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TkE Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, Conn. 
HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
A to D 
•ASTER NOVAE ANGLIAE VAR. ROSEA. 2 to 4 feet. October and November. 
A variety of our native New England aster, with very large flowers in the greatest 
profusion. Color, clear rosy red with rich golden center. Will grow almost anywhere 
and is especially desirable on account of its late blooming. 
•ASTILBE CH1NKNS1S. 2 to 3 feet. June. Pink to rose. Rare. 
A splendid new garden spiraea, and equally good for forcing. 
•ASTILBE JAPONICA VAR. GRANDIFLORA. 1 to 2 feet. May and June. Creamy 
white (new). 
ASTILBE. Also sec Ulmaria. 
BABY'S BREATH, see Gypsophila. 
•BAPTISIA AUSTRALIS (False Indigo). 4 to 6 feet. June and July. Clear blue. 
BEARD TONGUE, sec Penstemon. 
BEE BALM, see Monarda. 
BEE LARKSPUR, sec Delphinium. „ , 
•BELEMCAN DA CII1NENSIS (Blackberry Lily). 2 to 3 feet. June and July. Yellow. 
BELL FLOWER, see Platycodon and Campanula. 
BELLIS PERENNIS FL. PL. (Double English Daisy). 2 to 4 inches. March to May. 
Pink, white and rose. Assorted. 
BERGAMOT, see Monarda. 
BLACKBERRY LILY, see Belemcanda. 
BLANKET FLOWER, sec Gaillardia. 
BLEEDING HEART, see Dicentra. 
BLUEBELLS, see Campanula. 
•BOCCONIA CORDATA (Tree Calamdine). 5 to 8 feet. August and September. Spikes 
of feathered white. 
Very strong grower and effective, either in a mass, or in a group with other plants. 
•BOLTON!A ASiEROlDES. 0 to 8 feet. August and September. 
Tall plant, producing great masses of aster-like flowers, white with yellow center. 
•BOLTON1A LA I iSyUAMAE. G to 8 feet. August and September. 
Similar to above excepting colot of bloom which is light lavender, deep yellow center 
BOLTONIA LATISQUAMAi; NANA. 12 to 15 inches. August to September. A dwarf 
form of the above. A new and desirable form. 
BUTTERCUP, S ee Ranunculus. 
BUTTERFLY WEED, see Asclepias. 
CAMPANULA CARPATICA Fa f o 1 foot. June to October. 
Like the other Campanulas, the flowers are bell-shaped. In this species thev are 
produced singlv on delicate wiry stems, and are deep blue. One of the best dwarf plants. 
CAMPANULA CARPATICA VAR. ALBA «/i to 1 toot. June to October. 
Similar to, preceding otherwise than the color of the flowers, which are white. 
CAMPANULA PERSICI FOLIA. June to October. 
This species produces its flowers on stems 2 to 3 feet high. The flowers are tn loose 
clusters, and are very effective. Color blue. 
CAMPANULA PERSICI FOLIA VAR. ALBA. Tune to October. Pure white. 
•CAMPANULA GLOMERATA. J / 3 to 2 feet. June to October. 
CANDYTUFT, see Iberis. 
CAMOMILE, see Anthcmis. 
CENTKANTHUS RUBER (Red Valerian). 1 to 8 feet. All Mimfncr. Crimson. 
CERASTIUM TOMENTOSUM (Snow in Summer). May and June. 0 inches. 
Low growing, silverv foliage, grows in drv places, splendid for rockeries. 
•CENTAUREA GYM NOCARPA (Dusty Miller). 1 to 2 feet. 
Velvety white fern-like foliage, fine for borders and foregrounds. 
CHRISTMAS ROSE, see Heleborus. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM LEUCANTHEMUM TIYBRTDUM (Burbank’s Shasta Daisy). 
Flowers are of the purest glistening white, about four inches in diameter, and arc 
borne on long, strong, stiff, wiry stems, about two feet in length. June to October. 
•CHRYSANTHEMUM TJLTG1 NOSUM. 4 to 5 feet. July to September. The Giant Daisy. 
Its height and attractive blooms make it a desirable garden plant. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM HARDY GARDEN VARIETIES, Pompons. 
The hardy garden types are most valuable for late fall flowers. The plants we offer 
arc well established in pots and will flower abundantly the first season. Price per pot, 
25 cents; per 10 pots, $2.00; per 100 pots, $15.00. 
VARIETIES. 
DinUuIti. Violet pink. Goldfinch. Small, golden yellow. ' 
Dundee. Bright scarlet maroon. Queen of Whites. Large, creamy white. 
Rhoda. Delicate s’yide of silver pink. Queen of Bui. Beautiful violet rose. 
Cerise Queen. Striking shade of cerise pink. Prince of Wales. Pure white. 
Donkelari. Bright golden yellow. Sunset. Bright golden bronze. 
Gloire de France. Exquisite silver pink. 
CONVALLARIA MATALIS (Lily-of-the-Valiev). 2 to 6 inches. May. White. 
Pips .*...... Each, $0.03 Per 10, $0.25 Per 100, $ 2.00 
Clumps of roots . Each. .25 Per 10. 2.00 Per 100, 15.00 
•COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA (Ticksecd). 1 to 2 feet. June to October. 
One of the best golden yellow flowers for the garden. Star-like blooms produced on 
wirv stems. Splendid for cutting. 
•COREOPSIS ROSEA. 8 to 12 inches. July to\September. Dark green cut leaf foliage, 
interesting foreground plant. 
*CORO NIL LA VARTA. (Crown Vetch), rjune to August. . 
A rampant creeper, with handsome globular heads of showy bright pink and white 
sweet pea-shaped flowers: a useful plant for covering tough banks for the rockery. 
CROCUS, see special Summer List, ready August 15th. 
CROWN VETCH, see Coronilla. , \\ 
DAPHNE, see Evergreen Shrubs. ( 
DAISY, sec Beilis and Chrysanthemum. 
DAISY SHASTA, see Chrysanthemum. 
DAY LILY, see Funkia. 
DELPTTTNTUM ELATUM 1 (Bee Larkspur). 3 to G feet. June to August. Deepest blue. 
DELPHINIUM FORMOSUM. 3 to G feet. June to August. 
Thi* tvpc of Larkspur is s.uperb. CoIor w soft porcelain blue; produced on tall spikes. 
DELPHINIUM GRANDTFLORA (Chihese Larkspurs). 2 to 3 feet. June to September. 
A form of Larkspur with delicate, cut foliage and producing a profusion of flowers 
of deepest blue, light blue or white on loosely arranged spikes. 
The al>o\e Hardy Herbaceous Plant* are offered f» lliree sizes, n.* 
follows, unless otherwise noted. The very heavy field elnmps enn 
only he supplied in the sorts marked with a * to llie left. 
Each Per 10 
Very strong Field Clumps (Express or Freight') . 50c. • Ijt-I.IM) 
Strong Field Grown, usual size (Express tccoiAmpided) . 545e, 2LOO 
Smaller si?c (mostly field gtown) .. t . . Hie. 1 •-5 
FOR SPECIAL VISCOUNTS SEE IS^WE FRONT COVER PAGE. 
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Per too 
$ 38.00 
48,00 
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