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WILL’S PIONEER SEEDHOUSE, GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY 
Prices unless otherwise quoted; each, 18c; doz., $1.70; postpaid, each, 22c; doz., $2.00. 
GREAT PLAINS NATIVES 
AMORPHA, Fruticosa, Finely cut 
"bloom in July. 4 to 6 ft. 
leaves, purple 
Gray divided 
Blazing Star 
August and September contrast in 
BLAZING STAR—GAY FEATHER 
AMORPHA, Canescens. Lead Plant. Gray d 
foliage. Spikes of purple and gold in July. 
ANEMONE (Canadensis). Large waxy white flowers 
in late June. Bright green foliage. 
ASTERS, Dakota, Pipk. A very hardy upland na¬ 
tive with unusually large flowers. 1 to 2 ft., blooms 
in September. 
Dakota Blue. Same as the pink but with a clear 
blue color. 
Garland. Blooms late August. Flowers in graceful 
festoons of white on slender stems. 
Shady Place (laevis). 2 to 4 ft. Flowers light to 
dark blue. August blooming. Thrives in shade. 
Golden (ehryiopsta) . Bright masses of gold in 
mixed plantings with the blues and pinks. 
Tall and Dwarf. Long close set spikes of purple 
Pink Coneflower 
bloom in late July, Fine for cutting. T^all 12 to 24 in., dwarf 12 to 18 in. 
BLACK EYED SUSAN (Rudbeckia hirta). Lovely brown centered daisy like flowers, petals yel¬ 
low to orange. July. 12 to 18 in. 
CONEFLOWER, Pink (echinacea). 18 to 36 in. July bloomer. Large pink blooms with brown 
cone-1 ike centers. 
CONEFLOWER, Prairie (jatiJjida). 12 to 18 in. Blooms July and Au¬ 
gust. Handsome combinations of red, brown and yellow. 
DELPHINUM BICOLOR—Wild Larkspur. A beautiful dwarf native 
larkspur, very dark blue, 12 in. high. Blooms in May to June. 
FLAX, Native Blue. Graceful masses of heavenly blue flowers, renewed 
every morning for weeks. June to September. 18 in. tall. 
FLOWERING ONION (allium). We have these graceful and pretty little 
natives, blooming late June and July in a yellow 12 in. high and a pink 
18 in. ' 
GOLDEN ROD (Solidago). We have a tall July blooming variety 18 to 
24 in., and an August blooming 12 to 18 in. species, both of the 
graceful, slender type. 
GUMBO LILY—-Cowboy Lily (White evening primrose).. One of the 
most beautiful of the Bacl Lands flowers, 4 to 6 in. nigh with huge 
white blooms which turn pink as they age. Blooms from May through 
the season. 
GUTIERREZIA. _ Golden Dome. 6 to 12 in. Blooms late July 
and August. Perfect domes of small closely set bright yellow 
flowers. 
summer with 
ERIGERON (flagellaris) . A thick green ground cover, set throughout the 
pretty daisy like blooms. Like a carpet. 
BLUE EYED GRASS A dainty grass like plant of the iris family with a blue star on 
each stem.. 12 in. Blooms in June. 
MONTANA BITTERROOT. A lovely pink bloom 1% in. across which comes peeping out 
of the ground in early spring with no apparent source. 
MEADOW RUE. (Thalictrum) . Feathery clumps with foliage like columbine. 3 to 5 ft. 
June bloomer. 
MERTENSIA (lanceolata) —PRAIRIE BLUEBELL. 6-10 
in. tall. Blooms in May and early June with a clus¬ 
ter of bright blue bells. 
RED MALLOW (malvastrum). Known to prairie chil¬ 
dren as v wild geranium.” 4 to 6 in. tall. Blooms 
from May to July with many scarlet flowers. 
MONARDA (fistulosa). Blooms July and August. 12 
to 18 m. Called norsemint. Large flower heads of 
lavender pink. 
MONARDA HYBRIDS. Crosses between our native and 
the Cambridge Scarlet. Interesting and beautiful. Ht. 
18 to 30 in. Postpaid, each, 30c; 6, $1.50. 
MINT. Spearmint, the mint of mint juleps. Easily 
grown in every garden. Postpaid, each, 10c; doz., 
$ 1 . 00 . 
BASQUE FLOWER—PRAIRIE CROCUS (Pulsatilla pa¬ 
tens) . The first prairie flowers of spring. 
MISSOURI PRIMROSE. 6 to 10 in. Begins to bear in 
June tremendous bright yellow flowers 4 in. across. 
PRAIRIE CLOVER (Petalostemum) . 12 to 18 in. Mid¬ 
summer blooms of purple and white on cone-like spike. 
Either color available. 
PRAIRIE PHLOX. The creeping, hardy ground cover 
which becomes a mass of fragrant white stars in May. 
PRICKLY POPPY. . 
prickly foliage wi 
18 to 24 in. July bloomer. Silvery, 
Monarda 
pncKiy foliage with huge white flowers with bright 
yellow centers, blossoms 4 in. across. 
SPIDERWORT /tradescantia). 8 to 18 in. Striking blue 
flowers in June and July coming out fresh each morn¬ 
ing. Grass-like foliage. 
4 to 6 ft. A tall perennial native sunflower used abroad 
MAXIMILIAN’S SUNFLOWER. 
and resembling Golden Glow. 
THERMOPSlS. The common “yellow sweet pea” of our western prairies. 
Blooms in May and June. 
VIOLETS. We offer 3 natives in 3 colors. Meadow 
Blue, Woodland White for shady places, and the 
little Yellow Nuttallii of the open prairie. 
YUCCA (Glauca)—SPANISH BAYONET. Hardiest 
of the sword plant family. Long silvery blades 
with a tall spike of large greenish white bells in 
July. Fine to group with cactus. 
DAKOTA CACTI. Each, 25c; doz., $2.50. 
Opuntia oxyacantha, With the lovely lemon to 
orange clusters of flowers in July. The com¬ 
mon prickly pear. 
Opuntia humifusa, Like the above but with heav¬ 
ier joints ana longer, white spikes. Yellowish 
green flowers. 
Opuntia fragili?. Another type with slender joints 
and more delicate spines. Pale yellow flowers. 
Opuntia rutila. Resembles the regular prickly pear 
but bears lovely carmine flowers instead of yellow. 
_ . . . Mamiilaria vivipara. The pincushion cactus with 
Prickly Pear the rose colored flowers. 
Hjuni^larla Mlssourienal*. Pincushion cactus with yellowish white flowers with sparkling reddish 
Gumbo Lily 
Erigeron 
Pasque Flower 
Prickly Poppy 
Yucca 
