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Hardy Garden Lilies 
Everyone wants some of the Hardy Lilies in the garden. Their stately loveliness, rich colors, and delightful fragrance 
place them among the most popular of hardy garden flowers. They succeed best in the hardy border where the soil is 
well drained and where other foliage shades the soil from the hot sun of midsummer. 
A , The Golden Banded Lily of Japan. 
UrOtlim One of the prettiest and undoubtedly 
the best Known Lily. Flowers are pure white, dotted 
with crimson spots, with a gold band through the center 
of each petal. Immense flowers, 6 inches across, of de¬ 
licious fragrance. Plant 10 inches deep. Stem rooting, 
blooms July-August. Height 4 to 6 feet. Large bulbs. 
Kach SOc; 3 for $125; 6 for *2.25; 12 for 
$4.00. 
a . n I Slender, flexible stems, covered 
inese rcegai with dense narrow foliage and 
crowned with a profusion of funnel-shaped blooms of 
creamy white. The outside of the flower is streaked 
with brown and shading off to pink, inside is flushed 
yellow. This Chinese Lily is the most popular garden 
Lily today. It is stem rooting and should be planted 9 
inches deep. July flowering. Height 3 to 5 feet. Each 
20c: 3 for SOc; 6 for »Oc; 12 for $1.60. 
r\ * (Umbellatum ). Very showy orange- 
L»avuricum re d flowers, borne in clusters at the 
summit. Native of Siberia and Northern Japan. Thrives 
in any fair garden soil, prefers the full sun. The bulbs 
are small and should be planted close together, 5 inches 
deep. June flowering. Height 2 to 3 feet. Each 3Sc; 3 
for OOc: 6 for $1.60; 1 2 for $2 80. 
I l . A rich orange Lily banded with green, a 
nenryi splendid Lily from Central China. When 
well established will sometimes have 20 flowers to a 
stem. Vigorous growth, likes any garden soil in¬ 
cluding lime. Stem rooting, should be planted 10 
inches deep. Blooms July-August. Height 6 to 7 
feet. Each lOc; 3 for $1.00; 6 for $1.80; 
12 for $3 20. 
Rubrum Magnificum 
Japanese Lilies. A vigorous variety. The color is 
a rich carmine on white ground. Plant 10 inches 
deep, in good rich top soil. Stem rooting, blooms 
August-September. Height 4 feet. Each SOc; 3 
for $1 25: 6 for $2 25; 12 for $4 OO. 
A narrow-leaved, slender grow- 
l€nIIirOIIUni ing, attractive little Lily from 
Siberia, with numerous deep orange-scarlet, waxen, 
recurved, flowers. Lovely for rock gardens. Plant 
6 inches deep. Blooms in June. Height 18 to 24 
inches. Each 20c; 3 for SOc; 6 for OOe; 12 
for $ 1.60. 
Tigrinum Splendens (2st T, Ind L bSt 
known Lily. Orange-red, spotted purple, reflex 
petals and the latest to bloom. Easy to grow. 
Plant 9 inches deep. Stem rooting. Blooms in 
September. Height 4 to 5 feet. Each 25c; 3 for 
65c; 6 for $1.15; 12 for $2.00. 
[ established will sometimes have 20 flowers to a 65c; 6 for $1.15; 12 for $2.00. 
6417 Set of 7 Hardy Lilies. Value $2.40, Only $2.10 
21 Hardy Lilies 7 ^klnds Value $7.20, Only $5.75 
Auratum Lily 
Lily-of-the-Valley 
Hardy Perennial Plants 
Lily-of-the-Val!ey 
“The Sweetest Flower that Grows” 
Universally admired for their dainty little pure white 
bell-shaped flowers and exquisite fragrance. Easily 
grown, perfectly hardy everywhere, preferring a 
moist shady location. Once planted, they will continue 
to grow and multiply; until they become a mass of 
green, with hundreds of flowers each spring. Give the 
bed a liberal top-dressing of well decayed manure each 
fall or early spring, to increase size, number and vigor 
of the flowers. Clumps, each 35c; 3 for OOc; 6 for 
$1 60; 12 for $2 SO. 
