The Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, Conn. 
D TO F HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
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DESMODIUM PENDULIFOLIUM, see Lespedeza. 
DIANTHUS BARB AT US (Sweet William). 
Dear to the hearts of many a flower-lover, the literature of the old-time garden teems 
with pleasant references to this splendid plant. Perfectly hardy and easily grown, its 
brilliant flowers lasting for many weeks. It can be used freely to advantage in many 
garden scenes. 1 
ALL COLORS MIXED. No end of combinations of color. 
EMPEROR W ILLIAM. The most intense velvety crimson red imaginable. 
i’LACTI PLOW. A most delicate clear pink suggesting a shading of sulphur. 
DIANTHUS DELTOIDES (Maiden Pink). 6 to 10 inches. May to July. 
Small fragrant pink flowers. Evergreen bluish green foliage. 
ANT 111 S PLUMARIUS (Scotch Pink). 9 to 12 inches. May and Tune. Pink,' fragrant. 
AN I HUS PLUMARIUS VAR. HER MAJESTY. 9 to 12 inches. May and June. 
Double white; fragrant. As large and finely formed ns a carnation pink. 
DIANTHUS PLUMARIUS VAR. PERPETUAL SNOW. 9 to 12 inches. May to October. 
A revelation in Hardy Pinks. Beautifully fringed, pure white, clove-scented. ' 
DIANTHUS PLUMARIUS IIYB. NAPOLEON III. 9 to 12 indices. 
Double, clear crimson red. 
DIANTHUS PLUMARIUS VAR. WHITE RESERVE. 9 to 12 inches. May to July. 
Beautiful double w-hite and very fragrant. 
'DICENTRA EX I MIA. 1 to 2 feet. May to September. 
A beautiful Bleeding Heart of dwarf habit producing graceful spikes of pendant 
blooms in great profusion. T he foliage is deliedte and fern-like in appearance. 
DICENTRA SPECTABILIS (Bleeding Heart). 2 to 3 feet. May and June. Rose. 
An old favorite. Keeps well as a cut flower. Forces #cll if taken up early. 
•DICTAMNUS ALDUS FRAXINELLA (Gas-plant). 2 to 3 feet. Jtfne and July. White; 
very fragrant. 
•DICTAMNUS ALBUS VAR. RUBRA. 2 to 3 feet. June And July. Rose color. 
DIGITALIS PURPUREA (box Glove). Old-fashioned garden favorites of easiest culture. 
Strong plants set out in the spring will bloom the ,first season freely. 
DORONIOUM PLANTAGINEUM VAR. EXCELSUM (Harpur Crewe). 2 to 3 feet. May 
and June. Large showy yellow flowers. 
•ECHINACEA PURPUREA (Purple Cone-flower). 3 to 5 feet.. July to September. 
One of our most showy flowers of the cone or daisy type, ray flowers of a clear, 
rich rose, very effective, lasts for weeks when cut. 
The following Epitnediutns are a dainty and interesting class of plants. The flowers are 
as fascinating as the rarest orchid. '1 hrive best in partial shade. Fine for rockery. 
Perfectly hardy. 
EPIMEDIUM ALPINUM VAR. RUBRUM. 12 to 15 inches. June to July. Crimson. 
EPIMEDIUM PINNATUk VAR. COLCHICUM*. 10 to 12 inches. Brilliant golden 
yellow. May to June. 
EPIMEDIUM D1PHYLLUM ROSEUM. 10 to 15 inches. April to. May. Rose. 
EPI MEDIUM LILACIN UM. 1 to 2 feet. May to June. Beautiful lilac flowers. 
EPIMEDIUM MUSSCH1ANUM. 10 to 15 inches. May to June. Pale yellow flowers. 
EPIMEDIUM MACRANTHUM NIVEUM. 10 to 12 inches. May to June. White. 
•ERIANTHUS RAVENNAE (Ravenna Grass). G to 10 feet. October. 
One of the tallest grasses, 25c. to $1.00 each, according to size of clump. 
