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KENDALL & WHITNEY, PORTLAND, MAINE 
List of Hardy Perennial Plants 
That these plants may reach the purchaser in the best possible condition they will be carefully 
packed at the nursery and sent by parcel post or express direct to their destination. If sent by parcel 
post add 10c for each plant, two cents for each additional plant. 
The prices of all perennials, except as noted, are 25c each, $2.50 per dozen, $18.00 per 100. Six of 
one kind at dozen price. Fifty of one kind at 100 price. 
ACHILLEA (Milfoil or Yarrow). 
Perry’s White. 20 in. New variety. .Tune to September. 
ACONITUM napellus (Monkshood). Dark blue flowers 
from July to September. 3 ft. Each 35c. 
ALYSSUM saxatile compactum (Basket of Gold). 1 ft. 
A grand plant for the rockery or border. April to 
June. 
ANEMONE japonica rubra (Windflower). 2 to 3 ft. 
Flowers of medium size, color rose; stamens yellow. 
September to November. 
AQUILEGIA (Columbine). 
California Hybrids. All colors. May. 2 ft. 
coerulea (Rocky Mountain Blue Columbine). 2 ft. Long 
spurs, blue and white flowers. May to July. 
ARABIS alpina (Rock Cress). 6 in. Early white spring¬ 
flowering plants. Fine for rock work and borders. 
April to June. 
ARMERIA maritima (Sea Pink or Thrift). 1 ft. A fine 
plant for rockeries or edgings; flowers bright pink. 
ASCLEPIAS tuberosa (Butterfly Weed). One of the 
showiest of our native flowers; brilliant orange. 
June to July. 
ASTER (Michaelmas Daisies). These are our most showy 
fall flowers. 
Climax. 5 ft. Light bluish lavender. August to October. 
BOLTONIA asteroides (False Chamomile). 5 to 6 ft. Fine 
late-flowering perennials. Aster-like white flowers. 
August and September. 
CAMPANULA carpatica (Harebell). 9 in. Erect blue 
flowers, useful for edgings. June to September. 
medium calycantbema (Cup-and-Saucer). Biennial. 
Separate colors. 
CENTAUREA montana. 20 in. Large purple flowers. 
Fine for cutting. June. 
CERASTIUM tomentosum (Snow-in-Summer). 5 to 6 in. 
Low growing plant. Silvery foliage, white flowers; 
fine for rockeries. 
CHELONE lyoni (Turtlehead). 2 ft. Showy deep red 
flowers, bearing Snapdragon-like blooms and spikes. 
August to September. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS (Hardy Garden Varieties). 
coreanum (Korean Chrysanthemum). 2 to 3 ft. Sep¬ 
tember and October. A superb garden plant, coming 
into bloom before the first frosts. Flowers are 
single, 2 to 3 inches across, white at first, acquiring 
a rose-pink tinge with age. 
Burbank’s Sliasta Daisy. iy» ft. Large snow-white 
flowers; blooms all summer. 
COREOPSIS. One of the best blooming all-summer 
plants we have. 
lanceolata grandifiora. 2 ft. Large golden yellow. 
DELPHINIUM (Larkspur). 
Choice Mixed English Hybrids. 
DIANTHUS plumarius (Garden Pinks). A valuable and 
showy border plant; single and double. Very fra¬ 
grant. May to August. 
DICENTRA, or Dielytra (Bleeding Heart). 
spectabllis. 2 ft. An old-fashioned favorite. May and 
June. 50c each. 
DIGITALIS (Foxglove). The flower heads are over 3 ft. 
long, crowded with big, bell-shaped blossoms. Colors 
range from white and shell-pink to deepest rose. 
GAILLARDIA grandifiora (Blanket Flower). 2 ft. Large 
crimson and gold; good for cutting. June to 
November. 
GYPSOPHILA paniculata (Baby’s Breath). 2 ft. An old- 
fashioned favorite; very useful, pure white flowers. 
June to August. 
Bristol Fairy. Double. 50c each. 
HOLLYHOCKS. Finest double variety. Separate colors 
or mixed. 
Finest Single Varieties. 
IRIS GERMANICA (German Iris). It is probable that 
the greatest range of color is found in this section— 
from pure white through all shades of mauve to blue 
and dark purple; the flowers are regular orchids in 
beauty and structure. 
IRIS KAEMPFERI (Japanese Iris). All the colors of 
the rainbow seem to have been gathered together in 
them in the most fascinating combinations. 
LOBELIA (Cardinal Flower). 
cardinalis. Long, dense spikes of handsome rich 
cardinal-red flowers. 
LUPINUS (Lupine). 
polyphyllus. Deep blue pea-shaped flowers on long 
spikes. June to September. 2 to 3 feet. 
polyphyllus albus. Pure white. 
PAPAVER (Poppies). 
orientale. The common variety of Oriental Poppy. The 
flowers are a bright scarlet with a black blotch at 
the base of each petal, and when in bloom in the 
spring they make a very brilliant display. 
Iceland. A beautiful species and among the most desir¬ 
able of our herbaceous plants. 
PAEONIA (Peonies). Strong roots containing three or 
more eyes. 50c each, $5.00 per dozen. 
PHLOX paniculata (Hardy Perennial Phlox). A succes¬ 
sion of flowers of greatest beauty, from early July 
until frost, in softest tones of pink and rose, salmon 
and white in great panicled blooms. 
PHYSOSTEGIA virginica (False-dragonhead). One of 
the most attractive mid-summer plants, covered with 
clear pink, heath-like flowers. July and August. 
PLATYCODON grandiflorum (Japanese Balloon Flower). 
2% ft. Large blue, Campanula-like flowers. July to 
October. 
PYRETHRUM roseum (Persian Daisy). 2 ft. One of the 
showiest flowers ; of great value for cutting. June to 
July. Single. Mixed. 
RUDBECKIA lanceolata (Goldenglow). 5 to 6 ft. Double 
yellow. Cactus-Dahlia-like flowers. July to Sep¬ 
tember. 
SEDUM acre (Gold-moss). 4 in. Bright yellow, with 
green foliage. May to July. 
SCABIOSA (Blue Bonnet). 
caucasiea. A soft charming shade of lavender. June 
to September. 
STOKESIA cyanca (Cornflower Aster). 2 ft. Lavender- 
blue. A native plant; fine for cutting. July to 
October. 
TRITOMA uvaria grandifiora (Flameflower). 4 ft. 
Orange-scarlet. August to November. 
VALERIANA (Spurred Flower). 
Officinalis (Hardy Garden Heliotrope). Produces showy 
heads of rose tinted white flowers during June and 
July, with strong heliotrope odor. 
VERONICA (Speedwell). 
flliformis. Is an evergreen flowering ground-cover. It 
makes rich, fluffy masses of light-green foliage; 
small, rounded leaves; small, starry, white-and- 
ehina-blue flowers. 40c each; $4.50 doz. 
