All Perennials, $1.25 for 3, $3.50 per doz., 
$26.00 per 100, unless otherwise noted 
PERENNIAL PLANTS 
There are so many satisfactory perennials in existence today that in order tion, are the most satisfactory for your garden. In this selection we are 
them we would be forced to issue a separate catalog. We have laying particular emphasis upon those that are best planted in the fall, 
therefore selected appro.ximately 100 or more varieties which, in our estima- The varieties described more fully are newer introductions of proved merit. 
*ALYSSUIV1 saxatiie citrinum. A new variety. 
Sulphur-yellow flowers. Dwarf. 
*ANCHUSA myosotidiflora. Finest form of 
Forget-me-nots. Brilliant blue. 1 ft. 
■^ANEIVIONE Puisatilla. Pasque Flower. Vio¬ 
let-purple. A real beauty in spring. 
ANTHEMIS, Moonlight. One of the most 
satisfactory introductions in recent years. 
Large, pale yellow, daisy-like flowers. Ex¬ 
cellent for cutting throughout the entire 
summer. These cut-flowers will last one 
week in water. Plants will produce 
throughout the summer as many as 250 
flowers. $1.50 for 3, $4.00 for 10 
AQUILEGIA clematiflora. A beautiful new 
variety without spurs. The form of the 
flower resembles large clematis. Very prolific 
bloomer. $1.50 for 3, $4.00 for 10 
Longissima. Large; long-spurred; yellow. 
Exquisite. $1.50 for 3, $5.00 per doz. 
Mrs. Scott Elliott’s Hybrids. Carefully 
selected strain. 
Blue Shades. Selection of large-flowered 
blue sorts. 
Crimson Star. Featured by us last year. 
*ARABIS alpina fl.-pl. Pure white, double 
flowers in early spring. 
ARMERIA, Bees’ Ruby. Splendid new intro¬ 
duction for cut-flowers. 
*Laucheana. Rosy crimson blooms all 
summer. 
ARTEMISIA, Silver King. Invaluable for 
color combinations of cut-flowers. 
ASCLEPIAS tuberosa. The ever-popular 
Butterfly Weed. Bright orange. 
ASTER, Wartburg Star. Early-blooming vio¬ 
let Daisies with golden discs. 
*AUBRIETIA, New Large-flowering Hy¬ 
brids. This Rock Cress in a splendid 
assortment of colors. 
BAPTISIA australis. Three months of lovely 
blue lupin-like flowers. 
CAMPANULA Medium. Canterbury Bells. 
Rose, Blue, and White. 
Calycanthema. Cup and Saucer. Same 
shades as above. 
CAMPANULA persicifolia Moerheimei. 
Very choice hardy perennials. Large, 
double white flowers augmenting the 
beauty of any perennial border. 
$1.50 for 3, $4.00 for 10 
Persicifolia, Telham Beauty. Single 
blooms of exquisite China blue. Can 
also be had in white. 
$1.25 for 3, $3.50 per doz. 
CARNATION. New hardy border strain in 
Red, Pink, and White. 
*CERASTIUM tomentosum compactum. 
Silvery foliage crowned with beautiful 
white flowers. An improved form of the 
popular Snow-in-Summer. 
*CHEIRANTHUS Allioni. Siberian Wall¬ 
flower. Splendid orange flowers in May and 
June. $2.00 for 3, $7.00 per doz. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, Esther Read. An 
unusually large, double white Daisy. E,x- 
cellent for mass effect and cutting. Blooms 
May and June. 
AZALEAMUMS. These lovely dwarf Chrys¬ 
anthemums, in bloom from late August 
until frost, are the choicest of all hardy 
Chrysanthemums because of their long 
blooming season. Strong field-grown 
clumps. 
Amelia (Pink Cushion). 
Bronze Beauty. Vivid bronze. 
White Cushion. 
Golden Cushion. 
Queen Cushion. White, shaded lavender. 
King Cushion. Coppery bronze. 
KOREAN HYBRID CHRYSANTHE¬ 
MUMS. These splendid developments 
in hardy Chrysanthemums have replaced 
the older varieties because of their in¬ 
creased hardiness, prolific bloom, and 
intense colorings. 
Apollo. Lovely single bronze blooms. One 
of the best. 
Ceres. Beautiful buff shade. 
Indian Summer. Double; orange-bronze. 
The best of the doubles. 
King Midas. Fine double yellow. 
Louise Schling. Maroon. 
Mars. Wine-colored bronze. 
Romany. Double; red and gold. 
Strong field-grown clumps, $1.25 for 3, 
$3.50 per doz. 
*CONVALLARI A. l,ily-of-the-Valley. Extra¬ 
strong clumps with many flowering eyes. 
$1.75 for 3, $6.00 per doz. 
COTONEASTER horizontalis. Strong, vigor¬ 
ous plants of this splendid rock-garden 
shrub. 75c. each, $7.50 per doz. 
DAPHNE Cneorum. Garland Flower. This 
fragrant evergreen shrub, covered with 
light pink flowers, has delighted garden 
lovers for many years. Beautifully grown 
stock. Each 
6 to 8-in. spread.^ 75 
8 to 10-in. “ 1 00 
10 to 12-in. “ 1 50 
12 to 15-in. “ 1 75 
15 to 18-in. “ 2 25 
18 to 24-in. “ 3 25 
DELPHINIUM, Pacific Giants. Recom¬ 
mended by garden connoisseurs throughout 
this country as the finest, most vigorous 
strain of Delphinium ever introduced. 
$1.00 each, $11.00 per doz. 
