PERENNIAL PLANTS 

DIANTHUS 
PINK OR CARNATION 
A large family of plants producing rich, showy blossoms. 
Selections from the following list may be planted in the 
mixed perennial border, as edgings for beds, and many 
varieties are especially useful in the rock garden. 
DIANTHUS BARBATUS, GIANT BLOOD. RED. Sweet 
William. A deep red large flowered type of the 
familiar and ever popular Sweet William family. An 
interesting velvety flower from grandmother’s garden. 
HARDY HARVARD. Bright scarlet red large flowered 
garden pinks. Very hardy. Flowers are produced 
on eight or ten inch stems above a plant rather spread- 
ing in nature. An interesting low border subject. 
DELTOIDES. Maiden Pink. 18 inches. A charming 
slender-stemmed type with prostrate foliage and a 
mass of small flowers that are carmine to light coral. 
Blooms in May and June. 
ROSE CUSHION. A new variety quite different from 
others of the Deltoides group. The flowers are bright 

DOUBLE HOLLYHOCK 
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rose in color and are held erect by graceful stems. The 
plant grows in a tuft or cushion, very dense and low. 
The foliage is attractive all summer and remains ever- 
green throughout the winter. Perfectly hardy and 
suitable for the rockery. 
PLUMARIUS FLORA-PLENA. 
ble and semi-double flowers all 
all shades, mixed. 
DIGITALIS 
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FUCHSIA 
MAGELLANICA. .Magelian Fuchsia. Splendid new semi- 
shrub of uncertain height but sure to produce hundreds 
of ruby-red pendant, flowers which start in early sum- 
mer and cease only with killing frosts. Good in either 
light shade or sun. Mulch heavily for winter. 
FUNKIA 
PLANTAIN LILY 
VARIEGATA. An_ interesting foliage plant that has 
rather wide tapering leaves, bright green in the cen- 
ter and a buff colored edging on each leaf. Flowers 
of a bluish mauve color appear in August and Sep- 
tember on long stems above the dense tuft of leaves 
that form the plant. A fine border edging subject. 
GAILLARDIA 
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GYPSOPHILA 
BABYSBREATH 
Remarkable plants producing a multitude of small flow- 
ers which create a mist-like effect. Indispensable for 
cutting. The trailing varieties of repens are subjects 
for the rockery. 
PANICULATA. A branching, 2 to 3 foot plant which 
during July becomes a fleecy, white mass. Used fer 
mixing with high-colored flowers in bouquets. Can 
be dried and used for everlastings. 
REPENS. Grows to a height of 12 inches with a spread 
of 18 to 24 inches. Produces double white flowers in 
a misty mass of bloom. It is an ever-bloomer, from 
early spring until late fall. 
HIBISCUS 
MALLOW 
Plants tall and slender with flowers like hollyhocks only 
much larger and borne on the top of the flower stalks. 
Suitable for the back flower border, wild garden or on 
the banks of water courses. or ponds. 
OFFICINALIS MIXED. 
4 feet. Flowers during the 
months. A _ greatly 
Marshmallow. 
white. 
Double Grass Pinks. Dou- 
summer. Colors in 
Giant Flowering Mallow. Height 
late summer and_ fall 
improved. strain of the native 
The color ranges through red, pink and 
The giant single flowers are very imposing. 
HOLLYHOCKS 
HERBACEOUS ALTHEA 
This stately old plant is truly King of the Garden. 
Hollyhocks inject a great deal of color and life and pic- 
turesqueness into tall backgrounds with their gorgeous, 
densely set pillars, ranging in height from 4 to 7 feet. 
DOUBLE FLOWERED SORTS. Supplied in the following 
separate colors; CRIMSON, WHITE and YELLOW. 
SINGLE FLOWERED. Allegheny. 
flowers. Mixed. 
Tall, very large fringed 
LINUM 
FLAX 
A desirable plant for the border or rockery growing 
about 2 feet high with light graceful foliage and large 
flowers, all summer. 
PERENNE. May-August. Very attractive both in foli- 
age and bloom. Flowers beautiful pale blue on slen- 
der graceful stems. An _ interesting plant for the 
medium border for all summer. It harmonizes with 
other flowers to build a charming color scheme. 
