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HARDY PERENNIALS 
*Nepeta Mussini (Ground Ivy). A low plant with 
pretty round foliage and light blue flowers in May 
and June. Creeps rapidly thus making it effective for 
use as ground covering and rock gardens. 
Oriental Poppy (Papaver Orientale). It grows to a 
height of 2 to 3 feet, and blossoms in June and July. 
The foliage is robust and decorative during the early 
season. The flowers are very large, several inches 
across, and of a brilliant orange-scarlet with large 
black blotches at the base of the petals, and a great 
mass of bluish-black stamens in the heart of the cup¬ 
shaped flowers, dazzling as a flame. No other blossom 
is so bizarre in effect, lighting up the garden in such 
tropical, barbaric splendor. It is very effective in 
masses; and single specimens planted in the open 
spaces in front of shrubbery are very strikingly showy 
against the green. It is one of the most decorative for 
cut flowers, but should be cut in early morning or late 
evening as the buds are about to open, and the outer 
green calyx removed. They will then last a long time 
in water. The flowers are on long, thick, heavy stems 
about 3 feet tall. The plant is very hardy when once 
established, and the roots will apparently live forever. 
SPIREA ASTILBE, QUEEN ALEXANDRA 
*Pachysandra (Japanese Spurge). Trailing plants 6 
to 8 inches high forming broad mats of bright glossy 
green foliage with light blue flowers. A ground cover 
which grows well in all shady situations under shrubs 
or evergreen plantings. Especially recommended for 
ground cover between evergreens. 
*Pampas Grass (Cartaderia Argentea). One of the 
most beautiful fancy grasses, a member of the palm 
family. The plant grows to a height of about four 
feet; foliage green, long and narrow. From it rise tall, 
slender, silvery waving plumes of creamy white blos¬ 
soms in late summer, sometimes to a height of 6 to 8 
feet. The grass has a tropical aspect, and is very dis¬ 
tinctive. It is decorative in single clumps, or among 
tall shrubbery, and is good for emphasis in large bor¬ 
ders. In roomy grounds is very effective in large beds, 
and like the Eulalia, makes a very unusual, striking 
hedge or boundary line between properties, making a 
showy picture from lawn or street. 
^Periwinkle (Trailing Myrtle or Vinca Minor). An 
excellent ground cover for places too shady for grass 
to grow, or in shady borders among lilies, ferns, etc. 
The foliage is evergreen and in summer numerous 
small blue flowers appear, blossoming for a long time. 
Phlox 
No flower has been more wonderfully improved of 
late years, and the colors and sizes have been de¬ 
veloped very materially. For brilliant, bold color 
effects from midsummer on the Phloxes are almost 
indispensable. They augment and prolong the color 
in the garden as no other plant does. That is why we 
recommend them so often in combination with earlier 
flowering plants. They may be planted in large 
masses for broad effects. We recommend them highly 
in Iris gardens to separate the varieties, and with 
Peonies in floral hedges and borders—either alter¬ 
nated with them, or behind. They are useful among 
the beds of all earlier blooming plants, since they will 
endure the crowding of these plants in the early part 
of the season and later send up their tall spikes of 
bloom, continuing the color effect after the Spring 
flowers have gone. 
Antonin Mercier. A new lilac-blue. Huge flowers are 
borne on strong 30-inch stems. Antonin Mercier was 
especially selected for this group for its hardiness and 
unusual color. Does well in shade. It is considered 
one of the best lilac-blue Phlox. No garden is com¬ 
plete without this variety. 
B. Compte. A rich dark amaranth-red; a color of its 
own and one you want. 
Beacon. Brilliant cherry-red. Grows 3 ft. high. The 
immense flower heads are carried on straight, strong 
stems. An excellent new variety—a sturdy grower— 
and one of the best reds ever introduced. Long 
blooming season. 
Bridesmaid. White flowers with large crimson eye or 
center. Tall and very fine. 
Comillo. A clear brilliant scarlet-red. An improved 
new red—the brightest of them all. Resistant to 
rain and heat. Non-fading. Its unusual color and 
hardiness has special appeal to all Phlox lovers. 
Commander. Crimson. Brilliant deep crimson-red 
flower with slightly darker eye. Grows 24 to 30 inches 
high. 
Daily Sketch. New light salmon-pink with very 
faint carmine eye. Its extra large trusses and indi¬ 
vidual flowers that do not fade, make Daily Sketch 
a universal favorite among all flower lovers. 
Jules Sandeau. An abundant producer of very large 
flower heads of a beautiful watermelon pink. 
Lord Raleigh. Royal purple. Dark mauve with de¬ 
cidedly purplish tint. Flowers freely. 
Miss Lingard. One of the best for many reasons; pro¬ 
duces immense blossoms of snowy white in June, and 
again bursts forth with a season of bloom in Septem¬ 
ber. It has beautiful foliage and habits of growth. 
This variety should be in every garden. 
Mrs. Chas. Dorr. A beautiful shade of lavender; 
flowers in large conical heads. 
Pantheon. Deep salmon-rose; very large flower with 
lighter center. The plant is tall, and the flowering 
season medium to late. Flowers borne on branching 
spikes. One of the best for all purposes. 
R. P. Struthers. Rose-carmine or cherry-red with 
claret eye or center; very bright in appearance; tall; 
one of the best. 
Sunset. A beautiful deep pink; one of the very best. 
Very decorative in the shrubbery; superb in masses. 
Von Hochberg. A tall growing variety with rich dark 
crimson heads of bloom. 
Zeppelin. Pure white flowers with vermilion-red eye. 
A striking new, non-fading Phlox, considered best of 
the so-called calico type. Very free blooming. 
Pinks. See Garden Pinks. 
Poppy. See Oriental Poppy. 
At the right is shown Japanese Iris, the aristocrat of 
the Iris family. Called the **Hardy Garden Orchid.*’ 
