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MICHELL’S HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
Physalis • Chinese Lantern Plant 
Francheti. An ornamental variety of the 
Winter Cherry, forming dense bushes about 
2 feet high, producing freely its bright orange- 
scarlet, lantern-like fruits. Highly interesting. 
30c. each; 3 for 85c.; $3.00 per doz.; 25 for 
$5.50. 
Physostegia • False Dragonhead 
One of the most beautiful of our midsummer 
flowering perennials, forming dense bushes 4 to 
6 feet high, bearing spikes of delicate tubular 
flowers, not unlike a gigantic heather. 
Grandiflora, Vivid. A new variety growing 
from 1 to 2 feet high, bearing a profusion of 
bright violet-mauve flowers. 30c. each; 3 for 
85c.; $3.00 per doz.; 25 for $5.50. 
Platycodon . Balloon Flower 
The Platycodons are closely allied to the 
campanulas, and form neat, branched bushes of 
upright habit. Mrs. Ely says of them: “Do best 
if planted in early spring. They grow from 2 to 
2J4 feet high, and after the third season each 
plant will have from ten to twelve stalks covered 
with the lovely blue or white blossoms during 
July and August.” 
Grandiflorum. Deep blue, cupped, star¬ 
shaped flowers. 
Grandiflorum album. A white-flowered form 
of the above. 
Either of the above, 30c. each; 3 for 85c.; 
$3.00 per doz.; 25 for $5.50 
*Plumbago • Leadwort 
Larpentae. One of the most desirable border 
and rock-plants. It is of dwarf, spreading 
habit, growing 6 to 8 inches high, covered with 
deep blue flowers during the summer and fall 
months. 35c. each; 3 for $1.00; $3.50 per doz.; 
25 for $6.50. 
Polemonium 
Blue Pearl. Has finely cut, deep green foliage 
and showy spikes of baby-blue flowers in April 
and May. Sun or shady places. 9 in. 50c. 
each; 3 for $1.35; $5.00 per doz.; 25 for $9.00. 
Oriental Poppies 
Papaver orientale 
These are the royal representatives of this 
popular genus, growing about 3 feet high and 
far surpassing in magnificence of bloom all the 
other types. 
Mrs. Perry. Beautiful large flowers in a soft 
shade of salmon-rose. This variety should be 
in every garden. 
Olympia. New double variety. Brilliant scarlet 
flowers overlaid with golden salmon—a most 
beautiful combination. 
Orientalis. Tremendous, cup-shaped blooms 
of the brightest crimson-scarlet, with large, 
purplish black blotches at bases of petals, 
creating a wonderful contrast when bloom is 
fully open. Clumps of these throughout the 
border add a brilliancy that no other flower 
can provide. 
Perry’s White. Pure satiny white with a bold 
crimson blotch at the base of each petal. 
50c. each; 3 for $1.35; $5.00 per doz.; 25 for 
$9.00. 
Wurtembergia. One of the finest rich orange- 
red varieties. 
All Oriental Poppies, except where noted, 
35c. each; 3 for $1.00; $3.50 per doz.; 
25 for $6.50 
Primula japonica Hybrids 
*Primula . Hardy Primrose 
One of the first of the early spring flowers. 
They delight in a rich soil, preferably in a semi- 
shaded location. Some of the varieties are richly 
colored, and are worthy of a place in every hardy 
garden. As a hardy border edging, as well as for 
rockery planting, it can be highly recommended. 
New Primula, Double Lavender 
A very free-flowering variety with beautiful 
double lavender flowers. 60c. each; 3 for $1.65; 
$6.00 per doz.; 25 for $10.50. 
Auricula. Relatively rare plants which enjoy 
moist conditions and some shade. The leath¬ 
ery leaves are particularly attractive and the 
large, round flowers come in appealing shades 
of many colors, all of them marked with a dis¬ 
tinctly clear contrasting eye. 
Bulleyana. One of the loveliest of the Chinese 
section, with heads of terra-cotta to orange- 
yellow flowers produced in tiers. Best in a 
little shade and moisture. 50c. each; 3 for 
$1.35; $5.00 per doz.; 25 for $9.00. 
Cashmeriana. The earliest Primrose to bloom 
in the spring. Deep orchid-lavender flowers 
in dense heads. 50c. each; 3 for $1.35; $5.00 
per doz.; 25 for $9.00. 
Japonica Hybrids, Mixed. A fine mixture of 
colors: rose, white, carmine with yellow center. 
Very fine for large plantings. 20 in. July, Aug. 
