PENTSTEMON - Beard Tongue 
Very popular hardy flowering plants. Most attractive for massing in 
beds or borders. They are not only of graceful habit, but also decidedly 
beautiful from a decorative point of view. The many species are inter- 
esting subjects for growing in the rock garden or border. The flowers 
are tubular and Foxglove-like in shape. 
Culture. The Pentstemons require a rich, well-manured, loamy soil, and 
a well-drained, sunny place. The dwarf kinds should be grown on the 
margins of the border, or in the rock garden. Plant in autumn or early 
spring. Place the plants 10 inches apart edch way. 
Barbatus Torreyi Three $1.25, Doz. $4.00, 100 $20.00 
Spikes two feet long of bright scarlet flowers from June till August. 
A very effective plant for the border. 
Barbatus, Pink Beauty Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
A lovely clean shell-pink. A beautiful cut flower; one of the outstand- 
ing new and good plants; makes a delightful companion to Gypsophila. 
Digitalis Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
White Foxglove-like spikes produced in great quantities all summer. 
Plant is about 20 inches high, excellently suited for the garden as well 
as naturalizing in the grass. It self seeds very freely. 
**Grandalli Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
This lovely prostrate plant is a native of our ‘Northwest.’ It hugs 
the ground tightly, not over 2 or 3 inches high and the cluster of narrow 
dark green leaves is completely covered in May by wide open, almost 
stemless Snapdragon-like blue flowers. A rare novelty for any rock 
garden anywhere. 
Grandiflora Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
The largest flowered of our hardy Pentstemons. A beautiful plant in 
the border giving 3-ft. spikes of huge pale blue flowers. Excellent for 
cutting. The handsome silvery leaves contribute also to its value. 
Heterophyllus Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
Lovely metallic-blue flowers from June until September, on 3-foot spikes. 
HARDY LARGE-FLOWERED PENTSTEMONS 
Garnet Three $1.50, Doz. $5.00, 100 $30.00 
This is the first of a new strain of hardy, large-flowering Pentstemons. 
Heretofore, the only large-flowering Hybrid Pentstemons available 
were the Gloxinoides which are not hardy in the North. Pentstemon 
Garnet is of spreading habit and produces a succession of bloom from 
June until stopped by frost. The Gloxinia-like flowers are a rich 
garnet color, and are gracefully placed on stems 12 to 18 inches tall. 
The plants have from six to a dozen spikes continually throughout 
its flowering season. The flowers are excellent for cutting and last a 
week or more in water. Color illustration on page 62. 
Firebird Three $1.50, Doz. $5.00, 100 $30.00 
This beauty came to us from Switzerland where it is known as Pent- 
stemon Shonholzeri. The flowers are Foxglove-like in size, on stems 
about 18 to 24 inches tall, and are a most beautiful ruby-crimson. 
The plant is easily grown, is free from insect pests, flowers freely, 
creates a lovely effect in the flower garden, and is a cut flower 
par excellence. Color illustration on page 62. 

PEROVSKIA - Russian Sage 
A tall plant with gray foliage not unlike the Sage. The blue flowers are 
arranged in slender spikes forming terminal panicles which are excep- 
tionally fine combined with summer flowers such as Gladioli. 
Culture. A well-drained, loamy soil, not too rich, suits best. Plant in 
fall or early spring, 12 inches apart in sunny border. 
Atriplicifolia Each 60c, Three $1.50, Doz. $5.00 
During July and August and early September, the plants are covered 
with long whorls of silvery blue flowers which have a lovely, graceful 
i appearance. The flower stalks are approximately thirty inches to three 
i feet long and are splendid for cutting. The florists like this flower, par- 
ticularly for cutting, because it combines beautifully with Dahlias, 
Gladioli, and the taller summer flowers. The foliage is silvery gray. The 
plant is wavy, giving a silvery smoky effect in the garden. Hardy any- 
where. Does well in all kinds of soil, but should be grown in full sun. 
PHYSALIS - Winter-Cherry or Chinese Lanterns 
A perennial noteworthy for its large, showy calyces, which are attrac- 
tive for drying for winter decoration. 
Culture. They will succeed in good, ordinary soil and in sun or light 
shade. Best grown in a colony by themselves. Plant in autumn or 
spring, 12 inches apart. Gather the stems as soon as the calyces are 
| fully colored. 
