PETER’S HARDY PERENNIAL 
Plants have proved best for Inland 
Empire Gardens and Rockeries 
WASHINGTON CUSTOMERS: Please add 2% State Sales Tax and Postage. 
Sturdy plants 20c each; 2 for S.lc; $2.00 a dozen; 
$12.50 per 100. Postage not prepaid. Large orders by 
express collect. 
Most of these are pot grown which will insure safe 
planting at any time. 
Varieties marked with -k are adapted to rock gardens. 
By Hardy Perennial is meant such plants as 
may be allowed to remain permanently in the 
open ground, whose foliage goes down to, or 
near, the ground each Autumn, coming forth 
again with renewed vigor the following Spring. 
We are pleased to inform our patrons that we 
have several acres planted with the finest va¬ 
rieties, and we are constantly searching for 
and adding new and rare varieties of merit to 
our extensive collection. 
Hardy plants have many claims, both prac¬ 
tical and artistic, and their cultivation in this 
country is having a wonderful development. 
It is easy and simple to grow a large and 
choice collection, as very little care, if any, 
is needed—a fairly good soil, with occasional 
enrichings and a little cultivation. 
Among the Hardy Perennials there is such 
a variety in color and time of blooming that 
a continuous, pleasing effect can be had from 
early Spring to late Fall by a judicious selec¬ 
tion of varieties. They may be set out either 
in Fall or Spring. We have indicated the time 
of flowering, also the height of the plant, in 
order to facilitate the selection for any pur¬ 
pose. The approximate height of the Hardy 
Perennials in this catalogue is represented in 
feet and inches, and the flowering periods are 
taken as in the vicinity of Spokane. 
ARRIVAL. OF PLANTS 
When plants arrive unpack immediately. 
If impossible to plant right away, store in 
cool place, covering the roots with damp moss 
or anything that will keep them from drying 
out. Be sure that the tops of the plants get 
air, to prevent rotting. 
General List of Herbaceous 
and Alpine Plants 
★ACHILLEA (Milfoil or Yarrow). Plants suit¬ 
able for dry, sunny places. 
Ptarinica, The Pearl. Pure white, double 
flowers all Summer. Prized for cutting. 
Tomentosa. Finely cut foliage; golden-yel¬ 
low flowers on 6 to 8 inch stems. 
ACONITUM (Monkshood). 
Fischeri. Bi-color. A dwarf variety with 
dark blue-white flowers. September and Oc¬ 
tober; 2 to 3 feet. This is the hardiest, best 
and most useful of all the Aconites. 20c 
each; $2.00 dozen. 
ALYSSUM SAXATILE 
ANCHUSA (Alkanet). 
Dropmore. Tall spikes of beautiful blue flow¬ 
ers, flowering all Summer. Rough, broad 
foliage; 4 to 5 feet. 
★ANEMONE. Pulsatilla (Pasque Flower). 
Flowers of violet, filled with golden tassels. 
The seed heads of all the Pulsatilla types 
a.re very attractive. 1 foot. 
★ARABIS (Rock Cress). One of the most com¬ 
mon of rock plants. Ordinary soil is suit¬ 
able but they must have a sunny position. 
6 inches. 
Alpina. Pure white flowers produced in 
dense masses, splendid for border and rock¬ 
ery work, and last quite some time when 
cut. 
Alpinea flore pleno. Same as above but with 
double white flowers; very fine rock plant. 
Varigata. Foliage variegated. 
Alpina rosea. Pink flowers. 
AQUILEGIA (Columbine). Long-Spurred Hy¬ 
brids, Mixture. 
Mrs. Scott Elliott. Hybrids. 
Caerulea fl. rosea. Pink outside, yellow cen¬ 
ter, long-spurred. 
★AQUILEGIA ALPINA. Alpine variety, blue. 
Suitable for rockery. Height 1 foot; June. 
★ARENARIA (Sandwort). 
Montana. Close tufts, profusely covered with 
small, silvery white flowers quite early in 
the season. Excellent as an edging plant in 
formal gardens and for rockeries in sunny 
places. Flowers resemble small, white, up¬ 
turned morning glories. 
★ALYSSUM (Ro<‘k Madvvort). 
★Saxatile. Broad masses of bright yellow 
flowers in early Spring. An excellent plant 
for the rockery or front of borders; 9 inches. 
★ARMERIA (Sea Pink or Thrift). May, 
Maritima (Thrift or Cushion Pink). 3 to 6 
inches. May and June. Valuable for edging; 
flowers rosy red; foliage grasslike. 
PETERS & SONS. SPOKANE, WASHINGTON 
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