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The Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, Conn. 
HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
PHLOX PANICULATA (Continued) 
INDEPENDENT. Tall grower, late bloomer, fine large creamy white flowers , 
the best whites. ’ °* 
ISABY. Medium tall grower, very vigorous, producing large panicles of fiery salmo 
red florets. n ' 
JOAN OF ARC. Pure white, very free. Unsurpassed for producing solid mass t 
white. Early to mid-season. 6 01 
MARIE LOUISE. Tall grower, medium late; flowers rose to white, even varvi,, 
much in color on the same flower stem. ung 
MISS LINGARD. White with pale pink eye, long panicles, good form and truss 
NELLIE RAINSFORD. Tall grower, early; florets large, white, shading to deen 
in the center. p 
PANTHEON. Very vigorous grower and early bloomer; florets of enormous size 
and of an uniform clear deep rose pink. 
PLACIDA. Very strong grower and late, very large panicles of rosy lilac florets of 
great substance. ’ 
PREMIER MINISTER. Very strong grower, late bloomer, enormous heads of laree 
florets, pink, almost white, changing to the deepest crimson in the center. ^ 
PHLOX SUBLATA (Moss Pink). 3 to 4 inches. May. Forms low, flat, masses of ever 
green foliage. When in bloom present a solid mass of color. Splendid for borders, fore¬ 
grounds and the rockery. 
VAR. ALBA. A white form of the above. 
VAR. ATRO-RUBRA. Clear deep claret. 
VAR. SADIE. Clear white with the slightest shading of rosy lilac, producing a verv 
effective tint; one of the best. ’ 
PHYSOSTEGIA VIRGINICA (False Dragon Head). 3 to 4 feet. July and August. 
Effective spikes of clear pink flowers. 
PHYSOSTEGIA VIRGINICA VAR. ALBA. 3 to 4 feet. July to August. A white form of 
the above. Both fine background plants. 
PINKS, see Dianthus. 
*PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM. 2 to 3 feet. June to October. 
Resembles the Campanulas. The large blue bell-like flowers are produced in cluster* 
of from three to six. Plant blooms all summer and is very hardy and desirable 
•PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM VAR. ALBUM. 2 to 3 feet. June to October. 
A white form of the above. Both are fine for cutting. 
PLALYCODON GRANDIFLORUM VAR. MARIESI (New). 1 foot. June to October. 
Deep blue bells 3 inches across. 
“POLEMONIUM CAERULEUM (Jacob’s Ladder). 6 to 8 inches. May and June. 
A favorite old garden plant, producing a quantity of attractive blue blooms. 
POLEMONIUM REPTANS (Giant Smart Weed). 8 to 10 feet. July and August. Fleecy 
white. 
“POLYGONIUM S1EBOLDI. 10 to 12 inches. May to June. A low spreading plant of 
graceful growth, with showy blue flowers. 
POPPY, see Papaver. 
PYKETHUM' ROSE DM. 2 to 8 feet. June to August. 
The semi-double forms of this interesting hardy garden plant are very beautiful, rang¬ 
ing in color from almost white to deep rose. The flowers rise above a cluster of beauti¬ 
ful fern-like foliage on single stems from twelve to eighteen inches high. The flowers 
resemble Chinese asters in appearance and when cut will last for weeks in water. 
PYRETHRUM UGILIGNOSUM, see Chrysanthemum. 
RAGGED ROBIN, see Lychnis. 
•RANUNCULUS REPENS VAR. FL. PL. (Double Buttercup). 6 to 12 inches. May and 
June. Of the brightest yellow. Foliage very glossy green. 
ROCK CRESS, see Arabis. 
ROSE, Choice Hardy, pages 35, 36. 
RUDBECKIA LACINIATA (Coneflower). 6 to 10 feet. July to September. Golden yellow. 
•RUDBECKIA LACINIATA VAR. FL. PL. 6 to 10 feet. July to September. 
This is. now the extremely popular Golden-Glow of the catalogues. It is 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. As a garden 
plant or as a cut flower, it is almost indispensable during its blooming season. 
“RUDBECKIA SPECIOSA VAR. NEWMANII. 2 to 3 feet. July and August. Pure 
yellow, dark disk. 
•RUDBECKIA SUBTOMENTOSA (Black-Eyed Susan). 2 to 3 feet. July to October. 
Yellow, dark cone. 
SALVIA AZUREA GRANDIFLORUM. 2 to 3 feet. August to September. A beautiful 
plant producing sky-blue flowers in the greatest profusion. 
“SAXIFRAGA CRASSIFOLIA (Rockfoil). 1 to 2 feet. May. Rose lilac. 
SCABIOSA CAUCASICA (Mourning Bride). 1 to 2 feet. July and August. Lavender to 
white. 
SEA LAVENDER, see Statice. 
SEA PINK, see Armeria. 
*SEDUM ACRE (Stone Crop). Fine for rockeries and dry places. 2 to 3 in. June an< 
July. Yellow. 
SEDUM ALBUM. 3 to 4 inches. July and August. White, red center. 
OPPOSITIFOLIUM. 3 to 4 inches. July. White flower. Opposite leaved 
uii wvjiiirwLiuffl. 6 to $ inenes. uiy. vvnite nower. 
TERNATUM. 3 to 4 inches. July. Rose tinted. . ... 
SEDUM SIEBOLDII. 3 to 4 inches. August to September. Flowers bright pink, foliag 
margined with ninlr 
to 2 feet. September and October. 
: panicles of rosy pink being very effective 
margined with pink. 
“SEDUM SPECTABILE (Showy Sedum). 1 lu ^ . 
A splendid garden plant, the showy flat pani 
Used as a cut flower it lasts for weeks. 
SHASTA DAISY, see Chrysanthemum. 
SOLID AGO (Golden Rod) in variety. 
SNEEZE WEED, see Helenium. 
SPEEDWELL, see Veronica. 
SPIRAEA ARUNCUS, see Aruncus. 
SPIRAEA FILIPENDULA, see Ulmaria. 
SPIRAEA GRANDIFLORA, see Astilbe. 
PALMATA, see CJlmaria Purpurea. 
SPURGE, see Euphorbia. 
STACHYS LANATA (Wooly Woundworth). I to 1J4 feet. July and August. 
Valuable for its very pearly, velvety foliage. 
STA I ICE LATIFOLIA (Sea Lavender). 1 to 2 feet. August and September. . 
A beautiful plant producing a cluster of broad evergreen leaves from 4 to 8 in 
long which grow quite flat to the ground. The flowers are produced on slender 
stems which branch into a bushy head of branchlets bearing small blue flowers in g 
profusion. It also thrives well at the sea shore even where the ground is quite salty. 
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