HARDY PERENNIALS, continued 
MINIATURE IRISES. % An early dwarf type, 
blooming along with the daffodil. Beautiful 
and delicate in appearance, yet especially 
hardy. Recommended for the rock garden, for 
edging the border or alongside the garden path. 
Fauntleroy. *% Standards white edged soft yel- 
low; falls purple edged yellow. 6 in. 
Mogador. *% Milk-white standards; falls soft 
yellow. 12 in. : 
Rose Mist. % Soft rose-lilac. 10 in. 
Sound Money. * Rich golden yellow. Blooms 
spring and fall. 8 in. 
Tampa. Brilliant mulberry-red. 1 ft. 
Tony. * Brilliant dark ruby-red. 1 ft. 
LAVANDULA (Lavender). Old-fashioned, fragrant 
plants with beautiful gray foliage and wiry 
spikes of lavender-blue flowers. The whole 
plant is aromatic and the flowers are much used 
m the making of sachets. 
Deiphinensis. A very hardy dwarf Lavender, 
growing dense and compact. Gray foliage. 
Twickle Purple. A new variety with deep 
purple-blue flowers. 2 ft. , 
Munstead Strain. A taller-growing variety 
with gray-green foliage. 2 to2 ft. June. 
Nana compacta. Dwarf strain of English 
Lavender. Very desirable. 1 ft. 
See also Herbs, page 38. 
LIATRIS (Blazing Star; Gayfeather). These 
showy North American natives all have grassy 
leaves and extremely bold spikes of flowers. 
Pycnostachya. A most attractive perennial 
wee long spikes of rich purple flowers. 4 ft. 
ept. 
Scariosa alba. A splendid new variety with very 
heavy spikes of snow-white flowers produced in 
September. A grand border plant for this time 
of year. 5 ft. 
55 cts. each, $1.50 for 3, $5.50 per doz. 
Scariosa, September Glory. A new introduc- 
tion and a veritable giant, growing up to 7 feet 
high. The gigantic flower-spikes are a rich 
purple from top to bottom, and in late Sep- 
tember make a marvelous display. 
55 cts. each, $1.50 for 3, $5.50 per doz. 
LINUM flavum. A compact plant with rich yel- 
low flowers. Of comparatively easy culture, 
15 to 18 in. Blooms all summer. 
Perenne (Flax). Old-fashioned border plant, 
absolutely indispensable. The foliage is light 
and graceful, and its bright blue flowers rest 
on the plant like blue butterflies. Myriads of 
blooms are produced incessantly from June 
until the autumn. 
LUPINUS polyphyllus (Lupime). Extremely 
handsome perennial with beautiful palmate 
foliage and long spikes of brilliantly colored 
pea-shaped flowers in June and July. They like 
partly shaded, well-drained spots with soil 
that Is not too rich and free from lime. They 
hate to be moved. 
Blue Shades Red Shades 
Rose Shades Mixed Shades 
Pure White 
Russell Lupines. The much-publicized hy- 
brid Lupines from England. These wenderful 
plants bear tremendous spikes in colors and 
combinations never seen before, the fruit of 
years of careful work. 3 to 5 ft. June, July. 
55 cts. each, $1.50 for 3, $5.50 per doz. 
LYCHNIS (Rose Campion; Catchfly). A hand- 
some plant of easy culture in any garden soil. 
They like a sunny situation and are excellent 
for beds or perennial borders. 
Chalcedonica. A striking plant. Heads of vivid 
scarlet flowers in June and July. 3 to 4 ft. 
Viscaria splendens fl.-pl. % A wonderful plant 
making a tuft of grassy foliage from which 
arise stiff stems, smothered with large, double, 
and extremely beautiful rose-pink flowers in 
great profusion. 15 in. 
55 cts. each, $1.50 for 3, $5.50 per doz. 
MAZUS reptans. % A beautiful plant of carpe - 
ing habit, fine for the rock garden, especially 
in the crevices of walks and steps. It grows 
14 inch high, and in spring is smothered with 
lilac flowers, 
MYOSOTIS palustris semperflorens (Forget- 
me-not). * It is of creeping habit and flowers 
from June until September. The florets are of a 
righ clear pale blue with small yellow eyes, 
> in. 
MONARDA (Bee-Balm; Oswego Tea; Bergamot), 
Old-fashioned plants of easy culture anywhere. 