Galahad. Immense spikes, 3 to 4 feet long, 
with pure white, double flowers of enor¬ 
mous size. $1.50 each, $12.00 per doz. 
Hollyhock Delphiniums 
This famous English strain of Wrexham 
Flollyhock Delphinium has endeared itself to 
all plant-lovers in this country. Tried and 
proved through the past decade, they are 
truly the aristocrats of the garden. 
Named Varieties, our selection 
6 Delphinium (our selection 
from the choicest named 
types) (regularly $12.50) .... 
2 Delphinium (our selection 
from the choicest named 
types) (regularly $25.00) .... 
$9.00 
18.00 
24 Delphinium (our selection 
from the choicest named Q c AA 
types) (regularly $50.00) .. . 03.UU 
Enslish Hollyhock Delphiniums 
in Color Groups 
Light blue with iight or dark eye 
Mauve with light or dark eye 
Intermediate with light or dark eye 
Dark biue with light or dark eye 
$1.50 each, $12.00 per doz., $85.00 per 100 
Delphinium Beliadonna. Our improved 
strain of Belladonna is one of the best 
Delphinium for cutting. Clear light blue. 
Beliamosum. Dark blue form of the above. 
Excellent for cutting. 
*Chinense, Biue Gem. Compact, bushy. 
Azure-blue. For rock-gardens. 
DIANTHUS barbatus. Sweet William. All of 
the finest colors, separate or in mixture. 
^DICENTRA eximia. Everblooming Bleeding- 
Heart. Excellent for banks and rock- 
gardens. 
DICTAMNUS Fraxineija. Gas Plant. White 
and Pink. This little-known perennial 
should be in every garden. 
$i.00 each, $11.00 per doz. 
DIGITALIS, The Shirley. Foxglove. Still the 
favorite strain. 
DORONICUM caucasicum. One of the first 
flowers in the garden to bloom. Splendid 
yellow Daisy resembling gerbera. 
*Clusi. Light yellow form of the above. 
Preferable for rock-gardens. 
ERIGERON, Azure Beauty. Double; blue. 
Gem for cutting. 
FUNKIA variegata. Lovely edging plant with 
white and green foliage. 
GAILLARDIA, Ruby. An excellent novelty 
Gaillardia just released. Huge flowers of 
deep ruby. Excellent for cutting. 
$1.50 for 3, $5.00 per doz. 
*GENTIANA acaulis Clusi. A lovely Alpine 
Gentian. Splendid plants. 
$2.00 for 3, $7.00 per doz. 
GEUM, Mrs. Bradshaw. Large; double; 
orange-red. Always beautiful. 
Princess Juliana. A new variety. Beauti¬ 
ful flaming orange. 
$2.00 for 3, $7.00 per doz. 
GYPSOPHILA, Bristol Fairy. The famous 
double Baby’s Breath. Strong grafted 
plants. $2.00 for 3, $7.00 per doz. 
*Repens Bodgeri. An excellent creeping 
form. Elowers white, tinted pink. 
$2.00 for 3, $7.00 per doz. 
*HELIANTHEMUM, Perry’s Hybrid. Beauti¬ 
ful Sun-Roses that thrive anywhere. 
HEUCHERA, Pluie de Feu. Bright coral-red 
flowers on slender stems. By far the best 
Heuchera variety. 
HOLLYHOCK, Chater’s Hybrids, Single and 
Double. In all colors or mixed. 
IBERIS sempervirens. Hardy White Candy¬ 
tuft. Evergreen shrub. 
Gibraltarica. White Candytuft tinted rose. 
’1‘IRIS cristata. Dwarf Iris. Adapted for natur¬ 
alizing and rock-gardens. 
Pumila cyanea. Purple. 
Prairie Gem. Dwarf, butter-yellow. 
The Bride. Pure white. 
Verna. Deep violet-blue with golden veins. 
LINUM perenne. Blue Flax. We still recom¬ 
mend plantings of this lovely old favorite. 
LUPINUS polyphyllus. White, Pink, and 
Blue. $1.75 for 3, $6.00 per doz. 
Famous New Russell Hybrids. The finest 
development in Lupinus to date. Splendid, 
strong plants. $1.00 each, $11.00 per doz. 
’‘‘LYCHNIS Viscaria splendens fl.-pl. One of 
the most satisfactory rockery plants. 
Double; bright crimson. 
Chalcedonica. The strikingly effective 
Maltese Cross. 
*LYSIMACHIA Nummularia. Creeping 
Jenny. Golden yellow flowers in May. Also 
a splendid ground-cover. 
MYOSOTIS palustris semperflorens. A 
true, hardy, bright blue Forget-me-not. 
*NEPETA Mussini. Catnip. Fragrant laven¬ 
der spikes in bloom all summer. 
PACHYSANDRA terminalis. The best 
ground-cover for dense shade. Grown 
mainly for its attractive foliage. 
PAPAVER nudicaule, Coonara Pink. Ice¬ 
land Poppy. This shade is exquisite. The,se 
Poppies will last as well as any cut-flower. 
Orientate, Beauty of Livermore. Rich, 
dark crimson. 
Mrs. Perry. Soft salmon-rose. 
Perry’s White. Satiny white with maroon 
blotch at base of petal. 
Rembrandt. Warm orange-scarlet; flow¬ 
ers enormous. $1.50 for 3, $5.00 per doz. 
PENTSTEMON barbatus Torreyi. Deep 
coral-pink. 
*PHLOX divaricata Laphami. A compact 
form of the splendid Canadian Phlox. Ex¬ 
cellent for transplanting with bulbs. 
Subulata, White, Pink, Lavender-Blue, 
and Deep Crimson. 
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