
Helenium Gaillardiaeflorum 
HELENIUM - Helen’s Flower 
A showy and useful family of plants for the summer and autumn decora- 
tion of the border, and lovely copper shaded or yellow flowers for cutting. 
Their period of bloom is just before the outdoor Chrysanthemums, and 
they give us that first rich touch of autumn tints. Particularly valuable 
for those sections of the country where the Chrysanthemum is not hardy. 
No garden is complete without them. 
Culture. All will thrive in good, ordinary light soil, all require a sunny 
position. May be grown singly or two feet apart in masses. Plant in 
autumn or spring. 
Baron Linden Each 60c, Three $1.50, Doz. $5.00 
This variety is not unlike Bigelovi. The general color effect, however, 
is darker, the coppery gold flowers showing tints of dark brown and 
bronze. The result is lovely and satisfactory. A beautiful garden plant 
and flowers for cutting. 
Chippersfield Orange Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
Grows 4 feet tall with large heads of copper and gold blooms. A fine 
new variety blooming in August and September. This and Peregrina are 
the best of the tall growing varieties. 
Gaillardiaeflorum Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
Big, Gaillardia-like flowers of a most unusual Wallflower-red. Petals are 
slightly tipped yellow. They make a magnificent show in late summer. 
The plants do not grow over 3 feet and are very orderly. A richly col- 
orful, easily grown border plant which provides in season ample flowers 
for cutting. 
Peregrina Each 60c, Three $1.50, Doz. $5.00 
Unquestionably the finest and having the largest flowers. They are a 
shining dark mahogany with the edges of the petals faintly seamed 
golden yellow. A most impressive July and August flowering perennial. 
Height 3 feet. A worth while new plant for the summer border. Excellent 
for cutting. 
Pumilum magnificum Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
Large, golden yellow flowers; one of the most floriferous and useful 
border plants in cultivation. Early, flowering from July to October. Can 
be successfully used in place of Coreopsis where a more restrained plant 
is required. Height 18 to 24 inches. 
Riverton Beauty Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
Pure lemon-yellow, with large disc of purplish black. 3 to 4 feet high; 
early fall from August to October. 
Riverton Gem Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
Old gold suffused with bright terra cotta, changing to wallflower-red. 
3 to 4 feet high. From August to October. 
FOOD FOR THOUGHT 
As Well As For Your Flowers 
Plants, anything that grows in the soil, are exactly the same in their 
food needs as humans. There are plenty of what might be called the 
shot-in-the-arm kinds of ready mixed fertilizers. But they are mostly 
only stimulants. 
What your plants need is a balanced organic food. Not just a 
stimulant. They need one containing in right amounts, those things 
that make plenty of strong roots, produce good sturdy stalks, thrifty 
foliage and an abundance of good sized blooms. 
That’s exactly the kind of Plant Food we use at Wayside. Much of 
our success in growing such unfailingly fine plants is due to it. 
What it has done, and is doing for our 600 miles of plants, it will do 
for your garden. 
Turn to page 190 and get the full facts about it. 

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elianthus Multiflorus Fl. Pl. 
HELIANTHUS - Perennial Sunflower 
Very showy and attractive plants for border decoration, massing in the 
wild garden or flowers for cutting. 
Culture. Ordinary soil and a sunny position will suffice to grow Heli- 
anthus. Lift, divide and replant every second or third year to keep the 
plants compact and shapely. Few plants can equal the Helianthus for 
providing a gay display of color in the autumn garden. Plant in fall or 
spring, 12 inches apart. 
Multiflorus fl.-pl. Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
leon eye eis closely resembling a small Dahlia in shape and finish. 
eet high. 
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HELIOPSIS - Orange Sunflower 
Allied to the perennial Sunflower, belonging to the same order, and 
natives of America. They bear their large, orange colored flowers on long, 
wiry stems, and are invaluable for cutting. 
Culture. Grow in ordinary rich soil in a sunny border. They make a most 
effective feature grown in bold masses. Plant in autumn or spring, 12 
inches apart. Lift, divide and replant every third year. 
Scabra incomparabilis Each 60c, Three $1.50, Doz. $5.00 
Admitted to be one of the finest border perennials introduced in recent 
years. Received Award of Merit in England, 1933. The flowers are a rich 
golden yellow, nearly double, and over three inches in diameter. It is of 
easy growth, attaining a height of about three feet, and is in flower con- 
tinuously from July to autumn. 
HELLEBORUS - Christmas Rose or Lenten Rose 
There are two distinct types, one, Christmas Rose, flowering in late 
winter, and the other, Lenten Rose, in spring. Both are valuable for 
garden decoration because of their flowering during the dull period of 
the year. 
Culture. Require to be grown in a cool, moist, shady position, such as 
under the shade of trees or among ferns. The ideal .soil is a retentive 
loam, freely mixed with leaf mold and well-rotted manure. As Helleborus 
are impatient of disturbance at the roots it is advisable to select a 
position for them where they will not be required to be disturbed for 
many years. Planting ma 
Each autumn add a top dressing of leaf mold and well-rotted manure, 
and let it lie on the surface. In summer give plenty of water. 
Niger Each $1.00, Three $2.75, Doz. $8.50 
Helleborus Niger is a dwarf growing hardy plant, able to withstand tem- 
peratures many degrees below zero. Its palmlike leaves are evergreen 
and of leathery substance. In December, January and February, depend- 
ing upon locality where grown, large, single, white, bell-like flowers — 
which last for weeks, are produced regardless of cold or snow. 
Orientalis (Mixed colors) 
Orientalis is known as the “Lenten Rose.” The colors of its flowers range 
from pale green through white from Rie brown to the deepest tones of 
chocolate-red. Easier grown than Niger, very interesting plants for 
shady nooks, 
Orientalis, Irene Kroneman Each $1.00, Three $2.75, Doz. $8.50 
This fine Hybrid Lenten Rose will be appreciated by those who love 
something different. Early spring it produces stiff, short stems with rich 
chocolate-brown flower clusters which look exceedingly artistic coming 
from between the handsome leathery evergreen leaves. 
boutonniere. Are often mistaken for some exotic Cypripedium. 
be done in fall or spring, 12 inches apart. ~ 
Each 75c, Three $2.00, Doz. $6.00 — 
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