PLATYCODON - Chinese Bellflower 
Very satisfactory hardy plants for the sunny border. It has broad, blue 
or white, bell-shaped flowers all summer and is therefore a very fine 
garden plant. 
Culture. Must be grown in a light, more or less sandy soil, in a well 
drained, sunny border. If the border is slightly elevated so much the 
better. Plant in early spring or fall, 8 inches apart. Disturb as little as 
possible. 
Grandiflora Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
Large, showy, deep blue flowers on 20-inch spikes are produced all 
summer. A splendid plant for the hardy border. 
Grandiflora alba Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
White-flowered form of the above. 
CMariesi Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
A beautiful dwarf species, with broad, thick foliage and large, deep 
violet-blue flowers on 12-inch stems in great profusion throughout the 
entire summer. Plant in front of the border or in the rock garden. 
S'Mariesr alba Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
White-flowered form of the above. 
PLUMBAGO - Leadwort 
Lovely low-growing plants with leathery, small, heart-shaped leaves of 
bronzy green color. The flowers are a deep peacock-blue borne in 
small clusters just above the foliage. 
Culture. They require a sandy loam which is well drained and not too 
rich. Do well in the rock garden in full sun or light shade. May be used 
also as an edging to beds or garden paths. Plant in fall or spring, 6 to 8 
inches apart; cover lightly during winter in exposed places. 
S'Lorpentae Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
One of the most desirable border and rock plants. It is of dwarf 
spreading habit, growing 6 to 8 inches high, covered with brilliant blue 
flowers during late summer and fall. 
POLEMONIUM - Jacob's Ladder or Greek Valerian 
POLYGONATUM - Solomon's Seal 
Popular and easily grown herbaceous plants, producing arching stems 
furnished with narrow leaves on each side, and from the axils of which 
drooping flowers are produced. Excellent plants for shady borders. 
Culture. They will thrive in any ordinary good soil containing plenty of 
humus or vegetable matter. May be grown under the shade of decid¬ 
uous trees, in the shady border, or naturalized in woodland gardens. 
Plant in autumn or early spring, 6 inches apart. 
Multiflorum major Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Pendent sprays of white flowers borne on long, 2-foot stems in May, 
followed in autumn with black or purple berries. A grand plant for a 
shady position, where it has plenty of room to show its pendulous 
sprays of bells. 
Free flowering, hardy perennials. They have graceful pinnate leaves, 
and bear their flowers in loose heads. Showy plants for a sunny place 
in the border. 
Culture. They require a light, well drained, ordinary soil and a sunny 
position. Best grown in group of six or more. Not adapted for damp or 
heavy soils. Reptans does well in a shady location under trees. Plant in 
autumn or early spring about a foot apart. Divide and replant every 
third year. 
Richardsoni album Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
A white variety of coeruleum. 
Richardsoni coeruleum Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
Erect stems of sky-blue flowers. 1 to 1 Vi feet in June and July. A very 
fine plant in the sunny border. 
•^Reptans Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Dwarf, bushy plant of graceful growth. Showy blue flowers, 6 inches 
high in early spring. Should be used in the rock garden and border, in 
shady places; foliage very good all summer. 
POTENTILLA - Cinquefoil 
Perennials for culture in sunny borders, and are most useful for cutting. 
They have strawberry-like leaves and showy, single or double flowers 
of varying rich shades of color. 
Culture. They should be grown in light, ordinary or sandy soil and on 
the margins of sunny borders. Heavy, damp soils are not suitable. 
Plant in autumn or spring, 12 inches apart. They must have a full 
sunny position. When the plants get overcrowded, divide and replant 
in spring. 
*Nepalensis, Miss Willmott Three $1.40, Doz. $4.50, 100 $25.00 
This is the improved salmon-pink "Formosa." Very free flowering. A 
good border plant for midsummer bloom. 
Nepalensis, Leander Three $1.40, Doz. $4.50, 100 $25.00 
A low growing plant with handsome strawberry-like evergreen foliage. 
Flowers are good size and a burnt orange-red on slender much branched 
stems. Fine for border or rock garden. 
Warrensi Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
A lovely new plant for the sunny hardy border, offered for the first 
time. Reaches a height of about two feet and is covered with large, 
pure yellow blossoms all summer long. Suitable for cutting. 
*Mixed Colors of Double Varieties Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
This mixture contains various shades of orange and coppery red; they 
are especially suited for in front of sunny borders or for bold masses 
in the rock wall or rock garden. 
PRUNELLA - Self-heal; Heal-all 
A dwarf-growing perennial with salvia-like flowers. The growth is 
evergreen and neat in character, and the flowers are borne in dense 
spikes. Suitable plants for edging or carpeting bare surfaces in shady, 
moist borders or in woodland gardens. 
Culture. Ordinary soil in a moist shady position, as above described. 
Plant in autumn or early spring, 6 inches apart. 
^Grandiflora Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Violet or purple shaded flowers all summer. Fine for the rockery or 
slightly shaded parts of the hardy border. Succeeds in any soil not 
excessively dry. 
Wayside Munstead Polyanthus 
POLYANTHUS - Bunch Primrose 
The Polyanthus was obtained by crossing the Cowslip (Primula veris), 
and the Primrose (Primula vulgaris). It has the large flowers of the 
Primrose and the flower umbel of the Cowslip. 
Culture. They like a moist, shady position, and a rich, liberally manured 
soil. 
*Munstead, Exhibition Yellow Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
A beautiful strain of large-flowered, yellow shaded, bunch Primroses; 
most desired by those who love the Primrose. 
*Munstead, Exhibition Cream Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
Very fine, large-flowered, cream-white shaded bunches of bloom, with 
striking yellow eye. 
*Munstead's Red Giant Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
Rich mahogany-red flowers, often gold laced, in great masses. Lovely, 
as edging to beds or garden paths in shade or contrast color with the 
yellow Primroses. 
'■‘Munstead Strain Mixed Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
In all shades of yellow, cream, dark orange, some pink and dark rose. 
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