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PAINESVILLE, OHIO 
Plumy Bleeding Heart 
DICENTRA^ 
Bleeding 1 Heart 
Eximia Plumy Bleeding Heart). 15 
inches. Rose-red heart-shaped flow¬ 
ers. Fine-cut, celery-green foliage 
makes a lacy mound of striking 
ornamental value; short-stemmed 
bloom always in evidence from 
early spring into fall. 
Each, 35c ; 3, 85c ; doz., $3.00. 
Spectabilis 2 ft. One of the most 
delightful of all the early spring- 
flowering plants, bearing numerous 
rosy red heart-shaped flowers. 
Each, 40c ; 3, $1.00 ; doz., $3.50. 
DICTAMNUS (Gas Plant). Dark 
ash-like foliage of pleasing fra¬ 
grance ; of shrubby, bushy growth 
2 to 3 feet high, extreme long life. 
Flowers in upright racemes. 
—Rubra. Rose-red flowers. 
Each, 25c; 3, 70c; doz., $2.50, 
—Alba. Very striking; pure white. 
Scarce. 
Each, 40c; 3, $1.00; doz., $3.50. 
ECHINOPS Ritro (Globe Thistle). 
2 to 3 ft. Thistle-like plants with 
globular heads of deep metallic 
blue. Each, 25c ; 3, 70c ; doz., $2.50. 
Foxglove 
Hardy Perennial Plants 41 
DIGITALIS (Foxglove) 
Impressive, tall spired, heavy foliaged 
plants of value for background massing; 
serviceable in semi-shade. 
Axnbigua,. 2 to 3 feet. Flowers yellow, 
marked with brown. 
Giant Shirley Foxgloves. 6 to 7 feet 
high, with flower heads 3 feet or more 
long, crowded with big bell-shaped florets. 
Colors range from white and shell-pink 
to deepest rose, dotted with crimson and 
chocolate. Mixed. 
Gloxiniaeflora. Thimble-shaped flowers in 
immense spikes. Colors range through 
white, rose and purple. Mixed. 
All: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
DORONICUM<§> Excelsum (Leopard’s 
Bane). A superb cut flower for May and 
June, the perfect rayed Daisy flowers, a 
brilliant canary-yellow, 3 inches wide. 
Blooming plants average 2 feet in height 
and stool heavily. 
Each, 40c ; 3, $1.00; doz., $3.50. 
ERIGERON Speciosus. 2 ft. June and 
July. Very large, terminal, aster-like 
flowers, of considerable gardening value 
and for cutting. The slender rays are per¬ 
fectly aligned, a brilliant blue slightly 
overcast violet, streaking away from a 
button center of gold. 
—Graiidiflora elatior. Large flowers, rich 
purple. 
3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
Eryngium—Sea Holly 
ERYNGIUM 
Amethysti- 
num (Sea 
Holly). A 
highly orna¬ 
mental plant 
growing 2 to 
3 feet high, 
with hard, 
angular 
stalks; fine 
cut, spiny 
foliage. The 
true blue 
thistle, stems 
and bracts a 
glistening 
amethyst-blue. 
35c each ; 3, 85c ; doz., $3.00. 
EUFATORIUM. Flower heads like the 
Ageratum. August till frosts. 
—Fraseri. 3% ft. White. 
—Coelestinum. 2 ft. Lavender-blue. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
EUPHORBIA 
Corollata (Flowering Spurge). 2 feet. 
A branchy, low growing plant with 
fine stems and foliage, literally cov¬ 
ered from June to August with loose 
umbels of pretty white flowers. Good 
for cutting in long mist sprays. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
Myrsinites^>. Small, creeping plants 
of striking beauty, when protruding 
from wall pockets ; or on the garden 
level, when the upright growth forms 
close ranks of 6-inch stems, covered 
with fleshy, oblong, concave pointed 
blue leaves in close spirals ; the spring 
flowers yellow in crowded umbels. 
3, 85c; doz., $3.00. 
Poly chroma*^. 1 foot. Attractive 
hemispheres of many stems clothed 
with dark green, oblong leaves. Yel¬ 
low flowers May and June, in 5-rayed 
umbels which snuggle into a whorl of 
leaves, also yellow tinged. 
3, $1.00 ; doz., $3.50. 
HARDY FUCHSIA 
(Illustrated on front cover) 
Magellanic a . A sp i en did new semi¬ 
shrub of uncertain height, but sure 
to produce hundreds of ruby-red, pen¬ 
dent, fuchsia flowers which commence 
in early summer and cease only with 
frosts. Good in either light shade or 
sun. Mulch heavily for winter (or 
forego) in the colder sections above 
Philadelphia. 2 Vi-inch pots. 
Each, 40c; 3. $1.10; doz., $4.00. 
Doronieum Excelsum 
HARDY FERNS<t> 
Fine subjects to tuck here and there 
against shady side foundations. 
ADIANTUM pedatum (Hardy Maid¬ 
enhair). 
ASPIDIUM Acrostichoides (Christ¬ 
mas Fern). 15 inches. An “ever¬ 
green.” 
ASPIDIUM Margin ale (Evergreen 
Wood Fern). 18 inches. Fronds light 
green, 3 to 4 inches wide. 
ASPIDIUM Spinulosum (“Shield 
Fern”). Fine cut. 
DICKSONIA Functilobula. 18 to 24 
.inches. “Hay scented or Gossamer 
Fern.” Upright; broad, woolly leaves. 
ONOCLEA Sensibilis. 1 foot. “Sen¬ 
sitive Fern.” Requires moisture. 
ONOCLEA Struthiopteris (Ostrich 
Fern). 314 feet. Very stately. 
Price: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
*One each of the 7 varieties for $1.00. 
FUNKIA (»ay Lily) 
Thick-leaved substantial plants valued 
even more for their foliage than for their 
flowers. They are also adapted to a 
shady location. 
Sulbcordata Alba (White Day Lily). 
Gracefully 
arching, very 
broad heart- 
shaped leaves 
of light 
green, with 
noticeable 
ribs. Promi¬ 
nent flowers 
in August; 
waxy white 
long tubes 
with flaring 
bells, pen¬ 
dent like 
Lilies, in 
whorled ra¬ 
cemes, sweet¬ 
ly fragrant. 
Popular for 
low, narrow 
f o u n d a tion 
planting 
along the 
east or north 
sides. 3, 
85c; doz.. 
$3.00: 100. 
$18.00. 
Undulata Vai‘iegata<$> The leaves are 
broad and definitely fluted, pale green 
with a broad white central brand and 
varying streaks; the flower stems just 
long enough to clear the foliage clumps; 
small pendent blue florets in loose race¬ 
mes. 12 to 18 inches. 3, 85c ; doz., $3.00 ; 
100, $18.00. 
Funkia Alba 
