Gould’s Seeds 
Seedsmen 
Since 1898 
Are Reliable 
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PERENNIAL FLOWER SEEDS 
CULTURE. The seed bed must be well 
drained, fine and firm. If the soil is at 
all heavy lighten with sand. The seed 
may be planted from May to early July. 
When seedlings have two pair of 
leaves transplant into row's a few 
inches apart each way, and later when 
they begin to crowd transplant a sec¬ 
ond time. This involves extra work 
but is necessary to raise sturdy plants. 
Keep them partly shaded all summer. 
In August or September, if well de¬ 
veloped, they may be placed in their 
permanent locations where they are to 
blossom the following year, or left in 
the seed beds for early spring trans¬ 
planting. 
BIENNIALS. Some varieties if planted 
early will bloom the first year, but most 
bloom the second year and die. 
PERENNIALS. Many varieties bloom 
the first year, but usually they start 
the second year and live indefinitely, 
excepting that they die down in winter 
and come to life again in the spring. 
SPACING. A safe rule is to plant per¬ 
ennial plants one-half the ultimate 
height, apart. Do not crowd plants. 
CULTIVATION. Use the hoe freely in 
keeping the ground well cultivated all 
summer long. You will be repaid with 
stronger plants and more beautiful 
flowers. 
WINTER PROTECTION. It is best to 
cover young plants the first winter 
with straw or similar mulch along in 
November, before real cold weather 
sets in. Most perennials need no win¬ 
ter covering after they have become 
established, but some, like Oriental 
Poppies, Shasta Daisies, Tritoma and 
Iris ought to have a winter covering 
in late November, here in the North¬ 
west. Remove covering gradually in 
the spring. 
Achillea 
One of the best hardy perennials. 
Grows about 2 to 2% feet high, blooms 
from spring until frost. Is covered 
with deep rose or white double flow¬ 
ers. Flowers resemble Pompon Chrys¬ 
anthemums. If seed is planted early, 
it will bloom the first year. 
Kelwayi Rosea. Carmine Rose. Pkt. 10c. 
The Pearl, Double White. Pkt. 10c. 
Aconitum (Monl/s Hood) 
Hardy Perennials with showy blue 
spikes of hood-shaped flowers. Valu¬ 
able for planting in shady beds or 
borders. 3 to 4 feet. Pkt. 10c. 
Agrostemma 
(Coronarta) 
Stout, erect-grow¬ 
ing plants with sil¬ 
ver foliage, which 
contrasts well with 
the showy bright 
rosy- crimson 
flo w e r s, produced 
during June and 
July. Grows 2 feet 
high. F'ine for bor¬ 
der or rockery. 
Atro-sauglnea. Pkt. 
10 c. 
Alyssum Saxatile 
Has masses of bright yellow flowers. 
After the blooming season is over the 
seed pods may be used in Everlasting 
bouquets. Grows 8 to 12 inches high. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Anchusa (It. Dropmore Variety) 
Blue, large, forget-me-not-like flow¬ 
ers. Very fine for the back of the 
perenial border or for a screen. Grows 
4 to 5 feet high, blooms in June and 
July. Pkt. 10c. 
Anthemis (Hardy Marguerite) 
Grows about 12 to 15 inches high, bear¬ 
ing in profusion, daisy shaped, yellow 
or white flowers, that blossom in July 
and August. 
Kelwayi. Golden yellow. Pkt. 10c. 
Montana. White, yellow eye. Pkt. 10c. 
PERENNIAL MIXTURE 
As many as 20 different kinds of 
perennials are included in this 
splendid mixture. Pkt. 10c. 
Aquilegia (Columbine) 
Charming hardy perennial plants grow¬ 
ing from 12 inches to three feet high, 
bearing in countless numbers through 
May and June their exquisite blossoms 
of clear blue, white, rose, lavender, 
yellow and purple. For planting in 
permanent borders along woods or 
shrubbery they are unsurpassed. Fine 
for the rockery. 
Coerulea (Rocky Mountain Columbine). 
A lovely combination of blue and white 
Blooms May to July. Plants 1 to 2 
feet. Pkt. 10c. 
Mrs. Scott Elliott’s 
Strain of Long 
Spurred Hybrids. 
This is one of the 
very finest strains 
grown. Height, 2% 
feet. Mixed colors. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Dobbie’s Imperial 
Long Spurred. A 
fine strain produc¬ 
ing large flowers in 
brilliant colors. 
Height about 2 Vo 
feet. Pkt. 10c. 
Aquilegia. 
