42 Hardy Perennial Plants 
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The STORRS & HARRISON CO. 
Hardy Candytuft 
HIBISCUS (Mallow). 4 to 6 feet, 
shrubby bush. Broad, 6-incb fall 
flowers like single^ Hollj^hocks^. 
Very showy. Red, Pink, White, or 
Mixed: 
3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
Liatris Scariosa 
HBSFEBIS Matronalis (Sweet Rocket). 
3 to 4 feet: Pink flowers in June and 
July. 3, 65c; doz., $2.00. 
HEUCHERA^ (Coralbells). Dainty, 
leaves round, escalloped and purple 
tinged, in low tufts. TTie beautiful flow¬ 
ers are in terminal panicles on slender 
upright stems. 
—Brizoides. 2 feet, nodding stems. May 
and June; light pink. 
—Pluie de Peu. Gracefully loose panicles, 
very free; fiery red. 
—Boaamundi. 18 inches. An improved 
type; very free, extra healthy, longest 
season, very bright, uniform coral-pink. 
—Sangninea. 12 to 18 inches, stocky, 
June to September; coral-red. 
All: 3, 85c; doz., $3.00. 
HIEBACIUM (Hawkweed). 
—Aurantiacum (Devil’s Paint Brush). 20 
inches. Extremely showy inch-wide flow¬ 
er heads. June-October. Orange to flame- 
red, on long-haired stems. Good for cov¬ 
erage by self-sowing on barren field 
patches and roadsides, but must be kept 
within bounds. 
—Eanatum.<^ 20 inches. Densely gray- 
tomentose; flowers light yellow. 
—VillOSUin<$> (Shaggy Hawkweed). 24 
inches. Silky, hairy, silver-colored plants 
with 2-inch golden yellow flower heads. 
June-August. 
AU: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00 ; 100, $12.00. 
HOLLYHOCKS 
This stately old plant is truly “King of 
the Garden.” Hollyhocks inject so much of 
color and life and picturesqueness into tall 
backgrounds with their gorgeous, densely- 
set pillars ranging in height from 4 to 7 
feet, ablaze throughout the summer. 
Double Flowered Large rosettes of 
—— paper-like tissue, 
very compactly layered. Sepa rate colors: 
Crimson, Maroon, Pink, Wliite or 
Yellow. 
Hypericum—“Gold Flower”; 
“St. John’s Wort” 
Blue Flax 
Single Flowered “ Aiie gh eny 
_ or Mammoth.. 
Fringed. Tall; very large fringed flow¬ 
ers. Mixed. 
Anemone-Flowered TheNew English 
— “Imperator.” 
Magnificent Anemone flowers in many 
two-color pastel combinations. 
All, 3, 70c; doz., 2.50; 100, $15.00. 
HYPERICUM (Gold Flower). Protect. 
—Calycinum. 12 inches. A beautiful ex¬ 
panding ground cover; with long, glossy 
evergreen foliage, and 2-inch solitary, 
golden-cup flowers. 
—Reptans.<$> 6 inches. Densely prostrate; 
Small leaves, one inch flowers, soft yel¬ 
low with ruddy tinge. July-August. 
Both; 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
S, & H. Double Hollyhocks 
IBERIS<$> (Hardy Candytuft). Dwarf with 
handsome dark evergreen foliage. 
—Crihraltarica. Delicate lilac flowers. May 
and June. 12 inches. 
—Jucunda. 6 inches. Rosy lilac. June. 
—Sempervirens. Pure white flowers, 
fragrant, in early spring; the plant com¬ 
pactly spreading. 12 inches. 
—Snowflake. 6 to 8 inches. Exceptional¬ 
ly large pure white flowers in great 
masses during May and June. 
All: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
INUEA<$> Royleana. 2 feet. Flowers 
large, daisy-like, petals separated ; orange- 
yellow, with conspicuous black buds. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.60. 
IRIS. (See page 43.) 
EATHYRUS Latifolius (Hardy Peren¬ 
nial Pea). A rampant climbing, cling¬ 
ing perennial, with numerous dense clus¬ 
ters of scentless Pea flowers. Fink, Red 
or White. 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
EAVANDUEA Vera (Sweet Lavender). 
18 inches. July and August. Sweetly frag¬ 
rant spikes of little blue flowers. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
—^Munstead Strain. 1 foot. May-June. 
Clear lavender. 3, 70c; doz., $2.60. 
EIATRIS.^ Unique, showy, punctuation 
plants with slender erect flower stems 
foliaged like the Lilies, and purple flow¬ 
ers in dense spikes of various lengths. 
—Fycnostachya (Blazing Star). 4 to 5 
feet. Feathery spikes of rosy purple, 
about 18 inches long. July-August. 
—Spicata. 2 to 3 feet. Shorter, stockier 
stems, spikes 12 to 15 inches, blue-purple; 
best adapted to regular bedding. July to 
September. 
—Scariosa. 3 to 4 feet. Deepest purple 
in color, with long but interrupted ra¬ 
cemes. Best for late cut flowers. August- 
September. 
All; 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
EIEY-OP-THE-VAEEEY and EIEIES. 
See page 55 and page 58. 
IiINARIA Cymhalaria (Kenilworth Ivy). 
Creeping, small-leaved with tiny lilac- 
blue flowers; dense, refined ground cover 
for semi-shade in moist soil. 
3, 70c : doz., $2.50. 
EIHUM Perenne (Blue Flax). 'The plant 
biphes up evenly about 24 to 30 inches 
with feathery, glaucous foliage; the sur¬ 
face spangled with round, flat, solitary, 
azure-blue flowers from May to August. 
A fresh crop with each morning’s dew. 
—Plavum*^ (Golden Flax). 18 inches.' 
Flat, large leaves, and small flowers a 
transparent golden yellow. June-July. 
Both: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
