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SHENANDOAH NURSERIES, SHENANDOAH, IOWA 
PERENNIALS 
Our assortment of Hardy Perennial, Alpine and Rock Garden Plants includes a 
very select list of the newer varieties as well as the indispensable old favorites. 
We offer Field Grown, clean, well rooted individual plants that are vigorous and 
free from disease. 
Our Perennials are properly packed with fresh, clean packing material in well 
ventilated boxes. 
All perennials are very perishable and should be shipped by express. 
Perennials offered in this section are bare-root. Starred varieties (*) especially 
suited for rock-garden. 
If you are interested in packaged perennials, bulbs, etc., please write us for our 
special price list of Root-Wrapped Stock. 
NEW AND NOVEL. PERENNIALS OF SPECIAL MERIT 
The following Perennials are some of the better recent introductions; varieties 
that have been thoroughly tested and found to be outstanding; varieties that are 
worthy of your consideration. » 
ANCHUSA, Alkanet Per 10 Per 100 
♦Myosotidiflora, dainty blue flowers resembling forget-me-nots 
but borne in branching sprays. Thrives in shade. April- 
May. 12” -$ 1 40 $ 12 00 
AQUILEGIA, Columbine. May-June. 
Blue and Lavender Shades, Long-Spurred flowers, a selected 
strain with color running particularly to blue shades. 24” __ 
Crimson Star, an entirely new color in Aquilegias; very large 
flowers with crimson sepals and spurs, white petals. 24”_ 
Pink and Rose Shades, Long-Spurred flowers, a fine selected 
strain with beautiful flowers blending shades of pink. 24” __ 
Ruby and Crimson Shades, Long-Spurred flowers, unusually 
attractive flowers of vivid shades of crimson. 24”_ 
Silver and Cream Shades, Long-Spurred flowers, a striking 
strain producing fragrant silvery-white flowers. 24”- 
Yellow and Buff Shades, Long-Spurred flowers, a very slender, 
dainty Columbine; blooms profusely. 30”- 
ASTERS, Hardy Perennial 
Beechwood Challenger, the best of the red Asters; clear crim¬ 
son red, free flowering.A fine novelty. 3%’. 
21 / 2 ” Pot Plants_ 
Frikarti, Wonder of Stafa. Lavender-blue flowers of extra 
large size; blooms profusely from June until November. 
2%-3’ _ 
Harrington’s Pink, a new, true pink flowering Aster, produces 
large pink flowers abundantly on upright, bushy plants- 
Red Rover, compact habit, very free flowering; one of the first 
Fall Asters to bloom, not new, but outstanding. 3-4’- 
*ASTERS, Hardy Dwarf. September-October. 
The Dwarf Asters are, while in flower, without exception the 
most striking border plants in existence. They are truly 
dwarf, very hardy, and bloom profusely. 
Countess of Dudley, luminous pink flowers with bright yellow 
eye; bush growth. 9”----- 
Marjorie, clear, bright rose-pink flowers; compact habit. 8'- 
Niobe, a true dwarf variety; white, yellow center. 9”-- 
Victor, lavender-blue; compact. Very dwarf. 8”.-. 
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