Michell*s Hardy Perennial Plants 
FOR ROCK-GARDENS, LANDSCAPING, CUT-FLOWERS, AND HOME-GARDENS 
All Perennials Offered on the Following Pages Are Field-Grown Plants, Except Where Noted. 
Use Perennials for Summer Cutting, for Forcing in the Winter, and for Landscaping and Rockeries. 
OUTSTANDING NOVELTIES 
Early Hybrid Korean Chrysanthemums 
Astrid. Single; shell-pink of a lovely shade. 
Clio. Deep carmine-rose. Duplex flowering. Dwarf; compact. 
Country Girl. Bright pink with soft lilac tone. 
Fortuna. Ox-blood, curly-petaled flowers, 3 to 4 inches in diameter. 
Medium height. 
Hebe. Luminous pink, lavender-pink tone. 
Hestia. Delicate rose-pink, semi-double flower with white halo. 
Juno. Single coppery red, fading to salmon-rose. Very dwarf. 
Louise Schling. Large salmon-red flowers. 
Nancy Copeiand. Spectrum-red. 
Niobe. Clear glistening white with yellow disc. Dwarf grower. 
Psyche. Clear shell-pink, single flowers 4 to 5 inches in diameter. 
Thaiia. Orange shade; duplex flowers. Compact, dwarf grower. 
Vesta. Deep golden orange; almost a duplex. 
Price, 2-inch pot-plants, $2.00 per 12; per 100, $12.00 
Hardy Chrysanthemum, Cushion Varieties 
Bronze Cushion. Deep bronze flowers. 
King Cushion. Brick-red flowers. 
Pink Cushion. Bright pink flowers. 
Queen Cushion. Pure white. 
Red Cushion. Red flowers. 
White Cushion. 
Yellow Cushion. Pure golden flowers. 
Price, 2-inch pot-plants, $1.75 per 12; per 100, $11.00 
Popular Recent Korean Hybrid Chrysanthemums 
Apollo. Superb autumn color—a sparkling combination of bronze, red, 
and gold, sulfused with glowing salmon. The flowers are 2 inches 
across and are produced in immense sprays. 
Ceres. A lovely combination of old-gold, chamois-yellow, and soft cop¬ 
pery bronze. The mature flower petals appear to have been dusted 
with gold. 
Daphne. New shade of pink to the Ch^santhemum—an exquisite 
blending of daphne-pink with an underlying sheen of lilac-rose, with 
golden stamens. Flowers 3}^ inches across. 
Diana. Chatenay rose-pink, mingled with lilac-rose to soft salmon, 
the tones of which vary with the degree of light. 
Dwarf Chrysanthemum, Pink Cushion 
Popular Recent Korean Hybrid Chrysanthemums, continued 
Mars. Fine for those who prefer depth and brilliancy of color in the 
garden. Deep amaranth-red, changing to wine-red, overlaid with a 
velvety sheen. 
Mercury. The nicely formed, 3-inch flowers open bronze-red and 
change to coppery bronze as they mature. 
Price, 2-inch pot-plants, ready in April, $1.50 per 12; 
per 100, $10.00 
AQUILEGIA, Crimson Star. The most striking crim- 12 100 
son, with white corolla.$2 50 $15 00 
ARMERIA Hybrids. New. A wonderful range of colors 
on extra-line stems. Good for cutting. 
Bees’ Ruby. Bright red flowers, about 2 inches in 
diameter. June flowering. Stems 18 to 20 inches long. 
Giory of Holland. Clear pink color. 
ASTER, Constance. Clear light pink. 
Frikarti. Azure-blue flowers, 3 inches in diameter .... 
Lavanda. Attractive light blue. 15 to 18 inches high . 
Lilac-Time. Deep violet-blue. Plants 15 inches high . 
Niobe. Pure white with yellow centers. Dwarf. 
Snowdrift. Midseason. Large; snow-white. Dwarf... 
Star of Wartburg. Flowers in May and June. Large; 
lilac, orange center. 
COREOPSIS, Double Sunburst. Gulden yellow flowers 
of good size. 
DAISY (Shasta), Admiral Byrd. Pure white flowers, 
5 to 6 inches across. 
DIANTHUS, Loveliness. Color heavenly mauve; flower 
petals deeply laciniated. 
Rose Cushion. Ideal for low borders or rockeries .... 
GAILLARDIA, Goiden Goddess. Height 2 feet. Free 
flowering. 
GYPSOPHILA repehs Bodgeri. Plants 12 to 14 inches 
high produce Bristol-Fairy-like white flowers tinted 
pink the entire summer. 2-in. pots. 
Field-grown. 
Rosy Veil. Clusters of pink flowers. 2-in. pots. 
Field-grown. 
IRIS, Japanese, Blue River. Deep blue; multi-petaled . 
LIATRIS, September Glory. Long spikes. 
LUPINUS, New Russell Hybrids. 
PAPAVER ORIENTALE, Delicata. Purplish vinaceous 
or old-rose-pink. 
Hercules. Immense flowers of true scarlet. 
Salmon King. Peach-red or salmon color. 
Spotless. Beautiful soft pink. 
PHLOX SUBULATA, Emerald Cushion. Deep pink. 
VINCA rubra fl.-pl. Mahogany-red flowers ... . 
Buddleia 
Orchid Beauty. Soft cattleya-lilac with a brilliant 12 100 
orange eye; long, tapering spikes. 234-in. 25 plants 
at 100 rate .$6 50 $50 00 
Asiatica. For greenhouse forcing only. White. 234-m. 12 100 
$2.25 per 25 .. $7 50 
Charming. Lavender-pink trusses throughout the entire 
summer. Strong grower.25 at the 100 rate. .$2 50 15 00 
Dubonnet. Wine-red flowers. Strong grower. 3 50 25 00 
Fortune. Pure lilac with a brilliant orange eye. Sprays 
12 to 18 inches long.25 at the 100 rate .. 3 50 25 00 
Hartwegi. Bright lavender blooms that do not sunburn. 
$4.50 per 25 .. 2 50 15 00 
lie de France. A great improvement over the old variety.. 2 50 15 00 
Superba. Light violet flowers. 3 00 20 00 
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