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AV • SALZER’S • SEEDS 
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FROST 
PROOF 
♦Suitable for 
rock garden. 
HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS GLIFFWOOD 
FOR PERMANENT PLANTING IN BEDS OR BORDERS GROWN 
Unless Otherwise Noted: Each, 19c; 3 (or 1 each of 3 different 19c varieties) for 50c; 6 for 95c, postpaid. 
Scabiosa, Caucasica 
SCABIOSA OR PIIV CUSHION. 1% 
to 2 feet high, thriving everywhere. 
Very desirable for the hardy garden. 
June to Sept. 
—Caucasiea. Pleasing lilac flowers. 
—Fisherli. Lovely blue flowers. 
■edmn Acre or Gold Moss 
•SEDUM (Sfonecrop). Valuable for 
borders, and desirable for the rock 
garden. They do well in dry, sunny 
spots. 
—*Acre (Gold Mo.ss). 2 to 3 inches 
and bears masses of diminutive flow¬ 
ers from May to Juiy. Forms an ex¬ 
quisite carpet of evergreen foliage. 
—*Stolonl£era. One of the most de¬ 
sirable; flat succulent leaves, beauti¬ 
ful purplish-pink flowers. July and 
August. 6 inches. Prices at top. 
Sliver Dollar Plant or Honesty 
, SILVER DOLLAR PLANT. A strik¬ 
ing perennial bearing flat, silvery, cir¬ 
cular leaves. Easily kept over winter 
as a dried bouquet. 30 inches. Does 
best in partial shade. Also known as 
[ Honesty Plant. Each, 30c; 3 for 85c. 
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SHOOTING STAR. The familiar 
wild flower. The flowers are like dim¬ 
inutive cyclamen, pendulous, and seem 
to be full of motion. The stamens 
come to a sharp point while the petals 
fall behind like the tail of a comet. 
Each, 23c; 3 for 64c. 
Spirca Filipendula 
♦SPIREA (Elllpendula). Has beau¬ 
tiful long leaves like fern fronds. 
White flowers on stems 15 inches high 
during June and July. Succeeds best 
in partial shade. Each, 28c; 3 for 75c. 
SWEET ROCKET. See Hesperis. 
TRILLIUM (American Wood Lily or 
Wake Robin). Spring flowering per¬ 
ennials with three leaves borne in a 
whorl, and white flowers with three 
petal-like segments. 12 to 18 in. Re¬ 
quire shade or partial shade. 
TRITOMA. Popularly known as 
Torch Lilies, Red Hot Poker, and 
Flame Flowers. They make a showy 
display in autumn with their scarlet 
cone-shaped flowers, and rush-like fo¬ 
liage. 4 to 5 feet. We offer two year 
grown plants. Each, 2ac; 3 for 84c. 
Veronica, Blue Spires 
VERONICA, BLUE SPIRES 
Growing 2 feet high, its lovely deep 
blue spikes show up well in the hardy 
border. The foliage is clean and the 
plant is of bushy, upright habit, flow¬ 
ering freely throughout June and 
early July. Far superior to the well 
known Spicata type. Each, 50e; 3 for 
$1.40; doz., $4.00. 
Double Russian Violet 
VIOLETS 
Plant some in that difficult, shady 
place. 
DOUBLE RUSSIAN VIOLET. Love¬ 
ly double flowers, exquisitely fra¬ 
grant and freely borne, in color a 
charming shade of violet-blue, Sal- 
zer’s Double Russian is a true aristo¬ 
crat. The flowers are medium sized 
and are greatly prized for their fra¬ 
grance. Perfectly hardy. Each, 50c; 
3 lor $1.40, postpaid. 
HARDY WHITE. 
The best pure white 
Violet, hardy, and 
slightly fragrant: 
single. Each, 32c; 3 
for 92c. 
MARIE LOUISE. 
Large, very double, 
dark lavender-blue 
Violets. Hardy. 
Each, 30c; 3 lor 87c. 
HARDY FRA¬ 
GRANT. Deep pur¬ 
ple, single flowers, 
good size, delicately 
fragrant. Very hardy 
and profuse bloomer. 
Each, 28c; 3 lor 80c. 
ROSINA. Rosy lilac pink flowers; 
unique color, very fragrant. Each, 
59c; 3 for $1.65. 
1 Each of Above 5, for $1.75. 
Hardy 
Fragrant 
Violet 
WILD GERANIUM. A beautiful 
wild flower that should be more in 
cultivation. Distinct from the House 
Geranium. Rose-purple flowers 1^ 
in. across, in June and July. Likes 
somewhat wet places. 1% ft. 
♦VARIEGATED YUCCA. The cen¬ 
ter of the long pointed leaves is deep 
rich green, while the outer margins 
are a creamy yellow. Beautiful large 
drooping wax-like white flowers on 
stocks 2 to 3 feet high. Blooms third 
year. Each, 35c; 3 for $1.60. 
♦YUCCA (Filainentosa). Evergreen, 
broad, sword-like foliage and erect 
stems with showy flowers of a 
creamy-white color, bell-shaped. 
Blooms third year. 2 year old plants. 
For prices of plants, see top of page. 
COLLECTION 
1 Each of 12 Different Peren¬ 
nial PIant.s, Our Selection, for 
$1.45; 1 Each of 24 Different, Our 
Selection, for $2.75; 1 Each of .36 
Different, Our Selection, lor $3.95. 
This is my first order. A lot of my friends have been getting Plants and Seeds from you and like them very much.- 
Ollie Schmidt, 37th and Douglas St., Box 69, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 
-Mrs. 
