VARIOUS PHLOX SPECIES 
*Amoena Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
This is one of the best varieties for carpeting the ground, the rockery or 
the border. It grows but 4 inches high, and in the spring is a sheet of 
rich bright pink flowers. Likes sun. 
*Divaricata canadensis Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
One of our native species, worthy of extensive planting, blooms from 
early in April through May, with large, fragrant, lavender flowers on 
stems 10 inches high. In spring this plant is sold in pots to insure best 
results; in fall field-grown plants are best. Likes shade. 
*Nivalis sylvestris Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
A true dwarf Phlox of the same habit as Phlox Subulata. Has dense 
moss-green foliage covered completely with large rosy red flowers the 
size of a half dollar, of strong growth, blooming in early spring. 
*Ovata Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
(Carolina.) Bright rosy red flowers in great quantities on 12-inch stems 
during June and July, good for the rockery in full sun. 


Physalis Gigantea 
PHYSALIS - Winter-Cherry or Chinese Lanterns 
A perennial noteworthy for its large, showy calyces, which are attrac- 
tive for drying for winter decoration. 
Culture. They will succeed in good, ordinary soil and in. sun or light 
shade. Best grown in a colony by themselves. Plant in autumn or 
spring, 12 inches apart. Gather the stems as soon as the calyces are 
fully colored. 
Francheti Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $15.00 
An ornamental variety of the Winter Cherry, forming dense bushes 
about 2 feet high, producing freely its bright orange-scarlet, lantern- 
like fruits, which, when cut, will last all winter. 
Gigantea Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
A much improved Francheti with fruits almost twice the size. 
Monstrosa Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
The richly colored small fruits of this variety are curiously twisted, but 
occur in great profusion. Most artistic for winter decorations. 
PHYTEUMA 
Phyteuma are closely related to the Campanula and are used in borders 
and rock gardens freely in Europe. Here they are only slightly known. 
Most all are of shades of blue. 
Culture. They thrive in ordinary garden soil in border or rock garden 
and withstand hot and dry weather unusually well. Plant in spring or 
fall, eight inches apart. 

: — Scheuchzeri Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
Phlox Subulata Atropurpurea (Horned Rampion). A delightful Campanula-like plant with dark green, 
leathery, small heart-shaped leaves. Ms coe ie Wee flowers are 
: t att ti i ] tom i tall. i 
PHYSOSTEGIA - False Dragonhead peo snatrectives growing about 15 to inches ta ine, unusual 
Handsome plants for the sunny border or the wild garden, of easy us kK 
culture. The flowers are borne in terminal spikes or branching racemes PINKS, HARDY GARDEN (See Dianthus) 
from July to September. 
Culture. Grow in good, ordinary soil in groups in sunny borders. Plant F 
in autumn or spring, 12 inches apart, and divide and replant every Phlox Arendsi, Inga 
second year, as the roots are of spreading habit. , ss 
Virginica Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
Forms large clumps 3 to 4 feet high, bearing long spikes of delicate 
pink flowers in July and August. 

Virginica alba Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
Pure white. 
Virginica, Vivid Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
This is a new dwarf variety about 20 inches high, and a great improve- 
ment over the first two mentioned. It blooms three weeks later than the 
others, the flowers are a deeper pink; much larger and better, lasting a 
long time when cut. 
Summer Glow Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
Towering stems often exceeding 4 feet, terminating in colorful spikes 
18 inches in length; similar to the parent, ‘“Gigantea,’’ but of a rosy 
crimson color that is altogether attractive and far more effective. 
A splendid background or cut-flower variety. It will supersede the older 
kind. Height 4 feet. In full flower mid-August. 
Rosy Spire Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
Similar to the above but a shade deeper in color. Somewhat more com- 
pact in its inflorescence. It resembles the rosy crimson parent, ‘’Vivid,”’ 
but attains a height of 3 to 3% feet and is decidedly colorful in mid- 
September. 
PLATYCODON - Chinese Bellflower 
Very satisfactory hardy plants for the sunny border. It has broad, blue 
or white, bell-shaped flowers all summer and is therefore a very fine 
garden plant. - 
Culture. Must be grown in a light, more or less sandy soil, in a well 
drained, sunny border. If the border is slightly elevated so much the 
better. Plant in early spring or fall, 8 inches apart. Disturb as little as 
possible. 
Grandiflora Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
Large, showy, deep blue flowers on 20-inch spikes are produced all sum- 
mer. A splendid plant for the hardy border. 
Grandiflora alba Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
White-flowered form of the above. 
**Mariesi Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
A beautiful dwarf species, with broad, thick foliage and large, deep 
violet-blue flowers on 12-inch stems in great profusion throughout the 
entire summer. Plant in front of the border or in the rock garden. 
*Miariesi alba Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30,. 100 $20.00 
White-flowered form of the above. 
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