Aq uilegia 
Bleeding Heart 
Shasta Daisy 
Hardy Perennials 
Many home owners feel that their planting plans are not complete 
without including a proper proportion of hardy flowering plants. The 
ease of maintenance together with the varied scope of usefulness ac¬ 
count in large measure for the importance of these offerings. 
ACHILLEA—MILFOIL OR YARROW 
PTARMICA, Boule de Neige. New. An improvement on “The Pearl” with fuller, 
more perfect flowers. 
PTARMICA, The Pearl. Small, double white flowers, covering plant in July. Invalu¬ 
able for borders. 2 feet. 
ALYSSUM—ROCK MADWORT 
Campanula 
SAXATILE. Very small golden yellow flowers, completely covering plant in early 
spring. Very showy; fine for the rock garden. 
SERPYLLIFOLIUM. Dwarf. Pale yellow flowers. Follows Saxatile in blooming period. 
ANCHUSA—SEA BUGLOSS 
ITALICA DROPMORE. Tall spikes of blue flowers in June and intermittently all 
summer. 4 to 5 feet. 
M YOSOTIDIFLORA. Dwarf plant. Blue flowers in clusters, May and June. 12 inches. 
ANEMONE JAPANESE WINDFLOWER 
JAPONICA, Queen Charlotte. Semi-double pink flowers of large size. 
PULSATILLA. Purple flowers during April and May. 9 to 12 inches. 
AQUILEGIA—COLUMBINE 
Long Spurred Hybrids. Handsome, long-spurred flowers, borne on long stems above 
masses of beautifully lobed and cut foliage. The flowers are quaint in shape, exquisite 
in color and stay fresh a long time after cutting. Grows 18 to 24 inches high an l 
blooms in spring and early summer. 
ARABIS 
Coreopsis 
ALPINA. Fine rock plant, low growing and completely covered with snow white 
blossoms in early spring. 
ALPINA ROSEA. Similar to above. Flowers delicate, pale pink. 
ASTERS, HARDY—MICHAELMAS DAISIES 
ALPINUS, Goliath. 6 to 10 inches high. Large showy bluish-purple flowers in May 
and June. 
ASTILBE—SPIREA 
HYBRIDA, Amethyst. Flowers in June. Purple flowers. Spikes 2 to 3 feet tall. 
HYBRID A, Betsy Cuperus. Spikes 2 feet tall. Showy white flowers with pink centers 
AUBRETIA—HYBRIDS 
One of the daintist and most delicately beautiful of all dwarf, creeping plants for 
carpeting beds or rockeries, forming brilliant sheets of blue, crimson, or rose for manv 
weeks. Massed on rockeries or in borders with white Arabia and yellow Alvssum, it 
forms a charming contrast. A gem for planting in crevices of rocks or walls, forming a 
cataract of color. 
CAM PANULA—BELLFLOWER 
CARPATICA. A dwarf form of the Canterbury Bell, for the rock garden. The plant 
when in bloom is between 6 and 12 inches tall, completely covered with small, blue, 
bell-shaped flowers. 
GARGANICA. Starry light-blue flowers in June. Low growing. Fine for rock garden. 
MEDIUM CALYCANTHEMA. Among the many plants flowering in late May and 
June, the Canterbury Bells are among the showiest. They come in a mixture, ranging 
through various shades of white, blue and pink. Grows 2 to 3 feet. 
PERSICIFOLIA. 1*2 to 2 feet high. Blue or white bell-shaped flowers. 
ROTUNDIFOLIA, Blue Bells of Scotland. 12 inches high. Nodding blue bells from 
June until August. 
CARNATIONS, HARDY 
EARLIEST DWARF VIENNA. Biennial, large flowered variety in bright colors. 
GRENADIN. E xtremely hardy; strong grower. Bright scarlet—a scarlet type or 
White Gem—pure white. 
CENTAUREA 
DEALBATA. Thistle-like flowers of showy lavender shade in June. 18 inches. 
MACROCEPHALA, Globe Centaurea. Large, thistle-like, golden-yellow flowers. 
Useful for cutting and showy borders. 3 X A feet. July and August. 
MONTANA, Blue Cornflower. Large flowers of deep blue in June. 2 feet. 
Gaillardia 
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