10 Hardy Perennial Plants 
The STORRS & HARRISON CO. 
Doronicum Excelsum 
Foxglove 
The Gipsy Blanket Flower 
DICTAMNUS rubra (Gas Plant). An 
interesting plant with dark ashlike 
foliage of pleasing fragrance; of 
shrubby, bushy growth 2 to 3 feet 
high, extreme long life. Early flow¬ 
ers in upright racemes; rose-red. 
1 yr., each, 25c; 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
—Alba. Very striking; pure white. 
1 yr., each, 35c; 3, $1.00; doz., $3.50. 
DIGITALIS (Foxglove) 
Impressive, tall spired, heavy foliaged 
plants of value for background massing; 
serviceable in semi-shade. 
Ambigua. 2 to 3 feet. Midsummer. 
Flowers yellow, marked with brown. 
Giant Shirley Foxgloves. 6 to 7 feet 
high, with flower heads 3 feet or more 
long, crowded with big bell-shaped 
florets. Colors range from white and 
shell-pink to deepest rose, dotted with 
crimson and chocolate. Mixed. 
Gloxiniaeflora. A grand display of 
thimble-shaped flowers in immense 
spikes during July and August. Tall 
growing with large rough foliage. 
Separate colors : White, Rose, Pur¬ 
ple or Mixed. 
_All: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50._ 
BQRONICUM<§> excelsum (Leopard’s 
Bane). A superb cut flower for May 
and June, the perfect rayed Daisy 
flowers a brilliant canary-yellow, 3 
inches wide. Blooming plants average 
2 feet in height, stool heavily, and 
are -extremely showy. 
3, $1.00; doz., $3.50. 
F CHIN OPS ritro (Globe Thistle). 2 
to 3 feet. Thistle-like plants with 
globular heads of deep metallic-blue 
flowers. Can be dried. 
Each, 25c ; 3, 70c ; doz., $2.50. 
EDEEWEISS^ (Leontopodium alpi- 
num). A splendid, typical Alpine 
plant, 4 to 6 inches; small yellow 
flowers, June to August, surrounded 
by starlike heads of leaves which are 
clothed with a dense white woolly 
substance. 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
ERIGERON speciosus. 2 feet. June 
and July. Very large, terminal, aster¬ 
like flowers, excellent for cutting. 
Brilliant violaceous blue; gold center. 
3, 70c ; doz., $2.50. 
— grandiflora elatior. Rosy pink 
flowers. 3, 85c ; doz., $3.00. 
ERYNGIUM amethystinum (Sea 
Holly). 2 to 3 ft. high, with hard, 
angular stalks ; fine cut, spiny foliage. 
The true amethyst-blue thistle. 
35c each ; 3, 85c ; doz., $3.00. 
EUPHORBIA 
Corollata (Flowering Spurge). 2 feet. 
A branchy, low growing plant, cov¬ 
ered from June to August with loose 
umbels of pretty white “mist” flowers 
for cutting. 3, 70c ; doz., $2.50. 
Myrsinites<«>. Small, creeping plants 
of striking beauty, when protruding 
from wall pockets ; or on the garden 
level, when the upright growth forms 
close ranks of 6 -inch stems, covered 
with fleshy, oblong, concave pointed 
blue leaves in close spirals ; the spring 
flowers yellow in crowded umbels. 
3, 85c; doz., $3.00. 
Folychroma<§>. 1 foot. Attractive 
hemispheres of many stems clothed 
with dark green, oblong leaves. Yel¬ 
low flowers May and June, in 5-rayed 
umbels which snuggle into a whorl of 
leaves, also yellow tinged. 
3, $1.00; doz., $3.50. 
HARDY FERNS «> 
ADIANTUM pedaturn (Maidenhair). 
ASPIDIUM acrostichoides (Christ¬ 
mas Fern). 15 inches. “An evergreen 
fern,” best in shade, deep green. 
ASPIDIUM marginale (Evergreen 
Wood Fern). 3 in. fronds light green. 
ASPIDIUM spinulosum (Shield). 
