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TLdlvard Gillett, Southlvick, Massachusetts 
HARDY PERENNIALS 
Aster alpinus. About 6 inches high, forming little clumps. Flowers large, violet; 
quite pretty ; open border. 20 cts. 
A. ericoides. Extra fine in cultiv ation. These graceful, wand-like spreading branches 
are literally covered with fine green or purple leaves, and dotted here and there 
with large white flowers. Plant in dry, sandy soil. 15 cts. each, fi per doz. 
A. lasvis. A beautiful species with sky-blue flowers. Grows in dry woodland. 
10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
A. multiflorus. One to 2 feet high ; branches covered with small white flowers. Fine 
for dry, open places. 10 cts. each, $ 1.25 per doz. 
A. Novas-Anglice. Stout, 3 to 8 feet high. Flowers violet and purple. Moist ground. 
20 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
ASTILBE Japonica (False Goat’s Beard). One to 2 feet. From Japan. Quite hardy 
here, forming large clumps. Mowers small, but in white masses in June. At 
home in the open borders. 25 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
BAPTISIA tinctoria (Wild Indigo). One to 2 feet. A native plant found in dry soils, 
sun or shade, especially near the sea. Flowers yellow. Forms good clumps in 
the open border. 20 cts. 
BELLIS perennis (English Daisy). A pretty little plant 3 inches high, with large 
showy flowers, white, pink or rose. 10 cts. each, fi per doz. 
BOLTONIA latisquama (False Chamomile). A tall plant with large, showy blue 
flowers in autumn, resembling asters ; largely used in massing. Easily grown in 
a sunny place. 20 cts. 
CALLIRHOE involucrata (Crimson Callirhoeb A very beautiful prostrate, spread¬ 
ing perennial from Texas, with large, showy crimson flowers all summer. Fine 
for open borders or for planting in dry, barren soil. 20 cts. 
CAMPANULA. Plants with showy flowers, mostly in blue ; easy to grow and in 
bloom a long time. For full description, see Bailey’s “Cyclopedia of American 
Horticulture,” pages 226 to 233. 
C. Carpatica. Low plants forming nice clumps, with large blue flowers in summer. 
Sunny border. 20 cts. 
C. Carpatica alba. Like the above, only the flowers are pure white. 20 cts. 
C. Medium (Canterbury Bells). One to 2 feet. Flowers large, open, bell-shaped, in a 
variety of colors. Biennial. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
C. elegans. A tall, bushy plant 2 to 3 feet high, with a good showing of large, open 
bell-shaped blue flowers. It is a strong, thrifty grower, quite hardy, and forms 
large clumps. 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
C. persicifolia alba. I wo to 3 feet, with broadly bell-shaped white flowers. A showy 
plant, and one of the earliest to bloom. 25 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
0. pyramidalis (Chimney Campanula). A tall variety, 3 to 4 feet high, with bell- 
^shaped blue flowers borne on or along upper half of stalk. June and July. 
Well-drained soil. 15 cts. each, #1.50 per doz. 
C. pyramidalis alba. White variety of above. 15c. 
C. rotundiflora (Harebell, or Blue Bells of Scotland). 
This pretty little native will adapt itself to 
almost any situation. We see it in crevices of 
rocks many feet above our reach or along the 
path at base of mountains. Give it good drain¬ 
age in open sun or partial shade. 25 cts. each, 
#1.50 per doz. 
C. Van Houttei. Plants 18 to 24 inches high, with 
large leaves and quite large, open bell-shaped 
blue flowers. It needs open sun for its best 
development. 20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
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. 
