62 ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE PLANTS AND BULBS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 
HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS (POSIPAID) 
FOR PERMANENT PLANTING IN BEDS OR BORDERS 
Chrysanthemums— 
Hardy Out Door 






Pink Cushion right pink, 
early bloomer. 
Ruth Marion Hatton 
Canary-yellow, Early. 


Vivid American Beauty rose. 
Earliest. 
paaitee ys i Clear _ivory- 
Aquilegia (Columbine or Ruth Hatton white. Prices, 
Honeysuckle)— 30c each, 5 for $1.00. 
One of the most graceful and 
dainty of hardy perennials. 
Mrs. Scott Elliott, 
Mixed Many beautiful shades, 
large and. elegantly 
spurred. 25c each, 3 for 60. 

Hardy Phlox 
; ° Very large white — 
Count Zeppelin flowers with 
deep crimson eye. A strong grower with 
no fading or suffusion of the colors. 
Strong, healthy 
Leo Schlageter Grower, with 
well-branched, pyramidal clusters of 
large, bright carmine-scarlet flowers, 
with slightly darker centers. 
A beautiful new light sal- 
Lillian  jon-pink of the Plizabeil 
Campbell type, borne in large, perfect 
trusses. 
Wid The best two-color variety. 
agar [Light reddish violet, with a 
striking white sunburst at center. All 
varieties, each 25c, 4 for 80c. 
ie 
Hardy Fens = Ferns, Hardy Native 
One of cur most useful groups of plants. The following are hardy 
and the best varieties for general use. ‘ 
° e Most attractive of our native ferns. Del- 
Maidenhair Fern icate green fronds with black stems. Likes 
moist spots. 1 ft. 
Bleeding Heart 
Bleeding Heart 
(Spectabilis) 
Always associated with 
old-fashioned gardens. 
Lovely, deep crimson heart shaped flowers pendant upon gracefully 
drooping stems. Prefers a shaded spot. 
2 to 2% feet. May. 45c each, 2 for 80c. 
Delphinium A very showy and 
hardy perennial, 
Also called the Peren- 
° A very graceful fern with finely cut fronds, 2 to 
Ostrich Fern 3 feet high. Succeeds in the open sun. ; 
2 ft. tall, with beautiful feathery fronds of tropical 
Wood Fern luxurianee. A plant of rare beauty, and perfectly 
hardy outdoors. All Ferns, 25c each, 3 for 65. 
Scabiosa, Caucasica Hy- 
brids 
A perennial Seabiosa, coming up each 
year. Two to three feet high, thriving 
everywhere. Lovely white and pleasing 
lilac-blue flowers or mixed. State color 
wanted. Very hardy and very desirable 
for the hardy garden. June to Sept. 25c¢ 
each, 3 for 60c. 


easily grown. 
nial Larkspur. 
Pacific Hy brid Mixed 
A superb mixture of the named va- 
rieties. Spikes are long, flowers large 
and perfect. The colors vary from 
light blue to dark blue. Mixed: 39c 
each, 3 for $1.00. 
Shasta Daisy 
This great white Cal- 
ifornia daisy produc- 
es beautiful pure 
white flowers four 
inches across, on tall 
stems. Hardy, free 
flowering. 25c each, 3 
1 Immense flow- for 60c. 
Poppy, Oriental ers Ee este 
deep scarlet. Permanent, gorgeous col- ° Popu- 
ored poppies. 25c each, 3 for 60c. Tritoma larly 

Gaillardia 
Pyrethrum or Painted 

Daisy 
on stems 2 feet high. 
Roseum, Single Mixed 
Immense flowers, rose 
shades. In bloom all 
each, 3 for 60c. 
1 Flow- 
Coreopsis Flow: 
of rich, golden yellow, 
graceful form; 
blooms entire 
summer and au- 
tumn. 25c each, 
3 for 60c. 
| (Grandiflora) 
The flower center 
is dark red brown, 
while the petals 
are marked with 
rings of brilliant 
crimson. Blooms 
from June 
throughout the 
entire season. 25c 
each, 3 for 60c. 
Large single ordouble-daisy 
flowers, 3 to 4 inches across, 
borne profusely and for a long period, 
to pure white ge! : . 
the time. 25c Sele oe z 
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Iris Kaempferi—Japanese Iris 
The King of all Irises, and in popularity they 
can be classed with the hardy phlox and peonies. 
Coming into flower about the middle of June, 
they continue for five to six weeks and are par- 
ticularly welcome at this time. They succeed in 
almost any soil and like plenty of water when 
forming their flower-buds. 
Hercules 
A fine double pure white, en- 
Gold Bound riched by a creamy glow from 
the gold-banded center. 
Mahogany 
being prettily crested. 
Double; clear lilac-blue. 
Large, double flowers of purple- 
mahogany-red, the erect petals 
The latest to bloom. 
Patrocle Single; superb deep reddish violet. 
Purple and Gold Enormous, double flow- 
ers, 10 inches across, 
rich violet-purple, with white petaloids, tipped 
violet; the conspicuous golden throat extends 
outward in sharp bluish white rays. Early and 
free blooming. 
Named Varieties, 35c each, 3 for 90c; Assorted 
Colors, 30c each, 3 for 75c. 

known as Torch Lil- 
ies, Red Hot Poker, 
and Flame Flowers. 
They make a showy 
display in autumn 
with their scarlet 
cone-shaped flowers, 
and rush-like foliage. 
4 to 5 feet. 25c each, 
3 for 60c. 

Tritoma 
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$< The French “Fleur-de-Lis” 
German Iris Early bloom. May and 
June, massive, fragrant. 
Overlapping standards 
Ambassadeur dull purplish bronze; | 
lovely flaring falls of deep velvety maroon; 
beard and styles yellow. 48 in. 
7 An exceedingly 
Morning Splendor an ec dco 
et-red of wonderful form and substance. 
Mother of Pearl 
substance and texture. 
Pale bluish laven- 
der, of exceptional 
48 in. 
7 Soft lemon-yellow, deepening — 
Shekinah to rich yellow around its 
bright orange beard. 36 in. 
Souv. de Mme. Gaudichau 
A brilliant velvety  black-purple. Free 
blooming. 40 in. 
Named Varieties 20c each, 6 for $1.00. 
Mixed Varieties 18c each, 6 for 90c. 
