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The WAYSIDE GARDENS CO. 
MENTOR, OHIO 
POTENTILLA - Cinquefoil 
Matsumurae Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
A lovely dwarf for the rock garden, growing not over 5 inches 
high. Richly covered with yellow flowers. The foliage, like 
that of all Potentillas, is most attractive. 
eNepafensis, Miss Willmott Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
This is the improved salmon-pink "Formosa." Very free 
flowering. A good border plant for midsummer bloom. 
Nepalensis, Leander Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
A low growing plant with handsome strawberry-1 ike evergreen 
foliage. Flowers are good size and a burned orange-red on 
slender much-branched stems. Fine for border or rock garden. 
Pyrenaica Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
An attractive species from the Pyrenees Mountains. Hand¬ 
some foliage. Golden yellow flowers. 
Thurberi Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
A dwarf variety rarely over 9 inches high, with most attrac¬ 
tive reddish brown flowers from June to September. 
Warrensi Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
A lovely new plant for the sunny hardy border, offered for 
the first time. Reaches a height of about two feet and is 
covered with large, pure yellow blossoms all summer long. 
Suitable for cutting. 
^Mixed Colors of Double Varieties 
Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
This mixture contains various shades of orange and coppery 
red; they are especially suited for in front of sunny borders 
or for bold masses in the rock wall or rock garden. 
PRUNELLA - Self-heal; Heal-all 
^Grandifloro Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Violet or purple flowers all summer. Fine for the rockery or 
slightly shaded parts of the hardy border. Succeeds in any 
soil not excessively dry. 
PULMONARIA - Lungwort 
CSaccharata maculato Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
A lovely early spring flower not unlike Mertensia, with pink 
flowers and when through blooming the plant has beautiful 
silvery spotted foliage. 12 to 14 inches high. 
SALVIA - Meadow Sage or Clary 
Azurea Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
Rocky Mountain species. Grows 3 to 4 feet high; pro¬ 
ducing, during August and September, pretty sky-blue flow¬ 
ers in the greatest profusion. 
Farinacea Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
Beautiful pale blue flowers all summer on neat plants about 
2 feet high; splendid for the border. 
Pitcher! Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Similar to Azurea, but of more branching habit; large flow¬ 
ers of a rich gentian-blue color, and one of the most ad¬ 
mired plants by the many visitors to our nurseries during the 
early autumn. 3 to 4 feet. 
Pratensis Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
Lilac-blue flowers from June to September; grows about 2 
feet high. Good border plant. 
Turkestanica Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Extremely decorative sweet scented, silvery foliage and showy 
whorls of white flowers surrounded by pale pink, all summer. 
SANGUINARIA - Blood-root 
'■'Canadensis Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
(Bloodroot). Native. A low perennial, about 6 inches high, 
with pure white flowers an inch in diameter, in early spring. 
The large, leathery leaves appear later. Plant in shady places 
in the rock garden or open woods. 
SANTOLINA 
(Lavender Cotton; Ground Cypress) 
■t'Chamaecyparissus Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
(Incana). A sweet smelling, dwarf, evergreen perennial, with 
delicate, silver-white foliage, useful as rock or border plants; 
also largely used for edgings to flower beds or walks. 1 foot. 
SAPONARIA - Soapwort 
^Ocymoides splendens Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
Pretty prostrate border and rockery plant; flowers rosy pink, 
produced in great quantities just above the foliage in late 
May and early June. 
■>Ocymoides alba Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
A pure white form of the above. 
PYRETHRUM 
(Colored Marguerite or Painted Daisy) 
Buckey Each $0.60, Three $1.60, Doz. $4.50 
Double red and when well established, a marvelous plant 
completely covered with blooms. 
Miami Queen Each $0.60, Three $1.60, Doz. $4.50 
Semi-double pink flowers of a lighter shade than Trojan, 
equally good for cutting or the hardy border. 
Trojan Each $0.60, Three $1.60, Doz. $4.50 
A very lovely, free flowering semi-double dark pink variety. 
Tall stems and a good cut flower. 
Finest Mixed English Varieties 
Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
This mixture contains double and single flowered sorts in 
many shades of pink, rose and white. Strong, 2-year clumps 
that will give immediate results. 
SCABIOSA - Scabious or Pincushion Flower 
Caucasica Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
(Blue Bonnet). Their lovely flowers are a soft and charming 
shade of lavender; commences to bloom in June, throwing 
stems 18 to 24 inches high until September. 
Caucasica alba Three $1.10, Doz. $3.25, 100 $22.50 
(White Bonnet). The white form of the preceding. 
Japonica Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Lavender-blue flowers from July to September. 2 feet. This 
is a biennial variety, but very valuable for its great quantity 
of blue flowers produced throughout the summer. 
Pennsylvanica Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
(Cephalaria tatarica). Large golden yellow flowers, simitar 
to the true Scabiosa in form, but 5 feet tall; excellent plant 
for back in the border or in front of shrubs. 
RANUNCULUS - Buttercups 
Acris flore pleno Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
A double yellow, upright growing Buttercup-like plant. 
Good for border in wet places; good cut flower. 
* Repens fl. pi. Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
A pretty, double-flowering bright golden yellow Buttercup of 
creeping habit; flowers in May and June. 
RUDBECKIA - Coneflower 
Golden Glow Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
A popular hardy plant, grows six feet high, producing masses 
of large, double, golden yellow flowers shaped like a Dahlia, 
in iate summer. 
Maxima Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
A rare and attractive variety, growing 5 feet high, with 
large, glaucous green leaves and bright yellow flowers 5 to 
6 inches across, with a cone 2 inches high; flowers continu¬ 
ously from June to September. 
Newmanni Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
The perennial form of the "Black-Eyed Susan." Deep orange- 
yellow flowers with a dark purple cone; long, wiry stems 3 
feet high; blooms all summer. 
Purpurea Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
(Giant Purple Coneflower). Most attractive purple flowers; 
with a very large, brown, cone-shaped center. Blooms from 
July to October. 3 feet high; a splendid plant for the border. 
SAXIFRAGA - Rock-foil; Megasea 
*” s Caespitosa Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
A robust grower about 2 to 6 inches high with dense foliage. 
Small white flowers from June to August. Loves a rich, well 
drained but moist soil and very light shade. 
■S'fcDeerpiens Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
(Crimson Moss). Dwarf, mossy plants bearing white flowers 
in May and June. The green foliage turns a bronzy crimson 
in winter. 4 inches high. Splendid rock plant; prefers light 
shade. 
**MeNabiana Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
This plant is a splendid sort for wall garden or in crevices in 
the rock garden. Foliage is gray-green in form of a rosette 
and quite stiff, from the center comes a flower spike about 
12 inches long covered with small, white blossoms speckled 
with pink. 
'('Megasea cordifolia Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
These will thrive in ordinary soil in any position. Grow about 
one foot high, and are admirable for the front of the border 
or shrubbery, forming masses of handsome, broad, deep 
green foliage, which alone renders them useful; flowers ap¬ 
pear very early in the spring. Fine among rocks or ledges. 
®Megasea crassifolia Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
12 to 15 inches. April to June. Showy and spreading. Droop¬ 
ing masses of pink flowers high above the large clustered 
leaves. A fine rock plant. 
'('Megasea Hybrids Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
Handsome plants in fine mixture of all shades of rose or 
pink. Excellent foliage. Good for the rock garden or border. 
Does well in shade or sun. 
