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Oenothera • Evening Primrose 
A handsome family of American wild 
flowers. They are extremely showy and 
easy to grow. 
8140 Afterglow. A 2-foot border plant 
with bright yellow flowers touched with 
red. Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
8142 Glauca Fraseri. Useful edging or 
border plant, with clusters of clear yel¬ 
low flowers for many weeks in Summer. 
18 in. Pkts. 15c and 35c. 
8144 Lamarckiana. Stout, half-shrubby 
plants 3 feet high, with enormous yellow 
flowers. Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
8146 Missouriensis. A prostrate plant, 
less than a foot high, with long branches 
bearing great golden yellow flowers in 
Midsummer. Pkt. 15c. 
Pentstemon 
A family of intensely interesting and 
beautiful native plants, scarcely appreci¬ 
ated at their true worth in this country. 
Other Pentstemons are listed as Chelone. 
8160 Digitalis. A fine 3-foot perennial 
with interrupted spikes of white flowers 
touched with purple in the throats. 3 to 
4 ft. Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
8163 Breck’s Giant Hybrids. Half-hardy 
f >erennials with huge flowers like bril- 
iant rose, pink, lavender, crimson, and 
purple foxgloves. Pkt. 25c. 
Phlox 
Popular border plants with huge heads 
of salver-shaped flowers, pink, white, red, 
or lavender. 
Pkts. 25c 
8168 Decussata, Mixed. 
8170 Decussata nana, Mixed. Dwarf. 
Physostegia • False Dragonhead 
Slender but stout plants, 3 to 6 feet high, 
with terminal spikes of tubular flowers in 
Midsummer. 
Pkts. 15c and 35c 
8175 Virginiana grandiflora rosea. Pink. 
8177 Virginiana grandiflora alba. White. 
Platycodon • Balloon Flower 
Wiry perennials with handsome foliage 
on erect stems 2 to 3 feet high. Buds 
inflated like small balloons; flowers 
saucer-shaped and very handsome. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c, except where noted 
8190 Grandiflorum caeruleum. Blue. 
8192 Grandiflorum album. White. 
8193 Mariesii. Dwarf. Blue flowers. 
1 ft. Pkts. 15c and 35c. 
Polemonium • Jacob’s Ladder 
Excellent border plants, 2 feet high, 
with feathery foliage and drooping clusters 
of bell-shaped flowers in June and July. 
Pkts. 10c and 25c 
8197 Caeruleum album. White. 
8199 Caeruleum grandiflorum. Blue. 
8201 Richardsonii. Erect plants with 
many clusters of pale blue flowers. 
Poppy • Papaver 
The perennial Poppies belong to three 
distinct classes. They are primarily plants 
for garden decoration. 
Alpinum • Alpine Poppy 
Charming, compact plants with tufted 
foliage and silky orange, yellow, and 
cream flowers poised on 6- to 10-inch 
stems. Superb for the rock-garden. 
Pkts. 25c 
8206 Fringed, Mixed. 
8208 Mixed. 
Nudicaule • Iceland Poppy 
Tufted clumps about 6 inches high, 
from which 18-inch stems bear aloft large, 
silky flowers of the most delicate and fra¬ 
gile appearance. Extremely beautiful. 
Pkts. 15c and 35c, except where noted 
8215 White. 
8217 Orange-Scarlet. 
8220 Coonara Pink Hybrids. Pink, apri¬ 
cot, orange, and flesh-color. Pkt. 25c. 
8222 Thibet. Bright orange-scarlet. Pkt. 
25c. 
8225 Sunbeam, Mixed. Shades of yellow 
and orange. Pkts. 25c. 
8227 Yellow. 
8229 Single, Mixed. All colors. 
Orientale • Oriental Poppy 
Gorgeous plants for garden decoration, 
especially among shrubs or in the perennial 
border. The enormous flowers may be cut 
if taken in the bud. 
8237 Beauty of Livermere. Huge; crimson 
with black center. Pkts. 15c and 35c. 
8239 Mrs. Perry. Salmon-pink. Pkt. 
25c. 
8241 Orientale. Blazing orange with 
black blotch. Pkts. 10c and 25c. 
8245 Perry’s White. White flowers, dark 
blotch at base of petals. Pkt. 50c. 
8249 Salmon Queen. Rich salmon-pink. 
Pkts. 25c and 60c. 
8250 Orientale Hybrids, Mixed. Im¬ 
mense flowers of many colors. Pkts. 
15c and 35c. 
THE BOOK OF PERENNIALS 
A book of the greatest value to all who 
grow perennials from seed. 
Per copy $2.15, postpaid 
Potentilla 
Easy border plant with strawberry foli¬ 
age and erect stems 12 to 18 inches high, 
with clusters of red and yellow flowers. 
8255 Double, Mixed. Pkt. 25c. 
8257 Single, Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Primula • Primrose 
A family of lovely hardy flowers, most 
of which like damp soil and a shady place. 
Pkts. 25c, except where noted 
8262 Auricula alpina, Mixed. Bluish, 
leathery foliage with umbels of clustered 
flowers in interesting dark shades, each 
marked with a conspicuous eye. 
8264 Japonica, Mixed. Whorls of foliage 
and 2-foot stems, with tier after tier of 
rosy pink, purple, and white flowers. 
8266 Polyanthus, Giant Fancy Mixed. 
Rosettes of rough foliage and clusters of 
handsome, fragrant flowers on 6-inch 
stems. Pkts. 25c and 60c. 
8270 Veris, Mixed. Hybrids of the 
English Cowslip. 
8272 Acaulis. Yellow English Primrose. 
Physostegia virginiana Pyrethrum Iceland Poppies 
