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HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
DWARF HYBRID BORDER ASTERS 
These Asters make magnificent border subjects and are splen¬ 
didly adapted for rock garden work since they only attain a height 
of about 9 inches and are absolutely covered with flowers during 
the month of September. They are an acquisition to Rock Garden 
enthusiasts on account of their magnificent colors and free flower¬ 
ing habit. Also they are in flower at a time when flowers in the 
Rock Garden are scarce. 
* Countess of Dudley—Charming clear pink flowers with yellow 
eye, of bushy habit and free-flowering. October. 1 foot. 
'Hebe—A compact variety with small, deep pink flowers, an ideal 
rock plant. September. 10 inches. 
'Lady Henry Maddocks—Clear pale pink flowers, very free- 
flowering and of dwarf compact habit. September-October. 7 
inches. 
'Lilac Time—Lovely soft lilac flowers, free flowering, of bushy 
habit. September-October. 12 inches. 
'Nancy—Of dwarf bushy habit and very free-flowering, the plants 
being covered with pale flesh-pink flowers toward the end of 
September and early October. 9 inches. 
'Ronald—Forming a dwarf bush covered with flowers of a pleas¬ 
ing bright shade of lilac-pink with rose-pink buds, very showy. 
Early October. 12 inches. 
'Victor—The dwarfest of all and very pretty. The flowers are of 
good size and of a beautiful clear pale lavender-blue; a charm¬ 
ing rock-plant, flowering mid-September. 6 inches. 
BAPTISIA (False-Indigo) 
Australis—Very attractive dark blue, pea shaped flowers in long 
curving racemes, somewhat similar to Lupines, but more hardy 
in every way. Blooms in June and is about 2 feet high. Suitable 
for the hardy border or wild garden and not at all particular as 
to soil requirements. 
BOLTONIA (False-camomile) 
Asteroides—Flower heads pure white; flowering at the same time 
as the popular Michaelmas Daisies. 5 to 6 feet. 
Latisquama—Beautiful pink flowers. Same type as above. 5 feet. 
BUDDLEIA 
New Pink Butterfly Bush "Charming"—In this we have a real out¬ 
standing novelty among the Fall flowering Shrubs. Vigorous 
and very free flowering, producing a profusion of large lavender 
pink trusses continuously throughout the Summer. Not only a 
striking ornament for the garden, but also extremely valuable as 
a late Summer outflower. Small young plants set out in the 
Spring quickly grow to a height of 4 to 6 feet and of about the 
same diameter. Few other plants have attracted as much atten¬ 
tion and favorable comment when shown for the first time. We 
suggest the pinching off in July of the first flower spikes show¬ 
ing, to aid the development of side shoots which will bring 
better flowers later in the season. Price: 75c each, $7.50 per 
dozen. 
lie de France—A symmetrical bushy Shrub, attaining a height of 
3 to 4 feet with long spikes of fragrant flowers of vivid violet- 
purple in color. Blooms the latter part of July until late in Sep¬ 
tember. Price: 35c per plant, $3.50 per dozen. 
Magnifica Gigantia—One of the largest flowering of the Buddleia 
family with stems 5 to 6 feet long and an inflorescence of two 
or more feet. Beautiful shade of orchid lavender and one of the 
finest Buddleia to grow in your garden for cut-flower purposes. 
Price: 75c per plant, $7.50 per dozen. 
CERASTIUM 
'Tomentosum—Silvery, low-growing foliage plant which is used 
very largely for planting dry, sunny spots. Carpet growth. May 
to mid-June. 
CARYOPTERIS 
Caryopteris Mastacanthus Superbus—A handsome and free flow¬ 
ering woody hardy plant, blue, pink, white, growing from 2 to 3 
feet high. The long branches are completely covered with clear 
colored flowers during September and October. Well adapted 
for cutting and valuable on account of its late flowering habit. 
Blue, pink and white. 
CENTAUREA (Knapweed) 
Montana—The Perennial Cornflower. Producing large, violet blue 
flowers from July to September. 2 feet high. 
CAMPANULAS (Canterbury-bells or Bellflower) 
These lovely flowers have a great variety of color and form and 
the taller varieties are useful for cut-flowers as well as in the 
hardy border. 
Medium—White, pink. 
Calycanthema—Cup-and-saucer. Blue, white, lavender. 
Double—Blue, white, pink. 
Persicifolia, "Telham Beauty"—One of the best introductions of late 
years. With its single, rich blue, large, bell-shaped flowers, this 
variety is a most beautiful and attractive plant for the perennial 
border. Excellent for cutting. 2 to 21/2 feet. June, July. Price: 
60c each, $6.50 per dozen. 
Double Blue—Deep blue form of the above. Price: 35c each, $3.50 
per dozen, $25.00 per 100. 
'Carpatica Blue—A dwarf variety well suited to the rock garden, 
blooming from June to mid-October, a lovely blue flower on a 
slender stem 9 to 10 inches high. 
'Carpatica Alba—White form of the above. 
'Garganica—A very choice gem for the rock garden. It is very 
hardy, blooms from late June to September. Is a heavenly blue 
and has trailing habit of growth, but at the same time is neat. 
The foliage is almost as distinctive and attractive as the flower; 
3 to 6 inches high. 
CHELONE (Shellflower) 
Barbata—Hardy border perennial of Penstemon-like habit, pro¬ 
ducing long spikes of brilliant, scarlet flowers. Has not been 
grown very extensively in this country as yet. Height, 3 feet. 
July to September. 
'Lyonii—An old-fashioned perennial that grows beautifully in acid 
soil, attaining a height of about two feet and producing deep 
pink flowers in late Summer and Fall. 
'Shell Pink—A delightful new form of the above, being the same 
hardy border plant, but the color is a wonderful shell pink, and 
the plant grows about 24 inches high. It comes into bloom in 
July and if the first bloom is cut back after the flowers have 
faded, it will send up second and third growth to carry the 
bloom into early September. 
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