EDWARD GILLETT, SOUTHWICK, MASSACHUSETTS 
HARDY PERENNIALS 
LYCHNIS. A class of hardy plants well deserving a place in the garden. Not tall, 
but quite showy. 
L. Chalcedonica. Flowers scarlet ; plant in rich soil. June. 2 feet. 15 cts. each, 
$1.50 per doz. 
L. Haageana. Plant 8 to 12 inches high, with 
large scarlet flowers. Rich borders. 15c. 
L. viscaria splendens (Ragged Robin). A 
low-growing pink-tlowered plant, quite 
desirable for edgings. 15 cts. each, #1.25 
per doz. 
LYTHRUM roseum superbum. Rose-purple 
(lowers ; grows along margins of streams. 
Clumps, 15 cts. each. 
MALVA moschata (Musk Mallow). It grows 
about 2 feet high and has an abundance 
of rather large and showy white or rose- 
colored blossoms in terminal clusters. 
15 cts. 
MENTHA piperita (Peppermint). An aro¬ 
matic plant found in moist places and 
springy banks ; it is grown in consider¬ 
able quantity for the oil, which is sold 
in the market as “Peppermint." It is 
easily grown in any moist garden soil. 
5 cts. each, 25 cts. per doz., #1 per 100. 
M. viridis (Spearmint). A native of Europe. 
This is often met with in old gardens, 
lychnis haageana. and can be grown in almost any soil. 
5 cts. each, 25 cts. per doz., $1 per 100. 
MERTENSIA Virginica (Virginia Cowslip). 'This plant grows from 1 to 2 feet high, 
bearing a panicle of beautiful purple or sometimes white flowers in early spring ; 
plant in a moist, shady place. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
MITCHELLA repens (Partridge Berry). A little trailing evergreen. It forms fine 
mats under evergreens, and when once established is sure to please. Clumps, 
25 cts. each, #1.50 per doz. 
MITELLA diphylla (Bishop’s Cap). Grows t to 2 feet high, producing in early spring 
racemes 6 to 8 inches long of deli¬ 
cate while flowers. Pretty for rock¬ 
eries. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
MONARDA didyma (Oswego lea). 
Two to 3 feet high, with bright 
red flowers borne in profusion. 
Forms very fine clumps. Plant in 
moist open border. 15 cts. each, 
$1.25 per doz. 
MYOSOTIS palustris (Forget-Me-Not). 
Lovely light blue flowers with yel¬ 
low centers. Its home is in wet, 
springy places, yet it does fairly well 
in the moist border, where it blooms 
continuously all summer, fo cts. 
each, per doz. 
CENOTHERA (Evening Primrose) — 
CE. fruticosa major. A dw arf form about 
a foot high, with large yellow flow¬ 
ers ; a great bloomer. Plant in a 
sunny place. 15 cts. each, {1.50 
per doz. 
CENOTHERA. 
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