38 The Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, Conn. 
HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
•COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA (Tickseed). 1 to 2 feet. June to October. 
Une of the best golden yellow flowers for the garden. Star-like blooms n ro H 
wiry stems. Splendid for cutting. p uuced on 
COKON1LLA VAR.1A. (Crown Vetch). June to August. 
A rampant creeper, with handsome globular heads of showy bright pink 
sweet pea-shaped flowers; a useful plant for covering tough banks for tl ‘ rn T. 
CROWN VETCH, see Coromlla. rockery. 
DAPHNE, see page 19. 
DAISY, see T!el 1 is and Chrysanthemum. 
DAISY SHASTA, see page 41. 
DAY-LILY, see Eunkia. 
•DELPHINIUM CASHMERIANUM. 2 to 3 feet. June to August. 
This Larkspur is not very well known in gardens. Of robust habit bur dwarf n 
blue and very effective. ’ awar1 ' Deep 
DELPHINIUM ELATUM (Bee Larkspur). 3 to 6 feet. June to August Deene^f k. 
DELPHINIUM FORMOSUM. 3 to 6 feet. June to August. ' pest blue. 
This type of Larkspur is superb. Color, soft porcelain blue; produced nn r-.ii 
DELPHINIUM GRAND1 FLORA (Chinese Larkspurs). 2 to 3 feet. June to Se 
A form of Larkspur with delicate cut foliage and producing a profusion of fu,, em ° er ' - 
deepest blue, light blue or white on loosely-arranged spikes Wws 
DESMOD1UM PENDUL1FLORUM, see Lespedeza. 
DiAiVJ Ills BAR BAT US, see page 32. 
DIANTIIUS PLUMARIUS (Scotch Pink). 9 to 12 inches. May and June Pink and 
fragrant. ' ana ver f 
DIANTH US PLUMARIUS VAR. HER MAJESTY. 9 to 12 inches. May and T 
Double white; fragrant. As large and finely formed as a carnation oink 3 JUne 
•DICENTRA EXIM1A. 1 to 2 feet. May to September. 
A beautiful Bleeding Heart of dwarf habit, producing graceful spikes of nendam 
blooms in great profusion. The foliage is delicate and fern-like in appearance 
DICENTRA SPECTABILIS (Bleeding Heart). 2 to 3 feet. May and June Rose 
An old favorite. Keeps well as a cut flower. Forces well if taken un earlv' and 
inside. 1 
•DICTAMNUS ALBUS FRAXINELLA (Gas-plant). 2 to 3 feet. Tune and Tulv White- 
very fragrant. * ’ 
•DICTAMNUS ALBUS VAR. RUBRA. 2 to 3 feet. June and Tuly. Rose color and verv 
fragrant. y 
DIGITALIS PURPUREA (Fox Glove). Old-fashioned garden favorites of easiest culture 
Strong plants set out in the'spring will bloom the first season freely. In early fall it is 
well to remove the flower stems and transplant the plants, setting them about two 
inches deeper in the earth than before. 
ECHINACEA PURPUREA (Purple Coneflower). 3 .to 5 feet. July to September 
One of our most showy flowers of the cone or daisy type, ray flowers of a clear' rich 
rose,, very effective, lasts for weeks when cut. 
ECHINOPS SPHAEROCEPHALUS (Globe Thistle). 4 feet. July and August. 
“ a " d T s ,°T , ? e ‘ h i stle -li ke foliage, with globular pale blue flowers; fine for cutting. 
ERIANTHUS RAVENNAE (Ravenna Grass). 6 to 10 feet. October. ’ 
cm ,, P, ne tallest grasses, 25c. to $1.00 each, according to size of clump. 
LULALIA, see Miscanthus. 
^when^uL C0R0LLATA (Spurge). 1 to 2 feet. July to October. White; keeps well 
FALSE INDIGO, see Baptisia. 
FERNS, see page 53. 
