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MENTOR , OHIO WAYSIDE GARDENS 
ENGLISH DELPHINIUMS 
Wayside Gardens Hybrids Three $1.60, Doz. $4.50, 100 $35.00 
Here offered are the newest, the best and the finest to be secured 
anywhere. The range of colors varies from the palest shade of 
blue to the deepest indigo-blue and royal purple with many in¬ 
termediary pastel tones of mauve, pink and lavender blendings. 
Among these new hybrids are flowers of huge size in both single 
and double forms. This strain has been raised from seed saved 
from the finest named kinds in creation. Visitors at our nursery 
proclaim them the best they have ever seen. Those who wish 
to perfect their already much prized borders cannot afford to 
overlook these wonderful hybrids. 
WHITE HYBRID DELPHINIUMS 
Iceberg Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Here at last we have a mixture of white Delphinium. The flowers 
are semi-double, double and single white on 6-ft. stems. Grace¬ 
ful enough for cutting still tall and sufficiently substantial to 
make noble garden plants. They are of easy culture and look 
splendidly combined with the blue Hybrids. For a succession of 
blooms do not permit seed to form. 
DIANTHUS - Garden Pinks 
A great selection of plants for the sunny border or sunny, ex¬ 
posed places in the rock garden or rock wall. In fact, no rock 
garden is complete without a liberal planting of the various 
Dianthus. In England where rock gardening is a well-understood 
art, Dianthus are used by the thousands. They are perfectly 
hardy anywhere. 
Culture: Plant in ordinary good soil, which must contain some 
lime and should be well-drained. Planting may be done in fall 
or early spring, 6 to 10 inches apart, in sunny, dry places in the 
rock garden, rock wall or on the margin of the border. All love 
lime and gritty soils. 
DIANTHUS - Pinks 
Latifolius, Furst Bismarck Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Similar to the Beatrice in habit and freedom of bloom, its flow¬ 
ers are, however, several shades darker, more like the color of the 
Paul Neyron Rose. 
DICENTRA - Bleeding Heart 
Old-fashioned perennials; also known under the name of Diely¬ 
tra. The species named below have fleshy, brittle stems and 
finely cut, fernlike foliage. 
Culture: Spectabilis should be grown in a partially shady border. 
Eximia will do well in a similar position, or in the woodland 
garden, or in a shady nook of the rockery. Plant in fall or very 
early spring, 8 to 12 inches apart. 
*Eximia Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
(Plumy Bleeding Heart). A dwarf-growing sort, with beautiful, 
finely cut foliage and showy racemes of pretty pink flowers 
throughout the season. Too much cannot be said for this fine 
border plant as it is equally at home in full shade or sun and 
perfectly hardy anywhere. 
DICTAMNUS - Gas Plant or Fraxinella 
An old-fashioned, herbaceous perennial. Once firmly estab¬ 
lished, a plant will continue to thrive in the same spot for several 
generations. They have ashlike leaves which emit a delightfully 
fragrant odor, and the quaintly formed flowers are borne in up¬ 
right racemes. The inflorescence is covered with glands secreting 
a resinous, volatile matter, which may be ignited in the evening 
of hot days without any damage to the plants. 
Culture: They require a deep, rich, loamy soil and a sunny, well- 
drained border. Not suitable for heavy, damp soils. Best grown 
singly, so as to display the handsome contour and beauty of 
the foliage. Once planted, avoid disturbing the roots. Plant in 
spring or fall, 10 to 12 inches apart. 
Fraxinella caucasicus Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
A very showy border perennial, forming a bush about 2J/2 feet, 
having fragrant foliage and spikes of rosy pink flowers with 
deeper veins during June and July. It is not advisable to trans¬ 
plant often, as it improves with age, it being one of the most 
permanent features of the herbaceous border. 
Alba Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
The white-flowered variety of above. 
DIGITALIS - Foxglove 
The stately Foxglove is a biennial, and so, in fact, are the many 
beautiful strains of it with large, spotted flowers. There are, 
however, three perennial species of considerable beauty which 
are suitable for the mixed border. All are attractive plants for 
the shady border or the woodland garden. 
Culture: Plants of the perennial species may be planted in au¬ 
tumn or spring, 6 to 8 inches apart, in well-drained, good garden 
soil. The biennial strains are best transplanted early in spring; 
if fall planting must be done, protect carefully for the winter. 
All the kinds described will succeed in ordinary soil in sun or 
in shade. They make a charming effect when grown in masses, 
and readily reproduce themselves from seed. 
Giant Shirley Hybrids Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
The flower heads are over 3 feet long, crowded with big, bell- 
shaped blossoms. Colors range from white and shell-pink to 
deepest rose, many attractively dotted crimson or chocolate. 
EDRAIANTHUS - Wahlenbergia 
Plants allied to the Campanula, and belonging to the same order. 
They are mostly suitable for rockery culture. 
Culture: They will succeed in good, ordinary, well-drained soil, 
and may be grown as an edging or in masses on the margin of 
a sunny border, or rock garden. Plant in spring or early fall, 
6 to 8 inches apart. 
*Dalmaticus Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
Low border or rock plant about 3 to 4 inches high, producing 
blue flowers not unlike the Platycodon; this plant is very rare. 
ERODIUM - Heron's Bill 
This genus belongs to the Geraniums and flowers throughout 
the summer. The blooms are quaint and very attractive. 
Culture: They require a sandy loam and well-drained position. 
Plant in spring only. 
Chamaedryoides roseum Each $0.50, Doz. $5.00 
A tiny alpine which flowers throughout the season. Forms neat 
little tufts of pretty, glossy leaves covered with delicate pink 
veined flowers carried on 2-inch stems. It likes sun. 
GEUM - Avens 
Most useful hardy perennials. The varieties offered are showy, 
free-flowering kinds producing a wealth of attractive flowers 
which are much prized for cutting. They are of a tufted habit 
of growth, with pinnate leaves. Excellent for the border. 
Culture: All succeed in good, ordinary soil in sunny borders. 
They, however, require plenty of moisture in summer. Best 
grown in groups. Plant in autumn or spring, 6 to 8 inches apart. 
If planted in fall it is well to protect them carefully for the 
winter. 
Coccineum, Mrs. Bradshaw Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
A splendid variety, with large, double flowers of a fiery orange- 
red, blooming nearly all summer. Grand for cutting. 
Lady Stratheden Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
A new introduction of great merit. Rich golden yellow blossoms, 
counterpart of Mrs. Bradshaw. Also a splendid cut flower. 
HEUCHERA - Alum Roof-; Coralbells 
Neat-growing and graceful flowering perennials yielding an 
abundance of flowers suitable for cutting; effective subjects for 
the margins of borders, as edgings to walks, flower beds, and 
excellent for the rock garden. They have heart-shaped leaves 
and bear their dainty blooms in graceful panicles or racemes. 
Culture: Heucheras require a well-drained, fairly rich, and not 
too heavy soil, also a sunny position. Plant 6 inches apart in 
autumn or early spring. Each spring top dress with well-decayed 
manure. Lift, divide and replant every third year for best re¬ 
sults. 
*Rosamundi Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
We have carefully tested several varieties of Heuchera in all the 
pink shades during the past few years, and we find that this is 
the most desirable of the coral-pink sorts. It is a strong grower, 
not subject to any blight, and produces an abundance of fine 
coral-pink blossoms on tall, strong stems, which last over two 
months. 
