Special Offer "Cut Flowers Thru the Season 
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We offer here a carefully selected group of perennial favorites that will prove a valuable source of cut-flower 
material throughout the season. All are quite hardy, permanent, trouble-proof, and altogether desirable in any 
garden. With reasonable care, the planting will last for years, producing greater quantities of flowers each season. 
Here is the assortment, with flowering dates. 
Blooms 
in 
1. April 
Three plants Forget-me-not-flowering 
Anchusa {A. myosotidiflora). Makes 
dainty blue sprays to cut with spring 
bulbs. 
$ 1.00 
2. May 
Three plants Globe Flower (Trollius), 
Earliest of All. Luscious orange, globular 
flowers. Just about the most colorful 
May-flowering subject. 
$ 1.00 
3. June and Three plants Colored Daisy (Pyrethrum 
later Hybrids). A profusion of daisy-like flow¬ 
ers in June and later. 
$ 0.70 
4.- July and Three plants Dwarf Double Baby’s Breath 
later {Gypsophila repens Bodgeri). Quantities 
of 12-inch sprays from July on. A grand 
accessory item. 
$ 1.00 
5. July and Three plants Stoke’s Aster (Stokesia Icevis 
A ugust lilacina grandiflora). Large, double, silvery 
blue Aster-like flowers on a neat, fine 
plant. 
$ 1.00 
Blooms 
in 
August Three plants Giant Speedwell {Ver¬ 
onica longifolia subsessilis). Rich blue 
spikes feet tall. The finest blue in 
August. 
7. September Three plants Aster, Harrington’s Pink. 
Pinch the growth-tips in May—again in 
late June—for mounds of gorgeous pink 
in September and October. 
8 . October Three plants Chrysanthemum, King 
Midas. The hardiest and best large 
bronze-yellow Chrysanthemum; in full 
flower early October. Keeps two weeks 
when cut. 
$ 1.00 
$ 1.40 
$ 0.70 
9. For foliage Three plants silver-white Artemisia, Sil¬ 
ver King. The branches make a most 
desirable accessory with other flowers. 
Hang some up to dry, too, for winter use 
$ 0.85 
\Q. AdditionalTv/o plants Bleeding-Heart {Dicentra 
spectabilis). To complete the bed. It 
belongs in every hardy garden. 
$ 1.00 
SPECIAL PRICE FOR THIS GROUP 
Twenty-nine plants^ good flowering size (Catalogue value, $9.65) for 
Shipped by Express (not prepaid) 
$ 8.50 
PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS. Lay out bed 3 feet wide, 14 feet long. Prepare soil as for chrysanthemums (see page 10). Mark out 3 rows, 
one in center; outer rows 9 inches from edge. Plant outer rows 12 inches from end and 12 inches apart for items 1-4. Stagger planting for 
center items, planting 18 inches from end, 12 inches apart, for items 1-4. Items 4-9, plant 18 inches apart. NOTE: Hardy Lilies may be added 
without interference. Tulips may be added in autumn between rows, daffodils, crocus, etc., along the border. 
CHOICE 
HARDY PERENNIALS 
GENERAL LIST 
Several acres in our Nursery are devoted to the production of 
Hardy Perennials. No attempt is made to grow and catalog all 
varieties, but rather to confine the assortment to kinds that are 
really desirable. New varieties are carefully checked and must 
represent real improvement before being offered. For that reason, 
unworthy novelties receiving undue publicity are omitted from 
our Catalog. 
All perennial plants offered are large enough to flower the first 
season with reasonably good culture. It should be kept in mind 
that plants which have been dug and shipped, naturally do not 
look as large when unpacked as growing plants before shipping. 
Packed in moist sphagnum moss, they carry perfectly and the 
transportation charge is less. Pot-grown plants are shipped with 
ball of soil. Express shipment for these is recommended. 
ACONITUM. Monkshood. A splendid family 
of plants resembling in habit the delphin¬ 
iums, but flowering during late summer and 
fall. They are very adaptable to grouping 
and most useful where blue is desired as 
a late garden color. Perfectly hardy but 
slow to establish and for that reason should 
remain undisturbed as long as possible. 
Aconites can be grown in partial shade or 
full sun. 
Autumnale. Autumn Monkshood. Large 
spikes of rich, dark blue, hooded flowers. 
Height, 4 to 5 feet. September, October. 
35 cts. each, $3.50 per doz. 
Fischeri. Azure Monkshood. Compact habit; 
attractive, glossy leaves; bright blue flowers 
carried in short, stocky spikes. A very 
lovely Monkshood with flowers of a brighter 
color than some of the others. Height, 
2 to 3 feet. September, October. 35 cts. 
each, $3.50 per doz. 
Aconitum Fischeri Wilsoni. Violet Monkshood. 
A more recent addition from China. It is 
of tall, stately habit, strong growth, and 
has deep violet-blue flowers. 5 to 6 feet. 
September, October. 50 cts. each, $5 per doz. 
Napellus. One of the earliest. Fine, rich dark 
blue flowers on tall irregular spikes. Height, 
3 to 4 feet. July, August. 35 cts. each, 
$3.50 per doz. 
Napellus bicolor. Cleanly marked white and 
blue flower-spikes. Quite distinct. Height, 
2 to 2J^ feet. 50 cts. each, $5 per doz. 
Spark’s Variety. Deep blue flowers on long, 
branching spikes. Height, 4 to 5 feet. 
July, August. 35 cts. each, $3.50 per doz. 
*.®THIONEMA schistosum. Stone-cress. 
Clean-cut, bluish green foliage at all times, 
and covered during June and July with 
lovely rose-colored spikes. Height, 9 inches. 
35 cts. each, $3.50 per doz. 
*AJUGA reptans. Carpet Bugle. A sturdy, 
creeping plant splendid for carpeting in 
poor soils and dry areas. Numerous blue 
flowers on 6-inch stems during May and 
June. 
♦Reptans rubra. Attractive form of above 
with metallic red foliage and deep blue 
flowers. 
♦ALYSSUM rostratum. Yellow-head Alys- 
sum. Dense heads of golden yellow flowers. 
Dwarf, shrub-like habit. At home in an 
open, dry situation. Height, 1 foot. June, 
July. 
♦Saxatile compactum. Dwarf Golden Tuft; 
Basket of Gold. More compact than pre¬ 
ceding and earlier. Useful for planting in 
between crevices and especially attractive 
when bursting out of a dry wall. Height, 
9 to 12 inches. April, May. 
Perennials on this page, 25 cts. each, 70 cts. for 3 of one kind, $2.50 per doz., unless otherwise noted. 
Varieties marked * are suitable for the rock-garden. 
