GENERAL LIST OF HARDY PERENNIALS 
“See previous pages for Recent Introductions and Others Especially 
Recommended. ’ ’ 
This list comprises many of the commoner varieties that we grow. A brief de¬ 
scription has been given when necessary. You will find many old favorites listed 
and perhaps some that are new to you. In any case we can recommend them. 
The price is 25 cents each; $2.50 a dozen; $18.00 a hundred. 
Alyssum saxatile compactum, Alyssum. 
A. saxatile luteum. 
Althaea Rosea ( see Hollyhocks). 
Anchusa italica Dropmore, Bugloss. 
Anemone hupehensis, Windflower. 1 ft., 
pale mauve. 
A. japonica alba, Japanese Anemone. Pure 
white. 
A. japonica, Queen Charlotte. Large, 
semi-double pink flowers. 
A. japonica, Whirlwind. Semi-double 
white. 
Anthemis, Perry’s variety. 2 ft., golden 
yellow blooms. 
Aquilegia canadensis, Columbine. 
A. chrysantha, Golden Columbine. 
Arenaria montana, Sandwort. 
A. verna caespitosa, Moss Sandwort. 
Artemisia lactiflora, Southernwood. 
A. Silver King, an interesting Southernwood 
with white foliage. 
Aster Blue Gem. Clear blue flowers. 
A. Sam Banham. White. 
A. St. Egwin. Compact growth, pink 
flowers. 
Asclepias tuberosus, Butterfly Weed. Bril¬ 
liant orange. July. 
Aubrietia deltoides, False Wall Cress. 
Purple. 
Baptisia australis, False Indigo. Blue pea¬ 
like flowers. 
Campanula carpatica, Harebell. Blue and 
white. 
C. medium, Canterbury Bells. In assorted 
colors. 
C. persicifolia, Peach Bells. Blue and white. 
C. rotundifolia, Blue Bells of Scotland. 
Centaurea montana, Perennial Bachelors 
Button. Blue and white. 
Cerastium tomentosum, Snow-in-Summer. 
White flowers. Gray foliage. 
Hardy Chrysanthemums 
Crimson Splendor. Single, deep garnet. 
Early Bronze. 
Granny Scovill. Warm coral-bronze. 
Grenadier. Single crimson-red flowers. 
Jean Cumming. Large pure white, double. 
Jean Treadway. Pink with a red center. 
Normandie. Creamy white with a yellow 
center. Large and double. 
R. Marion Hatton. Brilliant canary yellow. 
Ruth Hatton. Ivory white flowers. 
Yellow Gem. Button-type of clear yellow. 
Yellow Normandie. 
Chrysanthemum coccineum, Pyrethrum. 
Good cut flower. 
C. maximum Alaska, Shasta Daisy. 
Chrysanthemum coreanum. White 
flowers tinted with pink. Sept.-Oct. 
Clematis Davidiana. Pale blue, fragrant 
flower heads. August. 
Coreopsis grandiflora, Coreopsis. 
Delphinium Belladonna Improved, Lark¬ 
spur. Sky blue flowers. 
Delphinium chinense. Blue or white, 
Dwarf, graceful. 
Dianthus barbatus, Sweet William. In 
variety. 
D. deltoides, Maiden Pink. 
D. plumarius semperflorens, Scotch Pink. 
Mixed colors. 
Dicentra eximea, Fern-leavedBleeding Heart. 
Digitalis, Foxglove. Various colors. 
Echinacea purpurea, Purple Coneflower. 
Echinops ritro, Globe Thistle. 
Eryngium amethystinum, Sea Holly. 
Spiny foliage. Blue blooms. 
Eupatorium coelestinum, Thoroughwort. 
Blue argeratum-like flower-heads. 
Ferns. Many hardy varieties, including: 
Maidenhair, Hay-scented, Royal, Lady 
Fern, Sensitive Fern and Evergreen Christmas 
Fern. 
Gaillardia grandiflora Hybrids, Blanket- 
flower. 
Helenium autumnale, Sneezeweed. 
H. autumnale, Riverton Beauty. Rich 
lemon-yellow. 
H. autumnale, Riverton Gem. Terra 
cotta and yellow. 
H. autumnale, Superbum. Large yellow 
flowers. 
Heliopsis scabra zinnaeflora, Heliopsis. 
Prices on the above are: 25 cents each; $2.50 a dozen; $18.00 a hundred. 
“Mad Jack" Percival who was born in Barnstable in 177 9 ended his eventful sea¬ 
going by commanding the old Constitution on her famous world cruise in 1844-1846. 
