E. MILLER RICHARDSON & CO., Baltimore, Maryland 
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TleAenniaC and Blennud OJlowieJi 
Russell Lupines 
All Perennial and Biennial Flower Seeds, 
pkl. 10 cts.; $1 per doz. pkts., except 
where otherwise noted. 
AGROSTEMMA (Rose Campion) 
Coronaria (Mullein Pink). Bright rosy- 
crimson, IVz. 
ALYSSUM (Goldentuit) 
Saxatile Compactum. An indispensable 
plant for the rockery or border, grow¬ 
ing 1 foot high and producing in May 
masses of broad, flat heads of bright 
yellow flowers. 
ANCHUSA (Alkanet, Bugloss) 
Italica Dropmore Variety. Grows 3 to 5 
feet high, and bears in abundance 
flowers of the richest gentian-blue 
during May and June. 
AQUILEGIA. Columbine. 
Long-spurred Hybrids. Many shades. 
Mrs. Scott Elliott's Hybrids. Unusual. 
Pkt. 15 cts. 
ARABIS (Rock Cress) 
Aipina. One of the earliest and prettiest 
spring flowers. The spreading tufts 
are covered with a sheet of pure 
white flowers. 
AUBRIETIA (Rainbow Reck Cress) 
Large-flowering Hybrids. A beautiful 
dwarf rock plant, covered with sheets 
of bright flowers in spring and early 
summer. 
BELLIS PERENNIS (English Daisy) 
Finest Double Mixed. 
CAMPANULA CALYCANTHEMA 
Cup and Saucer Canterbury Bells. This 
is unquestionably the finest type of 
this old-fashioned and much prized 
garden plant. 
CARPATICA, Blue 
Carpathian Hare Bell. Hardy perennial 
continuing in bloom the whole sea¬ 
son; color clear blue; grows 6 inches 
high. 
CHEIRANTHUS 
Allionil (Siberian Wallflower). Brilliant 
orange flowers. 
COREOPSIS (Golden Coreopsis) 
Lanceolata Grandiflora. An extra fine 
strain of this useful golden-yellow 
hardy perennial. 
DELPHINIUM (Hardy Larkspur). One of 
the most popular perennials and are 
in great demand both for garden dec¬ 
oration and for cutting. 
DELPHINUM—Continued 
Belladonna. Light blue. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Bellamosum. Rich blue shade. Pkt. 15 
cts. 
Gold medal Hybrids. Magnificent spikes. 
Wrexham Strain. Hollyhock strain. Pkt. 
25 cts. 
DIANTHUS (Hardy Pinks) 
Deltoides. Dwarf, brilliant carmine. 
Pulmarius (Grass Pinks. Scotch Pink, or 
Pheasant-Eye Pink). A beautiful single 
hardy Pink with fringed edged flowers 
of various colors. Spicy fragrance. 
DIGITALIS (Foxglove). The Foxglove must 
be included in all collections of hardy 
plants. Very popular for planting 
among shrubbery and semi-shady 
places. 
Giant Shirley Mixed. A greatly improved 
strain. 
GAILLARDIA (Blanket Flower). One of the 
showiest and most effective hardy 
perennial plants. 
Portola Hybrids. The plant is of strong, 
vigorous, upright habit of growth, 2^/2 
to 3 feet high, with heavy, leathery, 
glaucous, foliage; the long flower 
stems, straight and strong, hold the 
massive yellow and red flowers erect. 
GERBERA Transvaal Daisy 
Jamesoni hybrida. A most unusual and 
very beautiful daisy-like flower from 
South Africa. The individual flowers 
measure 2 to 4 inches in diameter. 
They have a small yellow center sur¬ 
rounded by a great number of long 
graceful flower petals. These petals 
come in an amazing number of pretty 
colors. Pkt. 25 cts. 
GEUM (Avens) 
Mrs. Bradshaw. Large, double, rich scar¬ 
let blooms which give a splendid 
effect throughout the summer. 
Lady Stratheden. Large, double flowers 
of rich golden yellow. 
GYPSOPHILA (Baby's Breath) 
Paniculata. White flowers, fine for bou¬ 
quets, one of the favorite hardy per¬ 
ennials. Blooms first year if sown 
early; 3 feet. 
HEUCHERA (Coral Bells). The flowers are 
of a rich, bright coral-red color; the 
leaves light green and slightly hairy. 
HOLLYHOCK. One of the most majestic of 
hardy plants. 5 to 7 feet high, and a 
clump or line in any garden gives an 
effect not attainable with any other 
plant. 
