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SPRING TRADE LIST—FEBRUARY 1, 1940 
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PERENNIALS 
We have one of the largest and most complete assortments of Hardy Perennials, 
Alpine and Rock Garden plants of any nursery in the Middle West. Our plants are, 
except as specified, field grown, properly transplanted to give the necessary root develop¬ 
ment for high class landscape planting. 
We have approximately 60 acres of overhead irrigation, devoted to the propagation 
of our Perennial and Rock Garden plants. We have searched the world over for new 
varieties of seeds and plants. 
If you live near Shenandoah, we cordially invite you to come and inspect our peren¬ 
nial fields. There is hardly a day during the summer and early fall but what our fields 
are a mass of bloom. 
All perennials should be shipped by express. They are very perishable and should 
not be included in a freight shipment. 
RG indicates the adaptability for rock garden planting. 
The perennials that we are offering in this section are hare root, most suitable for 
landscape planting. If you are interested in packaged perennials, bulbs, etc., please write 
for our special price list No. 15 which covers a complete assortment of the more popular 
selling items suitable for store and counter trade. 
SPECIALTY ITEMS OF THE NEW AND IMPROVED VARIETIES 
OF PERENNIALS 
We are constantly in touch with plantsmen who specialize in the origination and 
improvement of new and better varieties of Hardy Plants, bringing these plants and 
seeds to our own nurseries for a thorough trial before offering them to our customers. 
We are extremely interested in offering you these newer varieties only in plants of real 
merit and dependability, plants that are adapted to extreme climatic conditions. 
We have carefully checked our variety listing of perennials of some of the more 
recent introductions and wish to offer herewith a few suggested varieties that are worthy 
of your consideration. 
ANTHEMIS, NEW ART SHADES. Per 10 Per 100 
This fine compact and upright growing variety is certainly a 
great improvement over its weedy ancestors. Plants 18 in. 
high, covered with white and yellow daisy-like flowers. Good 
for cutting. June to August.$ 1.20 $10.00 
AQUILEGIA, Columbine (RG). 
Crimson Star. Something entirely new in Aquilegia! Large flow¬ 
ers of the most striking crimson, with white corolla. The plant 
has a sturdy full-flowering habit. Blooms in May-June. 24-in. 1.20 
Monarch. Hybrids. The lack of vivid blue shades, so often a bad 
feature in Aquilegia mixtures, has been surmounted in Monarch 
by growing blues separately and blending them into the mixtures 
after harvesting. This new MONARCH strain produces flowers 
of very large size with broad petals of perfect form and great 
length of spurs. May-June. 24-in. 1.40 
Silver Queen. Silvery white flowers, very long spurs. May-June. 
24 inch . 1.40 
ASTERS, NEW DWARF (RG). 
Without exception, everyone who sees these new Dwarf Asters, 
recently imported from England, in bloom in our nurseries, pur¬ 
chases some. They are neat of habit, the foliage is attractive, 
and in the blooming season in September and October, there are 
literally hundreds of blooms in the most delicate shades of 
lavender, pink, and lilac. They are truly dwarf, rarely exceeding 
one foot in height, perfectly hardy, and especially valuable for 
rock garden, coming at a time when the rock garden is void of 
flowers. We have selected the best of this group of Dwarf 
Asters to offer to our customers. 
Iiilac Time. Deep violet-blue flowers are produced on well rounded 
bushy plants growing to a height of 15 in. It is a most colorful 
and outstanding variety. September. 1.40 
Nancy. Lively flesh-pink flowers literally cover this dwarf bushy 
plant in late September. 1 ft. 1.20 
Snow Sprite. (Snow Fairy.) A very dwarf early September flower¬ 
ing variety, forming graceful plants a foot high. They are 
almost smothered with charming, semi-double white flowers. 1.40 
Star of Wartburg’. Dark lilac-blue flowers with orange center, 
growing 12 to 14 inches high on strong, erect stems. Good cut 
flower, working up well with other flowers. Possible to cut 
more than one crop, providing young flowers are cut when 
they are ready. This is the best of all Dwarf Asters. The va¬ 
riety we are growing is a special strain grown from divisions 
which were imported from Holland... 1.40 
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