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MOUNT ARBOR NURSERIES 
SHENANDOAH, IOWA 
PERENNIALS 
We have one of the largest and most complete assortments of Hardy Perennials, 
Alpine and Rock Garden plants of any nursery in the Middle West. Our plants 
are, except as specified, field grown, properly transplanted to give the necessary 
root development for high class landscape planting. 
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We have approximately 60 acres of overhead irrigation, devoted to the propaga¬ 
tion of our Perennial and Rock Garden plants. We have searched the world over 
for new varieties of seeds and plants. 
If you live near, we cordially invite you to come and inspect our perennial 
fields. There is hardly a day during the summer and early fall but what our 
fields are a mass of bloom. 
All perennials should be shipped by express. They are very perishable and 
should not be included in a freight shipment. 
RG indicates the adaptibility for rock garden planting. 
The perennials that we are offering in this section are bare root, most suitable 
for landscape planting. If you are interested in packaged perennials, bulbs, etc., 
please write for our special price list No. 14 which covers a complete assortment 
of the more popular selling items suitable for store and counter trade. 
SPECIALTY ITEMS OF THE NEW AND IMPROVED 
VARIETIES OF PERENNIALS 
We are constantly in touch with plantsmen who specialize in the origination 
and improvement of new and better varieties of Hardy Plants, bringing these 
plants and seeds to our own nurseries for a thorough trial before offering them 
to our customers. We are extremely interested in offering you these newer 
varieties only in plants of real merit and dependability, plants that are adapted 
to extreme climatic conditions. 
We have carefully checked our variety listing of perennials of some of the 
more recent introductions and wish to offer herewith a few suggested varieties 
that are worthy of your consideration. 
Per 10 Per 100 
ANTHEMIS, NEW ART SHADES. 
This fine compact and upright growing variety is certainly a great im¬ 
provement over its weedy ancestors. Plants 18 in. high, covered with 
white and yellow Daisy-like flowers. Good for cutting. June to August $ 1.20 $ 10.00 
AQUILEGIA, Columbine (RG). 
CRIMSON STAR. Something entirely new in Aquilegia! Large flowers of 
the most striking crimson, with white corolla. The plant has a sturdy 
full-flowering habit. Blooms in May-June. 24 in- 
MONARCH HYBRIDS. The lack of vivid blue shades, so often a bad feature 
in Aquilegia mixtures, has been surmounted in Monarch by growing blues 
separately and blending them into the mixtures after harvesting. This 
new MONARCH strain produces flowers of very large size with broad 
petals of perfect form and great length of spurs. May-June. 24 in_ 
SILVER QUEEN. Silvery white flowers, very long spurs. May-June. 24 in. 
ARTEMISIA, SILVER KING, COMPACTA (RG). 
New improved compact strain. This is a very new Artemisia of our own 
origination. It is very compactly grown and is so much different than 
the ordinary Silver King. 3 ft._ 
ASTERS, NEW DWARF (RG). 
Without exception, every one who sees these new Dwarf Asters, recently 
imported from England, in bloom in our nurseries, purchases some. They 
are neat of habit, the foliage is attractive, and in the blooming season in 
September and October, there are literally hundreds of blooms in the 
most delicate shades of lavender, pink, and lilac. They are truly dwarf, 
rarely exceeding one foot in height, perfectly hardy, and especially valu¬ 
able for the rock garden, coming at a time when the rock garden is void of 
flowers. We have selected the best of this group of Dwarf Asters to offer 
to our customers. 
COUNTESS OF DUDLEY. Lovely blooms of luminous pink, with bright yel¬ 
low eye. Unusually free flowering, bushy habit. Late September. 9 in. 
1.20 10.00 
1.40 12.00 
1.40 12.00 
1.20 10.00 
1.20 10.00 
