INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 
PERENNIAL PLANTS 
PHYSALIS FRANCHETTI 2 ft. 
Chinese Lantern Plant 
Interesting hardy plant grown for its hand¬ 
some red frnit. Excellent for drying for 
winter bouquets. Sun. 
PHYSOSTEGIA VIRGINIAN A 1-3 ft. 
False Dragonhead 
Grows in clumps forming an erect bushy 
plant. Flowers purplish-rose in dense spike- 
like racemes. July-August. Transplant and 
divide frequently Sun. 
Vivid lYz ft. 
Very deep pink flowers, heavy blooms. 
Dwarf. 
*I*LA TYCO RON G KANDIFLORCM 2 ft. 
Balloon Flower 
A shrubby plant with numerous large, 
showy, blue bell-shaped flowers at the end 
of each leaf stalk. Attractive in rock gar¬ 
dens or borders. Sun or shade. 
♦PLUMBAGO LARPENTAE 6-8 in. Dead wort 
A desirable rock and border plant. Spread¬ 
ing habit. Covered with deep blue flowers 
during late summer and fall. Sun or shade. 
Protect in winter. 
♦PRIMULA VERIS HYBRIDS 12 in. Primrose 
Flowers of lilac to buff to orange to red on 
spikes above the tufts of thick crinkled 
foliage. Flowers in April-May. Shade. 25c 
each. 
PYRETHRUM l-P/i* ft. 
Persian or Painted Daisy 
Charming flowers like large Daisies. Vary 
from carmine through pink to white. 
Feathery foliage. Cut off old flowers. June- 
July. Sun. 
EUDBECKIA NEAVMANNI 3 ft. Coneflower 
A compact bushy plant with large showy 
flowers. The perennial form of “Black 
Eyed Susan’’; deep yellow flower with a 
dark purple, cone center. Blooms all sum¬ 
mer. Sun. 
Purpurea 3 ft. 
Purple flowers with a large, brown, cone 
center; July to October Splendid in 
border. 
SAL,VIA FARINACEA 2-3 ft. Meadow Sage 
Pale blue flowers branching out from stalks 
in pairs forming elongated whorls. July- 
August. Neat plant, pretty in borders. 
Protect in winter. Sun. 
♦SAXIFRAGA MEGASEA CORDIFOLIA 1 ft. 
Rock-foil 
Masses of handsome, broad, deep green 
foliage, which alone renders them usefully. 
Flowers appear very early in spring. Fine 
among rcoks or ledges. 25c each. 
♦Crassifolia 12-15 in. 
Showy and spread ” 01 . Drooping masses 
of pink flowers high above I 1 "' large 
clustered leaves. A flue rock plant. 25c 
each 
SERUM Stonecrop or Live-For-Ever 
Popular rock plants and ground covers. 
Varying in size from creeping dwarf plants 
of two inches to compact plants of eighteen 
inches. The flowers are small starry shaped 
from white to yellow to rose-lavender. The 
leaves are thick and pulpy. Sun or half 
shade. 
♦Acre 2-3 in. 
Green, evergreen, prostrate and slow 
creeping. Flowers bright yellow. May. 
♦Album 4-6 in. 
Pale green; creamy-white starry flowers 
in clusters. 
For Fragrance Try Our 
♦Altissimum 6-8 in. 
Grayish-red leaves; flowers in clusters, 
greenish-yellow. 
♦Dasyphyllum 2-4 in. 
Small, thick leaves; gray-green; crowded 
on slender stems. Flowers white to pink. 
♦Glnucum 6 in. 
Gray-green, flowers one-half inch, yellow. 
♦Kamtschaticum 5) in. 
Robust, green plant. Flowers orange- 
yellow. 
♦Lydium 3 in. 
Mossy, blue-green. White flowers. 
♦Rupestris 1-3 in. 
Gray-green to red foliage. Flowers small 
and yellow. 
♦Sarmentosum 4 in. 
Rapid grower, yellow-green loaves, yel¬ 
low flowers. Best filler in walls. 
♦Sexangular 3 in. 
Dark green foliage; yellow r flowers. 
♦Sicboldi 9 in. 
Large round leaves, gray with pink 
margins. Flowers pink. August. Excel- 
cellent and unique variety. 
Spectabilis Brilliant 1% ft. 
Compact plant, broad light gray-green 
leaves. Large heads of bright red flow¬ 
ers in August. 
Spectabilis—variegated 
Leaves gray-green with yellow 7 variega¬ 
tions. 
♦Spurium coccineum 6 in. 
Creeping, small, broad leaves, reddish 
green. 
♦SEMPERVIVUM 4 in. 
House Leek or Hens and Chickens 
♦Fimbriatum 
Thick green leaves in rosettes, margin 
deflexed. Flowers bright red. 
♦Tectorum 4 in. 
Broad rosettes with reddish brown tips. 
This is the old-fashioned variety. Flow¬ 
ers pale red to one foot. 
STACHYS LANATA 1% ft. Lamb’s Ears 
Soft wooly, silvery foliage in low tufts. 
Purple spikes of flowers in June-July. Sun. 
STATICE LATIFOLIA D/ 2 -2 ft. Sea Lavender 
Clouds of tiny, bluish-purple, flowers in 
large spreading spikes, July-August. Bold 
luxurant foliage, excellent in border. Do 
not disturb. 
STOKESIA LAEVIS 2 ft. Stokes’ Aster 
Huge flowers often five inches across with 
long stems. Color is an attractive shade of 
silvery blue with a lilaee blue suffusion in 
center. Free flowering. Sun. 
TEUCRIUM CANADENSE l J / 2 ft- Germander 
Spikes of tubular purplish flowers varying 
to cream and w 7 hite. Fragrant foliage, soft 
and whitish. 
*T. Chamaedrys 1 ft. Wall Germander 
Branching plant with clusters of pretty 
tubular flowers spotted with red and 
white, July. Glossy evergreen foliage. 
Good for border, or rock bank, or edg¬ 
ings in formal gardens as substitute for 
Boxwood. 
THALICTRUM .Meadow-Rue 
A«iuil< gifolium 2-3 ft. 
Rosy-purple flowers from June-July. 
Foliage like Columbine. Lovely planted 
with Poppy. Mrs. Perry. 
Dipteroearpum 4 ft. 
< 'rays of lilac-mauve flowmrs w 7 ith yel- 
1 w stamens in August and September. 
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Russian Violets 