Highly aromatic leaves and pretty spikes of 
flowers. 
Dahliatown Orchid. A novelty of great merit. 
Chasing orchid-pink flowers. 214% to 3 ft. 
uly. 
Didyma rubra. 
246 ft. 
Didyma, Saimon. A salmon-flowered variety 
of the above. 2% ft. July. 
See also Herbs, page 38. 
NEPETA (Ground Ivy). Old-fashioned plants of 
easy culture in the poorest of soils. They should 
be cut back after flowering, which will produce 
a very compact plant. 
xara at * Masses of large blue flowers in June. 
in. 
Six Hills Giant. »% A new hybrid with larger 
flowers and foliage. 1 ft. 
CGENOTHERA (Evening Primrose), % Striking 
plants for sunny location. 
Glauca Fraseri. Golden yellow cups in July 
and August. 1 to 1% ft. 
IMumination (Novelty). Long salmon-pink 
buds and golden yellow 1%-immch_ flowers. 
Hundreds of flowers from June to fall. 114 to 
2ft. 55 cts. each, $1.50 for 3, $5.50 per doz. 
PEONIES. They require a deep rich soil and should 
be planted so that the eyes are about 2 inches 
beneath the surface. To each root we recom- 
mend a 4-inch pot of bonemeal at planting- 
time, which should be well mixed in the soil 
about the roots. If planted m the fall, we rec- 
ommend also a blanket of manure or Mulch-o- 
Nure the first winter. Our plants are all 2 or 
more years old. They will not throw much 
bloom the first season, but should be estab- 
lished by the following year. 
White Shades, Double. 
Baroness Schroeder. Very large, tinted with 
delicate light pink; fragrant. 
$2.00 each, $22.00 per doz. 
Festiva maxima. Large flowers with feathered 
petals and crimson flecks in the center. 
$1.50 each, $16.50 per doz. 
Kelway’s Glorious. Highly rated (9.8) 2) the 
American Peony Association. Very full gleam- 
ing flowers of enormous size; sweetly scented. 
$3.50 each, $38.50 per doz. 
Solange. Broad, rounded petals suffused with a 
reddish gold light. A very strong grower, 
flowering in Iate midseason. 
$2.50 each, $27.50 per doz. 
Pink Shades, Double. 
Katherine Havemeyer. Large, fully double 
flowers of apple-blossom-pink; sweetly fragrant. 
Very early. $2.50 each, $27.50 per doz. 
Mme. Ducel. Sparkling pink with silver tones. 
True globe-shaped flower on a strong-growing 
plant. Midseason, $2.00 each, $22.00 per doz. 
Red Shades, Double. 
Felix Crousse. Brilliant red flowers, large, com- 
pact, and globular. 
$2.00 each, $22.00 per doz. 
Karl Rosenfield. Very fine rich blood-crimson 
flower. Strong grower. Free flowering; early. 
$2.00 each, $22.00 per doz. 
Yellow Shades, Double. 
Primevere. Sulphur-yellow center and creamy 
guard petals. Midseason. 
$3.50 each, $38.50 per doz. 
Double Peonies to Color. White, Red, and Pink. 
$1.25 each, $13.75 per doz., $100.00 per 100. 
Single and Oriental Peonies. These beautiful 
Peonies, while not so well known, are of great 
merit, In the center of the wide-open flowers, 
stamens are often turned to modified petals. 
Cathedral. (Oriental.) Dark rose, pink outer 
petals, with a center of pale pink petaloids. 
$1.50 each, $16.50 per doz. 
Constance. (Oriental.) Pink with bright yellow 
center, $1.50 each, $16.50 per doz. 
White Mountain. (Oriental.) Snow-white 
with a central cluster of yellow petaloids. 
$1.50 each, $16.50 per doz. 
Sunkist. (Oriental.) “A striking carmine with 
vivid orange-pink petaloids. 
$1.50 each, $16.50 per doz. 
Nymph. (Single.) Large flesh-colored petals 
with a central tuft of golden stamens. 
$1.50 each, $16.50 per doz. 
Purity. (Oriental.) A pure white variety with 
narrow white central petals shaded yellow. 
$1.50 each, $16.50 per doz. 
Bright red flowers in July. 
PACH YSANDRA terminalis (Oriental Spurge). 
Fine ground cover for shade or semi-shade. 
