*Geum. Popular perennials for the garden and cutting. Grows 
1% to 2 feet and blooms over a long season. Full to half sun. 
Yellow or red. 
*Heliotrope. Old-fashioned garden flowers. Very sweetly per- 
fumed blue to violet flowers. Light shade. Summer and fall. 
Gallon container 60c. 
*Hollyhocks. Popular old favorites. 5 to 6 feet. Double mixed 
in red, pink, yellow and white. Full sun. 
Iris, Bearded. Selected varieties. 50 cents each. 
“Lobelia cardinalis, Cardinal Flower. Showy border plant. From 
tufts of bronzy foliage it sends two-foot spikes of fiery scarlet 
flowers. Plant from July to October. 
*Marguerites. Indispensable plants making round masses of 
finely cut leaves and covered with daisy-like flowers in white or 
yellow. Long blooming. Sun. 2 feet. Gallon container 60c. 
Mesembryanthemum, Ice Plant. Daisy-like flowers of low 
growing habit much used for borders and rockeries. They do 
well on embankments in poor soil. Colors are yellow, pink, rose, 
Orange and red. 
Moraea iridioides, Moraea Iris. Iris-like plant. Flowers are white 
with yellow and blue markings. Blooming period from spring 
to late fall. Full sum. 85c. 
Moraea bicolor. Flowers creamy yellow with brown markings. 85c. 
Nierembergia Purple Robe. Showy low growing mounds of deep 
purple flowers concealing the fine cut foliage. All summer. 
*Penstemon. Flowers much like Foxglove—short wide open tubes 
in pink, red and white in 1-foot spikes. In bloom from early 
summer to frost. Very showy. 2 feet high. Sun. 
Perennial Phlox. Showy summer flowers, never fail to give a 
real show. 2 to 3 feet high. For sunny borders. A fine selection 
of excelent varieties in red, pink, lavender and white. Gallon 
container 60c. 
Primula polyanthus, Primroses. Lovely spring blooming plants 
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*Pyrethrum, Painted Daisy. Hardy colorful perennials with 2-inch 
single daisies on 12-18 inch stems. Mostly rose or pink, a few 
white or red. 
Reinwardtia, Yellow Flax. Dwarf evergreen perennial—deep 
green foliage and rich yellow flowers. Sun or shade. Gallon con- 
tainer 75c. 
Ruel.ia macrantha. Lovely plant for sun or shade but prefers a 
sheltered place for best results. Flowers in late winter or early 
spring are funnel-shaped, deep pink with lavender. 
*Salvia Splendens, Scarlet Sage. 18 inches. The reddest of red 
flowers. Makes a splash of color over a long season. Sun. 
Round leathery leaves and broad round 
50c each. 
*Scabiosa caucasica. Beautiful cut flower. Powdery blue; in 
bloom most of the year. Full or half sun. 2 feet. 
Saxifraga crassifolia. 
clusters of waxy pink flowers in winter and spring. 
Shasta Daisy, Esther Reed. Entirely double white b'ooms with- 
out any yellow at center. Long blooming season. Sun. 50c. 
Shasta Daisy, Marconi. Pure white, semi-double shaggy blooms 
on strong stems. Excellent cut flowers. Continuous bloomer. 50c. 
Sweet William. 12-15 inches, best in full sun or very light shade. 
Popular old favorite. Mixed colors only. 
Thalictrum dipterocarpum, Meadowrue. 4 to 6 feet; handsome 
columbine-like foliage and large, loose airy sprays of rosy-lav- 
ender flowers. Sun or light shade. Gallon container 60c. 
Tritoma hybrids, Red Hot Poker. Grass-like leaves and flowers 
like a hot poker—opening yellow and turning a bright scarlet 
Sun. Very attractive. 50c. 
*Violet, Marie Louise. Large double flowers that are a rich 
mauve in color with a slight touch of white in the center. $2.50 
doz) cleach: 
*Violet, Odorata. 
Wallflowers. Fragrant flowers for sun or shade. 
maroon red mixed. 
The old-fashioned fragrant purple violet. 
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