ONOCEEA struthiopteris (Ostrich 
Fern). 3% feet. Very stately. 
Price: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
*One each of the 5 varieties for $1.25.* 
FUNXIA (Day Lily). For shade. 
— subcordata alba (White Day Lily). 
Very broad, heart-shaped leaves of 
light green, with noticeable ribs. 
Prominent flowers in August; waxy 
white long tubes with flaring bells, 
pendent like Lilies in whorled ra¬ 
cemes ; sweetly fragrant. 
3, $1.00; doz., $3.50; 100, $20.00. 
— undulata varieg-ata.<§> The leaves 
are broad and definitely fluted, pale 
green with a broad white central band 
and varying streaks; small pendent 
blue florets in loose racemes. 
3, 85c; doz., $3.00; 100, $18.00. 
GAIXiLARDIA grandiflora. 2 feet. 
Unfailing supply of bloom in rich, 
tawny shades. Flowers 3 inches in 
diameter. A hard center of deep ma¬ 
roon is thickly bordered by petals of 
orange and yellow, ringed by circles 
of crimson, red and maroon. 
3, 70c ; doz., $2.50. 
—Dazzler. A new form with very 
large flowers of golden yellow, with a 
brilliantly contrasting center of rich 
maroon. 3, 85c ; doz., $3.00. 
— Goblin<§>. 12 to 16 inches. A gor¬ 
geous new rock plant; blanketed from 
July to October under a rounded can¬ 
opy of normal flowers, brilliant yellow 
with a heavy deep red zone. 
3, $1.00; doz., $3.50. 
—Portola Hybrids. 2% to 3 feet. A 
new type of vigorous growth and 
flower production. Flowers extra large 
and perfect, an ideal cutting type; 
brilliant coppery scarlet rimmed in 
gold. (Illustrated on color page C). 
3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
—Tangerine. (New). Showy, com¬ 
pact flowers, a rich tangerine-orange 
color. 3, 85c ; doz., $3.00. 
GALEGA officinalis rosea fl. pi. 
(Rosy Goat’s Rue). 3 feet. Bushy 
growth with fern leaves and impres¬ 
sive spikes of double, light rose-pink 
flowers. 3, 85c ; doz., $3.00. 
GERANIUM sang-uineum. 2 feet. 
For naturalistic locations in the shade. 
Small geranium foliage; flowers sin¬ 
gle in small clusters, very light pur¬ 
ple. 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
GEUM. 1% feet. Brilliant, beautifully 
ruffled double flowers resembling Car¬ 
nations, on long, slender upright 
stems. June to September. 
— Borisi. (New). Neat foliage tufts. 
Much branched; vivid orange-scarlet. 
— Heldreichi. (New). Very large flow¬ 
ers ; rich, flashing orange. 
Both: 3, $1.00; doz., $3.50. 
—I»ady Stratheden. Golden yellow. 
— Mrs. Bradshaw. Crimson-scarlet. 
Both: 3, 85c; doz., $3.00. 
HARDY GRASSES 
EULALIA. Very useful as solitary 
clumps, or as 4- to 5-ft. backgrounds. 
—gracillinxa univittata (Japan 
Rush). Narrow green leaves. 
— japonica varieguta. Long narrow 
leaves, striped white. 
—zebrina (Zebra Grass). Conspicu¬ 
ous variegation of horizontal, creamy 
white bars. 3 for 85c ; doz., $3.00. 
ELYMUS g'laucus (Blue Lyme 
Grass). 2 % to 3 feet, the narrow 
silvery blue leaves arching to the 
ground. 
ERIANTHUS Ravennae (Plume 
Grass). 8 feet. Resembles the hardy 
Pampas, but is more refined. The 
silvery plumes are massive, often 3 
feet long. 
Each, 40c; 3, $1.00 ; doz., $3.50. 
IESTUCA gTauca<§> (Blue Fescue). 
12 inches. In narrow-leaved, dense 
blue tufts. 
FHALARIS arundinacea variegata 
(Ribbon Grass). 2 ft. Striped cream. 
Except as noted: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
