“Michigan’s Greatest Nursery” 
PERENNIALS 
LATIIYRUS—HARDY SWEET PEAS 
A climbing perennial with good screening foliage. Typical sweet-pea flowers 
in pink and white. 
LAVENDULA—LAVENDER 
VERA, Sweet Lavender. Fragrant spikes of little blue flowers in July and 
August. 18 inches. 
LIATRIS—GAYFEATHER 
PYCNOSTACHYA. Handsome spikes of bright purple. 5 feet. 
SCARIOSA. Blooms after Pycnostachya. Blooms larger and more open. See 
picture on page 35. 
LILIUM—LILY 
CANIMDUM, Madonna Lily. Fragrant, pure pearl-white flowers. Very rarely 
tinged with purple on the outside. One of the most ornamental species and 
an old favorite. 2 to 3 feet. June. 
REGALE, Royal. This new variety from Western China is admittedly one of 
the most beautiful Garden Lilies yet introduced. It grows 3 to 5 feet high, 
and blooms out of doors in July. It is perfectly hardy, and flourishes under 
very varied conditions, the large trumpet shaped, delicately scented flowers, 
which are produced freely, are ivory white, shaded pink, tinged with canary 
yellow at the base of the petals. Strong flowering bulbs. See picture on page 34 
TIGRINUM, Tiger Lily. Flowers bright, deep orange-red, with numerous 
small, distinct, purplish-black spots, in many flowered racemes. Thrives from 
year to year in the open border, where it should be planted in masses. 4 to 6 
feet. July to August. See picture on page 35. 
LILY-OF-THE-V ALLEY 
As hardy as any plant can possibly be, and when planted in the open ground 
will increase rapidly. The well known Lily-of-the-Valley that blossoms in early 
summer. 
LINUM—FLAX 
ALPINUM. Dwarf. Bright blue flowers. 2 to 4 inches. 
FLAVUM. Bright yellow flowers in June. 1 foot. 
PERENNE. Clear blue flowers. May to Aug. 18 inches. 
LUPINUS—LUPINE 
The Lupines produce beautiful long spikes of pea-shaped flowers on stems 
three feet high. They are perfectly hardy, but cannot endure drought, and must 
he planted in well-prepared garden soil and kept watered in dry weather. Blue, 
pink, white. See picture on page 35. 
LYCHNIS—CAMPION 
AI.PINA. Dwarf. Ball-shaped flowers of red in Spring. 4 inches. 
CHALCEDONICA, Maltese Cross. Sometimes called London Pride Dense 
clusters of brick-red or scarlet flowers. Foliage hairy and narrow. A valued 
old garden flower. Of the easiest culture and most pleasing habit. 2 to 3 feet 
high. June and July. 
HAAGEANA. F or bedding. Orange and salmon shades. 1 foot. 
VISCARIA SPLENDENS. Dark red flowers. Early, lfoot. 
LYTHRUM—LOOSESTRIFE 
ROSEUM. Very showy, splendid for banks of streams and ponds. 
MERTENSIA 
VIRGINICA, Bluebells. Drooping bells of bright blue changing to pink in 
early spring. 
MONARDA—OSWEGO TEA 
DIDYMA. Showy and brilliant perennial, with large heads of fragrant, scarlet 
flowers. Grows 1^ to 2J4 feet high, and flourishes in any soil. A beautiful 
adornment to the flower graden. June-August. 
M YOSOTIS—FORGET-ME-NOT 
PALUSTRIS. Bright blue flowers during early summer. 18 inches. 
NEPETA—CATNIP 
MUSSINI. This is a special flowering variety of a useful herb originating in the 
Caucasus. A great bee-plant. 6 inches high, spreads rapidly, bluish purple 
fine flowers. 
OENOTHERA—EVENING PRIMROSE 
MISSOURIENSIS. Large canary-yellow single flowers all summer. 
PACHYSANDRA—JAPANESE SPURGE 
TERMINALIS. 6 to 8 inches high, forming broad mats of bright glossy green 
foliage and small spikes of flowers during May and June. A ground cover which 
grows in all shady situations and under Pine trees. 
PAPAVER—POPPY 
These now rank among the most popular perennials in cultivation. They have 
an astonishing range of color and style of bloom, and being long-lived and 
perfectly hardy, need the least attention. Some of the original plants are native 
to Iceland and others to the Alps, and were first pictured and described in 1613. 
ALPIXUM, Alpine Poppy. One of the most dwarf. White flowers, very fra¬ 
grant with finely-cut leaves. 
