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A. B. C. HARDY PERENNIAL and BIENNIAL SEEDS 
MYOSOTIS (Forget-Me-Not) 
Ball Early. Excellent when sown in fall for winter blooming and 
cut flower use. Also produces very good plants in early spring from 
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Oblongata, Blue Bird. Large deep blue, flowers 3 to 4 months after 
sowing. Also splendid for growing indoors during the winter. 
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Susanne. (Winter Flowering.) Bright blue. Best variety for cut flowers 
and pots, ideal for St. Valentine Day bloom. Start seed in May and 
keep shifted. Will come into flower naturally for February. 
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ALPESTRIS Tr. Pkt. Oz. 
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MISCELLANEOUS 
Palustris Semperflorens. The popular ever-blooming variety. Clear 
blue flowers in sprays. Tr. Pkt....25c¢ VY oz....65¢ Oz... .$2.50 
PLATYCODON (Bellflower) drabkte Oz, 
Grandiflorum. Large steel blue flowers................+ $0.25 $1.75 
Grandiflorum Album. Pure white variety es) 1.50 
POLEMONIOUM (Jacob’s Ladder) 
Coeruleum. Popular hardy perennial with bell-shaped bluish purple 
flowers nearly 1 inch across; 2 feet; May to July. 
POLYANTHUS (See Primula Veris) 
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PENTSTEMON ( Beard Tongue) irs PEt Oz: 
Digitalis. White tinted violet, 36 in......... (Y% oz., 60c) $0.25 
Heterophyllus. Blue gem flowers, bright gentian blue 
shaded with light violet. June to August, 14-18 in. 
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Grandiflorus. Lavender-blue, 3 ft............ (Y oz., 90c) .25 ee 
Pubescens. Violet-purple, lips white, 18 in...(%oz., $1.50) .35 
PHLOX 
Decussata, Mixed. Seed saved from a fine collection of named sorts. 
PHYSALIS (Chinese Lantern Plant) 
Franchetti. An ornamental variety of the Winter Cherry, forming dense 
bushes about 2’feet high. Bears a profusion of bright orange-scarlet 
lantern-like fruits which can be cut and dried, in which shape they 
are used extensively for floral decorations during the winter. 
PHYSOSTEGIA (False Dragon Head) 
Virginica. One of the prettiest hardy perennials. It forms dense bushes, 
3 to 4 feet high, bearing freely during the summer months spikes of 
delicate pink tubular flowers not unlike a gigantic heather. 
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Virginia Alba. White flowers, 36 in......... (4 oz., 75c) $0.25 $2.50 
Gigantea: Jiilac-rose, 4 ft.....2.....-2.00+--: (C/ez 7 5c) don 2.70 
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PRIMULAS (Hardy Primrose) 
Auricula. Choice mixed. Tr. Pkt......... 50c 1/16 Ozeeereneets $1.00 
Japonica. Bright flowers borne in whorls on stems 6 to 9 inches long; 
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Vulgaris (English Primrose), Canary yellow, fragrant. 
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VERIS (Polyanthus) 
Blackmore & Langdon’s Superb Strain. Awarded R.H.S. Silver Flora 
Medal. We consider this an excellent giant strain for those desiring 
the.finest in the Polyanthus! group. Tr: Pkt....................- $1.00 
Polyanthus Mixed. Tr. Pkt............ $1.00 Wiro vac. 5 oat oe $3.00 
Giant Munsted Strain. Tr. Pkt........... 75c VMOV Aver 5 cick OO O $2.50 
PRIMULA VERIS KLEYNII 
It has heavy stems. Average length 8 to 12 inches, carrying im- 
mense heads of 15 to 25 florets, each floret 1 inch to 1% inches in 
diameter. Rich golden yellow shaded apricot towards center. 
Plants average 6 flower spikes each, perfectly hardy outside 
anywhere in the U. S. A. Plants forced in winter can be divided 
up and planted out in April. These develop strong plants for the 
hardy border, rockery, or for forcing the following winter. Large, 
heavy leaves. 100 seeds 
250 seeds 

PUERARIA (Kudzu Vine) 
Thunbergiana. The fastest growing hardy climbing plant. It will grow 
8 to 10 feet the first year from seed. 
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PYRETHRUM HYBRIDUM (Persian Daisy) Tr. Pkt. Oz. 
Roseum Rose. Bright rose color........... (% oz., $4.75) $0.35 $8.00 
James Kelway. Rich deep scarlet. (Varies). .(¥2 oz., $5.00) .35 8.50 
Grandiflorum. Mixed. Single, large flowering........ soo Goth Att) 
Double Mixed. Extra select strain......... (% oz., $4.75)  .50 8.00 
RUDBECKIA (Cone-Flower) 
Starlight. This large-flowered, semi-double selection out of Kelvedon 
Star, is certainly a free bloomer. Its doubleness varies from fully double 
to single, mostly with about three rows of petals. Coloring is from 
primrose yellow to mahogany and bicolors, with mahogany centers. 
Unique for cutting and arrangements, with nice long stems. About 3 
feet tall, branching plants. 
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Purpurea (Giant Purple Cone-Flower). Flowers about 4 inches across, 
of a peculiar reddish purple with a remarkably large cone-shaped 
center of brown. Forms bushy plants 3 feet high and blooms from 
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SALVIA (Sage) 
Azurea Grandiflora. A hardy perennial variety producing during 
August and September spikes of pretty sky-blue flowers in great 
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SAPONARIA (Soapwort) 
Ocymoides. A very useful, hardy plant for the rockery or the border, 
producing from May to August masses of attractive small bright rose 
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SCABIOSA 
Caucasica (Blue Bonnet). Valuable for cutting, as the blooms last a 
long time in water. Color soft lavender-blue; 3 feet. 
Caucasica Isaac House Giant Hybrids. A great improvement over 
Caucasica. Colors from light to darkest blue, but delicate lilac and 
mauve shades predominate. Tr. Pkt......... 35c Ozanne es $3.00 
Columbaria Pink. Beautiful soft pink flowers 2 to 2¥ inches across. 
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Japonica. Bushy plants, 2% feet in height, and beautiful lavender- 
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