Thompsonville, Conn. 
Perennial Plants 



Japanese Iris 
Iris 
JAPANESE IRIS 
Larger and later flowering than the Bearded Iris; 
flowering time late June and early July. Following 
varieties all six petal or double. 50c each, 3 for $1.40, 
$5.50 per doz. 
Astarte. Beautiful deep hyacinth blue. 
Circe. Dark blue-purple; narrow white band circles 
yellow center. 
Clarice Childs. Wine red with darker veins. 
Gold Bound. Pure white with yellow center. 
La Favorite. Delicate blue, white color of the falls is 
laced with deep purple veins. 
Boeuegmene: Violet washed white petals with yellow 
ases. 
Mountain Glacier. Semi-double. White, flushed purple. 
Repsime. Light blue with white veins. 
Violet Herrington. Large white center, falls purple 
with white veins. 
GERMAN OR BEARDED IRIS 
40c each, 3 of one kind $1.10, $4.25 per doz. 
unless otherwise noted 
Baldwin. Brilliant medium blue, flushed soft violet. 
Giant flowers of fine form. 
Black Wings. Lustrous violet, nearly black. 
Buto. Deep royal purple. Very large velvety flower. 
Coronation. Clear yellow flowers of good size and 
heavy texture. 
Crystal Beauty. Huge flower of clear glistening white, 
heavy grower. 
Cydmus. Standard light blue, falls very dark blue. 
Deputy Nomblot. Standards coppery-red to golden 
bronze. Falls rich claret crimson, very large perfect 
flower. 
Evolution. Shades of coppery bronze. Standards frilled. 
Los Angeles. Early, Gigantic white flowers faintly 
edged and flecked with blue. 
Mrs. Valery West. Lavender-rose flushed with bronze. 
Falls deep crimson brown. 
Shiawasse. Violet to deep reddish-purple. 
Wabash. A striking Iris. Standards snowy white, falls 
ultramarine blue with brighter margin. 60c each, 
Som o>, 
Lathyrus (Perennial Pea) 
Latifolius. Clusters of large, Sweet Pea-like flowers all 
season. Fine for covering rocks, stumps, and walls. 
5-6 ft. White, pink, red. 40c each, 3 for $1.10, 
$4.25 per doz. 
Liatris (Gayfeather) 
Scariosa Alba (White Gay Feather). This new, pure 
white variety is of strong branching growth, full 
spikes of button-type flowers open at one time. 
September Glory. 3-4 ft. Late Aug.-Sept. New, late 
blooming variety with tall graceful spikes thickly 
studded with beautiful javender-purple blooms. 
Lupinus (Lupine) 
The showy appearance and stately habit of the 
Lupines have won for them great popularity with all 
gardeners. Strong pot-grown plants. 
Blue, Pink, White. 60c each, 3 for $1.75. 
Russell Hybrids. 60c each, 3 for $1.75. 
Lychnis 
Chalcedonica. Fiery scarlet heads resembling Sweet 
William in appearance, but much taller in growth. 
May and June. 
Lythrum (Loosestrife) 
Beacon. Neat, long branched spikes of clear, deep 
carmine-red flowers, nice for cutting. When at its 
height will appear like a small shrub almost covered 
with bloom. 
Monarda (Bee Balm) 
Cambridge Scarlet. Very showy bright scarlet flowers 
during July and August. 
Myosotis (Forget-me-not) 
R—Palustris Semperflorens. The true native everbloom- 
ing variety. 30c each, 3 for 85c, $3.25 per doz. 
Myrtle, Blue 
See Vinca Minor—Page 39 
Oenothera 
R—Fruiticosa (Sundrops). Clusters of showy yellow 
flowers. June-Sept. 114-2 ft. 35c each, 3 for $1.00, 
$3.75 per doz. 
R—DMissouriensis (Evening Primrose). Large yellow 
flowers, 4 inches in diameter, like huge morning 
glories opening in the evening. 1 ft. June to Sept. 
40c each, 3 for $1.10, $4.25 per doz. 
Pachysandra (Japanese Spurge) 
Terminalis. A beautiful trailing ground cover 6 to 8 in. 
high; glossy green foliage. $2.50 per doz., $18.00 
per 100 
All Perennial Plants 40c each, 3 for $1.10, $4.25 per doz., unless otherwise noted. 
For price scale and quantity rates see page 26. ‘‘R"’ inicates suitable for Rock Garden. 
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