NUDICAULE, Iceland Poppy. The plant is of neat habit, forming a tuft of 
bright green, fern-like foliage, from which spring, throughout the entire 
season, a profusion of slender leafless stems 1 foot high, each graced with 
charming cup-shaped flowers. . . 
ORIENT ALE, Oriental Poppy. For a gorgeous display of rich brilliant color¬ 
ing nothing can excel the Oriental Poppies during their period of flowering 
in May or June, and whether planted singly or in masses their large flowers 
and freedom of bloom render them conspicuous in any position. 
-Continued 
PHLOX 
One of the favorites of long ago, in which great improvement has been made 
by cultivation. From the old-time clusters of purplish pink flowers has been 
evolved a most magnificent family of hardy perennials, bearing enormous trusses 
of magnificent flowers in every conceivable shade of color. 
AFRICA. Red with blood red eye. 
BEACON. Cherry red. 
CAROLINE VANDENBURG. Lavender blue. 
EIFFEL TOWER. New, white, carmine eye. 
E. L. FARRINGTON. New, salmon pink. 
FIREBRAND. Brilliant orange scarlet. 
MISS LINGARI). Fine white. 
MRS. JENKINS. Large White. 
PANTHEON. Clear pink. See picture on page 34. 
R. P. STRUTHERS. Cherry red. 
RYNSTROM. Rose pink. 
SUBULATA WHITE. Creeping. 
NEW “Columbia” Plant Patent No. 118 
"Phlox Columbia, a new cameo-pink Phlox, is of most exquisite 
beauty. A soft pink recalling that of Elizabeth Campbell, but lighter, 
more delicate and with an eye of light blue which has a charming effect 
upon the general color of the flower. The Phlox grows to two or two 
and a half feet, very bushy and a fact most marvelous. Altogether an 
amazingly good addition to the list of plants which give color and rich¬ 
ness to the midsummer border." 
PHYSOSTEGIA—FALSE DRAGONHEAD 
VIRGINIANA ROSEA, Virginia False-Dragonhead. Forms large clumps, 
bearing in profusion long spikes of delicate tubular-shaped flowers of a pretty, 
soft pink. 3 to 4 feet. July to September. 
PLATYCODON—BALLOONFLOWER 
GRANDIFLORA. A very handsome hardy perennial with beautiful, large 
bell-shaped flowers somewhat like the Campanulas. Is also known by the 
name of Japanese Bellflower. When in the bud state, they are inflated like 
balloons. Very effective for borders or the rock garden. See picture on page 34. 
PLUMBAGO 
LARPENTAE. A low, spreading plant, with a profusion of Dull Violet Blue 
flowers toward the latter part of the summer. Thrives in shady places. Good 
for rock gardens. 
PRIMULA—PRIMROSE 
CASHMIR1ANA, Kashmir Primrose. Lavender-blue flowers in May and 
June. 6 to 8 inches. 
CORTUSOIDES. Deep rose flowers in early summer. 10 inches. 
VERIS, Polyanthus. Red, yellow, orange and two toned flowers in Spring. 
6 inches. 
PYRETHRUM—PAINTED DAISY 
ROSEUM HYBRIDUM. Easy to grow and perfectly hardy. Invaluable for 
cut flowers from early summer to fall. The flowers are on long stems and are 
somewhat aster- or chrysanthemum-like. The strain we grow' includes many 
colors and types—some double and some single. A very fine perennial. See 
picture page 35. 
RUDBECKIA 
LAGINIATA, Cut-leaf Coneflower. Yellow flowers in August-September. 5 ft 
PURPUREA, Purple Coneflower. Reddish-purple flowers with brown center 
2 to 3 feet. 
SALVIA—SAGE 
AZUREA. A Rocky Mountain family of plants with the brightest-blue, unique¬ 
shaped flowers in August and September. Three to four feet, and highly useful 
for naturalizing rough corners or for deep borders. 
SAPONARIA—SOAP WORT 
OCYMOIDES. Trailing rock-plant. Small pink flowers May to July 
SAXIFRAGA—SAXIFRAGE 
CRASSIFOLIA. An admirable plant for the front of the border or shrubbery. 
Pink flowers early in Spring, followed by masses of deep-green foliage and 
thriving in almost any soil or place. 
SCABIOSA—PINCUSHION FLOWER 
CAUCASICA. A handsome border plant, succeeding in any ordinary soil if 
well drained and in a sunny location, and should be grown in every garden 
where cut flowers are wanted. Lilac-blue flowers. 
SEMPERVIVUM—HOUSE LEEK 
Ideal plants for the rock garden. Leaves are thick and rubbery in tight 
rosettes. 
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