HARDY PERENNIALS 
NEW, RARE, AND UNUSUAL PLANTS 
RECENTLY INTRODUCED 
ARABIS 
Rosabella —A single form with large flowers of deep pink. Quite 
distinct from other pink forms because of its unfading color. 
Glossy mats of foliage. Spring and Fall. Price: 50c each, $5.00 
per dozen, $35.00 per 100. 
ARMERIA 
Caespitosa Alba —Dense tussocks covered with white flowers on 
4-inch stems in Spring and Fall. Price: 50c each, $5.00 per dozen, 
$35.00 per 100. 
ASTER 
Red Rover —Medium size flowers produced in great profusion from 
mid-August on. Deep, glowing crimson. 4 feet. Price: 35c each, 
$3.50 per dozen, $25.00 per 100. 
Mt. Everest —A stately pyramid of pure white flowers from August 
on. 3 feet. Price: 35c each, $3.50 per dozen, $25.00 per 100. 
Skylands Queen —Dense bushes of magnificent orchid-blue flowers 
from early in August. 3V2-4 feet. Price: 35c each, $3.50 per 
dozen, $25.00 per 100. 
Ypres —Dense covered mounds with small pink flowers from Sep¬ 
tember on. 3 feet. Price: 35c each, $3.50 per dozen, $25.00 per 
100 . 
CALLUNA 
Vulgaris Alporti —A strikingly vigorous form with bushlets of dark 
green covered with deep pink bells from early in July until Fall. 
Price: 50c each, $5.00 per dozen, $35.00 per 100. 
CAMPANULA 
Persicifolia Moerheimi —A chaste peach-leafed Bellflower, with 
flowers of double blue on vigorous stems 2V2 feet. Price: 50c 
each, $5.00 per dozen, $40.00 per 100. 
Pfitzeri —A splendid double blue form of the above. Price: 50c 
each, $5.00 per dozen, $40.00 per 100. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM 
Maximum (Shasta Daisy) Burbank's Frilled —Fine clear white flow¬ 
ers with a double row of petals exquisitely fluted. 18 to 24 inches 
high. Price: 75c each, $6.00 per dozen, $45.00 per 100. 
White Swan —One of the best of the new double varieties, and the 
easiest one to grow under general garden conditions. The 
flowers are very large and fully double, often 4 inches across, 
on strong, vigorous stems 2V2 to 3 feet. Price: 35c each, $3,50 
per dozen, $25.00 per 100. 
DAPHNE 
Odora —A hardy form producing broad, glossy leaves on dense 
shrubs, 18 to 24 inches, which resembles a dwarf Rhododendron. 
The flowers are creamy pink and are delightfully fragrant. 
Plants out of 31/2-inch pots. Very rare. Price: $1,00 each. 
DIANTHUS 
Nanus Semperflorens FI. PI. —A semi-dwarf form 8 to 10 inches 
high producing abundant masses of dark pink double flowers 
from May on throughout the Summer. A welcome addition. 
Price: 40c each, $4.00 per dozen, $30.00 per 100. 
CYTISUS (Andreanus New Hybrid) 
We offer a valuable collection of these gorgeous Brooms of recent 
introduction. These shrubs are breath-taking in their compelling 
beauty. The large, pea-shaped flowers are produced on long 
racemes in rich shades of purple, crimson, orange, bronze, cream, 
mahogany, with subtle overtones. Our stock has been subjected 
to a severe test during the past five years and they have come 
through the winters with little or no burning. They are best 
treated as specimen shrubs, in full sun. 
Arlesienne —Amber-orange overlaid with crimson. 
Monterey —A warm coppery orange. 
Rosenante —Veined satiny cream overlaid with heavy markings 
of mahogany. 
Price: 75c each, $7.50 per dozen. 
GENTIANA 
Hascombensis —A dwarf trailing type with trusses of deep blue 
flowers slightly speckled in the throat. Price: 60c each, $6.00 
per dozen, $45.00 per 100. 
Lagodechiana —Pale blue trumpets on trailing stems. June-July. 
Price: 60c each, $6.00 per dozen, $45.00 per 100. 
Septemfida —A gorgeous variety for naturalizing, with blue flowers 
produced freely during the Summer. Price: 60c each. $6.00 per 
dozen, $45.00 per 100. 
Most Gentians are best planted where they receive a little after¬ 
noon shade and sufficient moisture during the hot Summer 
months. 
GEUM 
Fire Opal —Large ^emi-double flowers of glowing scarlet with a 
deep orange sheen. June-July. 2 feet. Price: 50c each, $5.00 per 
dozen, $35,00 per 100. 
Princess Juliana —A magnificent semi-double flaming orange va¬ 
riety, in bloom from May until July. 2 feet. Price: 50c each, 
$5.00 per dozen, $35.00 per 100. 
GYPSOPHILA 
Oldhamiana —A new variety resembling paniculata but blooming 
from August until late Fall. Delicately tinted white flushed pink. 
3 feet. Price: 35c each, $3.50 per dozen, $25.00 per 100. 
IBERIS 
Tenoreana Hybrida —A new hybrid form of Gibraltarica with rose 
flowers tinted pale purple. May, June, July. This form is quite 
hardy and has excellent foliage habit. 8-10 inches. Price: 40c 
each, $4.00 per dozen, $30.00 per 100. 
LUPIN 
Russell Hybrids —This latest novelty from England is the outstand¬ 
ing horticultural achievement on the Continent. We are pleased 
to offer young stock out of 31/2-inch pots for early Spring deliv¬ 
ery. These new Lupin are exceedingly vigorous and produce 
magnificent spikes 2 to 21/2 feet long on a stem length of 3V2 feet. 
The florets are produced in a bewildering and beautiful range of 
colors with closely placed, wide-spread, black standards and 
large keels. In effect they resemble the Sweet-Pea. The florets 
are also retained throughout the spike during development. Or¬ 
ders will be filled in strict rotation and we urge our clients to 
make early reservations. Price: 75c each, $7.50 per dozen, $60.00 
per 100. 
OENOTHERA 
Mexicana Rosea —A semi-dwarf type producing attractive bushlets 
covered with large flowers of white tinted rose, throughout the 
Summer. 12 inches. Price: 35c each, $3.50 per dozen, $25.00 
per 100. 
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