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A. B. C. HARDY PERENNIAL and BIENNIAL SEEDS 
PENTSTEMON (Beard Tongue) 
Hybrid Gloxinoides Mixed. Careful selection of the choicest Hybrids 
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PHYSALIS (C hinese 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. 
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PRIMULAS (Hardy Primrose) 
Auricula. Choice mixed. Tr. Pkt......... 50c WilGlozemme eee $1.00 
Veris Kleyni. Heavy stems 8-12 inches carrying immense heads of 
15-25 florets. Wide range of colors. Hardy. 100 seeds........ $1.00 
POLYANTHA VERIS HYBRIDS 
A B.C. Private Stock 
Exceptional wide range of brilliant colors—including reds, yellows, 
purples, as well as blues, pinks and other rare colors. Plants com- 
pact with good stems. Grower advises florets producing this seed 
all measured three inches or better. Try "A.B.C. Private Stock”’ 
this season. Tr. Pkt.—(About 100 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......... (A oz., $4.75) $0.50 $8.00 
Grandiflorum. Mixed. Single, large flowering........ +30 7.00 
Grandiflorum. Mixed. Double.......... (4% oz., $2.00) .50 
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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SCABIOSA 
Caucasica (Blue Bonnet). Valuable for cutting, as the blooms last a 
long time in water. Color soft lavender-blue; 3 feet. 
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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 Vk OZ Nas atare tee 90c 
Columbaria Lavender. Lavender similar to above. 
Fischeri: Large flowers iniviolet blue, ir; Pkt...) ecw. see nee 35c 
Japonica. Bushy plants, 24% feet in height, and beautiful lavender- 
blwuestlow ers. sta bloc erereuscers oyetererelorre 20c 
STATICE (Sea Lavender) 
Splendid hardy perennials either for the border or rockery, producing 
panicles of minute flowers which can be dried and used for winter 
bouquets. 
Caspia. The most beautiful of all perennial Sea Lavenders. Very 
vigorous in habit, with 3 foot stems carrying innumerable lilac flowers. 
A beautiful subject for table decoration. Tr. Pkt..... 25cu O22) 92.20 
Dumosa. Dense clusters of pure silver gray blooms; 30 inches. 
STOKESIA (Cornflower Aster) 
Cyanea, Blue. A beautiful native hardy perennial, growing about 2 
feet high and bearing pretty lavender-blue flowers. 
SUNFLOWER (See Helianthus) 
SWEET WILLIAM (See Dianthus Barbatus) 
THALICTRUM (Meadow Rue) 
Dipterocarpum. Its dainty, graceful sprays of flowers, elegantly ar- 
ranged on stems 4 feet high, are invaluable for cutting. The flowers 
are a charming shade of violet-mauve, which is brightened by a 
bunch of lemon yellow stamens and anthers. 
THERMOPSIS 
Caroliniana. A showy tall growing hardy perennial, producing in June 
and July long spikes of Lupin-like yellow flowers. 3 feet. Excellent 
for cutting. Seeds germinate slowly. 
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THYMUS 
Serpyllum (Wild Thyme). A dwarf perennial with fragrant foliage. 
Of creeping habit and unexcelled for rock gardens and between step- 
ping stones. Lovely small purple blooms during the summer. 
