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CHAS. FIORE NURSERIES, PRAIRIE VIEW, ILLINOIS 
ALPINE PHLOX 
These a’re remarkable for their dense, prostrate habit and 
mass of bloom in Spring and early Summer. Used for 
the front of borders, on graves, and in rock gardens. 
Amoena -This belongs to the dwarf or creeping varieties. 
It is fine for carpeting the ground; rich, bright flowers 
of pink in early Spring. 6 inches, each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
Divaricata —Wild sweet scented. 1 foot. 
each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
PHLOX SUBULATA—MOSS or MOUNTAIN 
PINK 
Alba —Dainty, white flowers in May and June. 10 to 12 
inches. each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
Apple Blossom —Dwarf, compact grower, covered with a pro- 
fusion of apple-blossom pink flowers. Will 
not 
overrun 
the rockery. 4 inches. 
each 25c; 
per 
10 
$2.25 
Atropurpurea -A deep carmine-red 
making a : 
most 
brilliant 
display. 
each 25c; 
per 
10 
$2.25 
Bifida White, starry flowers. 
each 25c; 
per 
10 
$2.25 
Blue Hill —Light blue. 
each 25c; 
per 
10 
$2.25 
Fairy —Pale blue with dark purple eye. 
each 25c; 
per 
10 
$2.25 
Lilacina—Light lilac in flower. 
each 20c; 
per 
10 
$1.80 
Rosea —^Has dainty pink flowers. 
each 20c; 
per 
10 
$1.80 
Vivid —Bright pink with fiery red 
eye. 
each 25c; 
per 
10 
$2.25 
PHYSOSTEGIA—FALSE DRAGON HEAD 
Grows 3 to 4 feet high. Extremely b?autiful with spikes 
of rosy pink, lilac, or white flowers, which are tube-shaped 
similar to a tiny Antirrhinum blossom. The buds and 
flowers grow on the stem as if growing four sides of a 
square; very attractive foliage surrounding the graceful 
spikes. Flowers in August. 
Virginica —Dense bushes with spikes of delicate lavender 
tubular flowers. each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
Virginica Alba —White. each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
Virginica Vivid —Very deep pink flower, heavy bloomer. The 
very best. Dwarf. each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
PLATYCODON—BALLOON FLOWER or 
JAPANESE BELL FLOWER 
The Platycodons are closely allied to the Campanula 
and form neat branched bushes of upright habit, 2 to 
feet high, producing their attractive blue flowers or white 
flowers from July to October. 
Grandiflorum —2 feet. Large, handsome, deen blue flowers. 
each 25c; per 10 $1.80 
Grandiflorum Alba —White. 2 feet. each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
Mariesii Blue—1 foot. Deep blue flowers, dwarf habit. 
each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
PYRETHRUM—PAINTED DAISY 
PLUMBAGO—LEAD WORT 
Larpentae —One of the finest and most desirable border and 
rock plants; it is of dwarf, spreading habit, growing 6 to 
8 inches high; covered with deep blue flowers during 
the fall months. each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
POLEMONIUM—JACOB’S LADDER 
A very recommendable plant on account of its neat 
habits. The foliage is very pretty. It comes early in the 
Spring and stays neat and bright green until late in the 
Fall. 
Coeruleum Prima Donna —Is a delicate blue shade. 114 feet. 
each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
Reptans —8 to 10 inches. April to June. Dwarf, bushy plant 
of graceful growth. Showy, blue flowers. 
each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
Richardsoni —Has sky blue flowers with golden anthers. 
Blooms during June and July. each 20c; per 10 $1.80 
Richardsoni Alba —White. . each 20; per 10 $1.80 
HARDY PRIMULUS—PRIMROSES 
These are among the most beautiful and interesting of 
our early spring flowers. Plant them in rich, well drained 
soil in the border or in a sheltered nook in the rockery. 
Auricula —6 inches. Flowers in early Spring in colors of yel¬ 
low, brown, and red. The true Alpine species. 
each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
Rosea Grandiflora— 8 inches. Rose-carmine. May and June. 
each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
Vulgaris —The true old English Primrose with pale yellow 
flowers. each 25c; per 10 $2.25 
