EDWARD GILLETT, SOUTHWICK, MASSACHUSETTS 
HARDY PERENNIALS 
CASSIA Marylandica (American Senna). A thrifty plant, 2 to 5 feet high, forming 
large and showy clumps. Flowers yellow, with a dark center. Fine for moist, 
open places. 20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
CAULOPHYLLUM thalictroides (Blue Cohosh). A thrifty plant of our rich shady New 
England hillsides. Flowers greenish, followed by the large blue berries. 20 cts. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM maximum. A choice gar¬ 
den plant, easily grown. Flowers white, large 
and showy. Any soil not too wet. 15 cts. 
each, $1.25 per doz. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, Pompon varieties A class of 
small-flowered Chrysanthemums that is quite 
hardy in the open border ; giving a variety and 
abundance of flowers in late autumn when 
most flowers have been killed by the early 
frosts. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
Maid of Honor. Deep rose. 
Snowflake. Pure white ; small. 
Drin Drin. Smallest bright orange. 
Daybreak. Rosy shell-pink. 
Druid Hill. Light mahogany crimson. 
Julia Lagravere. Deep red. 
Clifton. Old gold, shaded salmon-pink. 
CASSIA MARYLANDICA 
CIMICIFUGA racemosa (Black Snakeroot). Tall, 4 to 6 feet, with white flowers in 
elongated racemes. Desirable for a moist, shady corner. 15c. each, #1.50 per doz. 
CLAYTONIA Virginica (Spring Beauty). Large rose-colored flowers in early spring. 
10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
CLEMATIS Fremonti. A hardy herbaceous Clematis from the Rocky Mountains, 
growing about a foot high, forming fine clumps. Flowers medium size, blue. 2jc. 
CONVALLARIA majalis (Common Lily-of-the-Valley of the garden). Well known in 
cultivation. Flowers small, white, bell-shaped, very fragrant. 20 cts. in clumps, 
$1.25 per doz. 
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 quite so fast as the common kinds, is still of good in¬ 
crease. 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 ‘‘First-Class Certificate of Merit,” 
May 22, 1897. 20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA. 
COPTIS trifolia (Goldthread). A little, low ever¬ 
green, with bright shiny leaves and white flow ¬ 
ers. Plant in a moist, shady place. 10 cts. each, 
11 per doz. 
COREOPSIS lanceolata. Grows 1 to 2 feet high, 
with large, showy yellow flowers. Rich, damp 
soil in the open border.^ 10c. each, $1 per doz. 
CORNUS Canadensis (Dwarf Cornel). Plant 6 
inches high, with four broad leaves at the top. 
Flowers greenish, surrounded by a showy white 
involucre, followed by bright red berries. De¬ 
sirable for a shady corner. Fine for massing. 
Clumps, 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
DENTARIA diphylla (Toothwort, or Pepper-Root). 
Six to 15 inches high, with a single corymb of 
pretty white flowers. May. Rich, shady places. 
10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
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