THE HARDY 
PERENNIALS 
Here are long-lived enduring perennials for the formal 
garden, the foundation planting, mixed hardy border, or 
the rock garden They will live and bloom for you year 
upon yéar. 
PLEASE NOTE that where plants are offered, they are 
available for shipment either in spring (April-June) or in 
autumn (September-November) unless direct statement is 
made to the contrary. Seeds, of course, can be supplied any 
time of the year. 
ACAENA GLAUCA—regkt(9)3. Lovely maté+trailer, with 
silvery foliage. Pkt. 15¢. 
ACANTHOLIMON GLUMACEUM—rlkt(2-3)10. Graceful 
spray-plumes of delicate pink over wide, dense mat- 
cushions. Cliffs of Mount Ararat. Pkt. 15c. 
FLOWERS OF ACHILLES 
Achillea, flower of Achilles the Greek, has many values 
in rock garden, pavement or terrace, and it cuts. ‘kt’ 
culture. RUPESTRIS—Packed mat-cushions, drifts of 
white above. 6 inches. Pkt. 15c. AGERATUM—Sweet 
Golden Yarrow. Fluffily dense clusters of rich yellow. 
14 inches. Pkt. 10c. AGERATUM CLOTH OF GOLD—Like 
last, but heads larger and height 40 inches. Pkt. 15e. 
NANA—Foliage like aromatic green fur. Silvery flowers. 
Fine pavement plant. Pkt. 10c; y; oz. 35¢e. ROSE 
BEAUTY—Variety of A. millefolium. Fern foliage. Flow- 
ers rose to red. 28 inches. Pkt. 10c. BOULE DE NEIGE— 
Clusters of fully double white fiowers like miniature 
snowballs. In bloom for months. 15 inches. Pkt. 15c. 
ACHILLEA UMBELLATA—Silvery foliage, white flowers. 
From Greece. 9 inches. Pkt. 15¢. TOMENTOSA AUREA 
—Silvered foliage mats of super-ferniness. Flowers, bril- 
liant golden clusters. 8 inches. Pkt. 10c. TOMENTOSA 
SULFUREA—Like last, soft primrose yellow clusters. 
Pkt. 15¢. SERBICA—Particularly good. Attractive in 
foliage and flower. Packed silvery rosettes set over with 
multitudinous pure white daisies. Recommended as edger 
or for rock garden. 9 inches. Pkt. 15¢e¢ (38 for 40c). 
OFFER 82A53—One pkt. each of above for $1.10. 
ADENOPHORA or SPIRE-BELL 
Tall campaniles filled with swinging bells. In bloom 
for months. Illustrated here, ‘‘x’’ culture. sown early often 
bloom first year. FARRERI (Confusa)—36 inches. Silvered 
sky-blue bells. From valley meadows of Tibet. Pkt. 15c. 
LILIFOLIA—86 inches. Loosely swung _ bell blossoms, 
china blue to dark violet. Fragrant. Pkt. 15¢c. STRICTA— 
Tall, slender stems. Airy little bells in dawn-sky tones of 
softest blue. Pkt. 15¢. ORNATA—25 inches. Bells violet 
without, silvery within. 15¢c. OTHER FINE ADENO- 
PHORAS—At 15¢ the pkt. Latifolia, Marsupiflora, Poly- 
morpha, Potanini, Stylosa Takedai, Verticillata. OFFER 
83A53—One pkt. each of the 11 for $1.25. ADENOPHORA 
BLEND—Above in mixture. Pkt. 15c. 
AETHIONEMAS 
They grow on sunshot limestone cliffs of the Lebanon, 
on hillsides of Armenia, in creviced ruined wall of Persia, 
jeweling column-strewn terraces where ancient kings were 
proud. rltk(2-3) 6 to 10 inches. Foliage rather fine, semi- 
succulent, silvery to blue-gray. CORIDIFOLIUM—Flowers 
pure pink in wide, dense, dome-clusters. Pkt. 15¢; 1/32 
25e. GRANDIFLORUM—Locsely clustered. fairly large flow- 
ers of lovely pink. Pkt. 20e. PUT.CHEt.LUM—Mounded blos- 
soms of rose. Pkt. 15¢. SHISTOSUM—Clusters of purest 
possible pink, individual florets relatively large. Pkt. 15c 
(3 for 40c). STYLOSUM—Florets rather large, styles 
long. Lebanon. Pkt. 20c. OFFER 84A53—One pkt. each 
of the 5 for 70c. AETHIONEMA BLEND—The above, with 
Pkt. 15¢ (3 for 40c). 
others. 



