PERENNIALS 
Perennial Department 
HARDY PERENNIALS, FERNS, GRASSES AND HERBS 
Perennials afford a huge assortment of plants useful in the development of 
every garden. This list of ours — one of the larger stocks grown in America — 
contains many sorts for many purposes. The largest single class is rightly that 
of the Bed or Border Perennials. Other classes are plants for Cut-Flowers, Edging 
Plants, Ground Cover Plants, Herbs, Rock Garden Plants, Wild Garden Plants. 
There is a certain amount of overlapping of those classes — certain varieties being 
in two or more classifications. Such plants are doubly useful — particularly in 
the small garden where each plant must contribute the utmost of beauty and utility. 
In the descriptions of each variety, a Key letter is given denoting the classifi¬ 
cation or classifications in which that variety falls. 
Key to Classification of Perennials 
(B) —Bed or Border Plants (H) —Herbs 
(C) — Plants for Cut-Flowers <R) —Rock Garden Plants 
(E) —Edging Plants (W) —Wild Garden Plants 
(G) —Ground Covers 
The plants we offer in this list of Perennials are usually two-year field-grown 
plants or equivalent divisions. Certain sorts, which transplant better from pots, are 
pot-grown and are necessarily somewhat lighter in grade than the field-grown. 
Those varieties do, however, give definitely superior results when started in pots. 
ACANTHUS 
COLOR: White to rose. HEIGHT: 4 ft. HABIT: Rich, well-drained soil; full sun. Requires 
winter protection. FLOWERING: Summer. WHEN TO PLANT: Spring. 
mollis — Softleaf Acanthus 
(B) 4 ft. Purple rose, July. 
mol. latifolius— Broadleaf A. 
(B) 2!4 ft. Rose, July. 
ACHILLEA 
Yarrow 
COLOR: White, yellow, pink, red, depending on species. HEIGHT: 6 in. — 4 ft. HABIT: 
Rank growers, prefer sun, ordinary garden soil. FLOWERING: Summer and fall. WHEN TO 
PLANT: Spring or fall. 
ageratum — Sweet Yarrow 
(B) 15 in. Pale yellow, July to October. 
filipendulina — Fernleaf Y. 
(B) 3 3 /2 ft. Bright yellow, June to Sept. 
fil. PARKER'S VARIETY . 
(BC) An improved form. 
millefolium — Common Y. . 
(B) 18 in. White, July. 
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