TECHNY, ILLINOIS 
Hardy Perennial Plants 27 
PHLOX SUBULATA — CREEPING PHLOX 
Alba — Pure white. Each 20c 
Autumn Rose — Blooms in spring and again in fall 
with beautiful rose-pink flowers. Each 30c 
Atropurpurea — Deep carmine-red. Each 30c 
flowers. Each 30c 
Lilacina — Pale lilac-blue. Each 20c 
Morheimi — Carmine-pink, dense, deep-green foli¬ 
age. Each 30c 
Morning Star — A novelty; flowers pure white with 
carmine-red center. Each 30c 
Rosea — Bright rose-pink. Each 20c 
PENSTEMON — BEARD TONGUE 
Barbatus Torreyi — These plants are very showy, 
growing about 30 inches high with slender spikes 
of coral-red flowers from June to August. Each 
20c 
Grandiflora, Lavender Queen — Very large, laven¬ 
der-blue flowers on 3 feet spikes; fine for cut¬ 
ting. Each 35c 
Pubescens — Rose-purple shading to flesh-pink; 
about 2 feet high; fine for dry sunny places. 
Each 35c 
PEROVSKIA — RUSSIAN SAGE 
Atriplicifolia — A tall plant with gray foliage and 
silvery-blue flowers on long graceful spikes; 
makes a nice effect in the garden and is just 
the thing for the cut-flower bouquet. Plant in a 
sunny place. Each 60c 
PHYSALIS — CHINESE LANTERN 
Frtmchetti — An interesting plant which grows 
about 2 feet high, bearing bright-orange, balloon¬ 
like pods, which resemble Chinese paper lan¬ 
terns. They may be dried and kept all winter. 
Very easily grown. Each 20c 
PHYSOSTEGIA — FALSE DRAGON HEAD 
Summer Glow — A much improved variety, grows 
about 4 feet tall having up to 18-inch flower 
spikes; flowers are rosy-crimson and beautifully 
arranged in rows on all four sides of the stem; 
excellent for cutting. Each 50c 
PLATYCODON — BALLOON FLOWER 
These plants have branching bushes about 2 
feet high; have attractive blue or white flowers 
from July to August. 
Grandiflorum — Large deep-blue flowers. Each 20c 
Grandiflorum Album — Large white flowers. Each 
20c 
PLUMBAGO — LEADWORT 
Larpentae — Dwarf spreading plants, ideal for 
border or rockery. 6 to 8 inches high, produc¬ 
ing deep-blue flowers in summer and fall; does 
well in full sun or light shade. Each 25c 
POLEMONIUM — JACOB'S LADDER 
Coeruleum — 2 ft.; erect ladder-like leafy stems; 
loose terminal panicles of light-blue flowers; 
June and July. Each 30c 
PULMONARIA — LUNGWORT 
Saccharata — A hardy free-blooming perennial re¬ 
sembling the Mertensia, with pink flowers; the 
large deep-green foliage has silvery spots, which 
is an added attraction; 12 to 14 inches high. 
Each 60c 
PYRETHRUM — PAINTED DAISY 
One of the choicest hardy perennials, with fern¬ 
like foliage; growing about 3 feet high; colors rang¬ 
ing from very pale pink to deep crimson. Beauti¬ 
ful mixed colors. Each 20c 
RANUNCULUS — BUTTERCUP 
* Acris FI. PI. — A double-flowering bright yellow 
buttercup, blooming profusely in May and June; 
24 inches. Each 20c 
ROSA ROULETTI — THE BABY ROSE 
A dwarf ever-blooming rose, growing 6 to 8 
inches tall, producing nice compact bushes with 
clear-pink flowers, from early summer until heavy 
frost; protect somewhat during winter. Small plants, 
25c; large plants, each 50c 
RUDBECKIA — CONE FLOWER 
Hirta Herbstwald — New hybrids with large flowers 
having rich autumn coloring; about 2 feet high. 
Each 25c 
Newmanni (Black-eyed Susan) — 2 ft.; broad single 
daisy-like flowers of orange-yellow with promi¬ 
nent blue-brown cone. Each 20c 
Purpurea — Peculiar reddish-purple flowers with 
brown cone-shaped center. 2 to 3 feet; July to 
October; thrives almost anywhere. Each 25c 
SALVIA — MEADOW SAGE 
Azurea Grandiflora — Grows from 3 to 4 feet tall 
producing willowy spikes of pale-blue flowers 
in September and October. Each 20c 
Pratensis-Tenori — Very showy plant of medium 
height, with deep-blue flowers, which are borne 
on graceful spikes in racemes. Each 20c 
Our plants are grown well, therefore they bloom well 