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ACONITUM UNCINATUM—bstaty (4-6) 60. Oddly formed 
flowers of ultramarine, like helmets decorated with flowing 
ribbons. Half-vine, let it clamber over shrubs. Jllustrated 
page 25. Pkt. 15c. 
ACONITUM WILSONI—by(4-5)80. Blossoms of imperial 
violet carried in splendid profusion on sky-reaching plants 
like slender towers. September and October. Pkt. 15c. 
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ACTAEA PACHYPODA — rnstkt(2)20. 
Clustered feathery 
white bloom, then shiny white berries. For shade. Pkt. 
10c. 
ACTINEA HERBACEA—ecrk (2-4)12. Lakeside Daisy. 
Highly attractive tawny yellow flowers. Pkt. 15c. 
ACTINOMERIS ALTERNIFOLIUS—enbx(3-4)80. The more 
we grow this, the better we like it. A tall perennial, in 
bloom through late summer, great corymbs of honey- 
yellow blossoming. Showy, long-lived. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 30c. 
AGRIMONIA ODORATA—eobnstk(3)36. A pleasing peren- 
nial for shady places. Long racemes of sweetly scented 
star-flowers, pale lemon or richest gold. Pkt. 10c; 1% oz. 
25¢. 
ALTHAEA ARMENIACA—ebx(2-4)70. Sheafs of tall stems 
with ashy foliage, each stem and branch ending in a fairly 
dense spike of little dusky violet saucer-bells. An attrac- 
tive and long-lived perennial for the mixed border. Pkt. 15c; 
1% oz. 35c. 
OTHER GOOD ALTHAEAS—At 15c the pkt. Taurinensis, 
Narbonensis, Pallida, Kragujevacensis. 
ANACYCLUS PYRETHRUM—rkt(2)5. Trailing fern-mats. 
Bright carmine buds open to pure white with golden 
centers, pretty tricolor effects. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 
ANARRHINUM BELLIDIFOLIUM—*erbx (2-3) 20. Blos- 
soms, multitudinous miniature Snapdragons of soft blue, in 
tall, branching sprays. Dainty. Illustrated page 52. Pkt. 
ee BLUE STAR OF TEXAS 
Here is the true, original Star of Texas, AMSONIA 
TABERNAEMONTANA, a soundy, hardy, graceful. shade- 
tolerant perennial with big panicles of blue star-flowers. 
Illustrated page 52. enbstx(2-3)25. Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 40c; 
1 oz. $1.25. Also AMSONIA CILIATA—15 inches, finer 
foliage, very attractive. Pkt. 10c. 
ALYSSUM FOR SILVER AND GOLD 
All kinds here are of fullest winter hardiness. ‘x 
eulture. FLORIBUNDUM—Our own favorite. Gracefully 
irregular mounds to 9 inches, spread with amazing pro- 
fusions of soft yellow blossoms. Foliage, fine silvery, the 
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silveriness intensifying in early winter, but with a 
roseate hint. Near-evergreen. Pkt. 15c; 1/82 oz. 25c. 
CONDENSATUM—A _ wmat-former. Little spikes filled 
tightly with Iarge lemon flowers rise in early spring. Pkt. 
15e. GEMONENSE—Everbloomer, bushlets filled with soft 
yellow. Pkt. 15c. SAXATILE COMPACTUM—Basket of 
Gold. Brilliant golden showiness. Foliage silvered. 10 inches. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c. SAXATILE CITRINUM—Like last, 
but blossoms sulphur or citron yellow. Pkt. 10c; %& oz. 
25e; % oz. 40c. ALPESTRE (Serpyllifolium)—Low mats. 
Soft yellow flowers in late spring. Good. Pkt. 15c. SPIN- 
OSUM ROSEUM—Low, silvery, flowers white with hint 
of blush. Pkt. 20c. ARGENTEUM—12 inches. Silvery 
mounds, mantled with flake-flowers of citron yellow. Pkt. 
10c; yw oz. 25c; % oz. 40c. OTHER HARDY ALYSSUMS 
—Priced per pkt. Arduini 10c; Hirsutum 15c; Idaeum 25c; 
Markgraffi-15c; Murale 15¢; Wulfenianum 15c; Moellendor- 
fianum 15e. OFFER 87A53—One pkt. each of 16 for $1.85. 
HARDY ALYSSUMS MIXED—Above in blend. Pkt. 10c; 
vs oz. 20c; % oz. 80c; % oz. 50c. 
