Perennial Plants 
Brainard’ s 



Oriental Poppy 
Papaver Orientale (Oriental Poppy) 
This season we are offering the finest lot of pot grown 
Oriental Poppies we have grown for a long time an 
in choice new varieties. 
PLANTING POT GROWN POPPIES 
Pot grown plants of Oriental Poppies should be 
planted deep, burying well up onto the foliage and 
in summer when foliage has died down additional soil 
may be spread over the crown to a depth of 2 inches. 
Orientale. This is the common, large flowered Oriental 
Poppy. Bright orange-scarlet. June. 2-9% ft. 
Following 50c each, 3 of one kind $1.40 
$5.50 per doz. 
Big Ben. 40 in. Huge ruffled flowers, brilliant, vivid 
cherry-red. 
Beauty of Livermore. 40 in. Enormous flowers of vivid 
spectrum red. 
Princess Victoria Louise. 36 in. Deep watermelon-pink, 
small shiny ebony spots at base of each petal. 
Whirlwind. 36 in. Huge single, ruffled, saucer-shaped 
flowers of pure tangerine. Very fine. 
Physalis (Chinese Lantern) 
Franchetti. Bright orange-red pods in late summer and 
fall. Cut and dry them for autumn and winter deco- 
rations. 
Platycodon (Chinese Bell Flower) 
Grandiflorum. Large bell-shaped flowers of beautiful 
dark blue. June and July. 2 ft. 
Grandiflorum Album. Same as the above but with pure 
white flowers. 
Early Flowering Hardy Phlox 
Miss Lingard. This variety is really of a different class 
though similar in appearance to the ordinary Hardy 
Phlox; it flowers much earlier; flowers ere large, pure 
white with pale rose eye. 45c each, 3 for $1.30, 
$5.00 per doz. 
30 

Phlox Paniculata (Hardy Phlox) 
45c each, 3 for $1.30, $5.00 per doz. 
Dr. Klemm. Oyster white with amethyst-violet eye. 
Eiffel Tower. White with red eye. 
Fairy King. Rosy lavender, large rounded heads. 
Flash. Deep red. Large flower; medium tall. 
Frau Von Mautner. Vivid orange-scarlet, salmon shad- 
ings. 
Innocence. Large pure white. 
Leo Schlageter. Finest scarlet, dark eye. 
Nordlicht. Carmine-pink with deep carmine eye. 
Salmon, Beauty. Rich deep orange-salmon with lighter 
eye. 
Sunshine. Bright rose pink with reddish-purple eye. 
Von Hochberg. Deep crimson. One of the best reds. 
Widar. Light reddish-violet with large white center. 
World Peace. Enormous pure white flowers on strong 
sturdy stems. 
Early Dwarf Border Phlox 
R—Divaricata. A dwarf early flowering variety with 
large fragrant lavender flowers. May. 10 to 12 in. 
R—Phlox Subulata (Moss Pink) 
90c each, 3 for 55c, $2.10 per doz. 
Rose Pink Dark Red White 
R—Phlox Subulata (Emerald Cushion) 
30c each, 3 for 85c, $3.25 per doz. 
In this new variety the foliage is a bright, uniform 
Emerald green forming a neat cushion. Flowers are the 
same as the common varieties, but the plants are far 
more attractive through the entire summer than the 
common Subulata or Moss Pink type. 
Deep Pink Blue 
Physostegia (False Dragonhead) 
Vivid. Bright rose pink. Much better color and a 
dwarfer plant than common Physostegia. 1% ft. 
August and September. 
Summer Snow. Beautiful white flowering variety of 
comparatively dwarf growth. 2 ft. 
Polygonum 
R—Reynoutria. An unusual, little known but very in- 
teresting plant growing 6 to 12 inches tall. In late 
summer the whole plant is a mass of airy sprays of 
tiny reddish-pink flowers. Best in full sun and poor 
soil. 50c each, 3 for $1.40, $5.50 per doz. 

Platycodon 
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