Herbaceous Perennials 
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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 Ilybridum). 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 / t 6. 
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 SPECTABILIS (Bleeding Heart). 2 to 3 feet. May and June. 
Rose and white. An old favorite. Very desirable. Keeps well as a cut flower. 
•DICTAMNUS FRAXINELLA (Gas plant). 2 to 3 feet. June and July. A 
very showy plant, with fragrant foliage and spikes of rosy pink flowers, very 
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•DICTAMNUS FRAXINELLA ALBA 2 to 3 feet. June and July. A white 
flowered form of the above. 
DIGITALIS, see Fox-Glove. 
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 4 6 . 
•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. 
BRiANTHUS RAVENNAE, see Grasses. 
ERYNGIUM PLANUM, see 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. Charming native plants. 
VARIETIES. 
Christmas Fern (Polystichum Acrostichoides). An evergreen species 
about a foot high, with deep green fronds simply divided. 
Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda Cinnamonea). Often 5 feet high and 8 
inches wide. 
Clayton’s Fern (Osmunda Claytoniana). Grows 2 to 3 feet high, is 
found in rather dry shaded places. 
Common Polpody (Polypodium Vulgare). One of the best evergreen 
species for rock-work. 
Evergreen Wood Fern (Dryopteris Marginalis). One of our prettiest 
evergreen species. 
Flowering Fern (Osmunda Regalis). Grows 2 to 3 feet high, pale 
green, one of the prettiest of the large ferns. 
Lady Fern (Asplenium Filix-foemina). A large, handsome fern 2 to 3 
feet high, with finely cut foliage. 
Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum Pedatum). One of the prettiest. Grows 
about a foot high in rich shades, and responds readily to cultivation. 
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia Struthiopteris). One of the most stately, 
and one of the best for cultivation. 
Silver Spleenworth (Asplenium Thelypteroides). Attains a height of 
three feet, and has fronds 3 to 5 inches wide. 
FESTUCA GLAUCA. 1 to li 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. 10 cents each, 80 cents per 10, $7.00 
per 100. 
FOR PRICES OF THE ABOVE HERBACEOUS PLANTS SEE PAGE 40. 
FOR SPECIAL DISCOUNTS SEE PAGE ONE. 
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