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F. V. Geier Estate, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio 
Seeds of Hardy Perennial Flowers and 
Rock Garden Plants 
There can be no greater joy than the planting of your own Perennial or Rock Garden, and certainly nothing more fascinating than 
actually growing from seed the plants and varieties desired. Perennials are those plants that go on living and increasing for a number 
of years, the stems dying down each season and coming again from the roots each spring. Most varieties are easily raised from seed 
sown during the late spring and early summer in frames or seed beds and transplanted to the permanent quarters in late summer or 
early autumn. If the seed be planted in August, they should be wintered over in the cold frame and transplanted to the border or 
rockery the following spring. 
We recommend sowing perennial seeds in the spring. Seed germinates better, seedlings have an opportunity to develop into 
sturdy plants by fall, which permits them to winter over more successfully. The majority of these perennials bloom the second year 
from seed, although some, like Coreopsis and Gaillardia, grown early, bloom the first year. Perennials should be placed in clumps 
of three or five and left undisturbed for several years. 
All varieties marked with an ® throughout the list are especially suited for the rockery. 
Achillea - Milfoil or Yarrow Anchusa 
776 PTARMICA, THE PEARL. A free blooming hardy peren- 780 ITALICA, LISSADEL. Upright habit, having flowers of 
nial, bearing a profusion of small, double, white flowers on the brightest blue. Pkt., 25c. 
plants 2 feet tall, during July and August. Easily grown 
from seed, flowering the first season, if sown early. Pkt., 15c. Anthemis - Hardy Marguerite 
781 KELWAYI. A most satisfactory hardy perennial, bearing 
4 4 1] , Daisy-like, gold rellow blossoms; excellent for 
Agrostemma - Mullein Pink UT EMe esta Pktploc ee a a kes tS 
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ree flowering hardy perennial of easy culture; ooms the ' 
first season; fine for cutting; 2% to 3 feet. June to August. Arabis ? Rock Cress 
Pkt., 15c. ®789 ALPINA. A hardy perennial and one of the earliest and 
prettiest spring flowers. The spreading tufts are covered 
with a sheet of pure white flowers as soon as the snow 
disappears. Unequalled for rockeries or edging; withstands 
Alyssum a Rock Madwort the drought and is always neat; 6 inches. Pkt., 15c. 
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Attractive dwarf plants that are invaluable for the rock 
®779 SAXATILE COMPACTUM, SILVER QUEEN. Broad garden, thriving in sunny places and succeeding in any soil. 
masses of‘pale lemon flowers in early spring. Useful in the Forms evergreen tufts of bright green foliage from which 
border as well as in the dry wall or rock garden. Pkt., 20e. owers appear in dense heads on stiff, wiry stems, from 3 to 
NNU 12 inches high. May be easily raised from seed. 
oe BHA ert ated nk Gal poe 790 GIANT HYBRIDS. A mixture of bright pink, red and 
VINES. See page 51. carmine. Pkt., 20c. 

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