Gardenside Nurseries, Inc., Shelburne, Vt. 
Perennial Plants 15 


GERANIUM. Not the plant so well known, 
but hardy herbs from all over the world, some 
weedy, others difficult to grow, but all showy. 
Generally any light soil grows them well. 
They flower best in full sun. Most are 
rockery subjects, and the stronger forms are 
fine in the border. 
maculatum. May grow to 2 feet high, a thick 
mass of foliage, with bright rosy-purple 
flowers, single, and 1 inch or more across, 
scatteringly all summer. 
pylzowianum. For carpeting dry poor areas, 
in full sun, this is a winner. Its roots are 
tiny bulbs, and the thin stems are but a few 
inches high, topped with inch wide purple 
flowers. In fertile soil, this grows wildly and 
doesn’t flower. Starve it, and it is ideal cover. 
15 cts. each; 10 for $1.00. 
sanguineum lancastriense. Less than a foot 
high, much divided leaflets, and large light- 
colored flowers, flecked purple, all summer. 
GEUM. Avens. Members of the Rose family, 
common throughout the world, mostly in cool 
areas, these include some very showy herbs. 
Mostly of easy culture in any soil, not ab- 
solutely wet. Some are trailing, others make 
huge clumps to three feet tall. Those most 
grown in gardens are ideal border subjects, 
and may be used as edgings, for they have 
fine foliage. 
borisii. A supposed hybrid, to a foot of height, 
with bright orange red, single blooms, in 
June. 
heldreichi splendens. More compact than the 
preceding, with the same _ bright orange 
flowers, over a long period. 
nivale, Leonards variety. May grow 3 feet, but 
the foliage only about half that height, the 
slender stems topped by nodding purplish 
flowers, an inch across. May have some 
doubled flowers. 

Low Orange. Not placed botanically, this 
came years ago from Perry in England, under 
the above name. It is about a foot high, and 
flowers profusely for a long period in June. 
The single blossoms are an inch across, a 
clear yellow orange. Excellent foliage. 
Hybrid, Fire Opal. These new Geums are 
much like the older Mrs. Bradshaw, but are 
hardy, which that never was. They make 
fine large clumps of foliage, and above it, on 
2 foot stems, dangle the double, crinkled 
flowers, often three inches across, are a vivid 
orange scarlet, and are produced from May 
to October. 35 cts. each. 
Hybrid Princess Juliana. Like the preceding, 
with rich orange flowers, all summer. 50 cts. 
each. 
Hybrid, Prince of Orange. Like the others, but 
more nearly orange yellow. Less plentiful. 
50 cts. each. 
GYPSOPHILA. It is hard to believe that these 
plants are related to the Carnation, but it is 
true, and they have the family like for a limy 
soil, and too a deep one, for all have roots 
that extend for a long distance downward. 
We have actually followed the roots of G. 
paniculata, six feet in mellow loam, and they 
still went on down. Useful in the border, for 
their airy grace, and for cutting, for the same 
Boao there are also fine rockery forms, as 
well. 
Bristol Fairy. Our plants of this finest of 
double Baby’s-Breath are grown from cut- 
tings. We believe they last longer. Strong 
one year old plants 35 cts. each; 10 for $3.00. 
repens bodgeri. A form of the prostrate repens, 
with double pink flowers. It grows to a foot 
high, and spreads to make a low mound. 
Blooms all summer. 
repens fratensis. A single pink flowered form, 
making a very thick close mat of foliage, 
and admirable for carpeting in the rockery. 
repens, Rosy Veil. Quite the brightest colored, 
double form of repens, and a bit taller than 
bodgeri. The stems are long enough to cut 
for small bouquets. 
HELENIUM. Sneezeweed. Native American 
plants, the ones we are concerned with, grow- 
ing wild from Quebec to Arizona. They like 
any well drained soil, in full sun. While 
rather tall, they make good background 
plants, and if kept pinched back until mid- 
summer, they may be kept quite low. For a 
colorful display when massed, they are 
equalled only by "Mums and Asters. 
autumnale superbum. The type is a tall yellow 
flowered sort, with a darker eye. This is 
brighter, and grows to 5 feet at most. 
autumnale, Chipperfield Orange. A tall form, 
to 6 feet, with flowers of a distinct orange 
cast. 
autumnale rubrum. Deep brick red, to about 
4 feet. 
autumnale Riverton Beauty. 
dark center disk. 5 feet. 
autumnale Riverton Gem. 
red. 5 feet. 
HELIANTHEMUM. Sun-Rose. Almost woody 
stemmed plants, of America and Europe, from 
dry exposed limestone soils, and liking that 
location in the garden, which places them in 
the rockery. They flower in midsummer, for 
a long period, in many shades of red, yellow, 
pink and white. Protection is necessary in 
the north, not to avoid cold, so much as to 
avoid the burning effect of winter sun. For 
our purposes all the following are of hybrid 
origin. 
Apricot. 
flowers. 
Ben Nevis. A fine yellow, with a rusty crimson 
central ring. 
Brunette. Compact sort, with burnt-orange 
flowers, the centers of which are rusty-red. 
Boule de Feu. Compact small sort, with very 
doubled bright red flowers. 
Burnt Orange. Glossy foliage. 
Gold Nugget. Very dwarf, prostrate and com- 
pact sort with small glossy leaves, and golden 
yellow flowers. 
Lemon. Strong growing, with soft lemon yellow 
flowers. 
Yellow, with a 
Deep rich bronzy 
Strong growing form, with soft pink 
HELIANTHUS. Sunflower. Tall strong Ameri- 
can plants for the most part, this one is found 
commonly, throughout the country. It, likes 
any soil and while a bit coarse, it provides a 
great display of flowers, over a long period in 
summer. 
All Perennial Plants 25 cts. each, $2 for 10, $18 per 100 unless otherwise noted, 
POSTPAID east of the Mississippi; add 5 PERCENT WEST. Five 
of one kind or variety exactly alike at 10 rate, 25 at 100 rate. 
