Kelsey's Hardy American Plants 
HARDY NATIVE HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS, Con. 
ARALIA racemosa. American Spikenard. 3-6 ft. Widely branched, smooth stem, and 
large, decompound leaves. Umbels of white panicled flowers. Striking plant. July. 
15c. ea., $1 for 10. 
ARCHANGELICA hirsuta. 2-8 ft. Medicinal plant with large, showy cut leaves. 15c. 
ea., $1 for 10. 
ARTEMISIA frigida. Wormwood Sage. 10-20 in. Especially valuable for its fine silvery 
foliage. Yellow or purplish. 25c. ea., $2 for 10. 
ARUNCUS {Spiraea) aruncus. Goat’s Beard.3-7 ft. Fine herbaceous plant, with panicles 
of white flowers and sharply cut leaves in May and June. 20c. ea., J1.50 for 10. 
ASARUM macranthum (shutlle-worthih. Small Heart Leaf. 3-sin. Curious brown-pur¬ 
plish flowers in June. Thick fragrant leaves, often mottled white, icc. ea., 75c. for 10. 
ASCLEPIAS incarnata. Swamp Milkweed. 2-4 ft. Very showy. June-July. Rose- 
purple. 20c. ea., $1.75 for 10. 
tuberosa. Butterfly Weed. 1-2 ft. Brilliant orange or red. One of our showiest her¬ 
baceous plants. 20c. ea., $1.50 for 10. 
ASTER cordifolius. Blue Wood Aster. 1-5 ft. Profuse bloomer. Pale blue or nearly 
white, ioc. ea., 75c. for 10. 
novae-angliae. New England Aster. 2-8 ft. One of the best and finest blooming 
sorts. Showy. Violet-purple. 20c. ea., $1 .25 for 10. 
puniccus. See Bog Plants. 
BAPTISIA australis. Blue Wild Indigo. 4-6 ft. Very conspicuous. July. Indigo 
blue. 25c. ea., $2 for 10. 6 
tinctoria. Yellow Indigo. 2-4 ft. Yellow. Abundant flowers in June. Showy. 15c. 
ea., $1.25 for 10. 
(Coreopsis) trichosperma. Tickseed Sunflower. 2-8 ft. A strong-growing, late- 
flowering plant of great value. July to September. Yellow, ioc. ea., 75c. for’10. 
BRAUNERIA (Echinacea) purpurea. Purple Cone Flower. 2-5 ft. Striking plant for 
borders although rather coarse. July. Dull purple, rarely whitish. 25c. ea., $2 for 10. 
CALLIRHOE involucrata. Purple Poppy Mallow. 1-2 ft. Petals red or purplish, in 
summer, trailing perennial, valuable. 25c. ea., $2 for 10. 
CAMPANULA divaricata. Carolina Hare-Bell. Delicate pale blue bell- 
shape flowers in July. For rockery or border. 15c. ea., $1.25 for 10. 
CAPNOIDES semperviren8 (Corydalis glauca). Pink Corydalis. 1-2 ft. 
May to August. Yellow, ioc. ea., 75c. for 10. 
CAREX fraseri. Fraser’s Sedge. 10-18 in. Most remarkable flowers, 
with whitish spikes, appearing in March or April, Large evergreen 
leaves. Very rare. 20c. ea., $1.25 for 10. 
CASSIA marylandica. Wild Senna. 3-8 ft. Large, 
graceful perennial in cassia-like leaves and clusters of 
yellow flowers in August. 20c. ea., fi.75 for 10. 
CAULOPHYLLUM thalictroides. Blue Cohosh. 1-3 ft. 
Yellowish green flowers in April, inconspicuous, but 
showy blue fruit, later showy divided leaves. 15c. 
ea., $1 for 10. 
COLLINSONIA canadensis. Horse Balm. 2-5 ft. Lem¬ 
on-colored and scented. July to September. 15c. ea., 
$1 for 10. 
CHAMAELIRIUM lutcum ( Carolinianum). Blazing 
Star. ft. A wand-like raceme of small white 
flowers in June. A dainty and showy plant. 20c. 
ea., 51.50 for 10. 
CHAMAENERION (Epilobium) angustifolium. Spiked Willow Herb. 2-8 ft. Purple 
flowers in June. Low wet ground. 15c. ea., £1 for 10. v 
angustifolium, vnr. alba. 2-8 ft. Pure white dowers. New variety, offered for the first 
time. 50c. 
Cl MI Cl FUG A amcricana. American Bugbane. 3-5 ft. Panicled racemes of showy 
white flowers. August-September. Showy divided leaves. 15c. ea., $1 for 10. 
racemos*. Black Snakcroot. 3-8 ft. Racemes of fruit becoming sometimes s feet 
long. Large, showy, decompound leaves. July. White. 15c. ea., $i for 10. 
Root of Ginseng. From photograph. 
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