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PRIMULA ~ Primrose 
* For the rock and alpine garden, around 
the pool, for the semi-shady garden, for 
brightening up woodland walks, dells, or 
any place where the plants will be cool at 
the roots. 
Elatior, Mixed. The choice flowers are 
borne in clusters on stout stems. AII colors 
and shades. 6 to 9 in. 
Auricula. Choice specimen of compact 
habit. Leaves are large, leathery, and 
glossy. Flowers of stunning colors, all 
with a contrasting eye, such as lavender 
with yellow center, red with buff center, 
etc. Mixed only. 6 in. June. 
Denticulata. Long foliage and fine globular 
heads of lavender flowers. One of the 
prettiest of Primulas. 1 ft. April, May. 
Japonica, S. & W. Strain. Candelabra 
habit, very vigorous in growth. Hand- 
some crinkly foliage and tall spikes of 
flowers in whorls. White, pink, copper-red 
and crimson, mixed. 2 ft. June, July. 
Officinalis. The real old English Cowslip 
in mixed colors. 1 ft. May. 
Wanda. A mat-forming Primula with dark 
green foliage and a profusion of rich purple 
flowers with golden eyes, on 3-inch stems. 
4in. May. 
All Primulas, 55 cts. each, $1.50 for 3, 
$5.50 per doz. 
PYRETHRUM. Painted Lady. Grand bor- 
der plants of the Daisy family. They all 
flower in June and July. 2 to 2% ft. 
Single, Mixed. Reds, whites, and pinks, 
all with yellow centers. Very vigorous. 
Red Pigmy. NOVELTY. A small plant 
that makes an excellent subject for the 
front of the border. Ten inches at most, 
the blooms are a dark red. 75 cts. each, 
$2.15 for 3, $8.25 per doz. 
RUDBECKIA. Coneflower. Bright border 
plants of easy culture in any garden soil. 
Golden Glow. Rich double yellow flowers, 
good for cutting. 5 to 6 ft. Aug. 
Purpurea. A striking flower of purple 
color with a brown cone-shaped center. 
3 to 4 ft. July—Oct. 
The King. Deep crimson flowers. 3 ft. 
July-Oct. 55 cts. each, $1.50 for 3, 
$5.50 per doz. 

White Lustre. Fine variety of recent in- - 
troduction. Large white flowers, with a 
central golden cone. 75 cts. each, $2.15 
for 3, $8.25 per doz. 

Rudbeckia, The King 
PRICES, unless otherwise noted, $1.30 for 3, $5 per doz., $35 per 100. 
* Dwarf plants for the Rock-Garden and edging the Perennial Border 
76 Hardy Perennial Plants 

SALVIA 
Meadow - Sage; Clary 
Azurea grandiflora. A fine plant of 
branching habit, smothered with gen- 
tian-blue flowers in late summer and 
autumn. 4 feet high; 2 to 3 ft.1n diameter. 
Farinacea. Spikes of powder-blue flow- 
ers. 2 to 214 ft. July—Sept. 
Farinacea alba. A white counterpart of 
the above. If both are planted together 
a charming combination is obtained. 
SANTOLINA. _ Lavender Cotton; Ground 
Cypress. * Dwarf sub-shrubs which hold 
their leaves in winter. They are excel- 
lent for edgings or for the rock-garden, 
and can be clipped every year. The foli- 
age Is most attractive and very aromatic. 
Incana. Very compact, with beautiful 
silvery gray foliage with the appearance 
of bunched coral. Yellow flowers in 
July. 6 to 9 in. 
Viridis. A bright-green-foliaged variety. 
White flowers in July. 1 ft. 
SCABIOSA 
Scabious; Pincushion Flower 
A fine perennial needing a rich soil which 
is slightly alkaline. Large flowers borne on 
long, wiry stems make it fine for cutting. 
Caucasica, Giant Hybrids, Mixed (Isaac 
House Strain). Striking plant for every 
hardy border. Delicate lilac and mauve 
predominate, but pure white and even dark 
blues often occur. 2 ft. July-Sept. 55 cts. 
each, $1.50 for 3, $5.50 per doz. 
SEDUM .- Stonecrop 
Foundation of many early rock-gardens, 
and no rock-garden today is complete with- 
out some of the species mentioned. 
Acre. * Green foliage. Bright yellow flowers. 
3 in. June. 
Balticum. ~% 3 in. June. 
Dasyphyllum. % Rose. 3 in. June. 
Lydium. ~% Pink. 2 in. June. 
Middendorffianum. * Excellent matting 
variety, 4 inches high, with yellow flowers. 
Beautiful reddish purple foliage in autumn. 
Nevi. * Blue-gray rosettes. 4 in. July. 
Sieboldi. % Rose-pink. 9 in. Aug. 
Spectabile. A very pretty erect-growing 
species 18 inches high, with light green, 
fleshy foliage and large heads of pink 
flowers. Sept., Oct. 

