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HARDY PERENNIALS 
BLEEDING HEART 
A perennial favorite 
Chrysanthemum, Hardy —Cont. 
color to beds and borders and to the open spaces in the 
shrubbery beds which entitles it to places of honor in 
every garden. 
See price list for list of Large-flowering, also Pom¬ 
pom sorts. 
^Columbine. See Aquilegia. 
^Coreopsis. We offer a much improved form bearing 
enormous flowers on long stems. It is a wonderful 
little plant, growing to one and one-half to two feet, it 
has rich, green foliage, graceful form and is suitable 
for bed and border. It blooms in June and will con¬ 
tinue till FaU if cut every day. The flowers are shiny 
yellow, daisy-like in form. It is one of the most gen¬ 
erously blooming of all the plants; is hardy and easy 
to grow; excellent for cutting; thrives almost any¬ 
where; does well in the rock garden and in sandy, 
barren soil, making it fine for seaside planting. It 
should be in every garden. 
Daisy, Painted. See Marguerite Daisy. 
Daisy, Shasta. Grows 12 to 15 inches tall. Blossoms 
from June to Sej)tember. The flower has small yellow 
center and long snow-white petals. It will grow any¬ 
where, but succeeds best in deep, somewhat moist 
soil. When thus planted, well cultivated and watered, 
it will produce large, showy blossoms, often three or 
four inches across and is excellent for cut flowers be¬ 
cause of its beauty and profuse blossoming. It is a 
fine plant for beds and borders and for the cut flower 
section of the garden. 
Delphinium or Larkspur. One of the most popular 
and best known of all the perennials. The plant itself 
grows to about eighteen inches. The foliage is deeply 
cut and of a fresh green. The flowers are on long, 
straight three to four feet stems, about which they 
cluster thickly. The flowers are in the various shades 
of blue. The Delphinium is a tail and stately plant 
suitable for border planting, or planting among 
shrubbery, or in groups along walks and drives. 
There is no other blue perennial that posseses so much 
color and beauty. Large beds of them on a sloping 
hillside form a most alluring picture; groups of them 
about the water pool where their statuesque figures 
are reflected in the water, are charming. The Delphi¬ 
nium can be planted by itself, or flanked with scarlet 
or white blossoms. It is fine when seen alone against 
the sky line, but is at its best with green shrubs for 
a background, or with pure white flowers in front of 
or beside it. One of the most beautiful hedges imag¬ 
inable is a row of stately Del phiniums, with a row of 
Day Lilies, pure white, or Shasta Daisies, in front 
of them. The Delphinium starts blooming in June and 
July. As the blossoms fade, cut the blossoming stem 
to the ground. Another will grow up quickly and 
blossom. Repeating this will prolong the blossoming 
season into November. The Delphinium does its best 
in rich soil, but will grow anywhere. It is fine for the 
shady corner, for the rock garden; and is a magnifi¬ 
cent plant for seaside planting and cemetery plant¬ 
ings. One of the best for cut flowers, and should be in 
the cut flower section of every flower garden. The 
purity of its blossoms, its color and length of stem 
make it a beautiful flower for altar decorations. 
Delphinium Vanderbilt. Range in color from very 
light blue to very dark blue, overlaid irregularly with 
tones of pink. Black spots on pistil and anthers at 
center of flower. Many blossoms show white second¬ 
ary petals of white spots at bases of major petals. 
Dianthus. See Garden Pinks, also Sweet William. 
Dianthus Deltoides (Maiden Pink). Grows 8 to 10 
inches tall. During June and July it is completely 
covered with striking crimson flowers. Besides pro¬ 
ducing beautiful flowers, it has unusual narrow leaves 
that attracts attention from early Spring until late 
Fall. Its lovely bright crimson flowers blend beauti¬ 
fully with other flowers, so much so, that it is needed 
in every perennial and rock garden to complete the 
garden picture, also, it makes an ideal edging plant. 
Digitalis or Foxglove. The name is from digit—the 
finger, referring to the shape of the flower. It is a 
good, wholesome, old-fashioned plant that will al¬ 
ways be popular. It is dignified and stately, clean of 
growth, hardy and of easy culture. The plant itself is 
ornamental. Grows a foot or more in height, with 
large deeply veined leaves. The blossoms are borne 
on long stiff flower-stems that grow up in strong 
vertical lines, from three to five feet tall. It blossoms 
in June or July, but the season may be prolonged into 
late August or September if the stalks are cut down 
when the blossoms fade. It does well in either sun or 
shade, is decorative in the beds or borders with other 
plants. Like the Hollyhock and Delphinium, it is tall, 
narrow, upright and may be massed with smaller foli- 
