Barnes Bros. Nursery Co. 
Yalesville, Conn. 
SELECT HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS — Continued 
FOR YOUR 
ROCK GARDEN 
An Assortment of Fine Sedums 
(Our Selection) 
6 plonts. $1.00 
12 plants.. . 1.75 
25 plonts. 3.00 
(Not Postpaid) 
SALVIA azurea (Meadow Sage). 3 to 4 ft. Blue flowers in late 
summer. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
SANTOLINA incana (Lavender Cotton). 15 inches. Delicate 
silver-grey mounds of aromatic foliage. A rock garden favorite. 
Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Statice Latifolia 
SCABIOSA caucasica (Pincushion Flower). 2 feet. Large, feathery 
flowers blooming all summer. They are among the finest for our 
gardens and for cutting and will thrive in any soil provided it is 
well drained, for they rot when it is damp and heavy. 
Isaac House Strain. An outstanding strain with extra large flowers 
in all shades of lavender, blue and white. Offered only in 
mixture. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Perfecta alba. A pure white flowered variety. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
STATICE latifolia (Sea Lavender). 18-24 inches. Twiggy branch¬ 
ing plants with small purplish blue flowers in July and August. 
Flowers can be dried for winter bouquets. Give sandy loam and 
sun. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
STOKESIA cyanea (Stokes’ Aster). 18 inches. Blooms its 3-4 inch 
blue flowers like huge China Asters from July till October. 
Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
THALICTRUM delavayi. A beautiful perennial having finely 
divided maidenhair-like foliage, purplish stems and panicles of 
pale purple flowers. Splendid to use with cut flowers in bou¬ 
quets. A handsome and little known perennial. Each, 25c; 
3 for 60c. 
THALICTRUM dipterocarpum magnificum. 4 feet tall with the 
same beautifully cut foliage as the preceding. Long panicles of 
dainty rose-purple flowers, each attractively set off by a bunch of 
lemon-yellow stamens and anthers. It will do equally well in full 
sun or partial shade. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
THERMOPSIS carol-niana. 5 feet. Deep, rich green foliage sur¬ 
mounted in June and July by long spikes of sulphur-yellow 
flowers resembling Lupines. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
THYMUS (Thyme). An aromatic Old World perennial, admired 
not only for its fragrance, but also for the beauty of its foliage. 
T. serpyllum album (White Thyme). Prostrate. Forms a mat of 
dark green leaves, which, in the summer, are sprinkled with pure 
white flowers. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
T. serpyllum lanuginosus (Woolly Thyme). Prostrate. Makes a 
carpet of grey foliage. One of the finest plants for growing along 
the stone steps of the rock garden. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
T. serpyllum splendens. A prostrate variety with bright crimson, 
starlike flowers. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
TROLLIUS Iedebouri, Golden Queen. 3 to 4 feet. Very vigorous 
and tall growing plants bearing flowers up to 4 inches across. The 
outer petals are a rich gold and the small inner ones, bright 
orange. They are extremely floriferous and bloom well into the 
autumn. Plant in a partially shaded place where the ground 
remains moist during the summer. Each, 35c; 3 for 90c. 
VERONICA, Blue Spire. 2 ft. A hybrid of V. longifolia sub- 
sessilis and spicata, combining the glorious dark blue of the 
former with the freedom of flower of the latter. Of bushy habit, 
this plant blooms at this nursery from late spring till freezing fall 
weather, thus providing good blue cutting flowers all summer. 
Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
V. incana. 1 foot. Silvery grey foliage and spikes of pale blue 
flowers. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
VERONICA incana rosea. 12 to 15 inches. Most gardeners have 
long grown and admired the well known, silver-leaved, blue- 
flowered Veronica incana; it is a choice perennial. Now comes 
this importation from Holland, a silver-leaved Veronica incana 
with deep pink flowers. To describe it fully: Veronica in- 
cana rosea is a low growing, white leaved, hardy perennial, 
which, during July and August, sends up quantities of foot- 
long spikes of deep rose-colored flowers, making a striking 
contrast with the silvery grey of its foliage. Each 35c; 
3 for 90c. 
V. prostrata nana. Prostrate. Covered with inch-long spikes of deep 
blue flowers all summer. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
V. pectinata rosea. One of the best creeping Veronicas, yet one 
of the scarcest. Beautiful soft greyish leaves and tiny spikes of 
deep rose-colored blossoms. We like it. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
V. teucrium, Royal Blue. 8 inches. Low and bushy in habit, with 
sheets of blue flowers in the spring. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
V., True Blue. 12 inches. Masses of intense blue blossoms in June 
and July. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
VIOLA cornuta (Tufted Pansies). These well known little plants 
are not particularly hardy, but if cut back in September to force 
new growth before winter and mulched with straw during the 
cold months, they will come through without trouble. 
Apricot. A large flowered, apricot colored variety. Each, 25c; 
3 for 60c. 
Arkwright Ruby. A clear, glowing ruby-red. Fragrant. Con¬ 
tinually blooming. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Jersey Gem. The well known everblooming violet-purple. Each, 
25c; 3 for 60c. 
Yellow Queen. An English introduction, having masses of very 
large golden yellow flowers all summer. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
V. odorata roaina. 6 inches. This is a fine, hardy real pink Violet. 
The very fragrant flowers are produced in the spring and fall 
Each, 25c; 3 for 60c. 
Veronica, Blue Spire 
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