SEMPERVIVUM. Houseleek; Live Forever. 
* Evergreen succulents resembling Se- 
dums. The leaves are often brightly 
colored at the base. 
Arachnoideum. Cobweb Houseleek. A 
beautiful plant. The round masses of 
leaves are always covered with a white 
cobwebby substance, giving it a most 
unusual effect. 2 in. 
Globiferum. Grass-green rosettes tinged 
with red. Yellow flowers in August. 
3 to 4in. 
Mixed Seedlings. Choice selection of all 
shapes and sizes. 3 to 4 in. 
SILENE. Catchfly; Campion. 
Schafta. * One of the best autumn- 
flowering rock-plants. It blooms in 
October when flowers are scarce in the 
rockery. A compact plant with bright 
rose-pink flowers. 6 in. 
Primulas answer the question as to what we shall plant 
in the shaded part of our spring garden 


SPIRAEA 
Goat's Beard; Meadowsweet 
Suitable for borders, damp situations, and 
water plantings. June. 
Filipendula alba. Finely cut foliage, 
Creamy white flowers. 2 ft. 
Davidi. Vigorous 3-foot variety, with pale 
pink flowers. July, Aug. 
Palmata elegans. A light pink. 3 ft. 
Ulmaria fl.-pl. Well-known double Mead- 
Owsweet, with a profusion of creamy white 
flowers. 3 ft. 
STATICE. Sea Lavender. These easily 
grown border plants have little foliage 
but throw tremendous sprays of flowers 
similar to Gypsophila paniculata. 
Latifolia. Large basal leaves and clouds 
of pale blue flowers in August. 2 ft. 
Latifolia dumosa. Bluish lavender flow- 
ers in great profusion, which, when dried, 
become silvery. 11% ft. Aug. 
STOKESIA lilacea grandiflora. Stokes’ 
Aster. From ae 6 leaves arise flower- 
stems 18 to 20 inches long. Heads are 
often 5 inches across, of a silvery blue 
color with a lilac suffusion at the center. 
55 cts. each, $1.50 for 3, $5.50 per doz. 
SWEET WILLIAM 
Dianthus barbatus 
These _ brilliantly colored old-fashioned 
garden plants are as indispensable today as 
ever. They give a wealth of bloom in June. 
Auricula-eyed. Chiefly reds and pinks; all 
have a pronounced white eye. 114 ft. 
Pink Beauty. A sparkling crushed straw- 
berry-pink. 
Scarlet Beauty. A vivid scarlet. Very 
choice and effective. 11% ft. 

THALICTRUM. Meadow Rue. Extremely 
graceful foliage not unlike a maidenhair 
fern, and dainty flowers in profusion. 
Adiantifolium. White flowers freely pro- 
duced in June. 11% to 2 ft. 
Aquilegifolium. As its name implies, it 
has foliage like a columbine, with rich 
purple-mauve flowers. 3 ft. June. 
Glaucum. This we recommend especially, 
as it has blue-green foliage, finely di- 
vided, and heads of sulphur-yellow, 
fluffy flowers. 4 ft. July. 
Lavender Mist. Foliage similar to maid- 
enhair fern and large, loose panicles of 
lavender flowers. 4 ft. Midsummer. 
75 cts. each, $2.15 for 3, $8.25 per doz. 
Sedum acre 
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