Mertensia 
Virginia 
Blue Bells 
An early spring-flowering plant, growing about 1 to 13 ^ 
feet high, with drooping panicles of handsome light 
blue flowers, fading to clear pink, one of the most inter¬ 
esting of our native spring flowers. Mav and June. 
Each 20c; 3 for 5©c; 6 for OOc; 12 for $1 60. 
Monarda, Bergamot 
Brilliant flowers of crimson scarlet produced on showy 
plants growing 2 to 3 feet high, and succeeding in any 
soil or location. The whole plant is aromatic. The bloom 
is produced throughout Julv and August. Each 2©c; 
3 for SOc; 6 for OOc; 12 for $1.60. 
Hardy Forget-Me-Not SstHs! 
The true “Forget-Me-Not” appealing in its modest 
azure beauty and cherished for its sentiment. Bushes 
up to 12 inches high and blooms profusely during 
early summer. Few spring flowers are more admired 
than the lovely Forget-Me-Not, and few flowers are so 
well adapted to so many uses and locations. For low 
borders or mass bedding they are invaluable, and for 
Rock Garden work they are unexcelled. Succeeds best 
in deep, rich soil and 
partial shade. Each 
20c; 3 for SOc; 6 
for OOc; 12 for 
$1 60. 
Pachysandra Terminalis 
Japanese Spurge. Low trailing plants growing 6 to 
8 inches high and forming dense mats of practically 
evergreen foliage. A very desirable ground cover. 
Pachysandra thrives under trees, under shrubs, even in 
the densest shade it produces an abundance of its 
bright glossy green foliage. Strong 2 year field grown 
plants. Each 20c; 6 for OOc; 12 for $1 60; 50 
for $5 OO; lOO for $8.00; lOOO for $60 OO. 
Penstemon, Beards-Tongue 
SHELL PINK. Flowers of a delicate shell pink on tall 
graceful spikes. Very beautiful and bright colored. 30 
inches. Each 20c; 3 for SOc; 6 for OOc; 12 for 
$1 60. 
Beautiful border plants with bright attractive foliage 
and brilliant showy blooms. Very hardy and free- 
blooming adding much color to the perennial border 
planting during mid-summer. The tall slender spikes 
bear many trumpet shaped blooms with hairy-throat, 
hence the name. 
Pachysandra Terminalis 
Oenothera 
Oenothera Primrose 
MISSOURIENSIS. R. G. A 
delightful variety is of dwarf 
habit producing rich yellow flow¬ 
ers often 3 to 4 inches across from 
early June to August. 8 to 10 
inches. Each 25c; 3 for 65c; 
6 for $1.15. 
Oenothera 
Primrose. The 
Evening Primroses are among 
the most interesting plants for 
the garden. They are especially 
fine in a sunny location where 
their brilliant yellows glisten in 
the sun light with a brilliancy of 
gold. 
Hardy Forget-Me-Not 
Giant Peonies 
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Peonies are easy to grow and so lovely for cut-flowers and garden beauty in 
the early Spring, that every home gardener should have a few clumps. 
For your benefit, we have made a selection of a few of the best varieties 
in various colors. You need not plant many kinds, just these few will give you 
a good assortment for this year. 
^"Unc Mcl^allinn Irregular rich crimson petals of the center 
V_naS. mcixeilipp are mingled with gold stamens and sur¬ 
rounded by rows of silky guard petals. 
Foliv C mnc-o A large flower of dazzling ruby-red, without a 
Felix V~rOUSS€ tinge of purple. Very double. 
I/__| D_£ IJ Deep velvety crimson, brilliant and striking 
l\arl Kosenreld Peony. Semi-rose type. 
K/tnrio ln<-niiin "The Water Lily Peony.” Beautiful waxy, 
•rlvJMe jacquin pure white cups, with center of golden stamens, 
resembling the Water Lily in color and form. 
ki P\., _ I Warm rose-pink with silvery reflex. Much like 
IVime. Ls UC G the popular old Mons Julies Elie. 
The above Peonies are Sold Only in Sets of 5 Roots. 
6481 Set of 5 Peonies $2.00 Value 98c 
Peonies Make Grand Bouquets 
Plant a Set of them this spring 
and enjoy their beauty for years 
See Color Plate of Perennials on Page 43. 
