HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
Platycodon 
MERTENSIA (Virginia Bluebells) 
Virginica—Blooms very early in the Spring, making a charming 
color scheme when planted with Doronicum. Flowers of bright 
blue, fading to pink and borne on graceful, drooping stems 
about \]/2 feet high. 
MONARDA (Bergamot) 
Did 3 mia^—Brilliant crimson scarlet flowers, produced on plants 
about to 3 feet high, during the months of July and August. 
Very showy and bright when planted en masse. 
MYOSOTIS (Forget-me-not) 
*Palustris Semperflorens—No hardy flower is better known or 
appreciated than this light blue variety. Early and free in 
bloom. Perpetual flowering type. Prefers a damp location, 6 
inches. 
NEPETA (Ground-ivy) 
*Mussini—A most desirable border or rock plant with gray green 
foliage and covered with masses of pale lavender blue flowers. 
Blooms from May to November if cut back once during mid¬ 
summer. 1 foot high and has a spread of 12 to 15 inches. Is a 
splendid ground cover. Especially useful in dry, sunny slopes to 
prevent washing. 
NIEREMBERGIA 
*Rivularis—Trailing alpine plant; white, cup-shaped flowers with 
gold centers. July to September. 
PACHYSANDRA (Japanese Spurge) 
*Tenninalis—An evergreen ground cover unsurpassed for its 
adaptability to all situations and conditions. As a border for 
walks and drives it is most attractive. Also splendid for steep 
slopes in sun or shade, and for dense shade under any kind of 
trees. Pachysandra is the only plant to thrive under pine trees. 
It attains a height of about 8 inches. Price: $2.00 per dozen, 
815.00 per 100. 
PENSTEMON 
Grandiflorus Lavender Queen—A beautiful showy Penstemon, 
with thick, gray-blue leaves and large, showy lavender-purple 
flowers on stout stems. Extra good for cut-flowers. 2-2J^ feet. 
May-June. 
(See also Chelone). 
PHYSOSTEGIA 
Vivid—A new dwarf growing variety, that attains a height of 18- 
22 inches, and is a marvelous improvement on any previous 
variety introduced. It is much deeper in color and has larger in¬ 
dividual flowers. A splendid cut-flower. 
PAPAVER ORIENTALE (Oriental Poppy) 
The true Oriental Poppy with extremely large blooms of brilliant 
crimson scarlet with rich purple blotches at the base of the 
petals. There is no Perennial that can equal this Poppy for 
brilliancy in the garden. 
Joyce—A very handsome cerise Poppy, that will attract atten¬ 
tion in any garden on account of its brilliant color. 
Sass Pink—A wonderful new Poppy with large crepy flowers of a 
charming shell-pink shade. 
Mrs. Stobart—-This gorgeous rose cerise color is most unusual in 
Poppies and a joyous addition to all hardy perennial borders. 
Perfectly hardy and will grow in any type soil but require full 
sun for best development. 
PLATYCODON (Japanese Bellflower) 
The Platycodons are closely allied to the Campanula and form 
neat, branched bushes of upright habit, 2 to 23^ feet high. At¬ 
tractive blue flowers from July to October. 
Grandiflorum—A beautiful, deep blue. 
*Grandiflorum Album—Beautiful pure white type of above. 2 feet. 
PLUMBAGO (Leadwort) 
*Larpentae—A splendid border or rock plant with deep blue 
flowers, blooming in September and October; dwarf spreading 
habit, 8 to 10 inches high. 
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