64 The Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, Connecticut. 
POPPY, ICELAND (Papaver Nudicaule). 1 to 2 feet. June to November. 
These interesting little poppies with their smooth bluish green foliage and bright golden to or¬ 
ange flowers produced at intervals all summer, are among our most desirable garden plants. 
POPPY ORIENTAL (Papaver Orientale) 2 to 3 feet. June and July. Great showy flowers of the 
most dazzling brilliancy. The following varieties are all wonderously beautiful, and cover a great 
range of color and form, and are every one of them worth planting. See Illustration below. 
VARIETIES. 
Dazzler. A most brillant, fiery scarlet. 
Duke op Teck. Large orange scarlet. 
Goliath. Producing enormous scarlet flowers. 
Harknbss’ Salmon. Very large, orange salmon. 
Marie Studholmb. Purest salmon with silvery shades and touched with carmine at base 
of petals. 
Masterpiece. Silvery blush pink, suffused mauve. 
Princess Victoria Louise. Soft salmon rose, shading to blush rose. 
Queen Alexandra. Beautiful clear rose salmon. 
Rembrandt. Truly gorgeous, flowers of an enormous size, brilliant, dazzling red. 
Silvbrblick. Large handsome blooms of the true Oriental Poppy, scarlet. 
POTENTILLA (Garden Hybrids). May to September. 6 to 12 inches. Very desirable border plant. 
Handsome foliage, brilliant rose-like flowers. 
VARIETIES. 
Gold Kugbl. Clear yellow. Nigra Plena. Dark, almost black. 
Laurium. Yellow and red. Versicolor. Yellow and red. 
PRIMROSE EVENING (Oenothera Serrulata). 1 foot- 
May and June. One of the best clear yellow flow¬ 
ers of low growth, especially showy in the early 
evening and on cloudy days. 
PRIMROSE (Oenothera Missouriensis). 6 to 12 inches. 
July. Mat of bright foliage and large brilliant 
yellow flowers. 
PYRETHRUM ROSEUM (Pink Daisy). 2 to 
3 feet. June to August. A most desirable plant, 
with attractive foliage, and graceful flowers in 
many shades of white, pink and red, excellent for 
cut flowers. 
PYRETHRUM ULIGINOSUM, see Chrysanthemum. 
RAGGED ROBIN, see Lychnis. 
RANUNCULUS, see Buttercup. 
RIBBON GRASS, see Grasses. 
ROCK CRESS (Arabis Albida). $ to 1 foot. April 
A beautiful low-growing plant with velvety foliage 
which is evergreen. Mass of snow-white in April, 
making it one of the earliest plants to bloom. 
♦RUDBECKIA LACINIATA (Cone flower). 6 to 10 
feet. July to September. Golden yellow. 
♦RUDBECKIA LACINIATA VAR. FL. PL. (Golden 
Glow). 6 to 10 feet. July to September. One 
of the most desirable tall-growing hardy plants 
ever introduced. The blooms, of a rich golden 
yellow, are produced with great freedom and 
resemble double cactus dahlias. 
RUDBECKIA MAXIMA. 4 to 5 feet. August and 
September. A stately plant with large glaucous 
foliage and great showy flowers of clear bright 
yellow, with dark brown disc in center. 
♦RUDBECKIA SPECIOSA VAR. NEWMANII. 2 to 
3 feet. July and August. Pure yellow, dark disc. 
♦RUDBECKIA SUBTOMENTOSA (Black-Eyed Su¬ 
san"). 2 to 3 feet. July to October. Yellow, 
dark cone. 
SANDWORT {Arenaria Grandiflora). 6 inches. May. 
Close-growing evergreen plant, forming a carpet 
of verdure. Very desirable for rock work; flowers 
pure white. 
♦SAXIFRAGA CRASSIFOLIA (Rockfoil). 1 to 2 
feet. May. Rose lilac. 
SCABIOSA JAPONICA. 18 to 24 inches. August 
to OctoDer. Beautiful blue flowers, freely pro¬ 
duced. 
SEA HOLLY (Eryngium Planum). 3 to 4 feet. July 
to August. Finely cut shiny foliage with thistle- 
like flowers of amethystine blue. 
SEA LAVENDER, see Statice. 
SEA PINK, see Thrift. 
May 1, 1912. 
The box of trees shipped by Adams Ex. received 
in fine order, and immediately set out. 
Very truly yours, 
W. W. 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. 
♦Very strong Field Clumps ( Express or Freight) .60c. 84.00 
Strong Field Grown, usual size ( Express recommended) .25c. 2.00 
Smaller size (mostly field grown) ( Post-paid at single rates if requested)... . 15c. 1.25 
Per 100. 
835.00 
15.00 
10.00 
FOR SPECIAL DISCOUNTS SEE INSIDE FRONT COVER PAGE. 