Gigantea Three $1.25, Doz. $4.00, 100 $20.00 
| An ornamental variety of the Winter Cherry, forming dense bushes 
about 2 feet high, producing freely its bright orange-scarlet, lantern- 
| like fruits, which, when cut, will last all winter. 
PHYSOSTEGIA - False Dragonhead 
] Handsome plants for the sunny border or the wild garden, of easy 
| culture. The flowers are borne in terminal spikes or branching racemes 
H from July to September. 
Culture. Grow in good, ordinary soil‘in groups in sunny borders, Plant 
in autumn or spring, 12 inches apart, and divide and replant every 
second year, as the roots are of spreading habit. 
Virginica, Vivid Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
This is a new dwarf variety about 20 inches high, and a great improve- 
ment. It blooms three weeks later than the others, the flowers are a 
deeper pink; much larger and better, lasting a long time when cut. 
Summer Glow Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
Towering stems often exceeding 4 feet, terminating in colorful spikes 
18 inches in length; similar to the parent, ““Gigantea,’’ but of a rosy 
crimson color that is altogether attractive and far more effective. 
A splendid background or cut-flower variety. It will supersede the older 
kind. Height 4 feet. In full flower mid-August. 
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PLATYCODON - Chinese Bellflower 
Very satisfactory hardy plants for the sunny border. It has broad, blue 
or white, bell-shaped flowers all summer and is therefore a very fine 
garden plant. 
Culture. Must be grown in a light, more or less sandy soil, in a well 
drained, sunny border. If the border is slightly elevated so much the 
better. Plant in early spring or fall, 8 inches apart. Disturb as little as 
Possible. 
Grandiflora Three $1.25, Doz. $4.00, 100 $20.00 
Large, showy, deep blue flowers on 20-inch spikes are produced all sum- 
mer. A splendid plant for the hardy border. 
Grandiflora alba Three $1.25, Doz. $4.00, 100 $20.00 
White-flowered form of the above. 
*Mariesi Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
A beautiful dwarf species, with broad, thick foliage and large, deep 
violet-blue flowers on 12-inch stems in great profusion throughout the 
: entire summer. Plant in front of the border or in the rock garden. 
*Mariesi alba Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
White-flowered form of the above. 
PLUMBAGO - Leadwort 
Lovely low-growing plants with leathery, small, heart-shaped leaves of 
bronzy green color. The flowers are a deep peacock-blue borne in small 
clusters just above the foliage. 
Culture. They require a sandy loam which is well drained and not too 
rich. Do well in the rock garden in full sun or light shade. May be used 
also as an edging to beds or garden paths. Plant in fall or spring, 6 to 8 
inches apart; cover lightly during winter in exposed places. Starts into 
growth quite late in spring. 
*Larpentae Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
One of the most desirable border and rock plants. It is of dwarf spread- 
ing habit, growing 6 to 8 inches high, covered with brilliant blue flowers 
during late summer and fall. 
POLEMONIUM - Jacob’s Ladder or Greek Valerian 
Free flowering, hardy perennials. They have graceful pinnate leaves, and 
sae their flowers in loose heads. Showy plants tor a sunny place in the 
order. 
Culture. They require a light, well drained, ordinary soil and: a sunny 
position. Best grown in groups of six or more. Not adapted for damp or 
heavy soils. Reptans does well in a shady location under trees. Plant in 
autumn or early spring about a foot apart. Divide and replant. every 
third year. 
*Blue Pearl Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
The lovely and clear baby-blue flowers are freely produced in April and 
May. Does well in sun or shade. Foliage very ornamental throughout 
entire summer. Height 12 inches. 
POLYGONATUM - Solomon’s Seal 
Popular and easily grown herbaceous plants, producing arching stems 
furnished with narrow leaves on each side, and from the axils of which 
drooping flowers are produced. Excellent plants for shady borders. 
Culture. They will thrive in any ordinary good soil containing plenty of 
humus or vegetable matter. May be grown under the shade of deciduous 
trees, in the shady border, or naturalized in woodland gardens. Plant 
in autumn or early spring, 6 inches apart. 
Multiflorum major Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
Pendent sprays of white flowers borne on long, 2-foot stems in May, 
followed in autumn with black or purple berries. A grand plant for a 
shady position, where it has plenty of room to show its pendulous sprays 
of bells. 
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