Edward Gillett, Southwick, Mass. Hardy Perennials 
CHELONE glabra (Snake Head). * One to 
2 feet; flowers white to rose-color, in 
late autumn; grows in wet places. 20 
cts. each. §l.o() per doz. 
CHRYSOPSIS (Holden Aster). Fdght or 10 
inches high, with smooth, dark green, 
narrow leaves, and large bright yellow 
flowers in summer. Delights in a dry 
soil, in open sun. Clumps, 25 cts. 
each. S2 7 >er doz.; seeds, 5 cts. 
CIMICIFUGA racemosa (Black vSnakeroot). 
^ Tall. 4 to (5 feet, with white flowers 
in elongated racemes. Desirable for a 
moist, shady corner. Clumps, 25 cts. 
each. .?2 per doz. 
CLAYTONIA Virginica (S]jring Beauty), m 
Has large, rose-colored flowers in early 
spring. Shady j)lace. 10 cts. each, SI 
per doz. 
CLINTONIA borealis, w A little, low 
]>erenriial. with two or three dark 
green, shiny leaves from tlie ground, 
the flower-stalks about 0 inches high, 
bearing at the tops a few, rather large, 
greenish yellow lily-like flowers in early 
spring; a cool, shady place. 10 cts. 
each. SI per doz. 
CONVALLARIA majalis (Common Lily-of- 
the-Valley of the garden). ^ Well 
known in cultivation. Flowers small, 
white, bell-shaped. 20 cts. in clumps, 
S1.50 ])er 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 
Ccntaurca macrocephala (.see page 21) 
Claytonia Virginica 
conditions and in all sorts of soils, 
growing just as well in full sun as in 
l-jartial shade. ICxtremely hardy, 
and, while not increasing quite so 
fast as the common kinds, is still of 
good increase. 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 Massachu¬ 
setts Horticultural Society awarded 
it a “First-class Certificate of 
Merit.’’ May 22, 1897. 25 cts. each, 
82 per doz. 
COPTIS trifolia (Gold-thread), m A little, 
low evergreen, with bright, shiny 
leaves and white flowers. Plant in 
a moist, shad 3 ^ place. 10 cts. each, 
$1 per doz. 
COREOPSIS lanceolata. ^ Grows 1 to 2 
feet high; large, showv yellow 
flowers. Rich, damp soil in the 
open border. 10 cts. each. 
C. grandiflora. ^ A showy bor¬ 
der plant about 2 feet high with 
large handsome orange yellow 
flowers, blooms through the season. 
20 cts. each. 
See page one for explanation of signs before description of plants 
