PERENNIAL P 
Perennial flowers, when once started, will 
give you flowers year after year, with 
practically no attention. You will find 
listed some of the favorites, that will 
provide a glorious array of flowers all 
summer for the garden and for house 
decorations. 
NEW DOUBLE HOLLYHOCKS. Big 4-inch flowers so 
double they look like small Peonies. Their brilliance 
is set off by large dull green leaves. Fine for back- 
ground. Plant 18 inch apart in rich, well-drained soil 
in spring or fall. Choice of Red, Pink or Yellow. 
SWEET WILLIAM. The old-fashioned Hardy Pink. 
Grey-green foliage. Flowers numerous, disposed in 
compact, round-topped clusters of various tints and 
shades in May and June. A vivid splash of color for 
early summer. Grows in any good garden soil. 
HIBISCUS—MALLOW MARVELS. Largest flowers of 
any perennial—huge hollyhock-like blooms. Tall- 
growing, with showy flowers during the summer 
months. Dies back to ground during winter, grows 
from roots in spring. Mixed colors. 
COLUMBINE. Long-spurred strain. Brilliant mixed 
shades of red, blue, yellow and white. Dainty and 
attractive for garden bouquets. Thrive in sun or par- 
tial shade in ordinary soil. 
COREOPSIS. Golden yellow, double flowers, excellent 
for cutting because they keep well. Easily grown, 
and a continuous bloomer. Blooms best if picked fre- 
quently. 
RED HOT POKER—TRITOMA, Fiery spearheads of 
color 5 inches long, orange-scarlet in color. Stiff, 
formal petal arrangement and bright color make a 
striking accent among perennials. Fine for cutting. 
Needs winter protection in the North. 
DELPHINIUM BELLADONNA,. The most continuous 
blooming of all Delphiniums. Lovely straight, strong 
spikes in turquoise blue. 
DELPHINIUM BELLAMOSA, Color is a rich deep 
indigo blue intensified by white eye. 
SHASTA DAISY. Single flowers twice as big as any 
field daisy, shooting out dozens of pure white blooms, 
8 to 4 inches across, each with a center of golden 
yellow. Thrives on cutting—blooms keep coming. 
One plant furnishes sufficient blooms for a bouquet. 


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Any Perennials Listed on This Page 
30 Cents Each, Any 4 For $1.00 
State Your Color Choice 
BALLON FLOWER. 
Curious bag-shaped buds, like 
ballons, open into star-shaped flowers of blue or 
white. Grows erect with rigid stems; free flowering. 
Fine for cutting, makes dainty bouquets. Colors Blue 
and White. 
CARNATIONS. They are not hard to grow—plant in 
rich soil and a sunny location, and they will give you 
continuous bloom through the summer. White, Red 
and Pink, double, fiuffy flowers with fringed edges. 
Spicily perfumed. 
CREEPING PHLOX. Moss Pink. Foliage evergreen 
and mossy, covered with gay little flowers in early 
spring, Red, Pink or Lavender. pesca for cover- 
ing banks and terraces, for border plants and rock 
gardens. 
CUSHION CHRYSANTHEMUMS. New Million Mums. 
These make a rounded, compact bush that from 
August to Thanksgiving is a mass of exquisite flowers 
—millions of them. Hardy, easy to grow. We offer 
these in Red, Pink, Yellow or White. f 
HARDY SWEET PEA. Popular for covering fences, 
arbors, trellis and banks. Grow in most any soil and — 
last for years without attention. Clusters of flowers 
borne continuously; flower and foliage similar to an- 
nual Sweet Peas, but heavier. Your choice of Red, 
White or Pink. 
BABY’S BREATH. Has deep green, dainty foliage, a 
maze of thread-like wiry stems covered all summer ; 
with tiny white flowers, a solid — 
mass of them. Valuable in 
bouquets and flower arrange- 
ments—the sprays can be dried 
and used all winter long. 

Hollyhock : 
Chrysanthemums 
