Seeds of Perennial Flowers 
The varieties of seed which we include in this section produce plants which live on from year to 
year, increasing In size and beauty with age. A few exceptions are the biennials listed, such as 
Campanula Medium, Digitalis, etc., which bloom the second year and then die. 
Perennials, used in permanent beds, come in a great variety of color and plant habit, ranging 
from the dwarf edging plants to the tall stately plants for backgrounds. They provide bloom 
from early spring to killing frost, and many show color before the annuals come to bloom. 
Culture. The seed is generally started outdoors from June to September, and the young plants are either set in 
their permanent places in the fall and given light protection the first season, or carried over the first winter in a cold- 
frame and set out the following spring. After that, all except the half-hardy varieties require little attention, except 
to keep the flowers cut to prevent the seed-pods from forming. Some are as easily raised from seed as annuals; quite 
a few may be forced; others make fine pot-plants and splendid cut-flowers. 
ACHILLEA 
Yarrow. Space 10 inches apart in not too rich soil m a sunny border. They are valuable for cutting. 
Ptarmica, The Pearl. Not available. 
A profusion of small double white globular flowers, in loose sprays on 2-foot plants throughout the summer. 
ACONITUM 
Monkshood. Tall, stately plants for shade or half-shade, blooming in Iate summer and autumn. 
Napellus. Pkt. 15c; ~¢0z. 35c; Woz. $1; oz. $3 
Straight, upright, single spikes of dark blue helmet-shaped flowers on plants 3 feet high. They like any good, 
ordinary soil in a fairly moist location and some shade. Set the plants 8 inches apart and do not disturb. 
ALYSSUM 
Madwort. Early-flowermg plants suitable for sunny margins and borders or a sunny rock-garden. 
Plant 8 inches apart in well-drained soil. Very attractive for carpeting beds of tall spring bulbs. 
Saxatile compactum. Pkt. 15e; Voz. 30e; 02z.-90c; 1415. $2.65; Ibo $8 
Basket of Gold. Large clusters of bright golden yellow flowers in early spring, on gray-foliaged 12-inch plants. 
ANCHUSA 
Alkanet. Branching plants which like a deep, well-drained soil in full sun. When not crowded they 
form beautiful specimens, with their forget-me-not-blue flowers and hairy, silvery green foliage. 
Feltham Pride. Pkt. 20c; ys0z. 55c; 140z. $1.65; oz. $5 
This is like Italica Dropmore, but with more compact plants growing only 3 feet high and bearing a 
larger number of flowers of much brighter blue, m June and at intervals later through the summer. 
Italica, Dropmore. Pkt. 15c; voz. 25c; oz. 75c; 4 Ib. $2.25 
Tall spikes of rich gentian-blue from June to September, on 4 to 5-foot stately plants. 
Myosotidiflora. Pkt. 25c; 2,02. 60c; 3502. $1; 140z. $3; oz. $9 
Quite distinct with dwarf 12-inch plants, having large rounded leaves and sprays of clear blue forget- 
me-not flowers in April and May, much earlier than the other varieties. It 1s useful for the rock-garden. 
ANEMONE 
Windflower. These are gorgeously flowered plants, ideal for rock-gardens or low borders, but the seed 
should be sown where the plants are intended to bloom and thinned out to at least 8 mches apart. To 
flower the first year they may be started indoors early in pots, as they do not like transplanting. 
St. Brigid, Mixed. Pkt. 25c; y50z. 60c; Moz. $1.75 
Single and semi-double cup-shaped flowers 3 to 5 inches across in great abundance on 1-foot plants from April to 
June. They come in bright shades of scarlet, purple, maroon and lilac. 
ANTHEMIS 
Camomile. Excellent free-flowering plants which thrive if set 12 mches apart, even in dry, poor soils, 
Tinctoria. : Pkt. 10c; Moz. 25c; oz. 65c 
Yellow Marguerite. A profusion of lemon-yellow daisy flowers which are excellent for cutting throughout the 
summer. On 2-foot plants with elegantly cut foliage. Will bloom the first year if the seed is started indoors early. 
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Achillea Ptarmica, 
The Pearl 
Anchusa 
myosotidiflora 
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Alyssum saxatile 
m—€ compactum 
Aconitum 
Napellus 
Anthemis 
tinctoria 
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