On Our Twentieth Anniversary 
E ARE happy to be able to send you this copy of our twentieth annual catalog. In it you will find offered 
many items that will help to make your garden attractive and interesting. A great deal is added to the 
joy of gardening by planting new varieties and trying different arrangements of the plants. 
In spite of difficulties, our plants this year are up to grade and we feel confident that you will like them- 
While we have temporarily eliminated some kinds, we have added other new items. 
Our list of chrysanthemums has been enriched by the addition of several varieties of the Minnesota strain, 
Zantha of the Chicago strain, as well as several unnamed seedlings that are being tried here and elsewhere and 
give promise of being worth while. If you have not grown some of the newer chrysanthemums, you will find our 
20th Anniversary Collection No. 6 of 10 varieties of special interest. Chrysanthemum Butterball did especially 
well at our nursery last year, and anyone liking a yellow mum of medium height should be pleased with it. 
Robert Brydon is a little late but a very good true red. The first few flowers may not be perfect, but this defect 
disappears later. 
Astilbe, Fanal made a fine showing in our garden. The red buds and blooms lasted nearly a month. 
Rudbeckia, White Lustre is an unusual novelty and will help to make your garden different. The plant is 
somewhat coarse but vigorous and produces many large greenish white daisy-like flowers with a high cone-like 
dark center. It remains in bloom a long time and keeps well as a cut-flower. 
Two of our newer phlox, Charles H. Curtis and Cheerfulness, are quite similar in color, but Cheerfulness is a 
more vigorous grower and the color more sparkling. 
Betony (Betonica), with its dark green leaves and spikes of rosy purple flowers, attracts much attention and 
is worth while. 
Every garden is made more cheery by the addition of several groups of the newer daylilies. Although the 
predominating colors in most daylilies are yellow and orange, the new hybrids include various blendings of 
color. By selection of varieties you may have them blooming in your garden from May to September. 
We regret that our list of roses is so limited this season, due to causes beyond our control. We hope that 
some additional varieties will be available later. 
We are looking forward to serving you this spring. 

2 PERKINS BROS. .s STILLWATER ROAD -- SAINT PAUL 9, MINN. 
