44 Hardy Perennial Plants 
The STORRS & HARRISON CO 
Maltese Cross 
Mertensia Virginica 
Nepeta Mussini 
Forget-Me-Not 
LUPINUS polypbyllus (Lupine). Conspicuous, lovely, pea¬ 
shaped flowers, on spikes a foot long. In separate colors— 
Blue, Rose or White. 
—Sweet-scented Hybrids. A delightful innovation. Mined. 
All: 3, 70c: doz., $2.50. 
LOBELIA cardinalis (Cardinal Flower). 
Intense cardinal-red flowers arranged in 
stocky spikes 15 to 18 inches long, keep 
the plant aflame throughout August and 
September. 3, 70c ; doz., $2.50. 
—Illumination. A new dark bronze¬ 
leaved form of L. cardinalis, with glossy 
scarlet flowers. August-September. These 
are arranged in stocky spikes to 15 to 18 
inches long. 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
LYCHNIS. Blazy summer flowers. 
—cbalcedonica (Maltese Cross). 2% ft. 
Heart-lobed stars of brightest vermilion, 
in flat panicles. 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
—Haageaua. 1 ft. Brilliant orange-scarlet, 
individual flowers l 1 /^ to 2 inches wide. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
•—viscaria fl. pi. 2 to 2% ft. Almost ever¬ 
green foliage; in June and July fairly 
ablaze with close spikes of crimson double 
flowers. 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
MAZTJS reptans.<§> A close-matting ground 
cover and rock plant; covered in early spring 
with short racemes of lilac-blue, the lower 
petals tipped white, yellow and purple. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
MEGONOFSIS. A newly domesti¬ 
cated group of garden subjects 
with Poppy-like leaves and flow¬ 
ers, from the Orient. 
—Baileyi. 2 to 3 feet. The glorious 
“Sky-Blue Poppy” from Thibet. 
Numerous leafy stems, broad sea- 
green leaves; 2-inch 4-petaled 
flowers in loose cymes, sky-blue 
with a central zone of golden 
stamens. 
—Regia. 3 to 4 feet. Introduced 
from Nepal. During winter the 
silvery leaves persist in attractive 
rosettes. Towards June they throw up spikes with large bright yellow flowers 
in the leaf axils. 
Each, 40c: 3, $1.00. 
Sweet-Scented Lupine 
IYTHRUM roseum superbum. 2 to 5 
feet. Bright rose-colored flowers in long 
terminal racemes from June intermittent¬ 
ly to September. 3, 65c ; doz., $2.25. 
MERTENSIA virginica (Bluebells). 18 inches. Pretty tubular flowers in 
drooping racemes during May and June, at first a warm blue gradually dis¬ 
coloring to pink. 3, 40c; doz.. $1.50; 100, $10.00. 
MIT CHE Eli A repens (Partridgeberry). Creeping evergreen plants useful as 
matting and under trees. The small white flowers are pretty, but 
its scarlet fruits nestling among the shiny evergreen leaves are a 
winter delight. 3, 70c: doz., $2.50; 100, $15.00. 
MONARDA, Cambridge Scarlet. (“Bergamot”). A 2-ft. bushy 
coarse-leaved plant deliciously fragrant; covered with round, full 
heads of red flowers with a ragged petalage. Attracts humming 
birds and bees. 3, 65c ; doz., $2.25. 
MYOSOTIS<§> palustris. The true azure-blue “Forget-Me-Not,” 
blooming profusely during early summer. 3, 55c ; doz., $2.00. 
1 —alpestris stricta. “Pink Bouquet”. That’s what it is, in basket, 
bowl, rock cleft or garden bed. Dainty, shell-pink flowers. 
3, 70c ; doz., $2.50. 
NEFETA<*> Mussini (Caucasian Catnip). 1 to 1% feet. Beautiful 
lavender flowers produced in masses. Can be trained and sheared 
as a dwarf edging. 3, 55c; doz., $2.00 ; 100, $12.00. 
—cat-aria. 20 inches. The true sweet-scented Catnip. Plant some 
for your “kitty.” 3, 40c ; doz., $1.50. 
—Souv. Andre Chaudron. Erect, to 18 inches. Foliage silvery 
gray ; large flowers dark blue through 3 months of the hot, dry 
midsummer. 3, $1.00; doz., $3.50. 
OENOTHERA^ missouriensis (Ozark Sundrops). Solitary, 
single, golden flowers 5 inches across, buds copper-red; all sum¬ 
mer ; the plant itself prostrate, with ascending branches. 
3, 70c ; doz., $2.50. 
—Youngi (Evening Primrose). Bright lemon-yellow, 1- and 2-inch 
flowers in numerous small clusters ; plant stocky and upright, 
with shiny foliage. 18 inches. 3, 55c ; doz., $2.00. 
FACHISTIMA Canbyi. See Evergreen Shrubs, etc. (Page 74). 
PACHYSANDRA<§> terminalis. One of the best ground cover¬ 
ing plants, pai’ticularly valuable in shade, averaging 6 to 8 inches 
in height and branching freely into a dense mat. Its shapely 
indented foliage is practically evergreen ; thick, rubbery, lustrous. 
Set 4 inches apart. 3-inch Pots: By mail postpaid—3, 40c; doz., 
$1.50. By express, not prepaid—100, $8.00; 1000, $70.00. 
