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The L W. Scott Company, Pittsburgh, Pa, 
ROCK-GARDEN AND HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS, continued 
LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY. A dainty 
plant for shady places. Fragrant, bell¬ 
like, white flowers in May. A good 
ground-cover. 
LINUM. Flax. A desirable plant for bor- 
R der or rockery, growing 2 feet high. 
Light, graceful foliage and large flow¬ 
ers all summer. 
LUPINUS polyphyllus, Mixed. Grows 
2 to 3 feet tall and produces White, 
Pink, or Lavender-Blue flowers. 
Russell. A new strain of Lupins with 
colors never before seen in this pop¬ 
ular flower. There are pure yellow, 
orange, bright crimson, and spectac¬ 
ular bicolors. The plants are strong 
and bear wonderful spikes of these 
colorful flowers. 75 cts. each. 
MYOSOTIS palustris. Forget-me-not. 
R A lovely dwarf plant for damp places. 
Spreads rapidly and carpets the 
ground. 
PAPAVER alpinum. Silky orange-yel- 
R low flowers on slender stems 15 inches 
high. Very bright and pretty. 
nudicaule. Iceland Poppy. Grows 
I foot high, with very pretty single, 
crinkled flowers in White, Salmon, 
Yellow, or Orange. 
orientale. Oriental Poppy. Immense, 
single, bright scarlet flowers in 
spring. 
PHLOX. A universal favorite and the 
most showy of garden plants. They 
grow 2 to 3 feet high, according to 
variety, and have large heads of 
bloom. Thrive in a cool, moist, well- 
drained soil. 
B. Comte. Dark red. 
Beacon. Brilliant cherry-red. 
E. I. Farrington. Beautiful salmon- 
pink. 
Enchantress. Salmon-pink. 
Ethel Pritchard. Lavender-blue. 
Feuerbrand. Brilliant vermilion-scarlet. 
George Stipp. Carmine with violet- 
pink center. 35 cts. each. 
Hauptmann Koehl. Dark blood-red. 
35 cts. each. 
Johnston’s Favorite. Crimson. 
Miss Lingard. Pure white, pale pink 
centers. The most popular and earli¬ 
est white. 
Mrs. Jenkins. Large; pure white. 
ROvata caroliniana. Mountain Phlox. 
Reddish pink flowers in May and June. 
Painted Lady. Silvery pink with 
salmon shadings and red eye. 
Rijnstroom. Rose-pink. 
Rokoko. Large, clear soft pink flowers. 
35 cts. each. 
Thor. Salmon-pink, suffused scarlet. 
PHLOX subulata. Moss or Mountain 
R Pink. An early spring-flowering, moss¬ 
like plant with evergreen foliage. 
Alba. Pure white. 
Fairy. Pale blue. 
Rosea. Rose-pink. 
PLATYCODON grandiflorum. Balloon 
Flower. A very good hardy perennial 
producing large, showy, steel-blue 
flowers the whole season. Excellent 
for borders. 
PRIMULA veris. Hardy Primrose. This 
R strain includes various shades of violet- 
purple and lilac, as well as buff-orange 
and salmon. 35 cts. each, $i for 3 . 
PYRETHRUM hybridum. Persian or 
Painted Daisy. A good hardy peren¬ 
nial with fern-like foliage. Fine for 
cutting or planting in the hardy 
border. Mixed colors. 
SCABIOSA caucasica. Pin-Cushion 
Flower; Mourning Bride. Flowers a 
soft shade of lavender. Grows 1^2 to 
2 feet high and blooms from June to 
September. 
SEDUM acre. Golden Moss. Low, 
R tufted perennial that spreads over the 
ground. Bright yellow flowers, 
album. A beautiful, glistening, waxy 
sort of plant of great vigor with deli¬ 
cate, frost-like flowers in midsummer, 
kamtschaticum. A bold, leafy plant 
6 inches high with broad heads of 
brassy yellow flowers, 
lydium. Bronze foliage. Pink flowers 
in July. 
sarmentosum. Rapid-growing plant 
with yellowish green foliage and yel¬ 
low flowers in May and June. 
Sieboldi. Round, succulent glaucous 
foliage. Bright pink flowers in August 
and September. 
spectabile. One of the prettiest erect- 
growing species with broad, light 
green foliage and immense heads of 
handsome, showy, rose-colored flowers, 
stoloniferum. One of the most desir¬ 
able. Evergreen leaves and purplish 
pink flowers in July and August. 
SHASTA DAISY (Chrysanthemum 
maximum), Alaska. Pure white 
blooms 4 to 5 inches across with yel¬ 
low centers. 
TRITOMA Pfitzeri. Red-Hot Poker. 
Spikes of orange-scarlet flowers. 
VERONICA. Speedwell. A low-growing 
perennial on the foxglove order. Blue 
flowers. 
R incana. Silvery gray foliage and spikes 
of violet-blue flowers in July and 
August. 
VINCA minor. A tufted, evergreen, half- 
R trailing plant. Dark, leathery foliage 
and large, purple-blue flowers. Useful 
in dry, shady places. 
VIOLA. Tufted Pansies. Best edging 
R plant for hardy perennial border. Will 
bloom from May to October. 
Admiration. Giant deep blue-purple. 
Apricot. Exquisite apricot-yellow. 
Jersey Gem. Rich pure violet. 
Mauve Queen. Light blue. 
Rosy Gem. Deep violet-blue. 
White Perfection. Fine white. 
Yellow Perfection. Fine yellow. 
YUCCA filamentosa. Adam’s Needle. 
Broad, sword-like, evergreen foliage 
and large, drooping, creamy white 
flowers on stems about 6 feet high, 
filamentosa Hockeri. Variegated 
leaved. 45 cts. each. 
Hardy Phlox, Enchantress 
