Dwarf C'ornel). Plant 6 inches high, witli four broad leaves at 
the top. Flowers 
greenish, surrounded 
by a showy white in¬ 
volucre, followed by 
bright red berries. De¬ 
sirable for a shady 
corner. Fine for mass¬ 
ing. (’lumps, 15 cts. 
each. $2 per doz. 
DELPHINIUM (Lark¬ 
spur). 'File Larkspurs 
when well grown are 
among the choicest of 
our garden plants. 
’They recpiire a light 
and well-drained soil 
and respond to good 
cultivation. T'he tall 
varieties can be grown 
6 to 8 feet, and make 
fine backgrounds for 
lower - growing sorts. 
D. Cashmerianum. One 
to ij 4 feet, with beautiful light blue Bowers, upper petals almost black; a choice plant, 
and quite hardy. 15 cts. each, fi.^S 
D. formosum. I all-growing species, 6 feet or more, with great spikes of Bowers in a 
variety^of shadings from almost pure white to dark blue or purple. Clumps. 25 cts. 
each. 51.50 per cloz. (See illustration, on opposite page.) 
D. grandiflorum. Low-growing, with finely cut leaves, the large and graceful Bowers 
in almost endless variety of blue, from almost pure white to finest tints of dark blue 
all summer. 10 cts. each. 5r per doz. 
U. grandiflorum album. Pure white or very liglit tints. 15 cts. 
D. grandiflorum fl. pi. A double variety. 15 cts. each. 
D. hybridum fl. pi., Comet. 20 cts. 
D, nudicaule. One to : )4 feet. From California, with red Bowers. 15 cts. each. 
DENTARIA diphylla ( I oothwort. or I-*epper- Root). Six to 15 inches high, with a single 
corymb of pretty white flowers. May. 10 cts. each, per doz. 
DIANTHUS (Pink). 1 he garden sorts are of easy culture in rich, well-drained soil. 
I hey are for the most part low-growing; siyne are verv fragrant. I'he family con¬ 
tains nearly all the desirable ('olors. 