Newport Pink. It is the finest pure pink, 
an exquisite shade, and flowers al¬ 
ways are very double. Single Mixed. 
Double Mixed. 
IBERIS (Hardy Candytuft) 
Sempervirens. Showy white blooms in 
early spring. Fine for rockeries; 1 ft. 
LATHYRUS (Everlasting or Hardy Sweet 
Pea). Showy, free-flowering hardy per¬ 
ennial climbers for covering old 
stumps, fences, etc., continually in 
bloom. 
LINUM (Flax) 
Perenne. A desirable plant for the border 
or rockery, growing 1 Vz feet high, with 
light, graceful foliage and large, blue 
flowers all summer. 
Lupinus Polyphyllus (Lupine). Effective 
plants, producing large spikes of flow¬ 
ers; blooming in May and June. White, 
Rose, Blue and Mixed. 
LUPINES 
Russell. Well rounded, thickly set spikes 
of the most extraordinary colors— 
blues, pinks, reds, yellows, purples, 
and other self colors, also a beautiful 
assortment of bicolors such as have 
never before been seen in Lupines. 
Pkt. 25 cts. 
MYOSOTIS (Forget-me-not) 
Palustris. The popular ever-blooming 
variety, clear blue flowers in sprays. 
PENTSTEMON (Beard Tongue). Showy per¬ 
ennial, flowering throughout the sum¬ 
mer months. Mixed. 
PHLOX (Decussata). Hardy Phlox. 
Mixed Colors. 
PLATYCODON. Chinese Bellflower. Blue 
POPPIES—HARDY 
Oriental (The Large Oriental Poppy). A 
gorgeous plant, 3 feet high, with 
ample rich green foliage and mag¬ 
nificent large orange-scarlet blooms 
with a black blotch on each petal. 
Iceland Mixed. A great assortment of 
colors varying from yellow through 
different shades of orange to salmon. 
PHYSALIS (Chinese Lantern Plant) 
Francheti. An ornamental variety of the 
Winter Cherry, forming dense bushes, 
about 2 feet high, producing treeiy 
its bright orange-scarlet lantern-like 
fruits, which can be cut and dried, in 
which shape they are used exten¬ 
sively for floral decorations during the 
winter, 
RUDBECKIA (Cone-Flower) 
Purpures (Giant Purple Corn-Flower). 
Flowers about 4 inches across, of a 
peculiar reddish-purple with a remark¬ 
ably large cone-shaped centre of 
brown; forms bushy plants 3 feet high, 
and blooms from July to October. 
PYRETHRUM or Painted Daisy 
Single Mixed. This has large daisy-like 
flowers ranging in color from white 
to deep red, with bright yellow cen¬ 
ters. Blooms in May and June, and 
again in the fall. It is one of the most 
graceful and long-lasting cut flowers; 
2 feet. 
SCABIOSA 
Caucasica (Blue Bonnet). Soft blue. 
SHASTA DAISY 
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum. Magnifi¬ 
cent daisy-like flowers. Broad pure 
glistening white, overlapping petals 
carried on long strong stems. 3 feet. 
STATICE (Sea Lavender). Splendid hardy 
perennials, either for the border or 
rockery, producing panicles of minute 
flowers, which can be dried and used 
for winter bouquets. 
STOKESIA (Cornflower Aster) 
Cyanea Blue. A beautiful native hardy 
perennial, growing about 2 feet high 
and bearing pretty blue flowers. 
SUNFLOWER (Helianthus). Extra dwarf. 
SWEETROCKET (Hesperis). Old-fashioned 
hardy garden plants; grows from 2 
to 3 ft. high, and bears spikes of 
showy white, lilac and purple. 
SWEET WILLIAM. There is always a good 
demand for these beautiful free-flow¬ 
ering old-fashioned favorites. 
TRITOMA (Red-Hot Poker, Flame Flower). 
New Early Hybrids Mixed. This new con¬ 
tinuous-flowering Tritoma occupies a 
prominent place among hardy bed¬ 
ding plants. 
VALERIAN (Valeriana coccinea). Rose or 
White. Mixed 
VENOSA (Hardy Garden Verbena). This is 
used extensively for bedding, grow¬ 
ing 1 foot high, and carrying bright 
purplish heliotrope flowers from early 
summer until late fall. 
VERONICA (Speedwell). Longifolia. Long 
spikes of blue flowers from July to 
September. 
VIOLAS OR TUFTED PANSIES. Smaller 
flowered than the Giant Pansies, these 
are very free blooming and are splen¬ 
did for beds, borders, and rock gar¬ 
dens. Mixed. 
