PHLOX, Daily Sketch 
HARDY PHLOX 
DECUSSATA (Hardy Phlox). These hardy plants 
are the most effective and useful in the garden 
during the late summer months. Everyone 
loves the brilliant colors in Phlox. We offer 
those most liked and that grow easily in or- 
dinary good soil. 
Bridesmaid. White with crimson eye. 
Daily Sketch. Salmon-pink, marked with crim- 
son. 
Firebrand. Brilliant orange-scarlet. 
Mary Louise. Best white. 
Miss Lingard (Phlox suffruticosa). Beautiful 
shiny green foliage. Absolutely free from disease. 
Early flowering, white with pink eye. 
Rheinlander. Larger flower-heads of beautiful 
salmon-pink on stout stems. 
R. P. Struthers. Bright rosy carmine with 
claret-red eye. 
Starlight. Violet-red shading to lilac. 
Thor. A beautiful shade of deep salmon, overlaid 
with a scarlet glow; small red eye. 
Von Hochberg. The best blood-red variety. 
Any of above, each 40c; 3 for $1.10; 10 for $3.50. 
PHLOX SUBULATA (Moss Pinks). An early 
spring-flowering type with pretty, moss-like 
evergreen foliage. During April and May the 
plant is hidden under the mass of bloom. 
Alba.* Pure white flowers m April and May 
cover compact plants. Each 30c; 3 for 75c; 
10 for $2.00. 
Atropurpurea.* Plants have the same good com- 
pact, moss-like foliage and are covered with 
carmine-red flowers in early spring. Each 30c; 
3 for 75c; 10 for $2.00. 
Autumn Rose. One of the finest, with very com- 
pact dark green foliage. Flowers are a beautiful 
deep pink with claret-red eye. Prized highly as 
it blooms so freely in the spring and again in the 
fall. Each 35c; 3 for $1.00; 10 for $3.00. 
Blue Hills. * One of the finest. Showy pale blue 
flowers freely produced in spring and some in 
fall. Beautiful dark green foliage. Each 35c; 
3 for $1.00; 10 for $3.00. 
Lilacina.* A creeping variety completely cov- 
ered with pale blue flowers in spring. Each 30c; 
3 for 75c; 10 for $2.00. 
Rosea.* Plants are covered in early spring with 
brilliant rose-pink flowers. Each 30c; 3 for 75c; 
10 for $2.00. 
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PLAT YCODON grandiflorum Mariesi* (Balloon- 
Flower). A dwarf species with broad, thick 
foliage and large deep blue flowers on 12-inch 
stems throughout the summer. Each 30c; 
3 for 75c; 10 for $2.00. 
RUDBECKIA purpurea (Purple Coneflower). An 
excellent plant for grouping in front of shrub- 
bery or back of border. Flowers are large, 
reddish purple, with large cone-shaped centers 
of brown, borne on 2-foot stems. Each 30c; 
3 for 75c; 10 for $2.00. 
SALVIA Pitcheri (Meadow Sage). Very hardy 
plants with gray-green foliage and pretty sky- 
blue flowers borne on tall spikes 3 to 4 feet high 
during September and October. Valuable for 
its blue flowers at a time when bloom is scarce 
in the garden. They like a sunny position in 
any well-drained soil. Each 35c; 3 for $1.00; 
10 for $3.00. 
SAPONARIA ocymoides splendens* (Soapwort). 
An easily grown plant suitable for the rock- 
garden and margins of sunny borders. Plants 
are compact, yet trailing, forming mounds of 
dainty leaves. Flowers are rosy pink, produced 
In great quantities just above the foliage in 
late May and June. Does well in most any good 
soil. Each 30c; 3 for 75c; 10 for $2.00. 
SPIRAEA Filipendula (Meadowsweet). Very hand- 
some perennial with the general appearance of 
the Astilbe. The plant has beautiful fern-like 
foliage at base. Flowers are borne in graceful, 
feathery plumes on 20-inch stems during June 
and July. Flowers are creamy white. Does well 
in any good soil in the sunny border. Each 35c; 
3 for $1.00; 10 for $3.00. 
STATICE latifolia (Sea-Lavender). A valuable 
plant for the border. Its narrow, leathery 
leaves grow in clumps close to the ground. The 
large, loose heads of tiny blue flowers, produced 
in midsummer on 18 to 20-inch stems, are 
especially good for cutting and drying. Require 
a well-drained sandy soil. Each 30c; 3 for 75c; 
10 for $2.00. 
STOKESIA cyanea (Cornflower Aster). Fine plant 
for the border and very desirable for cutting. 
Beautiful light blue flowers are produced pro- 
fusely in summer on 18-inch stems. Valuable as 
it blooms in summer when most bloom is scarce. 
Grows well in ordinary good soil. Each 30c; 
3 for 75c; 10 for $2.00. 
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