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


angustifolia azurea. Narrow green leaves, and 
a spike of pendant blue bells about 1 foot 
high. 
saccharata. The leaves are green, spotted white, 
and the stem is often 18 inches high. The 
bells open reddish violet and fade to a deeper 
shade. 
PYRETHRUM. Botanically, this plant is now 
Chrysanthemum coccineum, but it is too well 
known under the older name, to permit chang- 
ing here. All the garden sorts therefore come 
from the one species, native to Persia. 
are plants of the easiest culture, liking any 
good garden soil, though best on heavy fertile 
loams. In the garden, they fit the border, or 
they may be massed. They are fine for cut- 
ting. Seedlings give a wide variety of colors, 
but the best forms are those grown by the 
division of selected sorts. 
Brilliant. Bright pink, with slightly white tips. 
Partly double. 35 cts. each. 
Buckeye. Double red. 
strong. 35 cts. each. 
Very floriferous and 
Eileen May Robinson. Large single, light rose 
pink. 50 cts. each. 
Florence Shadley. Double light pink. Beauti- 
Lil eooectsmmeack. 
Mrs. D. C. Bliss. 
usual bright shade. 
Small single pink, of an un- 
35 cts. each. 
Trojan. Semi-double dark pink. Tall, fine for 
cutting. 
Victoria. Large single deep pink, almost red. 
Very bright and showy. 
Victory. Fully double pure white. 
Mixed Seedlings. These are a selected strain, 
the poor colors have been discarded, and the 
best divided. Fine for general use. 
RANUNCULUS. Buttercup. A large family, 
some forms well known as roadside plants. 
Those grown in the hardy border, are few, 
but of easy culture. They like a rather damp 
heavy soil. In the border, they are useful, 
and smaller forms are ideal rockery plants. 
Incidentally, the common Buttercup is not a 
native, but comes from Europe. 
acris flore pleno. Double form of the common 
buttercup, the blooms so filled with petals, 
as to leave no center showing. 
montanus. A tiny plant of mountain meadows, 
with a single yellow flower nearly an inch 
across, above glossy foliage on 3-inch stems. 
Fine for carpeting wet spots, and very bright 
in May. 
RUDBECKIA. A large group of North Ameri- 
can natives, of easiest culture. 
laciniata, Golden Globe. Like the earlier form, 
Golden Glow, but this has a large flower, and 
it is so double, it is almost a ball. Will grow 
to 12 feet high, and is an ideal plant to cover 
a fence, in poor soil, where space is at a 
premium. 
RUELLIA. A _ widely distributed group of 
plants, most of them from warm climates. 
The hardy form we offer, is native to sandy 
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soils, from Jersey to Florida, yet thrives in a 
deep dry loam, here. It makes a fine plant 
for such locations, and flowers all summer. 
ciliosa. Grows to 30 inches, though we have 
never seen it over 15 inches. The foliage is 
soft green, the stems crowded and erect, and 
the blossoms are like lavender Petunias, in 
the terminals of the growth. They open for 
two months, from July on. This plant should 
be widely cultivated, and be subject to the 
work of the plant breeders, for other and 
brighter colors would greatly increase its 
usefulness. 
SANGUINARIA. Bloodroot. An herb of the 
Poppy family, common to rocky woodland 
throughout eastern North America. Of easy 
culture in the garden, and attractive in flower 
and foliage. Though properly native, it is in- 
cluded here, because of a cultivated form. 
canadensis. Leaves of soft blue green, to 1 foot 
across. The single white flowers are white, 
sometimes tinged pink, about 1% inches across, 
on an 8-inch stem. 15 cts. each; 10 for $1.00. 
canadensis flore pleno. The double Bloodroot 
is like the single, save that the flower is fully 
double, about 2 inches across. It is a beauti- 
ful flower, one that is a delight to look at. 
Fall delivery only. $2.00 each. 
SAPONARIA. Soapwort. Mostly coarse plants 
of Europe and Asia, showy, but persistent, 
and of the easiest culture. One little form is 
ideal for the rockery, however. 
caespitosa. A tuft of narrow leaves, with bright 
rose flowers in close heads on 6-inch stems. 
35 cts. each. 
SAXIFRAGA. Saxifrage. The true Saxifrages 
are plants of the rocks and scree piles. They 
are found all over the world, one form being 
found in Vermont, in Europe, and in Asia. 
They are really plants for the collector, to 
cultivate in the 1ockery, or in simulated 
natural conditions. On the other hand, many 
make very attractive showings of color when 
in bloom, and the foliage is always attrac- 
tive. While the family is badly mixed up, 
we believe that our plants are true to the 
names given, although the names themselves 
may not always agree with some experts’ 
classifications. 
aizoon alba. The most common encrusted form, 
the leaves narrow and 1% inches long. The 
flowers are white, on stems to 20 inches high, 
in a spreading panicle. 
aizoon balcana. Like the preceding, but the 
flowers are stained rose. 
aizoon baldensis. A miniature form, each rosette 
only a quarter inch across, and the whole plant 
an inch high. 
aizoon cartilaginea. A strong growing form of 
aizoon from the cliffs of Africa, along the 
Mediterranean. 
aizoon flavescens. The flowers are a soft lemon 
yellow. 
aizoon gaudini. A stronger form, the rosettes 
larger, and the flowers clear white. 
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. 