Arabis Alpina (Rock Cress) 
Plants are spreading, only 12 inches 
high, with pure white flowers in spring. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Feed With 
UIGORO 
W COMPLETE PLANT FOOD 
Armeria 
A pretty border or rock garden plant 
that does well even in poor -soil. F'o- 
liage is grass-like, above its base nu¬ 
merous stiff stems carry little globe- 
shaped flowers in early summer. Per¬ 
fectly hardy. Height 6 to 24 inches. 
Formosa Large Flowering Hybrids. 
24 inches tall. Pkt. 10c. 
Asters 
Single fall-flowering hardy herbaceous 
plants thriving in any good garden soil 
producing masses of dainty and bright¬ 
ly colored blossoms. Dwarf varieties 
bloom in late spring and early summer; 
tall varieties in late summer and fall. 
Amellus Hybrids. (Italian Asters.) 
Early. Height 2% feet. Pkt. 10c. 
Michaelmas Daisy. Newest varieties 
mixed. Plants 3 feet high. Pkt. 10c. 
Alpine. Dwarf plants 6 to 10 inches 
high with large showy bluish-purple 
flowers with yellow centers. May-June. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Aubrietia (Rainbow Rock Cress) 
Showy and beautiful creeping plants, 
about 6 inches, for borders or rockeries. 
Flowers of violet, crimson and rose, 
form a solid mass of color for weeks. 
Blooms in April and May. Pkt. 10c. 
Beilis (English Daisy) 
They are semi-hardy and thrive best 
in a cool, shady place, but do well in 
almost any soil. Admirably adapted 
for edgings, borders and low beds, will 
bloom for years if given winter pro¬ 
tection. Height 6 to 8 inches. Mixed 
colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Catananche (Cupid’s Dart) 
Flowers pale violet with dark center. 
Grows 12 to 18 inches high. A very 
nice border plant and Everlasting flow¬ 
er. Coerulea. Pkt. 10c. 
Centaurea (Bachelor Button) 
The flower resembles the annual Corn¬ 
flower. Montana. Deep blue. Pkt. 10c. 
Cerastium (Snow in Summer) 
A pretty perennial plant for edging and 
rockery. Foliage is silvery and hairy; 
flowers white, covering plant com¬ 
pletely in June. 6 inches. Pkt. 10c. 
Campanula (Canterbury Bells; 
Well known beautiful hardy herbaceous 
perennials and biennials bearing a 
great profusion of attractive bell¬ 
shaped flowers, thriving best in light, 
rich soil. Tall varieties are fine for cut¬ 
ting. Heights vary from 9 in. to 5 ft. 
Canterbury Bells 
(Campanula Medi¬ 
um). Grows about 
3 feet high and 
bears single bell¬ 
shaped flowers in 
blue, white, purple 
and pink colors. 
Mixed colors. Pkt. 
10 c. 
Cup and Saucer 
type (Campanula 
Calycanthema.) In 
this variety the 
outer petals form a 
brim, like a saucer. 
2 ft. Pkt. 10c. 
Carpatica (Hare¬ 
bell). A pretty vari¬ 
ety only 9 inches campanula Medium 
high, producing 
clear blue flowers on erect wiry stems 
from June until September. Fine for 
edging or rockery. Does well in par¬ 
tial shade. Pkt. 10c. 
Persieifolia (Peach Bells). Blue flowers 
on 2-3 ft. plants, bloom in June and 
July. Pk’t. 10c. 
Coreopsis—Double Sunburst 
Coreopsis 
A hardy perennial about two feet high 
that produces an abundance of large, 
daisy shaped flowers on long stems. 
One of the best perennials for cut flow¬ 
ers. Lanceolata. (Single.) Pkt. 10c. 
Double Sunburst. The double flowers 
are 1% to 2 inches across, deep golden 
yellow. Flowers are fine keepers and 
plants easy to grow. Pkt. 10c. 
Double New Gold. (New). Fine golden 
yellow. Pkt. 10c. 
Daisy, Shasta 
Alaska. A hardy perennial bearing 
large pure white flowers, in great pro¬ 
fusion on long stems, making it fine 
for cut flowers. Blooms all summer. 
Height 24 to 30 inches. Pkt. 10c. 
Shasta, Conqueror. Flowers as large 
as Alaska on stems 2 to 3 ft. Pkt. 10c. 
New Giant Double White. Double 
flowers ranging through semi-doubles 
to a type though single, forms beauti¬ 
ful large flowers with curled, quilled 
petals. Height, 2 to 3 ft. Pkt. 25c. 
