30 Perennial Plants 
PLATYCODON. Balloon-Flower. This con- 
sists of one species, native to Eastern Asia, 
and of comparatively simple culture, and full 
hardiness. It likes a deep soil, for its roots 
are large and fleshy, and go deeply. Bear in 
mind that it is slow in becoming established, 
and is at its best after about three years. It 
amply repays the wait, for the large flowers, 
blue or white, are exceedingly attractive, in 
July and August, and the foliage is fine at all 
times. Use it in the center of the border, with 
Lilies, or other plants like them to come up 
through the foliage. 
grandiflorum mariesii. This is a dwarf com- 
pact form, to 18 inches, with very large blue 
flowers. 
grandiflorum mariesii album. White form. 
Equally attractive. 
POLYGONATUM. Solomons-Seal. Woodland 
plants of the north temperate zone. They like 
a shady place, in rich soil, and amply repay 
with strong growth. Attractive for use in the 
wild garden, and on the shaded sides of homes 
or buildings. Mass them. 
commutatum. May grow 8 feet high, but rarely 
does. Arching stems, from a creeping root, 
and with pendant greenish white fragrant 
bells, the length of the stem. 
POTENTILLA. Cinquefoil. Shrubs and herbs 
of the north temperate zone, usually of great 
hardiness, and thriving in any soil, not too 
wet. Some may become weedy, but the sorts 
used in gardens are attractive carpeting 
plants, which flower for a long period in sum- 
mer. They are not of difficult culture. They 
may edge the border, or ornament the rockery, 
in full sun. 
appennina. Very dwarf form, with large yellow 
flowers. 
fragiformis. Strawberry like, growing to 8 
inches high, with bright yellow flowers, 34 
inch across. 
hybrid, Fireflame. Brilliant orange-red flowers, 
on a bushy dwarf plant for a long period in 
summer. Very showy rockery or edging 
plant. 
nevadensis. Silky leaves, and yellow flowers 
in clusters of three or four. 
tommassiniana. Probably a form of P. verna. 
It carpets with sprawling 6-inch stems, and is 
covered with golden yellow flowers. 
tonguei. May spread to 12 inches, from the 
central tuft, with yellow flowers, distinctly 
reddish blotched, for a long summer period. 
tridentata. A form native to our high rocky 
slopes, and the Maine seacoast growing to 
some 3 inches high, with glossy green leaves, 
and white flowers. In fall, with the first 
frosts, the foliage turns a brilliant red. 
PRIMULA. Primrose. A very large group of 
low plants, native to the north temperate 
zone, the world over, all of great interest, 
and many of exceeding beauty. A cool soil, 
slightly moist, suits most of them, although 
some bog forms are best in wet soils, and the 
mountain species like stony, mucky soils. In 
so large a group, may be found plants for 
many uses, but commonly they are edgings 
for borders; rockery groups; and sometimes 
Gardenside Nurseries, Inc., Shelburne, Vt. 
they are bedded. The taller Asiatic sorts 
fit the center of the border, and nearly all 
forms are fine for naturalizing. A little extra 
shade, or coolness in midsummer, aids many 
sorts in surviving. They dislike great heat 
and moisture, together. 
auricula. Smooth, fleshy leaves, and odd 
shaded flowers, quite fragrant, in umbels. 
auricula, Mrs. James Douglas. A very rare 
form, with distinct pink flowers, that we have 
a small stock of. $1.00 each. 
cortusoides. Soft wrinkled heart shaped leaves. 
Deep rose flowers, in early summer. 
denticulata, Ronsdorf Hybrids. The flowers are 
in compact rounded heads, and appear in 
earliest spring. Usually purple, these forms 
vary to lavender. 
japonica. The Japanese Primroses grow to 3 
feet high, with huge umbels of bright red 
flowers, one above the other, on the same 
stem. This strain shows some variation to 
white and rose. 
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juliae, Crispii. The type of this plant is quite 
similar to the familiar polyanthus Primrose, 
but it has a creeping root, which seems to 
make it more resistant to summer heat. The 
color of the species is given as rose, or red, 
but in named forms now being grown, much 
variation has arisen, and we hope in time the 
colors will equal those of the polyanthus. 
This form has bright burgundy-red flowers, 
in earliest spring. 
juliae, Helen Muller. Purple blue flowers, in 
good sized clusters. 
juliae, Incomb Variety. Rich rose flowers. We 
can give no explanation of the odd name. 35 
cts. each. 
juliae, Kinlough Beauty. Salmon rose. 
sort, not plentiful. 35 cts. each. 
Mauve pink, with extremely 
A fine 
juliae, Mrs. King. 
large flowers. 
juliae, Mrs. McGillivray. 
soms. 
Large old-rose blos- 
juliae, Pam. Maroon red. Low and compact. 
juliae, Primrose Lodge. Bright wine-red. Of 
strong growth and flowers heavily. 
juliae, Schneekissen. Snow white flowers. Rare. 
$1.00 each. 
juliae, Wanda. Large deep violet flowers. 

polyanthus. The old fashioned garden Prim- 
rose, in a wide range of colors. A splendid 
strain of mixed colors, flowers of large size. 
polyanthus, Hose-in-Hose. In this form, the 
flowers are yellow, and a second bloom projects 
from the corolla of the first. 35 cts. each. 
PULMONARIA. Lungwort. Another group of 
plants, related to the Forget-me-nots, and 
like them distinguished by ease of culture, 
and the profusion of small flowers to give 
the effect of a large spike. In general, they 
are all hardy in any well drained soil, but too 
much winter wet is bad, and they do like a 
bit of shade in midsummer. Use them in the 
front of the border and for edgings, as well as 
for north side plantings. 
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. 
