Rocket, Sweet (Hesperis Matronalis) 
Hardy perennial plant of easy culture, bearing 
clusters of purple or white fragrant flowers. 142 
feet. 
921 Mixed. Cannot supply. 
Rudbeckia (Coneflower) 
Will grow in nearly all soils and situations, 
thriving in partial shade or fully exposed to the 
sun. 
925 Kelvedon Star. Deep orange with dark 
brown disc. Pkt., 10c. 
926 Purpurea (Echinacea; Giant Purple Cone- 
flower). Large flowers, about 4 inches in diam- 
eter; reddish purple, with large cone of brown. 
Hardy perennial. 3 feet. Pkt., 10c. 
Scabiosa 
946 Columbaria. Lavender. Large lavender-blue 
flowers; plant dwarf with a fine, light green foli- 
age. ‘ Pkt., 15c; % 0oz., 60c. 
946A Columbaria Pink. Delicate pink. 
Pkt., 15c; 4% oz., 60c. 
947 New. Blue Scabiosa. Hardy Perennial Scab- 
jeosa (Caucasica) (Blue Bonnet). A hardy peren- 
nial, especially valuable for cutting, the blooms 
lasting a long time in water; color soft lavender- 
blue. 3 feet. Pkt., 10c; 1/16 oz., 30c. 
947A New Giant Caucasica Hybrids. (Isaac 
House Strain.) Each petal is beautifully ruffled 
and frilled. The predominating colors are deli- 
cate lilac and mauve but embracing shades from 

New Giant Scabiosa Caucasica white to the darkest blue. 
Pkt., 15c; 1/16 02., 50c. 
Platycodon (Chinese Bellflower) 
855 Grandiflorum. Blooms from July to September. 
The fiowers are large, steel-blue. 2 to 242 ft. Pkt., 10c. 




















Polemonium (Jacob’s Ladder) 
857 Coeruleum. Large heads of showy blue flowers 
from May to August. 2 feet. Pkt., 10c. 
Hardy Perennial Poppies 
890 Iceland Poppies. White and shades of yellow 
and orange. Mixed. Pkt., 10c; 4% 0z., 35c. 
Oriental Poppies. Easily grown from seed sown 
either in late fall or early spring. They bloom the 
second spring from sowing. 
892 Orientale. Deep crimson flowers, with blotch 
of black on each petal. Pkt., 10c. 
893 New Oriental Hybrids. Flowers of enormous 
size, sometimes 6 inches or more in diameter and 
of many novel colors. Pkt., 10c. 
Hardy Primroses 
Although known as a hardy perennial, these 
require in this climate some protection. If pro- 
tected with leaves covered by a box, they will live 
through our severest winters. - 
Veris (Polyanthus). Excellent for either pot or out- 
door culture. Colors mostly shades of yellow, and red 
and yellow. 
803 Choicest Mixed. Pkt., 25c. 
904 Vulgaris. True, yellow English Primrose; canary- 
yellow; fragrant. Pkt., 10c. 
Pyrethrum 
Hardy perennials of easy culture. 
910 Aureum (Golden Feather). Golden foliage; small, 
white flowers. 1 foot. Pkt., 10c; %4 02z., 35c., 
913 Roseum Hybridum. Blooms freely from June to 
September, bearing large fiéwering, Daisy-like flowers, 
ranging from light pink to deep red, with bright yellow ; 
center; excellent for cutting. i -  Pkt., 10c, Oriental Poppy 

56 Perennial Seeds ROSS BROS. CO., Worcester, Mass. 

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