SEED CATALOGUE • 1939 
Perennial Plants 89 
Echinops Ritro 
Dielytra • Dicentra 
Spectabilis (Bleeding-Heart; Seal Flower). 
An old-fashioned favorite. Its long 
racemes of graceful, heart-shaped, pink 
flowers are always attractive. It is used 
largely for forcing, and is perfectly at 
home in any part of the hardy border; 
especially valuable for planting in the 
shade. Strong clumps, 50 cts. each; $5 
per doz. 
Formosa (Plumy Bleeding-Heart). A 
dwarfer-growing species, with finely cut 
ornamental foliage, growing about 15 
inches high and producing its showy pink 
flowers from April till August. 25 cts. 
each; $2.50 per doz.; $15 per 100. 
Digitalis • Foxglove 
One of the showiest and most attractive 
of old-fashioned favorites whose popularity 
is continually increasing. For stately and 
picturesque beauty it is not to be sur¬ 
passed, and, planted in masses in the gar¬ 
den, it is extremely effective and satis¬ 
factory. It is a biennial, but, as it renews 
itself from self-sown seed, it may be 
treated as a perennial. 
Purpurea gloxiniseflora. Pink, Purple, 
White, separate. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per 
doz. 
The Shirley. A new strain raised by the late Rev. W. Wilkes, the originator of the well- 
known Shirley Poppies. The flowers are of enormous size and vary in color from pure white 
to deepest rose. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
English Hollyhock Delphiniums in Color Groups 
A welcome innovation is the following offer of the Hollyhock Delphiniums released in 
four separate color groups. These plants are grown from the identical strains which comprise 
our well-known named Delphiniums. The plants are all heavy, field-grown, and are also 
shipped balled and burlapped. 
Light Shades Intermediate Shades Mixture of all Shades 
Mauve Shades Dark Shades 
$1.25 each; $12.50 per doz. 
Standard Varieties 
Belladonna. 2)4 to 3 ft. An invaluable variety for cutting; sky-blue flowers in great pro¬ 
fusion from June until frost. 
Bellamosa. 3 to 4 ft. A true hybrid of Belladonna and Formosum, surpassing both parents. 
Dark blue. It is not subject to mildew. 
Formosum. 4 ft. A robust-growing Larkspur having dark blue flowers with white centers. 
J une to September. 
Mixture of the above three Standard Delphiniums, $2.50 per doz. 
Grandiflorum chinense. 1J4 to 2 ft. Gentian-blue flowers and finely divided foliage. June 
to October. 
Grandiflorum album. A white variety of the above. 
Mixed Hybrids. This mixture can be relied on to produce a large percentage of extremely 
good individuals, and is much superior to the ordinary mixed strain. It has been raised 
from seed saved from H. J. Jones’ named varieties. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $20 per 100. 
Any of the above Standard Delphiniums, except where noted, 
25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15 per 100 
Dictamnus • Gas Plant 
Fraxinella caucasica. 2 ft. A splendid old garden favorite with fragrant 
foliage and lovely spikes of pink flowers with deeper veins. Blooms during 
June and July. 
Fraxinella alba. A white-flowered variety of the above. 
All Dictamnus, 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
Dianthus • Pinks 
Suitable for dry rockeries, dry walls, or any other hot, dry, sunny spot. 
Almost all Pinks are of the easiest culture and will thrive in any well-drained 
soil and sunny position. 
Allwoodi, Jean. 1 ft. An improved type of Hardy Pink. The flowers are 
larger than the old type and are borne on longer stems. White flowers 
with crimson centers; clove-scented. June to October. 
Allwoodi, Joyce. Rose-pink with red centers. 
Arenarius. A desirable rock-plant of compact, tufted habit. During May 
and June the foliage is entirely hidden by masses of deeply fringed, 
fragrant, white flowers borne on 6-inch stems. 
Caesius (Cheddar Pink). Blue-gray cushions of foliage and rosy pink, 
sweetly scented flowers carried on 9-inch stems. May, June. 
Deltoides (Maiden Pink). A trailing rock-plant; fine for border edging. 
Flowers deep red with a crimson eye. June, July. 
a -. Deltoides albus. A white variety of the 
above. 
Deltoides, Brilliant. Vivid crimson. 
Plumarius. 1 ft. A first-rate mixture, with 
beautifully frilled flowers. June, July. 
All Dianthus, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; 
$15 per 100 
Doronicum 
Excelsum. 2 ft. A very showy garden 
plant with daisy-like flowers of bright 
golden yellow in May and June. Excel¬ 
lent for cutting. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per 
doz. 
Echinops • Globe Thistle 
Vigorous, stately plants, ornamental both 
in flower and foliage. The large, handsome 
leaves are spiny at the tips and are covered 
with silvery down. 
Ritro. 4 ft. Globular heads of glistening 
blue flowers. July, August. 25 cts. each; 
$2.50 per doz.; $15 per 100. 
Erigeron 
Speciosus. 2 ft. A fine hardy perennial 
producing purplish lilac, daisy-like flow¬ 
ers in July and August. 25 cts. each; 
$2.50 per doz.; $15 per 100. 
Hollyhock Delphiniums 
