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TLdlvard Gillett, Southlvick. Massachusetts 
HARDY PERENNIALS 
COREOPSIS lanceolata. Grows i to 2 feet high, with large, showy yellow flowers. 
Rich damp soil in the open border. 10 cts. 
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. Desirable 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. 
DELPHINIUM (Larkspur). The Larkspurs when well grown are among the choicest 
of our garden plants. They require a light and well-drained soil and respond to 
good cultivation. The tall varieties can be grown 6 to 8 feet, and make line 
backgrounds for the lower-growing sorts. 
D. formosum. Tall-growing species, 6 feet or more, with great spikes of flowers in 
a variety of shadings from almost pure white to dark blue or purple. Clumps, 
25 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
D. grandiflorum. Low-growing, with finely cut leaves, the large and graceful flowers in 
almost endless variety of blue, from almost pure white to finest tints of dark blue 
all summer. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
D. grandiflorum album. Pure white. 15 cts. 
D. grandiflorum. Light blue tints. 15 cts. 
DIANTHUS (Pink). The garden sorts of easy culture in rich, well-drained soil, 
In the open border they are for the most part low-growing ; some are very fra¬ 
grant. The family contains nearly all the desirable colors. 
D. barbatus (Sweet William). These are among the brightest of our hardy plants, 
growing about a foot high, with long green leaves and bearing on top the large 
heads of bright flowers in great variety of color. 15 cts. each, #1.25 per doz. 
D. plumarius (Grass, or Garden Pink). A very hardy single and double Pink that 
flowers in many colors. Plant in light soil. 15 cts. 
D. plumarius, Single Dark Pink. Very fine. 20 cts. 
D. plumarius, Double Pink. Very sweet. 20 cts. 
D., var. Her Majesty. A 
large, pure white fra¬ 
grant Pink ; forms 
large clumps. Sum¬ 
mer. Hardy. 25 cts. 
D., var. Mrs. Simkins. 
Similar to Her Ma¬ 
jesty. The flowers 
are not so large, but 
more abundant. Fra¬ 
grant and quite hardy 
everywhere. 20 cts. 
DICENTRA cucul- 
laria (Dutchman’s 
Breeches). A very 
early spring flower, 
with delicate, divided 
leaves. Grows about 
8 inches high. Green¬ 
ish white flowers 
tinged with rose. 10c. 
each, $1 per doz. 
D. eximia. A most beau¬ 
tiful hardy perennial, 
forming fine clumps 
of beautiful finely cut 
leaves and graceful 
dark purple flowers 
all summer. 25 cts. 
Dianthus barbatus 