Moerheimi. An excellent strain of Hybrid 
Japonica forms, in shades of yellow, orange, 
pink, and lilac, on stems 2 feet high. These 
candelabra Primulas are fine for naturalizing 
in part shade or in semi-moist locations. 
50c. each; 3 for $1.35; $5.00 per doz.; 25 
for $9.00. 
Munstead Giants, Mixed. A magnificent 
strain of bunch Primroses, with flowers of 
large size in wonderful shades of yellow, from 
cream to rich orange, also white and charming 
“eyed” sorts. 
Coeruiea. Shades of blue. 
Red Shades. The above strain in a variety 
of red hues. 
Yellow Shades. Yellow varieties of the 
Munstead Strain. 
Veris. English Cowslip. A mixture comprising 
the various shades of red and yellow. Excel¬ 
lent for the spring-blooming garden. 
Vulgaris. English Primrose. Trusses of beauti¬ 
ful light canary-yellow flowers on long stems. 
All Primulas, except where noted, 35c. each; 
3 for $1.00; $3.50 per doz.; 25 for $6.50 
Pulmonaria . Lungwort 
Angustifolia azurea. Blue Cowslip. The 
prettiest of the blue Cowslips. Grows about 
1 foot high and is one of the first to bloom in 
early spring. The attractive, funnel-shaped 
flowers are a deep gentian-blue. Very desir¬ 
able. 35c. each; 3 for $1.00; $3.50 per doz.; 
25 for $6.50. 
Pyrethrum 
Double Pyrethrums 
A welcome addition to the hardy border. The 
flowers are freely produced on vigorous stems 
2 feet high. Individual flowers are often 3 inches 
across, with full, rich contrasting centers. All 
Pyrethrums enjoy a rich loam with liberal dress¬ 
ings of rotted cow-manure. 
Brilliant. A glowing and striking crimson of 
exquisite form and texture. 
Miami Queen. This luscious deep pink variety 
has won instant recognition for its merits. It 
blooms with unstinting abundance during 
May and June, and often again in the fall. 
Sylvia. A very fine white variety. 
All Double Pyrethrums, 75c. each; 3 for $2.00; 
$7.50 per doz.; 25 for $13.50 
Pyrethrum Hybridum 
Single-flowering, Mixed. A good old-fashioned 
perennial with flowers resembling colored 
daisies and blooming in June. Succeeds in any 
good garden soil in a sunny position and does 
best when left undisturbed for two or three 
years, but should be given an annual top¬ 
dressing of well-rotted manure. Comes in 
mixture only, ranging from pure white to dark 
red. 30c. each; 3 for 85c.; $3.00 per doz.; 
25 for $5.50. 
Ranunculus • Crowfoot; Buttercup 
*Acris fl.-pl. Tall Double Buttercup. A double- 
flowered form of our common Buttercup. 2 ft. 
May, June. 
Repens fl.-pl. Creeping Double Buttercup. 
Pretty, double-flowering golden Buttercup. 
Masses of flowers during May and June. 
Either of the above, 25c. each; 3 for 70c.; 
$2.50 per doz.; 25 for $4.50 
Rudbeckia . Coneflower 
Indispensable plants for the hardy border, 
growing and thriving anywhere, giving a wealth 
of bloom well suited for cutting. 
Golden Glow. A strong, robust grower, attain¬ 
ing a height of 5 to 6 feet, and producing 
masses of double, golden yellow flowers re¬ 
sembling a Cactus dahlia, from July ta 
September. 
Newmanni. Dark orange-yellow flowers, with 
deep purple cones. Good stiff stems 3 feet 
high. July-Sept. 
Purpurea. Giant Purple Coneflower. Flowers 
about 4 inches across, of a peculiar reddish 
purple, with a remarkably large cone-shaped 
center of brown. The bushy plants are 3 feet 
high and bloom from July to October. 
All Rudbeckias, 30c. each; 3 for 85c.; 
$3.00 per doz.; 25 for $5.50 
*Saponaria . Soapwort 
Ocymoides splendens. A good subject for the 
border or rockery, producing freely masses of 
bright rose-pink flowers. 30c. each; 3 for 85c.; 
$3.00 per doz.; 25 for $5.50. 
*Saxifraga • Saxifrage; Rockfoil 
Very useful plants, growing about 1 foot high, 
having broad, deep green foliage and thriving 
in any soil in almost any position. The pretty 
rose-pink flowers appear very early in the spring, 
almost as soon as the frost is out of the ground. 
Cordifolia. Rosy pink flowers. Extra-strong 
plants, 50c. each; 3 for $1.35; $5.00 per doz.; 
25 for $9.00. 
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