WAYTESBORO, VIRGINIA 


Alyssum Saxatile 
Compactum 
Aquilegia Aster, Harrington’s Pink 
Selected Hardy PERENNIALS 
You may not have room for Shade Trees, Evergreens, Shrubs, or even Roses, and still have space for 
Perennials, which may be effectively arranged in spaces too limited for other types of Ornamentals. 
Perennials also have an important place on the grounds of the average home, the large estate, roadside, and 
park. Perennials may be had in various heights from one inch to several feet, in numerous shades of color, from 
the first call of Spring until silenced by the chill Winter winds. While Perennials carry over from year to year, 
transplanting and renewing Perennial Beds from time to time is essential to best results. Furthermore, we like 
our gardens to bein style and must find space for the new, improved varieties—discarding the less desirable ones. 
Our list of Hardy Perennials is revised from year to year so that from the following collection you may 
choose varieties which will meet all requirements. 
* Suitable for Rock Gardens. 
ACHILLEA (Milfoil or Yarrow). Delightful cut 
flowers and garden units, especially valuable 
because of long blooming season. 
Millefolium kelwayi. Magenta red. Blooms all 
Summer. 18 in. 
*Ptarmica, The Pearl. Clear white speciai cutting 
variety and a continuous bloomer. 2 ft. June- 
September. 
*Tomentosa aurea. July-September. Bright yel- 
low flowers. Excellent for rockeries. Plant 4 in. 
apart. 6 to 8 in. 
AEGOPODIUM. An excellent border plant with 
silver variegated foliage. White flowers. Will 
succeed in either full sun or semi-shade 12 in. 
*AJUGA (Bugle). A useful plant for the rockery and 
for carpeting the ground, particularly in shady 
positions, as under trees, where grass will ent 
grow. Blue flowers in May and June. 6 to 8 
ALYSSUM (Madwort). Very popular early foveche 
Perennials of easy culture, and all very free flow- 
ering. They all like a well drained soil and sunny 
position. Useful in the border as well as in the dry 
wall or rock garden. 
*Rostratum. Prostrate, almost shrubby variety, 
hoary gray all over. Flowers light yellow, in 
unbranched heads. May to July. 1 ft. 
*Saxatile compactum (Goldentuft). A useful, flat, 
spreading edging and rockery plant, growing not 
over 12 in. high. Covered with enveloping flat 
clusters of bright golden yellow flowers early in 
Summer. See color illustration this page. 
ANCHUSA italica, Dropmore. Broadleaved growth 
with flower stems 3 to 4 ft. high, bearing a con 
tinuous show of deep blue flowers from Spring 
until late Summer. 
ANEMONE japonica (Windflower). A popular Fall- 
blooming Perennial which has recently been 
greatly improved. Excellent for cut flowers and 
borders. 
*Queen Charlotte. A beautiful, tall-growing 
Anemone. Extra large, double flowers of a bright 
rose-pink. 2 ft. 
*Rubra. Deep rose-red petals, yellow center. 18 in. 
*Whirlwind. Big semi-double flowers which are a 
perfect whirlwind of white petals. 2 ft. 
ANTHEMIS (Chamomile) tinctoria, Kelway’s 
Variety. Handsome, finely cut foliage and large, 
golden yellow flowers produced all Summer. Suc- 
ceeds in the poorest soil; excellent cut flowers. 
AQUILEGIA (Columbine). One of the best known 
and best loved Perennials. 
*Mrs. Scott Elliott’s Long-spurred Hybrids. A 
choice old English strain. Free blooming with 
long stems and extremely long, shiny spurs. 
Pastel shades of rose, blue, and yellow in many 
delightful combinations. Mixed. 2 ft. See color 
illustration this page. 
*Crimson Star. A new strain. large crimson 
sepals and spurs, white throat. Sturdy grower, 
free flowering. 2 ft. 
ARABIS (Rockcress). One of the most desirable of 
the very early Spring flowering plants for the 
rock garden, but does equally well in the low 
border, forming a dense carpet of flowers. 
*Alpina. Pure white flowers in masses. 6 in. 
*Alpina nana compacta. A beautiful dwarf type, 
especially suited for borders and rock gardens, 
White. 61n, 
*ARMERIA (Thrift or Sea-Pink). Most attractive 
dwarf plant with evergreen foliage. Good for 
rockery planting. Rose. May and June. 8 to 
LQeine 
ARTEMISIA, Silver King. A beautiful ‘‘mist’’ for 
setting off bouquets and floral combinations. 
Entire color effect of bright, frosted silver. 3 ft. 
HARDY ASTERS 
The demand for late blooming flowers during Sep- 
tember and October—when the perennial border and 
rockery have lost much of their color and cheer—has 
brought the hardy Aster into more extensive use. 
It has also brought out improved varieties with larger 
and better bloom and some very dwarf gems for the 
rockery. Our collection of choice varieties will enable 
you to have a gorgeous display of Asters for a period 
of sixty days, ranging from 1 foot to 6 feet in height. 
ASTERS, Mixed Colors. Useful for mass effect in 
the border. Excellent for cutting. 1 to 4 ft. 
ASTERS, New, Hardy, Improved, Named Vari- 
eties. September and October. 
*Alpvinus. Large, light blue flowers. 8 to 12 in. 
Barr’s Pink. This is one of the novae-angliae 
type. Strong, vigorous grower, forming shapely 
plants 4 to 5 ft. in height. A favorite. 
Beechwood Challenger. Very fine clear red. 
Strong grower. One of the best we have ever 
grown. 4 ft. 
*Countess of Dudley. 
eye. 9 in. 
Frikarti. Lavender-blue flowers from 2 to 2% in. 
across, produced from June 1st until middle of 
November. New, rare, and beautiful, but more 
difficult to propagate than most varieties. 2 ft. 
Harrington’s Pink. The first truly pink Aster. 
A deep rose-pink with large clusters on strong 
4 ft. stems. One of the best new Asters. 
See color illustration this page. 
Hybridus luteus. An unusual Aster because ot 
its color, being the only yellow. July, August 
and September. 2 ft. 
*Lady Henry Maddox. Free blooming pink of 
dwarf, compact habit. 1 ft. 
*Marjorie. Large, rose-pink flowers. Dwarf grower. 
1efte 
*Mauve Cushion. Silvery mauve. 6 to 8 in. 
Mt. Everest. A most beautiful white Aster. Tall, 
well shaped, pointed, pyramids with an abun- 
dance of lateral growth, which flowers down to 
the ground. 3 to 4 ft. 
*Nancy. Light pink. Dwarf. 1 ft. ; 
Queen Mary. One of the best of the novi-belg! 
type. Graceful flowers 2% in. in diameter. Blue 
tinted lavender. 3 ft. 
Red Rover. Deep rosy red flowers with golden 
center. Buds bright red. Compact habit. Free 
bloomer. 3 to 4 ft. 
*Ronald. Lilac-pink. Dwarf. 1 ft. 
Royal Blue. Rich, deep blue. Strong grower. 
Very early. 3 ft. 
Skylands Queen. Novi-belgi type. Best lavender, 
September. 4 ft. 

Clear pink with yellow 

Gypsophila, Bristol Fairy 
(See Page 37) 

Hybrid Delphinium 
(See Page 37) 

Gaillardia, Sun God 
(See Page 37) 

Golden Glow 
(See Page 37) 