Its bright glossy green foliage is invaluable for 
bordering walks and drives. It is often used 
with success under trees where nothing else 
will grow. For quick results, plant 9 mches 
apart. Height 6 to 9 in. 
Plants from 3-in. pots, $2.75 per doz., $22.00 
per 100; 2-yr. field-plants, $2.50 per doz., $20.00 
per 100, $175.00 per 1000. 
PENTSTEMON Digitalis (Beard-Tongue). Spikes 
of white flowers with delicate mauve shadings, 
picchces in great profusion m June and Tuy 
to te 
PHLOX subulata (Ground Pink; Flowering Moss; 
Moss Pink; Mountain Pink). % These well- 
known plants, with pretty moss-like evergreen 
foliage, are most suitable for clothing banks, 
and for all situations in the rock garden. All 
are May-flowering. 3 to 6 in. 
G. F. Wilson. Mauve. Rosea. Rose-pink. 
Lilacea. Lilac. Rubra. Crimson. 
PHLOX DECUSSATA (Hardy Garden Phlox). 
These beautiful plants are the mainstay of the 
garden in July and August. There are hundreds 
of varieties available today; the selection here 
includes the finest, and none choicer are ob- 
tainable. 
A. L. Schlageter. Scarlet-red. Midseason and 
very good. 214 ft. 
Catherine. Soft lavender, with no trace of 
magenta. Absolutely the best in its color range. 
A gem! Midseason, 21% to 3 ft. 
Chesapeake. Patent applied for. Grows only 
15 inches high, bearing lJarge heads of flowers, 
tyrian rose in color, with a silvery white re- 
verse, Florets are 14% inches across, and long 
lasting. Compact, dark green plants, especially 
valuable in mid-summer. Fime in the rock- 
garden. 75 cts. each, $2.15 for 3, $8.25 per doz. 
Daily Sketch. Salmon-pink; large flowers. 
Midseason. 21% ft. 
Eva Foerster. Salmon-pink, with light eye. Ex- 
tremely large florets. A top-notch variety. 
Late: 2 ft: 
Flash. Cherry-carmine. 
distinct. Midseason. 2 ft. 
Mary Louise. The best white Phlox today. | 
Absolutely perfect in every way. Late. 2% ft. 
Very striking and 
Orange Beauty. Vivid orange-red. Late, 
2% ft. 
Prime Minister. White with red eye. Mid- 
season, 2 ft. 
Any of above exept where noted, 55 cts. each, 
$1.50 for 3, $5.50 per doz. 
PHLOX suffruticosa, Miss Lingard. Flowers 
in June and continues’ on through summer. 
Large; white. 214 ft. 
PHLOX divaricata Laphami. *% Trusses of 
large, fragrant, lavender-blue blooms in May. 
in. 
ORIENTAL POPPIES (Papaver orientale). These 
handsome large-flowered Poppies have few 
rivals among hardy plants. Their striking 
foliage and glowing flowers make them most 
effective for grouping with other perennials 
where a vivid splash of color is required in 
June and July. We offer pot-grown plants 
which can be moved at any time; these are 
grown from cuttings, not seedlings. 
Beauty of Livermore. Flowers of rich crimson- 
maroon, 9 inches in diameter. 3 to 314 ft. 
Cerise Bedder. Rich sparkling cerise flowers 
4 to 6 inches across with two rows of petals. 
Fine for cutting. 
Grand Mogul. Crimson-scarlet flowers, 4 to 6 
inches in diameter. 2% ft. 
Little Shrimp. A miniature variety. Small, 
pale pink flowers in profusion. Good for rock- 
gardens, 1 ft. 
Perry’s White. Immense flowers of a pure 
satiny white with a crimson-maroon blush 
at the base of the petals. 3 ft. = 
Pink Cloud. Delicate pink. 
Pink Lassie. Pale pink; large flowers, 
Purity. Soft shell-pink, with no spots or mark- 
ings. Very fine. 
Seashell. Light pink blooms of delicate texture. 
All above Oriental Poppies, 65 cts. each, 
$1.90 for 3, $7.25 per doz. 
PRICES, unless otherwise noted, $1.30 for 3, $5.00 per doz. Purchaser pays transportation beyond 50 miles of New York 
% Dwarf plants for the Rock Garden and edging the Perennial Border 
ee ee ee 
36 
STUMPP & WALTER CO. 
