Edward Gdlett, Southwic!^, Mass,—Hardy Perennials 
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CORNUS Canadensis (Dwarf Cornel). M 
Plant 6 inches high, with four broad 
leaves at the top. Flowers green¬ 
ish, surrounded by a showy white 
involucre, followed by bright red 
berries. Desirable for a shady cor¬ 
ner. Fine for massing. Clumps, 
25 cts. each. S2 per doz. 
CYNTHIA Virginica. # A foot high.with 
large, double, orange-yellow flowers 
in summer: open borders or banks. 
15 cts. each. 
DALIBARDIA repens. *: A little low 
plant with roundish leaves, and 
small white flowers, delights in the 
cool, moist, shady spot, blooms 
through the summer from June 
until Aug. 20 cts. each. 
DENTARIA diphylla (Toothwort. or 
Pe])pcr-Root). se Six to 15 inches 
high, with a single corymb of pretty 
white flowers. May. Rich, shad)^ 
places. 10 cts. each, SI per doz. 
DELPHINIUM (Larkspur). The Lark¬ 
spurs. 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 fine 
back-grounds for the lower-grow¬ 
ings sorts. 
D. formosum. Tall-growing species, 4 
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. S2 per doz.; seeds, 5 cts. 
D. hybrida (Gold Medal). # June. A plant of strong, vigorous growth, with spikes 2 
to 3 feet long, mostly in shades of light blue. 25 cts. each.; seeds 5 cts. 
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. Should be planted in a sunny spot, where it can have good 
drainage. 10 cts. each, SI per doz.; seeds. 5 cts. 
D. grandiflorum album. Pure white. 15 cts. each; seeds. 5 cts. 
D. grandiflorum, var. With beautiful light blue tints. 15 cts.; seeds, 5 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 fragrant. 
The family contains nearly all the desirable colors. 
D. barbatus (Sweet William). These are among the brightest of our hardv 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, -SI.25 per doz.; 
seeds, 5 cts. 
D. deltoides (Maiden Pink). ^ A dwarf, creeinng sort, with small, deejj red 
flowers and crimson center; used for borders and covering the soil with tufts of 
green. 10 cts. each, SI per doz. 
D. Pancici. A tall variety, 2 to 3 feet, with small, dark, pink flowers in terminal 
heads; quite showy in July. 20 cts. 
D, plumarius (Grass or Garden Pink). # A very hardy single and double Pink that 
flowers in many colors. Plant in light soil. Very effective. 15 cts. each; seeds, 
5 cts. 
CimicifuRa racemosa at Gillett’s (see page 22) 
See page one for explanation of signs before description ot plants 
