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62 ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE PLANTS AND BULBS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 
HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS (POSTPAID) § 
FOR PERMANENT PLANTING IN BEDS OR BORDERS 

Chrysanthemums— 
Hardy Out Door 







early bloomer. 
Ruth Marion Hatton 
Canary-yellow, Early. 
Vivid American Beauty rose. 
Earliest. 

eid Ruth Hatton Clear ivory- 
Aquilegia (Columbine or white. Prices, 
Honeysuckle)— 35c each, 5 for $1.50. 
One of the most graceful and 
dainty of hardy perennials. 4 
Mrs. Scott Elliott, 
Mixed Many beautiful shades, 
large and elegantly | 
spurred. 25c each, 3 for 60c. 
Hardy Phlox 
e V i 
Count Zeppelin fswers with 
deep crimson eye. A strong grower with 
no fading or- suffusion of the colors. 
Strong, health 
_Leo Schlageter frower, with 
well-branched, pyramidal clusters of 
large, bright carmine-scarlet flowers, 
with slightly darker centers. 
A beautiful new light sal- 
Lillian mon-pink of the Elizabeth 
Campbell type, borne in large, perfect 
trusses. 
° The best two-color variety. 
Widar {ight reddish violet, with a 
striking white sunburst at center. All 
varieties, each 25c, 4 for 80c. 
2A, 
Hardy Ferns 

Ferns, Hardy Native 
One of our most useful groups of plants. The following are hardy 
and the best varieties for general use. : 
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 gar dens. 
Lovely, deep crimson heart shaped flowers pendant upon gracefully 
° A very graceful fern with finely cut fronds, 2 to 
Ostrich Fern 8 feet high. Succeeds in the open sun. 
2 ft. tall, with beautiful feathery fronds of tropical 
Wood Fern luxuriance. A plant of rare beauty, and perfectly 
hardy outdoors. All Ferns, 35c each, 3 for $1.00. 
Scabiosa, 
brids 
A perennial Scabiosa, coming up each 
year. Two to three feet high, thriving 
everywhere. Lovely white and pleasing 
Caucasica Hy- 






Gaillardia 
drooping stems. Prefers a shaded spot. 
2 to 21% feet. May. 45c each, 2 for 80c. 
lilac-blue flowers or mixed. State color 
wanted. Very hardy and very desirable 
for the hardy garden. June to Sept. 25c 
sm A very showy and 
Delphinium hardy perennial, each, 3 for 60c. 
easily grown. Also called the Peren- ° 
nial ae ae : : Shasta Daisy 
Pacific Hy brid Mixed This great white Cal- 
A superb mixture of the named va- ees gai prod eee 
rieties. Spikes are long, flowers large oe 2 ae Be pete 
and perfect. The colors vary from Ww avg OWES eat 
light blue to dark blue. Mixed: 39c ANC RES PLER OSS poe 
each, 3 for $1.00. stems. Hardy, free 
, it i ne 25c each, 3 
1 mmense flow= or 60c. 
Poppy, Orienta ers of belles 
deep scarlet. Permanent, gorgeous col- ° Popu- 
ored poppies. 25c each, 3 for 60c. Tritoma larly 
Pyrethrum or Painted 
Daisy Large single ordouble-daisy and Flame Flowers. 
flowers, 3 to 4 inches across, They make a showy 
borne profusely and for a long period, display in autumn 
on stems 2 feet high. with their scarlet 
Roseum, Single Mixed 
Immense flowers, rose 
shades. In bloom all 
each, 3 for 60c. 
; Flow- 
Coreopsis Flow: 
of rich, golden yellow, 
graceful form; 
to pure white 
the time. 25c 
. ; e 
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, 

known as Torch Lil- 
jes, Red Hot Poker, 
cone-shaped flowers, 
and rush-like foliage. 
4 to 5 feet. 35c each, 
3 for $1.00. 

Tritoma 
*. The French “Fleur-de-Lis” 
German Iris Early bloom. May and 
June, massive, fragrant. 
Overlapping standards 
blooms entire they continue for five to six weeks and are par- Ambassadeur 5 4 
summer and au- ticularly welcome at this time. They succeed in : ae eee pure posonect 
tumn. 25c each, almost any soil and like plenty of water when lovely flaring fa me een. re vety ; 
3 for 60c. forming their flower-buds. beard and styles yellow. : 
Gaillardia 
(Grandiflora) 
The flower center 
is dark red brown, 
while the petals 
are marked with 
rings of brilliant 
entire season. 25c 
each, 3 for 60c. 
Double; clear lilac-blue. 
Hercules 
A fine double pure white, en- 
Gold Bound riched by a creamy glow from 
the gold-banded center. 
Large, double flowers of purple- 
Mahogany mahogany-red, the erect petals 
being prettily crested. The latest to bloom. 
Patrocle Single; superb deep reddish violet. 
Enormous, double flow- 
Purple and Gold ers, 10 inches across, 
rich violet-purple, with white petaloids, tipped 
Named Varieties, 35c each, 3 for 90c; Assorted 
Colors, 30c each, 3 for 75c. 
° An exceedingly 
Morning Splendor large deep clar- 
et-red of wonderful form and substance. 
Mother of Pearl 
substance and texture. 
Pale bluish laven- 
der, of exceptional 
48 in. 
® Soft lemon-yellow, ele 
Shekinah to rich yellow around its 
bright orange beard. 36 in. 
Mme. Gaudichau 
Souv. de 
crimson. Blooms violet; the conspicuous golden throat extends A brilliant velvety black-purple. Free 
from June outward in, sharp bluish white rays. Early and blooming. 40 in. 7 
throughout the _ free blooming. Named Varieties 25c each, 6 for $1.25. 
Mixed Varieties 20c each, 6 for $1.00. 
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