Barnes Bros. Nursery Co. 
Yalesville, Conn. 
SELECT HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS — Continued 
Doronicum Excelsum 
DIGITALIS. The old-fashioned Foxglove, long a favorite garden 
flower, needs no description. The following varieties cover the 
complete range of Foxglove colors: 
Giant Shirley. 4 to 5 feet. The leading mixture of large flowered 
hybrids. Colors ranging from white through shell-pink to deep¬ 
est rose, usually with attractive crimson or brown dots. Each, 
25c; 3 for 60c. 
Isabellina. 3 to 4 feet. Probably the finest Foxglove variety. 
Plant bears several spikes of cream-yellow blossoms. Each, 25c; 
3 for 60c. 
Purpurea grandiflora. A large flowered strain of deep pinks and 
lavenders. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
DORONICUM clusi. 10 inches. A dwarf plant with large golden 
yellow Daisies on short stems. A fine rockery and low border 
plant for early spring blooming. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
D. cxcelsum (Leopardbane). 2 feet. One of the best early flow¬ 
ering perennials. Bright green, heart-shaped leaves and golden 
yellow, daisy-like flowers, which are fine for cutting. The plants 
die down to the ground during their resting period through July 
and August. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
ERIGERON, Double Azure Beauty. 2 feet. A newcomer from 
England so floriferous that it literally covers itself with flowers 
from early June till late summer. The many petaled lavender- 
blue Daisies, which with us averaged about I'A inches across, 
open practically fully double, but the petals later fold back 
showing the golden yellow centers. This is a good dependable 
hardy perennial and one of the very few fine garden flowers 
in the rather weedy Erigeron family. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
ERODIUM chamaedrys roseum. 2 inches. A tiny _ tuft of shiny 
leaves, fringed and crinkled, plentifully sprinkled with surpris¬ 
ingly large solitary geranium flowers of a delicate pink, traced 
with veinings of a deeper color and held above the foliage on 
2-inch threadlike stems. Give this little alpine a well-drained 
sunny position in the rockery and protect with salt hay during the 
winter—it is well worth the trouble. Each, 50c; 3 for $1.35. 
EUPATORIUM coelestinum (Hardy Blue Ageratum). 15 inches. 
Masses of clear blue ageratum-like flowers in September. Fine for 
late cutting when other flowers are scarce. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
EUPHORBIA myrsinites. Long trailing stems of glaucous blue 
foliage terminating in heads of yellow flowers in the spring. The 
real beauty of this plant is in the showy trailing stems of pointed 
leaves which are strikingly attractive when pouring over the stones 
of a rock garden or wall. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
E. polychroma. 12 inches. One of the best yellow rock garden or 
border plants. Very formal and symmetrical in habit. A plant 
of this variety was the center of attraction in our rockery in May 
and June when the terminals of each branch bloomed clusters of 
insignificant flowers, subtended by brilliant cups of bright canary- 
yellow leaves. This plant does best in poor soils. Do not over¬ 
feed. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
FUNKIA variegata. 18 inches. For its green and white foliage, 
this variety is valued as an edging plant. Blue flowers in July and 
August. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
GAILLARDIA grandiflora (Blanket Flower). The two following 
Gaillardias have no equals. Illustrated on page 39. 
G., Barnes Ruby. This is one of the finest plants we have ever had 
the pleasure of introducing. Barnes Ruby is a brilliant ruby-red 
Gaillardia, having no hint of yellow or brown in its make-up. 
Blooming all summer long as do few other perennials, its vivid 
flowers make a continuous showing and furnish abundant cut 
flowers as well. This Gaillardia looks best in groups. Our plants 
are all cutting grown. Each, 50c; 3 for $1.35. 
GAILLARDIA, Mr. Sherbrooke. Enlgish variety. The full, circular 
flowers are of a rich golden yellow with pale yellow center, un¬ 
stained by any other color. The large, self-colored blooms, sup¬ 
ported by stout stems above the pale green foliage, continue from 
early summer until late into the fall. In common with every 
other Gaillardia grandiflora it is so unmindful of the hardships of 
heat, dryness, and poor soil that it is hard to imagine anyone hav¬ 
ing difficulty with it as long as it receives its share of sunlight. 
Our stock is cutting grown. Each, 50c; 3 for $1.35. 
GENTIANA purdomi. Gentians produce the truest blue flowers of 
all hardy perennials. The members of this family are not ordi¬ 
narily easy to grow, but after several years of trial in various 
locations we find Gentiana purdomi as easy to handle as any ordi¬ 
nary perennial. We grew it in a dry, scorching hot, sandy place 
where few plants would live and also in a heavy, fairly moist 
soil and it did equally well in both situations. Plant it and let 
it alone; do not baby it, do not disturb it. Gentiana purdomi is 
a trailing plant which, in midsummer sends out many clear dark 
blue trumpets along the procumbent stems. Here is a plant of 
a family generally cultivated only by experts, which will bring 
the vivid gentian blues into your own garden, even though you 
may not know a great deal about perennial culture. Each, 35c; 
3 for 90c. 
GEUM borisi. 12 inches. Low and hardy with single, bright 
scarlet flowers. Fine for a rockery. Each, 35c; 3 for 90c. 
G., Fire Opal. 3 feet. Generally recognized as the finest Geum. 
2-3 inch blossoms of orange-scarlet with overlaid opal sheen 
produced in abundance in July and August. We have seen 
single plants with nearly one hundred flowers open at one 
time. Perfectly hardy. Each, 50c; 3 for $1.35. 
G. heldreichi splendens. 12 inches. A dwarf species from Greece 
showing bright orange flowers in midsummer. Each, 25c; 
3 for 60c. 
G., Rijnstrootn. 3 feet. A new imported Geum much like Fire Opal 
in growth, having large orange-yellow blooms. We offer it for 
the first time. Each, 75c. 
Note—No Geum flowers well until it has been established for 
two years. 
GYPSOPHILA, Bristol Fairy. This well known variety needs no 
introduction. Large panicles of double white flowers in early 
summer. Almost a necessity in bouquet making. Each, 50c; 
3 for $1.25. 
G. oldhamiana. 2 to 3 feet. A new hardy pink Japanese variety 
of Baby’s Breath. Growing in much the same manner as the 
old-fashioned Baby’s Breath (G. paniculata) it spreads its large 
panicles of pale pink, lacy flowers late in the fall, long after G. 
paniculata has gone to seed. You will admire the airy grace of its 
clouds of pink blooms and find it a valuable filler for your Sep¬ 
tember and October bouquets. Each, 35c; 3 for 90c. 
G. , Rosy Veil (Rosenschleier). 2 to 3 ft. A new European, 
double flowered Baby’s Breath, very similar to the well known 
Bristol Fairy except that its flowers are distinctly pink instead of 
white. Rosy Veil is absolutely hardy and its free, long flowering 
habits will assure you of quantities of pink blooms throughout 
the summer and fall. Try the effects of its pink tones in your 
bouquets. Gardeners have long wanted a double pink Gypsophila 
■—here it is. Each, 35c; 3 for 90c. 
HELENIUM (Sneezewort). 3 to 5 feet. Heleniums will grow in 
any sunny location and their green heights serve as a foil for 
lower plants. Then, when the flowers which have held your 
attention all summer begin to fade, the Heleniums burst into 
masses of bright, daisy-like blossoms which are fine for cutting. 
H. autumnale. 4 to 5 feet. Yellow daisy-like flowers from August 
tp October. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Geum, Fire Opal 
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