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The Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, Connecticut. 
Miss Lingard, 
Hardy White Phlox, one 
of the best early white. 
'PACHYSANPRA TERMINALIS. 0 to S inches. Foliage 
evergreen and very much resembles our interesting na¬ 
tive wood plant. Princess Pine. It is perfectly adapted 
to the shade under trees or the shady side of a building, 
and will form a solid evergreen covering where grass 
will not grow. We now have a large stock of it and 
will gladly quote special prices by the thousand. Sam- 
fles showing the evergreen character of the foliage 
mailed without charge, on request. 
PAPAVER, see Popp)'. 
PEA, PERENNIAL ( Lathyrus Latifolius). 5 to 6 feet. 
June to October. Rosy pink. 
'PEA. PERENNIAL VAR. ALBA. A white variety of pre¬ 
ceding. 
*PEA, PERENNIAL VAR. PINK BEAUTY. A new and 
very beautiful variety. 
'PENSTEMON DIGITALIS (Beard-Tongue). June and 
July. 2 to 3 feet. Nodding white fox-glove-like flow¬ 
ers on graceful open panicles. 
'PENSTEMON BARBATUM. July and August. 2 to 3 
feet. Brilliant red tube-like flowers in loose panicles. 
PERIWINKLE, see Myrtle. 
'PHLOX AMOENA. 3 to 5 inches. April and May. Very 
desirable for carpeting the ground and for rockeries. 
Bright pink. 
*PHLOX DIVARIACATA (Wild Sweet William). 6 to 8 
inches. April and May. Lilac, showy; very attractive 
and desirable. 
PHLOX, Paniculata, Tall Garden Varieties. 
Hardy Phloxes are nozv among the most popular of hardy garden flowers and justly 
so. Perfectly hardy, easy to make thrive, and producing gorgeous color effects. The fol¬ 
lowing list has been selected from our large collection as comprising the cream of the dis¬ 
tinct colors. Other varieties can also be supplied. 
'BOUQUET FLOURI. Medium dwarf, flowers white with crimson center. 
"CARAN D’ACHE. A large flower, rosy carmine color, center violet tinged with rose. 
'COQUELICOT. As brilliant as an Oriental poppy; orange-scarlet, one of the best. 
'ETNA. Bright red, tinged with salmon. 
H ERMINE. Very dwarf, pure white. 
'INDEPENDENT. Tall grower, late bloomer, fine large creamy white flowers. 
'ISABY. Medium tall grower, very vigorous, panicles of fiery salmon-red florets. 
JOAN OF ARC. Pure white, very free. Unsurpassed for producing solid mass of white. 
Early to mid-season. 
'LUSTRE. Light rosy pink, medium tall grower. 
'MADAME BEZANSON. Best crimson, very large. 
* MARIE LOUISE. Tall grower, medium late; flowers rose to white. 
'MISS LINGARD. White with very light pink eye, long panicles, very early. 
'NETTIE STEWART. White, pink eye, very early; similar to Miss Lingard. 
'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 large 
florets, pink, almost white, changing to the deepest crimson, in the center. 
PIILOX SUBLATA (Moss Pink). 3 to I inches. May. Forms low, flat masses of evergreen 
foliage. When in bloom presents a solid mass of color. Splendid for borders, foregrounds 
and rockery. 
'VAR. ALBA. A white form of the aove. 
(VAR. ATRO-RUBRA. Clear deep claret. 
VAR. SADIE. Clear ■white with the slightest shading of rosy lilac, producing a very ef¬ 
fective tint; one of the best. 
'PHY SOSTEGIA VIRGINICA (False Dragon I-Iead). 3 to 4 feet. July and August. 
Effective spikes of clear pink flowers. 
PHYSOSTEGIA VIRGINICA VAR. ALBA. 3 to 4 feet. 
'PINKS, MAIDEN ( Dianthus Deltoides). 6 to 10 inches. 
flowers. Evergreen bluish green foliage. 
"PINKS, SCOTCH ( Dianthus Plumarius) . 9 to 12 inches 
'PINKS, SCOTCH, VAR. TIER MAJESTY. 9 to 12 inches. May and June. 
fragrant. As large and finely formed as a carnation pink. 
'PINKS, SCOTCH, VAR. PERPETUAL SNOW. 9 to 12 inches. May to October. A reve¬ 
lation m Hardy Pinks. Beautifully fringed, pure white, clove-scented 
'PINKS, SCOTCH, VAR. WHITE RESERVE. 9 to 12 iirches. May To Inly. Beautiful dou- 
ole white and very fragrant. 
'PINKS, SWEET WILLIAMS ( Dianthus Barbatus). 1 to 2 feet. July to September 
Dear to the heart of many a flower lover, the literature of' the old-time garden teems 
with pleasant references to this splendid plant. Perfectly hardy and easily grown, its bril¬ 
liant flowers lasting for many weeks. 
ALL COLORS MIXED. No end of combinations of color. 
^P^JOR WILLIAM. The most intense velvety crimson red imaginable. 
1 TiVOV 'L A most delicate clear pink suggesting a shading of sulphur. 
PLAPY CODON GRANDIFLORUM (Balloon Flower). 2 to 3 feet Tune to October 
Resembles the Campanulas. The large blue bell-like flowers are produced in clusters of 
JiPAUA a Jl summer and is very hardy and desirable. 
October. 
July to August. A white form. 
May to July. Small fragrant pink 
May and June. 
Pink, fragrant. 
Double white; 
from three to six. 
'PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM VAR. ALBUM. 2 to 3 feet Tune to O 
A white form of the above. Both are fine for cutting 
PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM VAR. MARTESI. 1 foot. Tune to October 
Deep blue bells 3 inches across. 
POLEMONHJM CAERULEUM, see Jacob’s Ladder. 
'POPPY, ICELAND (Papaver Nudicaule). 1 to 2 feet. June to November 
ipcp infprficfiniT lififil,. ivAnnL-.r. ....‘tl. . i - - 
These i 
to orange 
plants. 
nteresting little poppies with their smooth'bluish green foliage' and bright golden 
flowers produced at intervals all summer are amono ? en 
are among our most desirable garden 
The above Hardy Herbaceous Plants a 
follows, unless otherwise noted. The ver 
he supplied in the sorts marked with a 
Very strong Field Clumps (Express or Freight) 
Miong Field Grown, usual size (Express recommended) 
smaller size (mostly field grown) . 
offered in 
three 
sizes, as 
icavy field 
o tiie left 
clumps 
can only 
Each. 
Per ] 0. 
Per 100 
50c. 
$4.00 
$35.00 
25c. 
2.00 
15.00 
1 5c. 
1.25 
10.00 
FOP SPECIAL DISCOUNTS SEE PAGE TWO. 
