lie de France 
A shrub that bears living, ever-changing flowers! 
For its own delicate long sprays of bloom have an 
irresistible attraction for the butterflies that flit 
through every garden, so that they soar and settle 
about it through the warm days of summer and 
early autumn. A majestic, hardy perennial, some¬ 
times growing 6 feet tall, it provides a rich contrast 
to other garden flowers and a never-failing source 
of graceful fragrant blooms for huose decoration. 
CHARMING > 
A magnificent specimen to distinguish your garden. Bears 
elegant sprays of lavender-pink in graceful profusion. Dis¬ 
tinctively fragrant, and admirable for cutting. A superb and 
stately beauty, hardy and prolific regardless of the climate. 
3 for $1.25 10 for $4.00 
50c. each 
ILE DE FRANCE 
Another magnificent Buddleia—the richest and darkest of its 
race. The flowers of glowing claret-purple are packed into 
thick spikes a foot long. Truly royal in form and appearance. 
Needs no care—grows in any soil or climate—and blooms from 
July to frost. A dependable, satisfying plant year after year! 
3 for $1.25 10 for $4.00 
50c. each 
Charming 
PERENNIAL PLANTS 
Perennial borders fulfil a dual purpose. They give you gay 
and colorful garden surroundings throughout the year and 
are a constant source of cut-flowers. The past few years 
have brought forth many wonderful improvements in almost 
all known varieties. We have searched here and abroad and 
have also been diligently producing many new varieties in 
our own nurseries, all with the idea of giving you the latest 
and best in the most desirable kinds. Our testing is done 
under northern New York conditions, where temperatures 
have gone down to 30 and 35 degrees below zero. Our plants 
are tried and produced here to insure their hardiness. 
Here are a few specific, helpful suggestions. For best re¬ 
sults always plant 3 of a variety together. We will welcome 
your writing us on any other special problems. 
1. ASTERS. 
Plant in rich soil—cut off all shoots in spring on your tall- 
growing fall Asters, leaving only one or two. 
(A) Let these develop and see the handsome stalks and 
the glorious individual florets you obtain. 
(B) Divide your clumps every three years. Plant out 
small divisions and discard the rest. 
(C) Protect Aster Frikarti somewhat if you are very far 
North. 
2. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
(A) Remove half the spring bottom 
shoots on two-year plants. 
(B) When blooming plants are in 
danger of freezing and you want to 
keep them, take up and box or pot 
some of your favorites. Put them 
back next spring. 
(C) If you want flowers for show pur¬ 
poses, disbud side shoots. 
3. DELPHINIUMS. 
Plant in medium rich soil. When 2 
feet high, fertilize with Yigoro, or its 
equivalent (4 pounds per 100 square 
feet). In winter, cover each plant 
with some well-leached cinders, a 
shovelful on the crow n of a plant. Do 
not let plants seed. Cut out the 
flowering spikes as they finish and 
you’ll get a second bloom. 
4. GEUMS. 
Do well in any ordinary garden soil 
and can be depended on to keep the 
spot covered with green after the 
flowers are gone. 
5. GYPSOPHILA. 
Cut off the first blooms and they will 
bloom again. Use them freely. 
6. HELIANTHUS, CORONATION. 
Put in water immediately after cut¬ 
ting. It keeps a long time. 
7. HELIOPSIS, SUMMER GOLD. 
Tie some into a bundle and hang 
upside down in a dry place. They 
make interesting winter bouquets as 
well as summer cut-flowers. 
8. PHLOX. 
Thin out the shoots of older Phlox 
plants to 3 or 4 at the most. Size of 
individual spikes will well reward you. 
Move and break up clumps every 
three years. 
9. PHYSALIS, GIANT GLOBE. 
Cut when leaves are still on branches 
and dry in natural position. 
10. SHASTA DAISY, ESTHER REED. 
Divide your plants every two years. 
11. SHASTA DAISY, SNOWBANK 
AND NOBILIS. 
Cut these freely and they will give 
you surprising pleasure. 
12. RUDBECKIA, THE KING. 
Give this a stake if it grows too strong. 
Here is a dependable prize-winner in 
any garden show. 
13. VERONICA, BLUE SPIRE. 
Break off half the shoots when 6 
inches tall. This half w ill bloom four 
weeks later than the first lot and in 
this way you get continuous color 
throughout the entire season. 
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