ERYNGIUM AWETHYSTINUM (Sea ILdly). 8 to 4 feet) July to August. Finely cut 
shiny foliage witn thistle-like flowers of amethystine blue. 
EULALIA, see Miscanthus. 
EUPHORBIA COROLLATA (Spurge). 1 to 2 feet. July to October. White. 
FALSE INDIGO, see Baptism. 
FERNS, ITARDY. Charming native plants. 
VARIETIES. 
Adianttim Pedatum (Maidenhair Fern). One Dryopteri.s Spinulosa (Wood Fern). 
Grows about a foot high 
and responds readily to 
Ever- 
Fern). 
green species, about To inches high. 
Matteuccia Struthiopteris (Ostrich 
One of the most stately, and one of the 
best for cultivation. 
O.smunda Ciltpamomea (Cinnamon Fern). 
Often 5 feet high and 8 incites wide. 
OsmuiHda Claytoniana. Grows 2 to 3 feet 
high, is found in rather dry shaded places. 
Polypodium Vulgare (Common Polypody). 
One of the best evergreen species for rock- 
yvvork. 
Polystichum Acrostichoides (Christmas 
Kern). An evergreen species, about a foot 
high, with deep green fronds simply divid¬ 
ed 
Wbodwardig Areolata (Netted Chain Fern). 
Grows 12 'to 18 inches high. 
of the prettiest, 
in rich shades, 
cultivation. 
Asplenium Filix-foeinina (Lady Fern). A 
large, handsome Fern 2 to 3 ' feet high, 
with flnely cut foliage. 
Asplenium Thelyptcroldes (Silver Spleen- 
worth). Attains a height of three feet, 
and has fronds 3 to 5 inches wide. 
Dcnn.stacdtia Ptmctllobula (Hay-scented or 
Gossamer Fern). Grows 1 to-2 feet high. 
Fronds pale green. 
Dryopteris Cristata (Crested Wood Fern). 
This is an evergreen Fern; grows about 
a foot high. 
Dryopteris Marginal is (Evergreen Wood 
Fern). One of our prettiest evergreen 
species. 
FESTUCA OLAUCA. 1 to 1(4 feet. June. Silvery blue foliage grass. 
FLAGS, see Iris. 
FORGET ME NOT, see Myosotis. 
FOX GLOVE, see Digitalis. 
FRAXINELLA, see Dictamnus. 
The following Funhia or Day-LHics aft very effective planted in the foreground of shrubberies 
and thrive well in a shaded location. 
FUNK 1A FORT UN El. A rare type. 
•FUNK IA LANCt FOLIA. 6 to 12 inches. August to October. Pale lilac. 
FUNKrA LA NCT FOLIA VAR. ALBA-MARGINATA. C to 12 inches. August to October. 
Pale lilac. Foliage margined with white. 
•FUNKIA OVATA. 1 to 1(4 feet. July to September. Deep blue. 
•FUNKIA SFEBOLDIANA (Day Lily). 1 to 1(4 feet. July and August. Pale lilac. Silvery 
blue foliage. Like all the following forms of Ftinkia, this Day Lily thrives well in the 
shade, forming effective clumps of heart-shaped foliage, flower spikes well above it. 
FUNKIA SUBCORDATA (White Day Lily). 1 to 1J4 ft. July and Aug. White. Light 
green foliage. 
The above Hardy Herbaceous Plants are offeree! In three sizes, an 
follows, unless otherwise looted. The very heavy field clumps can 
only he supplied In the sorts marked with a * to the left. 
Each Per 10 Per 100 
Very strong Field Clumps ( Express or Freight) . r»Oc. $4.00 ift.'tft.oo 
Strong Field Grown, usual size ( Express recommended)...,* J!5c. 2.00 15.00 
Smaller s he (mostly field grown) . 1£5c. 1.25 10.00 
FOR SPECIAL DISCOUNTS SEE INSIDE FRONT COVER PAGE. 
