STERLING'S ANNUAL CATALOG 29 
PERENNIAL PLANTS 
Our plants are best for your Hardy Border or your Rock 
Garden. They are grown from the choicest seed procurable and 
the most popular sorts. Take care of them and they will bloom for 
many years. Dig the bed deep, enrich with well-rotted manure, keep’ 
clean and give protection in the 
Winter. Nice plants,  trans- 
planted, well rooted. Top dress 
with Bone Meal, Sheep Manure 
or Bovung. Mulch with Peat 
Moss. 
Each Doz. 
ANCHUSA. | Italica 
Dropmore. 3 to 5 
ft. Blue flowers .. $.85 $38.50 
AQUILEGIA. Col- 
umbine. Long 
Spurred Hybrids. 
Blue, Yellow, Pink, 
Crimson, White 
BNGeIMIXGd Steere 20 3.50 
AQUILEGIA. Hy- 
brids. Large clumps 
50c to $1.00. 
ALYSSUM. Saxa- 
tile. Basket of Gold 
Does well in sunny 
positions. Fine for 

A Hybrid Delphinium Rock Gardens .... .35 38.50 
ASTILBE. Peach blossom. Beautiful ..................... “715 
ASTER. Hardy. Red and Purple. Large clumps. 50c to $1.00 
BELLIS. Perennis. English Daisy. Red, pink and white .. .10 1.00 
CARNATION. Double Mixed. Fragrant ................. 35 3.50 
CAMPANULA. Single, Double, and Cup and Saucer Can- 
terbury Bells. Mixed colors. Large plants. Biennial .. .35 3.50 
CENTAUREA. Dealbata. Rose colored. 2 ft. June ....... 25 63.50 
CENTAUREA. Montana. Perennial ‘cornflower. 2 ft. Blue .35 3.50 
CERASTIUM. Tomentosum. Snow in Summer. May ..... 235 3.50 
COREOPSIS. Grandiflora. Single yellow flowers ......... 330) 73.00 
COREOPSIS. Sunshine. Double yellow .................. (ODF. 6.00 
DAISY. Shasta, Alaska, single white. Large clumps.... .50 5.00 
DAISY. Marconi and Giant Double. Very large ......... 50 5.00 
DIGEN-TRA:; Spectabilis. Bleeding Heart .....00......... as 
DIVENTRA. Eximia. Dwarf Bleeding Heart. Large ...... 1.00 
DIANTHUS. Dwarf mixed. Fine for border .............. 35 3.50 
DELPHINIUM. Pacific Giants. New. Delicate shades of 
blue, lavender, violet, lilac and pure white .......... 35 3.50 
FOXGLOVE or DIGITALIS. Giant Shirley. Mixed colors .85 3.50 
FUNKIA. Plantain Lily. Lavender. August. Clumps, $1.00  .50 
PUNKIA. Variegated leaves for edging ................ 50 5.00 
GAILLARDIA. Blanket Flower. Beautiful large flowers. 
Yellow tips with crimson centers. Large clumps $1.00 .35 3.50 
GYPSOPHILA. Bristol Fairy. Everblooming, double. 
Grafted plants. The best Baby’s Breath grown ...... 80 
