The Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, Connecticut. 
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ASTILBE, see Spiraea. 
*BABY’S BREATH ( Gypsophila Paniculate). 3 to 4 feet. 
July to October. Produces a mass of the small white 
dowers so disposed as to form a veritable cloud of 
bloom. Keeps well when cut. 
''BABY’S BREATH (Double). 3 to 4 feet. July to Oc¬ 
tober. A new form and very desirable. 
BABY’S SLIPPER, see Lotus. 
BALLOON FLOWER, see Platycodon. 
BAPTIST A AUSTRALIS (False Indigo). ! to G feet. 
June and July. Clear blue, 
well through the season. 
BEARD TONGUE, see Penstemon. 
BEE BALM (Monarda Didyma Var. Superba). 
Foliage effective and la>t- 
2 to 
of the old garden plants 
Brilliant red foliage and 
July and August. Orange. A very 
loose 
Fine border 
White; ever- 
Light silvery 
feet. July to October. One 
which will ever be popular, 
flowers of spicy fragrance. 
BERGAMONT, see‘Bee Balm. 
BETONY, see Stachys Betonica. 
BLACK-EYED SUSAN, see Rudbeckia. 
BLANKET-FLOWER, see Gaillardia. 
BLEEDING HEART, see Dicentra. 
* BOCCONIA CORDATA (Tree Calamdinc). 5 to 8 fed. 
August and September. Spikes of feathered white. 
Splendid background plant. 
BOLIONIA ASTEROIDES. G to 8 feet. August and 
September. Tall plant, producing great masses of a-- 
U r-like flowers, white with yellow center. 
BOLI ONIA LAI ISQUAMAE. G to S feet. August and September. 
Similar to above excepting color of bloom, which is light lavender, deep yellow center. 
BOLIONIA LATISQUAMAE NANA. 12 to 15 inches. August to September. 
A dwarf form of the above. A new and desirable form. 
BUTTERCUP (Double). (Ranunculus Repens Var. FI. Pi). G to 12 inches. May and June. 
Of the brightest yellow. Foliage very glossy green. 
BUTTERFLY-WEED ( Asclepias Tuberosa). 2 to 3 feet, 
showy native plant and very desirable. 
CAMPANULA CARPATICA. / 2 to 1 foot. June to October. Blue. 
Like the other Campanulas, the flowers are bell-shaped. In this species they arc produced 
singly on delicate wiry stems, and are deep blue. One of the best dwarf plants. 
i AMPANULA CARPATICA VAR. ALBA. l / 2 to 1 foot. June to October. 
Similar to preceding otherwise than the color of the flowers, which are purest white 
CAMPANULA PERSICIFOLIA. June to October. 
This species produces its flowers on stems 2 to 3 feet high. The flowers 
clusters, and are very effective. Color blue. 
CAMPANULA PERSICIFOLIA VAR. ALBA. June to October. Pure white. 
■*CAMPANULA GLOMERATA. y 2 to 2 feet. June to October. Blue spikes, 
plant and if naturalized among shrubs will remain vigorous for years. 
CANDYTUFT (Hardy) ( Iberis Sempervirens). 6 to 12 inches. April and May. 
green foliage. Makes a nice foreground border plant. 
CAMOMILE, see Anthemis. 
CARDINAL FLOWER, see Lobelia Cardinalis. 
CERASTIUM TOMENTOSUM (Snow in Summer). May and June. 6 inches, 
foliage, masses of white bloom. 
^CENTAUREA, see Dusty Miller. 
+ CHRISTMAS-ROSE ( Heleborus Niger). 6 to 12 inches. October to March. 
This interesting pink and white plant really produces its flowers in the winter, out of 
doors. Daintily colored begonia-like blooms almost hidden in a clump of glossy evergree-n 
leaves. It is best to select a place for this plant which is sheltered from the winds in winter 
and where it can remain for years undisturbed. With a light, temporary frame placed over 
the plants so as to protect from the snow and ice, the blooms develop far more freely and 
perfectly. 
*CIIRYSANTPIEMUM ULIGINOSUM (The Giant Daisy). 4 to 5 feet. July to September. 
Splendid plant for tall effects. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM ITARDY GARDEN (Pompons). Spring planting recommended. Our 
collection will be listed in our spring catalogue. 
CONE-FLOWER, (Purple), see Echinacea. 
CORAL BELLS, see Ileuchera. 
■COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA (Tickseed). 2 to 3 feet. June 
One of the best golden yellow flowers for the garden, 
wiry stems. Excellent for cut flowers. 
^COREOPSIS ROSRA. S to 12 inches. July to September, 
green cut leaf foliage, interesting foreground plant. 
* CROWN VETCIT ( 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 especially for covering banks, for 
the rockery and for naturalizing along the roadside. 
CORONILLA, see Crown Vetch. 
^CREEPING JENNY (Lysimachia Nummularia). This is the yellow creeping mvrtl 
useful for rock-work and covering in shady places and on banks. 
* DAISY S PI A ST A (Burbank’s) (Chrysanthemum Leucanihcmit m Hybridum). . 
1 to 2 feet. Ray-flowers are of the purest glistening white, center golden yellow, bloom 
about four inches in diameter. 
DAY LILY, see Lilies. 
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 ball it 
has made a bushy plant from 3 to 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 de¬ 
velop, grouped with shrubs or in the herbaceous border. A few large clumps at /5c. each, 
smaller sizes same prices as other herbaceous plants. 
DIANTHUS, see Sweet William and Pinks. 
to October. 
Star-like blooms produced on 
Rosy-pink, yellow center. Dark 
and 
June to August. 
The above Hardy Herbaceous Plants are 
follows, unless otherwise noted. The very 
be supplied in the sorts marked wi<h a * 
Very strong Field Clumps ( Express or Freight) ........ 
Strong Field Grown, usual size (Express recommended) . . 
Smaller size (mostly field grown) . 
FOR SPECIAL DISCOUNTS SEE 
offered in three sizes, as 
heavy field clumps can only 
fo the left. 
Each. 
50c. 
PACE TWO. 
Per If). 
$4.00 
li.OO 
1 .25 
Per10U 
$35.00 
15.00 
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