EDWARD GILLETT, SQUT HWICK, MASSACHUSETTS 
HARDY PERENNIALS 
PRIMULA auricula (Auricula). Foliage smooth ; flowers quite large, in many varia¬ 
tions of color, red, purple, yellow, sometimes with white or yellow eyes and often 
with a band of gold or darker shade on the edge. A little tender ; some protec¬ 
tion should be given it in winter. 20 cts. each, 51.50 per doz. 
P. officinalis (Cowslip'). Eight inches high. Forming large clumps in the open bor¬ 
der, in many shades of color in spring, and often flowering until frost. Good 
clumps, 20 cts. each, f 1.50 per doz. 
P. vulgaris (English Primrose). Flowers pale yellow ; a beautiful and hardy plant 
found wild in Britain. Large plants, 20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
PYRETHRUM hybridum (Feverfew). Popular flowers, deserving a place in ever)* 
garden. The plants form broad clumps, with handsome fern-like foliage. Flow¬ 
ers daisy-like in mode of growth ; very deep pink to almost white. Clumps, 20 
cts. each. 
P. uliginosum (Great Ox-eye, or Giant Daisy). Two to 3 feet. Russia. One of the 
choicest. Forms a stout, upright bush, with light green foliage. In autumn it 
bears a profusion of the choicest pure white flowers, with bright yellow centers. 
2 to 3 inches across. 25 cts. 
RANUNCULUS (Double Buttercup). Double yellow ; an old garden plant. 15 cts. 
RHEXIA Virginica (Meadow Beauty). A low perennial, less than a foot high, with 
numerous bright purple flowers and yellow stamens through the summer. Plant 
in moist, sunny place 3 inches apart. It forms large beds. 15c. each, $1 per doz. 
RUDBECKIA lanceolata (Golden Glow). A very showy plant, with very large double 
yellow flowers. Forms fine clumps ; blooms in late autumn. 25 cts. 
SALVIA argentea. Whitish flowers, and large woolly white foliage. 25 cts. 
S. azurea grandiflora. Two feet high, 
with rather large blue flowers in 
summer. Plant in a sunny place. 
20 cts. 
SANGUINARIA Canadensis (Blood- 
root). A low perennial, about 6 
inches high, with pure white flow¬ 
ers an inch in diameter, in early 
spring. The large, leathery leaves 
appear later. Plant in rich, shady 
places or rock garden. 15 cts.each, 
$1.25 per doz. 
SAPONARIA ocymoides (Rock Soap- 
wort). A low-trailing perennial 
with rose-purple flowers. It does 
quite well in the open border or in 
rock work. P'lowers in June and 
sparingly through the season. 
15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
SAXIFRAGA Virginiensis. A low 
perennial, 4 to 9 inches high, with 
a cluster cyme of pretty white 
flowers, appearing in early spring. 
Pretty for rockeries. 10 cts. each, 
$1 per doz. 
S. cordifolia. From Siberia.. Flowers 
rose-colored, in early spring. 
Leaves rather large, quite near 
the ground. 25 cts. 
SEDUM acre. A little, low tufted peren¬ 
nial, spreading on the ground. 
Flowers yellow ; very pretty for 
rockwork or growing in front of 
the hardy border. 8 cts. each, 75 
cts. per doz. rudbeckia lanceolata. 
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