Nurserymen Since 1890 
SELECT HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS — Continued 
Papaver Nudicaule, The Emperor 
PHLOX amoena. 6 inches. This fine creeping Phlox blooms after 
the P. subulata (Moss Pink) show is over. Makes a dense carpet 
over the ground which is covered by a sheet of bright pink 
bloom in the late spring. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
P. arendsi. 18 inches. Beginning with the advent of summer and 
continuing till fall, this useful race of low-growing hybrid Phlox 
drape their dense mounds of dark green foliage with panicles of 
blossoms. 
Kathe. Purple-rose with dark eye. Each, 35c; 3 for 90c. 
Marianne. Dark bluish violet. Each, 35c; 3 for 90c. 
P. ovata caroliniana (Mountain Phlox). 12 to 15 inches. Very 
neat and dwarf. Vivid, rosy red flowers brighten the rock garden 
in early summer. 
P. subulata (Moss Pink). Prostrate. Moss-like foliage and perfect 
sheets of blossoms in the early spring. We offer the following 
varieties: 
Alba. With white flowers. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Blue Hill. The best of the blue creeping Phlox. A compact 
grower with masses of clear blue flowers slightly tinged with 
lavender. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Brilliant (atropurpureum). A creeping Phlox belonging to the 
same group as the very common “Moss Pink,” that sheet of 
pink which may be purchased by the square yard at almost 
any roadside stand in the spring. Brilliant has the same de¬ 
sirable characteristics of rapid growth and extreme hardiness 
possessed by the “Moss Pink,” but spreads its carpet of bloom 
in an entirely new color, deep red, much like that of the old 
B. Comte Phlox. This is a color almost entirely lacking in 
the garden in early spring. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Catnlaensis. This is an English Phlox subulata, introduced by Mr. 
Millard and is generally considered one of the finest of the 
now very extensive list of new “Moss Pink” varieties. The 
plant is very neat and compact in growth and the large salmon- 
pink flowers are not only borne in masses in the spring, but 
also in smaller quantities throughout the summer and fall. We 
highly recommend this variety. Each, 35c; 3 for 90c. 
Lilacina. Lilac. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Rosea. The old familiar rose-pink. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Snow White. Neat mounds of tiniest deep green evergreen 
foliage covered in the spring with pure white starry blossoms. 
A very orderly grower that will make no attempt to usurp 
the whole garden. Each, 35c; 3 for 90c. 
Vivid. Bright pink with dark pink eye. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
PLATYCODON mariesi (Dwarf Chinese Balloonflower). 12 inches. 
Low growing with huge blue or white bells all summer. Each, 
25c; 3 for 60c. 
POLYANTHUS, Superb Mixture (Bunch Primrose). 6 to 8 inches. 
All the colors of a Persian Carpet. We are offering an espe¬ 
cially fine lot of these desirable Primroses. The parent stock of 
our plants was a marvelous sight in full bloom—several thousands 
of them in mass plantings of such beauty as to be actually breath¬ 
taking. The color range embraces every color and color com¬ 
bination known to Polyanthus. These bright, free-flowering 
plants do well in a partially shaded location which does not get 
real dry in the summer. You will be delighted with the mar¬ 
velous color a bed of these will present in May and June. 
Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Selected strain of above—Red, white or yellow. Each, 25c; 
3 for 60c. 
P., Twin Cups. A Barnes Brothers Introduction. Twin Cups, as 
the name implies, is a hose-in-hose, or duplex Polyanthus; that is, 
the flowers are borne in pairs with the second blossom growing 
out of, and over the first. The plants in bloom look exactly as 
though some one had come along with a handful of extra Poly¬ 
anthus blooms and had placed another flower in the center of each 
one in the original cluster. Twin Cups is bright red in color 
and when in flower is entirely covered with a mass of showy 
blossoms—twice as showy as any ordinary Polyanthus, of course, 
because it has twice as many flowers. Each, 50c; 3 for ^1.35. 
PRIMULA auricula. 6 inches. Rosettes of dark green leaves from 
which arise 6-inch flower stalks bearing large flowered, very 
fragrant clusters of blooms in various colors. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
P. cashmeriana. 8 inches. Large globular heads of lavender. 
Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
P. cortusoides. From Siberia and exceedingly hardy. Fringed rose 
blooms. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
P. vulgaris. 10 inches. The true fragrant pale yellow old English 
Primrose. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
PULMONARIA angustifolia. Low tufts of very dark green leaves 
with many short stalked heads of deep, true blue flowers in the 
early spring. Requires shade and moisture. Plant it along the 
moist woodland path or in the shaded garden where few plants 
do well. It will make itself at home in such locations and furnish 
a wealth of blue flowers each spring. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
PYRETHRUM (Painted Daisy). 2 feet. The neat tufts of finely 
cut foliage and long-stemmed daisies of these plants make them 
one of the choicest of garden perennials, and they certainly are 
unexcelled for cutting purposes. We offer single-flowered Pyre., 
thrums in pink, white, and red, and double and semi-double 
flowered plants in mixture only. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
RUDBECKIA purpurea hybrida (Giant Coneflower). 3 to 4 feet. 
In pink and rose shades with brown or purple cones at the 
center of each large, daisy-like flower. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
R., The King. 5 feet. Differing from the common Rudbeckia 
purpurea in its enormous growth and very large bright pink 
flowers which average 4 inches in diameter. The King is a very 
early flowering variety, beginning to bloom about the middle of 
July. The large protruding cones of the flowers are brown. 
Each, 50c; 3 for ^1.35. 
SALVIA azurea (Meadow Sage). 3 to 4 ft. Blue flowers in late 
summer. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
SANTOLINA incana (Lavender Cotton). 15 inches. Delicate 
silver-grey mounds of aromatic foliage. A rock garden favorite. 
Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Pyrethrum—Painted Daisy 
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