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HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS—Continued 
Varieties. 
Height. 
Color. 
Time of Bloom. 
♦Glechoma Var. ( Variegated Ground Ivy) . 
6 in. 
Blue 
Summer 
Gypsophila paniculata ( Baby's Breath). . . 
24 ft- 
White 
“ 
Helenium autumnale ( Sneeze Weed) . 
5 “ 
Yellow 
Fall 
“ grandicephalum striatum. 
3 
Orange 
July and Aug. 
“ pumilum magnificum. 25c. 
14 “ 
Yellow 
Summer 
Helianthus Maximilianii ( Sunflower ). 
6 
* 
November 
multiflorus (Double Sunflower) . 
4 
a 
All Season 
Heliopsis Pitcherianus ( Sunflower ). 
3 
a 
“ 
Hemerocallis Dumorteri (Day Lily ) .... 
2 
Orange 
Summer 
u flava ( Yellow Day Lily) . 
2 
Yellow 
M 
Heuchera sanguinea (Alum Root) . 
1 
Red 
All Summer 
Hibiscus (Crimson Rye). (Mallow). . 
4 to 6 ft. 
Aug. to Oct. 
“ Hybrids (Marsh Mallow). 35c. 
4 to 6 ft. 
Assorted 
June to Oct. 
Iberis sempervirens (Candytuft) . 
1 ft. 
White 
Spring 
♦Incarvillea Delavayi. 
3 
Rose 
Summer 
Liatris pycnostachya (Gay Feather) . 
4 
Carmine 
Aug. and Sept. 
♦Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower ).... 
3 
Red 
Aug. to Oct. 
Lychnis chalcedonica (Maltese Cross). . . 
2 to 3 ft. 
Scarlet 
June and July 
u splendens (Double Ragged Robin) . 
14 ft. 
Red 
u 
♦Lysimachia (Moneywort). 10c. 
2 in. 
Yellow 
Summer 
clethroides. (Loose strife) . 
2 ft. 
White 
July to Sept. 
Lythrum roseum superbum (Loose strife) . 
3 
Rose 
“ 
Mertensia Virginica (Lungwort) . 
2 “ 
Blue 
May and June 
Summer 
Monarda didyma (Oswego Tea) . 
14 “ 
Crimson 
Oenothera Frazeri (Dwarf Day Primrose) . 
1 
Yellow' 
All Season 
** Missouriensis (Evening Primrose.) . 
4 
u 
Summer 
Papaver bracteatum (Oriental Poppy) . 
3 
Blood-Red 
“ 
“ orientale (Oriental Poppy) . 
3 
Scariet 
*Pardanthus (Blackberry Lily) . 
3 
Orange 
Aug., Sept. 
All Summer 
Penstemon barbatus (var. Torreyii) . 
4 
Scarlet 
Phlox subulata (Moss Pink) . 
6 in. 
Pink 
Spring 
“ “ alba. 
6 
White 
Physostegia Virginica. 
3 ft. 
Pink 
Summer 
“ Speciosa. 
3 
Pink 
July, Aug. 
Platycodon grandiflorum (Bell Flower) . 
2 to 3 ft. 
Assorted 
June to Aug. 
Plumbago larpentae (Blue Leadwort) . 
1 ft. 
Purple 
All Summer 
Polemonium Reptans (Jacob's Ladder) . 
1 
Blue 
Spring 
Polygonum compactum. 
14 u 
White 
Aug. and Sept. 
Pyrethrum hybridum (Persian Daisy) . 
14 “ 
Assorted 
Summer 
“ uliginosum (Giant Daisy) . 
5 “ 
White 
July to Sept. 
Rhexia Virginica (Meadow Beauty) . 
1 
Rosy-Purple 
Late Summer 
Rudbeckia sub-tomentosa. 
3 “ 
Lemon-yellow' 
September 
“ purpurea (Purple Cone-Flower) . 
5 
Red-Purple 
All Season 
“ speciosa (Cone-Flower) . 
2 
Orange 
Summer 
“ Californica maxima. 30c. 
5 
Golden-yellow' 
July to Sept. 
Salvia azurea grand (Meadow Sage) . 
1 
Sky-Blue 
Aug. and Sept. 
♦Saxifraga crassifolia (Rock Saxifrage) . 
1 
Pink 
Spring 
All Summer 
Scabiosa Caucasica (Blue Scabiosa) . 
1 
Lilac 
Sedum spectabilis atropurpureum. 25c. 
14 “ 
Rosy Crimson 
Late Fall 
Solidago canadensis (Golden Rod) . 
5 
Yellow 
Fall 
♦Spirea filipendula (Dropwort) . 
2 “ 
White 
Summer 
* “ palmata (Palmala Spirea) . 
3 
Rose 
“ 
Stachys lanata (White Foliage) . 
1 
Purple 
Statice latifolia (Hardy Everlasting) . 
2 
Deep Blue 
Stokesia cyanea (Stokes's Aster) . 
Sweet William. (See Dianthus, page 178.) 
14 “ 
Blue 
All Season 
Thalictrum aquilegifolium. 
2 “ 
Purplish 
Summer 
♦Tradescantia Virginica ( Spider Wort) . 
2 
Purple 
“ 
♦Tricyrtus hirta nigra (Toad Lily) . 
1 
Spotted 
Fall 
Trollius Europaeus (Globe Flower) . 
2 
Yellow' 
May to Aug. 
Valeriana officinalis (Hardy Garden Heliotrope) . 
2 4 “ 
Rose-Pink 
Summer 
Veronica subsessilis (Speedwell) . 
2 
Blue 
August 
“ spicata. 
3 
“ 
All Summer 
“ “ alba. 
3 
White 
♦Vinca minor (Creeping Myrtle) . 
Yucca filamentosa (Adam's Needle) . 
6 in. 
Blue 
Spring 
5 to 8 ft. 
White 
July. Aug. 
Price for any of the above, except where specially priced, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz., $12.00 per 100, 
buyer’s selection of varieties. Our selection, to be made when the order is being filled , $1.50 per doz., 
$10.00 per 100. Note.—The heights given include the flower spikes. 
SPECIAL OFFER OF HARDY 
PERENNIAL PLANTS 
For the convenience of those who are at a loss wnat 
varieties to select we make the following offer. If 
asked to do so when the order is sent we will select 
tall, medium and low growing sorts. Twelve distinct 
Hardy Perennials. (Our selection for $2.00, twenty- 
five for $3.50, fifty for $6.00, one hundred for $10.00. 
PLANTING MAP 
We have prepared a planting map 
of a Hardy Border as a guide to the 
planting of the Hardy Perennials on 
this and the preceding page which 
we will send free if asked for. 
California Privet for 
Hedges 
The illustration herewith shows 
a section of a hedge of the famous 
California Privet. Of all the 
shrubs which have been tried for 
hedging, none can compare with 
this. Of easy growth and splendid 
foliage, free from insects. Its 
inexpensiveness alone would give 
it first place for the purpose. It 
is now planted by the million 
annually. Price, strong shrubs, 
1 4 to 2 ft. high, 4 to 6 branches, 
75c. per doz., $4.00 per 100, $35.00 
per 1000; extra strong, 2 to 3 ft. 
high, 6 to 0 branches, $1.00 per doz., 
$6.00 per 100, $55.00 per 1000. 
OUR PAMPHLET ON THE 
CULTURE AND CARE OF CALI¬ 
FORNIA PRIVET SENT FREE ON 
APPLICATION. 