I* ES I UCA GLA UCA. 1 to V /2 feet. June. 
FLAGS, see Iris, also pages 44-47. 
FORGET-ME-NOT, see Myosotis. 
FOX GLOVE, see Digitalis. 
FRAXINELLA, see Dictamnus. 
^ ^ ^Lily). 1 to l l / 2 feet. July and August. Pale lilac. Silvery 
Diue ionage. Like all the following forms of Funkia, this Day Lily thrives well in the 
above' j^ ormin ^ effective clumps of heart-shaped foliage, flower spikes appearing well 
FUNKIA SUBCORDATA (White Day Lily). 1 to V/ 2 ft. July and Aug. White. Light 
green foliage. 
•FTTNTCTA T°Ai5nmr ta / feet - J u jy to September. Deep blue.- 
, C -r, to 12 ,nc '’es. August to October. Pale lilac. 
LAX ClFOLIA VAR. ALBA-MARG1NATA. 6 to 12 inches. August to October. 
.ct-tYt,?, . ac 4 foliage margined with white. 
FUNK A LANCI1-OLIA VAR. AUREA MARGTNATA. 6 to 12 
riPT ADnij Jrfc,^ llage margined with yellow. 
GAL.LARDIA ARISTATA (Blanket Flower). 2 to 3 ft 
splashes. 
see ? ages 44 and 45 - 
GIANT REED, see Arundo. 
GOLDEN-GLOW, see page 39. 
GOLDEN ROD, see Solidago. 
GRASS SEED, see inside back cover. 
Erianthus and Miscanthus. 
GROUND IVY, see Nepeta. 
GY 1 SOI TULA PAN I CULATA. 3 to 4 feet. July to October. Known as Infant’s Breath. 
1 , r0 ( U T es a m ? r ss ol t,le smallest white flowers so disposed as to form a veritable 
rv t, 0 , °?;. Ke ,eP s well when cut. 
A f D-A 1 AN IC ULAT A FL. PL. 3 to 4 feet. Tuly to October. 
HARDY n FER O NS, e s e 0 e r pag a e n 53 Very d£Sirab,e - 50 CentS ' ‘ 
AUTUMNaLe (Sneezeweed). 6 to 7 feet. August and September. 
HFT FTvniTTVT urjnnrcT’growing garden plants. Flowers golden yellow; in large I ? ass 11 ' 
HEIIAvVmK^v'^r } t0 3 and Tune. Color a peculiarly rich apricot yello*. 
HLLIAMHUb MANIMILIANI. 4 to 6 feet. August to October. 
HFT TA VTTTr d iQ n vf'T e k°mTc V T aIuable late lowering plant. 
Resemhles^ C FL. LL. 3 to 4 feet. August to October. 
*HEI TANTTTTTQ T V ^'c- but more double and less tall grower. 
The tall GRG Y AR Pf- 5 to 7 feet. October and November. _ . „ 
sized snnfl ower ... s P'^ s °f the plant produced so late in the season with their mi 
velW mil W? r’ ke b, ?, oms > disposed all along the stems, and of such a bright golden 
•HEI npw k f AV-x??g clal,y durable. 
Another 4 i t0 ® J l dy to November. . ■ 
HELLFP.ORTU^MTr'm? Pm nt - Wltl1 rich y e,,ow daisy-like flowers in great profusio . . 
pink ° RUS NIGER (Christmas Rose). 6 to 12 inches. October to March. White ana 
its V flo y we a “ r fn Ct k Ve - A,most lm P°ssible as it may seem, this strange plant re , al !j P/j^nty 
beeoSr* EU W he Wmte i r ’ ° Ut of doors ' ° ften w h en the ground is frozen hard their daimy 
begonia-like blooms, almost hidden in a clump of waxy evergreen leaves, will astonis 
Silvery blue foliage grass. 
July to Oct. 
inches. August to 
Bright red, yellow 
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