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SPRING PRICE LIST, APRIL 1, 1939 
HARDY PERENNIALS (Continued) 
Pernio PerlOO 
PHYSALIS franchetti (Chinese Lantern Plant) Produces showy 
orange scarlet seed pods or lanterns for fall or winter 
decorations _ .85 7.00 
fPHYSOSTEGIA vivid (False Dragonhead) bright violet-mauve flow¬ 
ers August till frost. 2’ - .70 6.00 
♦fPINKS (See Dianthus plumarius) 
PLATYCODON (Balloonflower) Blooms all summer. 
Grandiflorum. Blue. P'lower buds are balloon-shaped___ .85 7.00 
Grandiflorum album. Early white _ .85 7.00 
Praecox Gigantea. Early flowering blue, tall _ .85 7.00 
PLUMBAGO larpentae (Leadwort) Deep blue flowers all summer, 
trailing habit, extremely showy. 6”_ .85 7.00 
tPYRETHRUM hybridum roseum (Painted Daisy) Blooms early and late. 
Atrosanguinea. Dark shades of red _ .95 8.00 
James Kelway. Dark blood red _I_ .95 8.00 
Mixed Shades _ .85 7.00 
♦RANUNCULUS repens fl, pi. (Buttercup) Bright golden yellow 
double flowering; good border plants; May and June_ .70 6.00 
tRUDBECKIA (Coneflower) 
Laciniata (Golden Glow) Masses of large, double, golden yellow 
flowers in late summer; 6’ _ .95 8.00 
Newmanni (Perennial Black-Eyed Susan) Deep orange-yellow 
flowers with a dark purple cone. Blooms all summer. 3’_ .85 7.00 
SALVIA (Sage) 
Azurea grandiflora. Long racemes of sky-blue flowers, Aug., Sept. .70 6.00 
♦SANTOLINA. Dwarf sweet smelling plant, silvery foliage_ .85 7.00 
♦SAPONARIA ocymoides splendens (Soapwort) Pink. 6”_ .85 7.00 
SCABIOSA japonica (Pincushion Flower) Lavender-blue flowers from 
July to September. 2’ _ .85 7.00 
♦SEDUM (Stonecrop) Suitable for the rockery, carpet-bedding, cov¬ 
ering of graves, etc. 
Acre (Goldmoss) Foliage green, flowers bright yellow. 2-3”_ .70 6.00 
Album (White Stonecrop) Green foliage, white flowers, 2-3”_ .70 6.00 
Ibericum (Stolonifera) Purplish pink. July, August. 6”_ .70 6.00 
Kamtschaticum (Orange Stonecrop) Orange-yellow flowers with 
prostrate, green foliage turning golden in autumn_ .70 6.00 
Spectabile (Showy Stonecrop) Broad, light green foliage and im¬ 
mense heads of rose colored flowers. 18” _ .70 6.00 
Spectabile Brilliant. Deeper color than Spectabile_ .70 6.00 
Spectabile variegata. Leaves variegated yellow_ .70 6.00 
tSTATICE 
Caspia. Large lilac-blue flowers, very desirable_1.20 10.00 
Latifolia (Great Sea Lavender) Blue; for winter bouquets_ .70 6.00 
STOKESIA cyanea (Stokes' Aster) Beautiful light blue flowers in 
late summer and early autumn. Good border plant. 18”_ .95 8.00 
SWEET WILLIAM (See Dianthus barbatus) 
TEUCRIUM chamaedrys (Germander) Glossy green foliage resembl¬ 
ing dwarf boxwood; may be clipped. 2 inch pots_ .60 5.00 
THYMUS serpyllum (Creeping Thyme) Lavender flowers, green 
fragrant foliage, evergreen. 10” _50.00 per 1000 .70 6.00 
TRITOMA (Red Hot Poker) 
Hybrida. Orange-yellow, perpetual flowering. 30”_ .85 7.00 
Pfitzeriana. Huge spikes of brilliant orange flowers. 3’_ .95 8.00 
♦VERBENA 
Canadensis. A creeping plant in bloom all summer. Flowers 
of purplish blue and always plentiful. 2” pots_ .85 7.00 
VERONICA (Speedwell) 
Blue Fay. Light blue flowers on 18-inch stems, September_ .95 8.00 
Longifoliia Blue. Late blooming variety with clusters of tall spikes 
of deep blue. 2' _ .85 7.00 
VINCA minor (Periwinkle) Evergreen groundcover, blue flowers_ .85 7.00 
2 inch pots _ .70 6.00 
VIOLA odorata (Sweet Violet) 
Rosina. Dainty, deliciously fragrant flowers of pink or old rose 
borne in early spring and late autumn, >2 inch, pots_ .95 S.OO 
Russian Single. Sweet scented blue flowers in great profusion_.70 6.00 
♦YUCCA (Adams Needle) June. 6' 
Filamentosa. Creamy white flowers on tall stems. 2 years_ .95 8.00 
Variegated. Leaves striped yellow, very striking. 2 years_1.20 10.00 
