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The Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, Connecticut. 
June. Pure white. 
LIN BLUE 
(Aquilegia Coerulea). The beautiful western species 
Sr 
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CLEMATIS RECTA. 2 to 4 feet. 
COLUMBINE ROCKY MOUNTA: 
with long spurs. 
COLUMBINE ROCKY MOUNTAIN YELLOW (A. Chrysantha). Similar to preceding other than 
color. 
COLUMBINE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WHITE (A. Chrys¬ 
antha Alba). White form of preceding. 
COLUMBINE EUROPEAN WHITE (A. Vulgaris). A 
beautiful type of purest white. 
CONE-FLOWER, Purple, see Echinacea. 
CONVALLARIA M A.I ALLS, see Lily-of-the-Valley. 
CORAL-BELLS, see Heuchera. 
CORAL LILY, see page 56. 
♦COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA (Tickseed.) 2 to 3 feet. 
June to October. One of the best golden yellow flow¬ 
ers for the garden. Star-like blooms produced on 
wiry stems. Excellent for cut flowers. 
♦COREOPSIS ROSEA. 8 to 12 inches. July to Septem¬ 
ber. Rosy - pink, yellow center. Dark green cut leaf 
foliage. Interesting foreground plant. 
COREOPSIS VERTICILLATA. 2 feet. July to Septem¬ 
ber. Rich golden yellow, graceful foliage. 
CORONILLA, see Crown Vetch. 
CREEPING JENNY, see Lysimachia Nummularia 
♦CROWN VETCH (Coronilla Varia). June to August. 
A rampant creeper, with handsome globular heads of 
showy bright pink to white sweet pea-shaped flowers; a 
useful plant for the border and rockery, and especially 
for covering banks. 
♦DAISY SHASTA (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum 
Hybridum), June to August, 1 to 2 feet. Ray-flowers 
are of the purest glistening white, center golden yellow, 
blooms about four inches in diameter. Illustration Page 66. 
DAY-LILY, see Lilies, page 66. 
DELPHINIUM, see Larkspur. 
♦DESMODIUM PENDULIFOLIUM (Pea-Shrub). Sep¬ 
tember and October. 
While it;is a true herbaceous plant the growth is so'full 
and shrub-like that by Fall it has made a bushy plant 
from 3jto«-5 feet high. Covered with wine red, pea-shaped 
bloom, which makes it very attractive. It is effective 
planted in masses where it has room to develop, 
grouped with shrubs or in the herbaceous border. 
DIANTHUS. see Pinks. 
♦DICENTRA SPECTABILIS (Bleeding Heart). 2 to 3 
feet. May and June. Rose and white. An old favorite. 
Very desirable. Keeps well as a cut flower. 
♦DICTAMNUS FRAXINELLA ALBA (Gas-pl 
Artillery plant.) 2 to 3 feet. June and July. Fi 
white. 
FRAXINELLA RUBRA. 2 to 3 feet. 
Dictamnus or Gas-Plant. 
See 1 his page. 
>lant or 
Vagrant, 
l July. Rose color, otherwise similar to above. 
IS, see Fox-Glove. 
feet. 
ELEGA 
♦DICTAMNUS 
June and 
DIGITALIS 
DUSTY MILLER (Centaurea Gymnocarpa). Velvety 
white fem-like foliage, used for borders and foregrounds. 
♦ECHINACEA PURPUREA (Purple Cone-flower). 3 to 5 
July to September. 
NS LILY, see page 56. 
♦EPIMEDIUM ALPINUM VAR. RUBRUM. 
12 to 15 inches. June to July, Crimson. 
EPIMEDIUM BIFLORUM. 12 to 15 inches. May 
' to June. Pale Rose. 
♦EPIMEDIUM DIPHYLLUM ROSEUM. 10 to 
15 inches. April to May. Rose. 
♦EPIMEDIUM LILACINUM. 1 to 2 feet. 
to June. Beautiful lilac flowers. 
♦EPIMEDIUM MACRANTHUM NIVEUM. 
to 12 inches. May to June. White. 
ERIANTHUS RAVENNAE, see Grasses. 
ERYNGIUM PLANUM, see Sea Holly. 
EULALIA, see Grasses. 
♦EUPHORBIA COROLLATA (Spurge). 1 
feet. July to October. White, very freely 
produced. Splendid border plant. 
FALSE INDIGO, see Baptisia. 
May 
10 
to" 2 
May 8, 19t2. 
Gentlemen—Please accept my thanks for 
your courteous attention. If this order does as 
well as the rest of my shrubbery, they will give 
entire satisfaction. 
Yours very truly, 
N. A. G. 
Newtown, Conn., September 6, 1912. 
They are in fine condition and have kept 
right on growing fast. A.T. B. 
The above Hardy Herbaceous Plants are offered in three sizes, as follows, unless other¬ 
wise noted. The very heavy field clumps can only be supplied in the sorts marked with 
a ♦ to the left. Stock can be potted to order and held for any delivery date. 
Smaller size (mostly field grown) ( Post-paid at single rates if requested) 
Each. 
Per 10. 
Per 100. 
50c. 
*4.00 
*35.00 
25c. 
2.00 
15.00 
15c. 
1.25 
10.00 
FOR SPECIAL DISCOUNTS SEE INSIDE FRONT COVER PAGE. 
