OLD 
U. S. Rt. No. 30 
Est. 1921 
MOUNTVILLE, PA, 
Lancaster County 
SPRING-FALL 
List No. 18 
SEEDS, GROUND COVER, CUT FLOWER and ROCKERY PERENNIALS, CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
Our Homes and Gardens Produce Happiness and Beauty If We Plan and Plant. 
HARDY PLANT GEMS 
Except Where Noted, 20c ea., 3 for 50c 
GEUM, Lady Stratheden. Rich golden 
yellow; free bloomer and hardy. Has 
great merit. 
GEUM. Rorisii. Dwarf 8 to 10 in. Large 
orange-scarlet flowers. Excellent for 
cutting. Lasts well in water. 
HEUCHERA, Sanguinia. Bright scar- 
let-crimson flowers. Nice for cutting. 
LUPINES, New Hybrids. This is an 
English Strain with a wide range of 
colors, long spikes of pea shaped flow¬ 
ers. The plants we offer are two years 
old and are soil innoculated. 
40c ea.—3 for $1.00 
*ROSE ROULETTI—This tiny flow¬ 
ered Alpine rose is especially adapted to 
Rock gardens and borders. Hardy; free 
flowering. 25c ea.—3 for 65c—12 for 
$2.40. 
PAEONIA OFFICINALIS Rubra 
Plena. The Old-Fashioned early Red or 
May flowering Peony; Double; rich, dark 
crimson flowers. Strong flowering roots. 
2 yr. 65c ea.—3 for $1.75—10 for $5.00. 
(more Gems p. 6) 
ERIGERON Fleabane 
SPECIOUS MAXIMUM. Large hand¬ 
some blue flowers, Violet tinted and yel¬ 
low centers. Low green foliage forming 
dense mass, the flowers grow on stems 
10-12 inches. It is ideal for borders, 
rockery, and cut flowers. Starts bloom 
in June continuing well into the hot 
weather with a good sprinkling of flowers 
until frost. 
20c ea.—3 for 50c—$1.75 per doz. 
Our Greenhouses and Packing; Room. 
BETTER AND CLEAN PLANTS 
Two years ago w'e added 14 acres of new 
land to our nursery used for growing per¬ 
ennials. With more land we are enabled 
to plant our stock on clean new soil and 
to use horses to cultivate, therefore, we 
have clean and stronger plants for our 
trade at moderate prices. 
Annual Bedding plants and many 
other novelties are grown in limited 
quantities, for sale at the greenhouses 
hut not catalogued. 
HARDY GROUND 
COVE R PLANTS 
2 Year advance sizes for Sun or Shade 
25 plants $2.00 postpaid—$5.00 per 100. 
$45.00 per 1000 plants express collect. 
HARDY 
FACHYSARDBA, .Japanese Spurge. 
IVY, JDnglish or Italian. 
MYBTItZ:, Trailing periwinkle (clumps). 
AJUGA RRFTANS, Blue flowers. 
MOSS PHLOX, Pink nr Jjavender flowers. 
MAZUS BEFTANS, I.,ilac (lowers, 4 in. 
VERONICA BUFESTBUS. Blue flowers. 
SEEUMS. for Sun or Shade. Write which. 
ARENABIA MONTANA, white flowers 
and foliage. 
CRUCIiiNELLA STYLOSA. Pink tlowers. 
THYMUS, Creeping thyme for special 
locations. 
TRAEESCANTIA, VIRG. ROSEA, Rose 
spiderw'ort. 
SELECTING HARDY PLANTS 
It is possible to have some show of 
color in every portion of the garden 
at anytime, with perennials. 
In planting the hardy border the 
tallei- growing sorts should be placed 
in the background: a few of these are 
Boltonias, (Cassia, Hollyhocks, Golden- 
glow, Mallow, Sunflowers, etc. The front 
of the border should be laid out in the 
dwarf growing type, the intermediate 
rows will take care of the great ma¬ 
jority of perennials; the principal re¬ 
quirement is their location, being so dis- 
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HARDY ASTER 
MAUVE ('USHION. Distinct species 
which has att’acted much attention by 
its unique habit of growth, its florifer- 
ousness and lateness of flowering. It 
forms a ci'cular cushion-like plant 2 V 2 
ft. across; the center of the plant rarely 
exceeding 9 inches in height, gradually 
tapering from 3-4 inches at the out¬ 
side. The flowers, of delicate Mauve 
and measure over IV 2 inches in diameter, 
completely covering the plant into late 
November. 
20c each—3 for 50c—7 for $1.00 
See Page 6—More Asters. 
NEW BUDDLEIA 
ILE DE FRANCE 
Here is an entiiely different Buddleia, 
for brilliancy of color, grace of its 
flower spikes and uniform habit of 
gi’owth. This new Buddleia surpassed 
all other varieties. The plants develop 
into well branched, symetrical bushes 3-4 
feet high; the individual flower spikes 
often measure 10 inches in length, they 
are brilliant rosy-purple with a violet 
suffusion. Their fragrance adds another 
feature to their beauty. 
Nice strong plants 40c each. 
3 ft)r $1.00 
AZALEA FLOWERED 
CHRYSANTHEMXnMI 
FINK CUSHION. A desoript ivi> name, a 
:{0 inch rounded mound of l)eaufy. from 
.July until ()ctoI)er. 'I'lu* earlie.s-t pink mum 
to l)loom, with countle.ss rosy i)ud.s and two 
incli open flowers. Bardens planted with 
this variety are hriight with color in late 
summer when flowers are usually scarce. 
They may be planted in borders as well as 
individual specimens set separately. 
