40. Hardy Perenniol Plants 
The STORRS & HARRISON CO. 
Zebra Grass 
Goblin.<^ 12 to 16 inches. A gor¬ 
geous new rock plant; blanketed 
from July to October under a 
rounded canopy of normal flowers, 
brilliant yellow with a heavy deep 
red zone. 
3, $1.00; doz., $3.60. 
Portola Hybrids, 2% to 3 feet. A 
new type of vigorous growth and 
flower production. Flowers extra 
large and perfect, an ideal cutting 
type; brilliant coppery scarlet 
rimmed in gold. (Illustrated on 
color page B). 3, 70c; doz., $2.60. 
Tang'erine. (New). Showy, compact 
flowers, a rich tangerine-orange 
color. 3, 86c; doz., $3.00. 
HARDY GRASSES 
ZSU^AIiIA. Very useful as solitary 
clumps, or as 4- to 6-ft. back¬ 
grounds. 
—g^acillima univittata (Japan 
Rush). Narrow green leaves. 
—japonica varieg'ata. Long, nar¬ 
row leaves, striped white. 
—zebriua (Zebra Grass). Conspicu¬ 
ous variegation of horizontal, 
creamy white bars. 
3 for 86e; doz., $3.00. 
H^YMXTS gflaiicus (Blue Lyme 
Grass). 2% to 3 feet, the narrow 
silvery blue leaves arching to the 
ground. 
HBIANTHXJS ravennae (Plume 
Grass). 8 feet. Resembles the 
hardy Pampas, but is more refined. 
The silvery plumes are massive, 
often 3 feet long. 
Each, 40c; 3, $1.00; doz., $3.60. 
PESTUCA gflaucaK^ (Blue Fes¬ 
cue). 12 in. Just grass, but delight¬ 
ful as it grows in narrow-leaved 
dense tufts, a pretty bright blue. 
PHAlkABIS arundinacea var. 
2 ft. (Ribbon Grass). Broad leaves 
striped lengthwise with cream. 
Except as noted: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
Edelweiss 
EDEErWEISS<^ (Leontopodium al- 
pinum). A splendid, typical Alpine 
plant, 4 to 6 inches; small yellow 
flowers, June to August, surrounded 
by starlike heads of leaves clothed 
with a dense white woolly substance. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.60. 
HBIG-EBON Speciosns. 2 feet. June 
and July. Very large, terminal, aster¬ 
like flowers, of considerable gardening 
value and for cutting. The slender 
rays are perfectly aligned, a brilliant 
blue slightly overcast violet, streaking 
away from a button center of gold, 
—Grandiflora elatior. Large flowers, 
rich purple. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
ESVITGITTM AmetbystintUM. (Sea 
Holly). A highly ornamental plant 
growing 2 to 3 feet high, with hard, 
angular stalks ; fine cut, spiny foliage. 
The true blue thistle, stems and bracts 
a glistening amethyst-blue, 
35c each; 3, 85c; doz., $3.00. 
EUPATORIUM. Flower heads like the 
Ageratum, August till frosts. 
—Ag'eratoides. 3% ft. White. 
—Coelestinum. 2 ft. Lavender-blue. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
EUPHORBIA 
Corollata (Flowering Spurge). 2 feet, 
A branchy, low growing plant with 
fine stems and foliage, literally cov¬ 
ered from June to August with loose 
umbels of pretty white flowers. Good 
for cutting in long mist sprays. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
SIyr8inites<$>. Small, creeping plants 
of striking beauty, when protruding 
from wall pockets ; or on the garden 
level, when the upright growth forms 
close ranks of 6-inch stems, covered 
with fleshy, oblong, concave pointed 
blue leaves in close spirals ; the spring 
flowers yellow in crowded umbels. 
3, 85c; doz,, $3.00. 
Polycliroina<^. 1 foot. Attractive 
hemispheres of many stems clothed 
with dark green, oblong leaves. Yel¬ 
low flowers May and June, in 6-rayed 
umbels which snuggle into a whorl of 
leaves, also yellow tinged. 
3, $1.00; doz., $3.50. 
HARDY FUCHSIA 
Magellanica . a splendid new semi¬ 
shrub of uncertain height, but sure 
to produce hundreds of ruby-red, pen¬ 
dent, fuchsia flowers which commence 
in early summer and cease only with 
frosts. Good in either light shade or 
sun. Mulch heavily for winter (or 
forego) in the colder sections above 
Philadelphia. 2%-inch pots. 
Each, 65c; 3, $1.50; doz., $5.00. 
Eryngium—Sea Holly 
HARDY FERNS^ 
Fine subjects to tuck 
here and there against 
shady side foundations. 
AEIANTUM Pedatum (Hardy Maiden¬ 
hair). 
ASPIEIUM Acrostichoides (Christ¬ 
mas Fern). 15 inches. An “evergreen 
fern.” 
ASPIEIITlVt Spinulosum (“Shield 
Fern”). Fine cut. 
DICKSONIA Punctilotovila. 18-24". 
“Hay scented or Gossamer Fern.” Up¬ 
right ; broad, woolly leaves. 
OHOCEEA Sensibilis. 1 foot. “Sensitive 
Fern.” Requires moisture. 
O NO GEE A Struthiopteris (Ostrich 
Fern). 3% feet. Very stately. 
Price: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
*One each of the 6 varieties for $1.00. 
FUNKIA (Day Eily) 
Thick-leaved, substantial plants valu^ 
even more for their foliage than for their 
flowers. They are also adaptable to a shady 
location. 
Subcordata 
Alba (White 
Day Lily). 
Gracefully 
arching, very 
broad heart- 
shaped leaves 
of 1 ig h t 
green, with 
n oticeable 
ribs. Promi¬ 
nent floweirs 
in August; 
waxy white 
long tubes 
with flaring 
bells, pen¬ 
dent like 
Lilies, in 
whorled ra¬ 
cemes, sweet¬ 
ly fragrant. 
Popular for 
low, narrow 
foundation 
planting 
along the 
east or north 
sides. 3, 
85c; doz., 
$3.00; lOO, 
$18.00. 
Undulata Variegata.<$> The leaves are 
broad and definitely fluted, pale green 
with a broad white central band and vary¬ 
ing streaks; the flower stems just long 
enough to clear the foliage clumps ; small 
pendent blue florets in loose racemes. 
12 to 18 inches. 3, 85c; doz., $3.00; 
100 , $18.00. 
6AILLARD1A 
Grandiflora (Blanket Flower). 2 feet. Un¬ 
failing supply of bloom in rich, tawny 
shades. Flowers 3 inches in diameter. A 
hard center of deep maroon is thickly 
bordered by petals of orange and yellow, 
ringed by circles of crimson, red and ma¬ 
roon, 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
Dazzler. A new form with very large flow¬ 
ers of golden yellow, with a brilliantly 
contrasting center of rich maroon. 
3, 86c; doz., $3.00. 
Funkia Alba 
