70 OSCAR H. WILL & CO., BISMARCK. NORTH BEES UGS 
NATIVE PERENNIALS of the 
PLAINS & MOUNTAINS 
Prices unless otherwise quoted: Each, 35c; doz., $3.50; 
postpaid, each, 40c; doz., $4.00. 
All perennials and bulbs are subject to sales tax for North Dakota 
eustomers. 
MARIPOSA LILY. A native of the Dakota Bad Lands and the 
Rockies. Sometimes called Butterfly Lily or American Tulip. 
Blooms in early June. Lovely tulip-like white blooms with col- 
ored centers on waving stems 10 inches high. 
FLAME OR WILD LILY. A form of our native Flame Lily, from 
Canada, very hardy; blooms in late June and July, when they 
streak the low prairies with red splashes. 
SAND LELY. A very early white lily from the plains. Springs 
directly from the ground without foliage. 
ANEMONE (Canadensis). Large waxy flowers in late June. Bright 
green foliage. ‘ 
ANTENNARIA (Pussy’s Toes). A fine ground cover. 
AMORPRHA, Canescens, Lead Plant. Gray foliage. Spikes of purple and gold in July. 
BLAZING STAR (liatris). Tall, 18 to 30 inches. Blooms in July. Long spikes, button- 
like blossoms, opens froni bottom to top. A fine cut flower, in white and purple. Dwarf, 
12 to 18 in. tall. Purple spikes in duly. 
CERASTIUM—from Alaska. A ground cover plant with myriads of white blooms. 5 
ERIGERON (flagellaris). A_ thick green ground cover, set throughout the summer with Native Flame Lily 
pretty daisy-like blooms. Like a carpet. 
FLOWERING ONION— (Yellow). Graceful and pretty members of the lily family bloom- 
ing in June and July. 
FLAX, Native Blue. Graceful masses of heavenly blue flowers, renewed every morning for 
weeks. June to September. 18 in. tall, (Also in white.) 
GOLDEN ROD (Solidago). We have a tall July pie ine variety 18 to 24 in., an August 
blooming 12 to 18 in. species, both of the graceful, slender type._ 
GUMBO LILY—Cowboy Lily (White evening primrose). One of the most beautiful of the 
Bad Lands flowers, 4 to 6 in. high with huge white 
plossoms which turn pink as. they age. Blooms from 
May through the season. : 
BUTTERFLYWEED (Narrow leaved Milkweed). 2 ft. 
high, clusters of. white flowers. Very fragrant. 
MEADOWRUE: A tall, shade loving perennial with feath- 
ery flowers in June. 
MERTENSIA (Lanceolata) —PRAIRIE BLUEBELL. 6 to 
10 in. tall. Blooms in. May and early June with a 
‘cluster of bright blue bells. 
RED MALLOW (malvastrum) . Known to prairie children 
as ‘‘wild geranium,” 4 to 6 in. tail. Blooms from May 
to July with many searlet flowers. 
MONARDA {fistulosa). Blooms July and August. 12 to 
18 in. Called horsemint. Flower heads of lavender pink. 
PRAIRIE PHLOX (douglasii). The creeping, hardy 
ground cover which becomes a mass of fragrant white 
stars in May. 
PASQUE FLOWER—PRAIRIE CROCUS (Puisatilla pa- 
tens). The first prairie flower of spring. 
RED SPIDERWORT (Tradescantia). 8 to 18 inches. 
Striking red purple flowers in June and July conmate out fresh each morning. Grass- 
like foliage. 
STANLEYA (Pinnata). A very striking native from the “Bad Lands.. 2 to 3 ft. tall and 
covered with long, feathery yellow spikes in June and July. 
SUNFLOWER MAXIMILIANIIL, , The tall perennial sunflower of the valleys and meadows. 
Resembles Golden Glow. 
THERMOPSIS. The common Yellow Sweet Pea of our western prairies. 6 to 12 in. 
Blooms in May. 
YUCCA (Glaueca)——SPANISH BAYONET. Hardiest of the sword plant family. Long silvery 
blades with a tall spike of large greenish white bells in July. Fine to group with cactus. 
Postpaid, each, 30c. 
WHITE VIOLET. Our best low perennial for shady spots. 
VERONICA SPICATA. Graceful stems 2 ft. tall, bearing lovely. clear blue flower spikes 
in July. 
: PENTSTEMON 
GRANDIFLORUS. 18 to 24 in. tall. Blooms in late June. A tall 
spike of lavender bells an inch across and of tremendous attrac- 
tiveness. 
ANGUSTIFOLIUS. 12 to 18 in. tall, bright blue spikes with flowers 
crowded on them. Blooms in June. 
ALBIDUS.° Earliest of the pentstemons. Pure white flower stalks 10 
in. tall in June. 
DAKOTA CACTI 
Postpaid, each, 40c; dozen, $4.00 
OPUNTIA POLYCANTHA, With the lovely lemon to orange clusters 
of flowers in July. The common prickly pear. 
OPUNTIA HUMIFUSA, Like the above but with heavier joints and 
longer white spines. Yellowish green flowers, red fruits. 
OPUNTIA FRAGILIS. With slender joints and more delicate spines. 
Pale yellow flowers. 
MAMILLARIA VIVIPARA, The pin- -eushion cactus with the rose col- 
ored flowers. 
MAMILLARIA MISSOURIENSIS. A pin-cushion type with greenish- 
white flowers. 
Lys OPUNTIA RUTILA. Resembles prickly pear,. bears carmine flowers 
Sia Dehe instead of yellow. ; 
Pentstemon ECHINOCEREUS VIRIDIFLORUS. The only northern representative te W Violet 
Albidus of the cylindrical cactus. 3 to 7 in. tall. Flowers greenish in color. ete See 

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