40 Hardy Perennial Plants 
The STORRS & HARRISON GO 
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Foxglove 
DICTAMNUS (Gas Plant). Dark 
ashlike foliage of pleasing frag¬ 
rance ; of shrubby, bushy growth 
2 to 3 feet high, extreme long 
life. Flowers in upright racemes. 
—Rubra. Rose-red flowers. 
—Alba. Very striking; pure white. 
Each, 25c: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
DIGITALIS (Foxglove) 
Ambigria. 2 to 3 feet. 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. 
Glcxiniaeflora. Thimble-shaped 
flowers in immense spikes. Sep¬ 
arate colors: White, Rose, Pur¬ 
ple, or Mixed. 
All: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
Doronicum Excelsum 
DORONICUM<§> 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 and stool heavily. 
Each, 30c; 3, 85c; doz., $3.00. 
ECHIROFS ritro (Globe Thistle). 2 
to 3 feet. Thistle-like plants with 
globular heads of deep metallic blue. 
Each, 25c; 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
!EDFIiWXSISS<$> (Leontopodium al- 
pinum). A splendid, typical Alpine 
plant, 4 to 6 inches; small yellow 
flowers, June to August, surrounded 
by starlike heads of leaves clothed 
with a dense white woolly substance. 
3, 70c ; doz., $2.60. 
ERICrEROXT speciosus. 2 feet. June 
and July. Very large, terminal, aster- 
like flowers, of considerable gardening 
value and excellent for cutting. The 
slender rays are perfectly aligned, a 
brilliant blue slightly overcast violet, 
streaking away from a button center 
of gold. 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
—G-rancliflora elatior. Large flowers, 
rich purple. 
3, 85c; doz., $3.00. 
FRYRGIUM amethystinum (Sea 
Holly). A highly ornamental plant 
growing 2 to 3 feet high, with hard, 
angular stalks ; fine cut, spiny foliage. 
The true blue thistle, stems and bracts 
a glistening amethyst-blue. 
25c each; 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
EUFATORIUM coelestinum. All¬ 
covering cymes# of pretty purplish 
blue ageratum-like flowers good for 
cutting. 2 feet. August to October. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
EUPHORBIA 
Corollata (Flowering Spurge). 2 feet. 
A branchy, low growing plant with 
fine stems and foliage, literally cov¬ 
ered from June to August with loose 
umbels of pretty white flowers. Good 
for cutting in long mist sprays. 
3, 55c ; doz., $2.00. 
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, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
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, 85c; doz., $3.00. 
Edelweiss 
HARDY FERNS«> 
Fine subjects to tuck here and there 
against shady side foundations. 
ADIARTUM pedatum (Maidenhair). 
Airy poise and delicate frond texture. 
ASFIDIUM acrostichoid.es (Christmas 
Fern). 15 inches. “An evergreen fern,” 
best in shady location, deep green fronds. 
ASFIDIUM marginale (Evergreen Wood 
Fern). 18 inches. Fronds light greep, 
3 to 4 inches wide. 
ASFIDIUM spinulosum (Shield Fern). 
Finely dissected leaves. 
OROCLEA struthiopteris (Ostrich 
Fern). 3% feet. Very stately, likes partial 
shade and moisture, but does well in a 
dry location. 
Price: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
★ One each of the five 
varieties for $1.00. 
rUNKlA (Day Lily) 
Thick-leaved, substantial plants valued 
even more for their foliage than for their 
flowers. They are also adaptable to a shady 
location. 
—subcordata 
alba (White 
Day Lily). 
Gracefully 
arching, very 
broad heart- 
shaped leaves 
of light 
green, with 
noticeable 
ribs. Promi¬ 
nent flowers 
in August; 
waxy white 
long tubes 
with flaring 
bells, pen¬ 
dent like 
Lilies, in 
whorled ra¬ 
cemes, sweet¬ 
ly fragrant. 
Popular for 
low, narrow 
f o u n d a tion 
planting 
a 1o n g the 
east or north 
sides. 3, 
$1.00; doz., 
$3.50. 
—undulata variegata.<$> The leaves are 
broad and definitely fluted, pale green 
with a broad white central band and vary¬ 
ing streaks; the flower stems just long 
enough to clear the foliage clumps ; small 
pendent blue florets in loose racemes. 
12 to 18 inches. 3, 70c; doz., $2.50; 
100, $15.00. 
Funkia Alba 
