Herbaceous Perennials 
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CORAL-BELLS, see Heuchera. 
CORAL LILY, see page 69. 
COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA (Tickseed.) 2 to 3 feet. June to October. One of 
the best golden yellow flowers for the garden. Star-like blooms produced od 
wiry stems. Excellent for cut flowers. 
COREOPSIS ROSEA. 8 to 12 inches. July to September. Rosy-pink, yellow 
center. Dark green cut-leaf foliage. Interesting foreground plant. 
COREOPSIS VERTICILLATA. 2 feet. July to September. 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. 
DAISY SHASTA (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum Hybridum). 1 to 2 feet. 
June to August. Ray-flowers are of the purest glistening white, center golden 
yellow, blooms about four inches in diameter. 
DAY-LILY, see Lilies, page 68. 
DELPHINIUM, see Larkspur. 
DESMODIUM PENDULIFOLIUM (Pea-Shrub). September 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 3 to 5 feet high. Covered with wine red 
pea-shaped blooms, which makes it very attractive. 
DIANTHUS, see Pinks. 
DICENTRA EXIMIA, 12 to 15 inches. All summer, rose and white. Fern-like 
foliage. 
DICEN1RA SPECTABILIS (Bleeding Heart). 2 to 3 feet. May and June. 
Rose and white. An old favorite. Very desirable. Keeps well as a cut flower. 
DICPAMNUS FRAXINELLA (Gas plant). 2 to 3 feet. June and July. A 
very showy plant, with fragrant foliage and spikes of rosy pink flowers. 
DICTAMNUS FRAXINELLA ALBA 2 to 3 feet. June and July. A white 
flowered form of the above. 
DIGITALIS, see Fox-Glove. 
DIELYTRA, see Dicentra. 
DUSTY MILLER (Centaurea Gymnocarpa). Velvety white fern-like foliage, 
used for borders and foregrounds. 
ECHINACEA PURPUREA (Purple Cone-flower). 3 to 5 feet. July to Septem¬ 
ber. Large reddish-purple flowers, handsome deep green foliage very showy. 
ELEGANS LILY, see page 68. 
EPIMEDIUM ALPINUM VAR. RUBRUM. 12 to 15 inches. June to July. 
Crimson. All the Epimediums have very attractive foliage, and assume the 
most beautiful tints of color in Autumn. 
EPIMEDIUM DIPHYLLUM ROSEUM. 10 to 15 inches. April to May. Rose. 
EPIMEDIUM MACRANTHUM NIVEUM. 10 to 12 inches. May to June. 
White. 
ERIANTHUS RAVENNAE, see Grasses. 
ERYNGIUM PLANUM, see Sea Holly. 
EULALIA, see Grasses. 
EUPHORBIA COROLLATA (Spurge). 1 to 2 feet. July to October White, 
very freely produced. Splendid border plant. 
FALSE INDIGO, see Baptisia. 
FERNS HARDY. Inquire for fern list. 
FESTUCA GLAUCA. 1 to 1J feet. Silvery blue foliage grass: very effective. 
FLAGS, see Iris. 
FLAX PERENNIAL (Linum Perenne) 1 to 2 feet. June to September. A very 
desirable hardy garden plant, producing quantities of deep blue bell-shaped 
flowers on graceful delicate stems. 
FORGET-ME-NOT (Myosotis Palustris). The true variety which blooms all sum¬ 
mer. A delightful light blue. 
FOX-GLOVE (Digitalis Purpurea). 3 to 5 feet. July and August. Old-fashioned 
garden favorite of easiest culture. 
FOX-GLOVE (Digitalis Purpurea Alba). A white form of the preceding. 
FOX-GLOVE (Digitalis Ambigua). 2 to 3 feet. June to August. Very hardy. 
Creamy white. 
FRAXINELLA, see Dictamnus. 
FUNKIA, see Lily Day, page 68. 
GAILLARDIA ARISTATA (Blanket Flower). 2 to 3 feet. July to October. 
Bright red, yellow splashes. Very desirable garden border plant, fine for cut¬ 
ting. 
GARDEN HELIOTROPE, see Valeriana. 
GAS-PLANT, see Dictamnus. 
GERANIUM PLATYPETALUM. 2 feet. June to July. Large, purple-blue 
flowers, with handsome foliage. 
GERANIUM SANGUINEUM. 1 foot. June and July. Large deep crimson-pur¬ 
ple flowers. Graceful foliage, which becomes most attractive during the Fall. 
FOR PRICES OF THE ABOVE HERBACEOUS PLANTS SEE PAGE 47 
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FOR SPECIAL DISCOUNTS SEE PAGE ONE. 
