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PLANT PERENNIALS NOW 
Hardy perennials planted in autumn will get off to a quick spring 
start as soon as the soil is warm, and should give a good showing of 
bloom in your rock garden or border the first season. We have hun- 
dreds of kinds available for September and October shipment. See 
Catalog No. 53 for full descriptive offerings. 
AQUILEGIA AVALON LONG-SPURS—Columbines selected for 
airiness of long-spurred blossoming. Lemon, copper, orchid, buff, 
rose, lavender, blue, pink, cream, crimson, all in contrasting place- 
ments and mellow blendings. Each 45c; 3 for $1.25. 
ANEMONE PULSATILLA—165 inches. In early spring come great 
purple flower-cups centered with golden stamens, and followed 
by silky seed-tassels. A handsome perennial of enduring hardiness. 
Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40; 10 for $4.00. 
ANEMONE CAROLINIANA ROSEA—12 inches. Upfacing sheafs 
of pretty, rose pink blossoming. Each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
GENTIANA SCABRA BUERGERI — Garland 
Gentian. Big bells in a fine, deep blue are scat- 
tered in many clusters along out-spraying stems 
in almost wreath effect. Fine, showy species, 
blooming in early autumn. Plants, each 50c; 3 
for $1.40; 10 for $4.00. Illustrated opposite. 
DWARF HARDY SEDUMS—Wonderfully var- 
ied in color, form and flower. Right for rock 
garden, edging, terrace, bedding, ground cover. 
We will send one plant each of nine fine ones, 
being Sieboldi, Ternatum, Hildebrandti, Spurium coccineum, Ano- 
petalum, Pruninatum, Ellacombianum, Rupestris and Album 
murale, for $3.10. Order as OFFER 220AN. 

DIANTHUS AVALON ROSE—A splendid, double-flowered variety 
with spicily fragrant blossoms in a delightful, silvery rose. It 
makes spectacular, wide mounds of bloom. Of full hardiness and 
easy handling. Plants each 60c; 3 for $1.65. 
ACONITUM FISHERI—36 inches. Hardy Border perennials that 
show a rich, sombre beauty of bloom through early autumn. The 
plants become veritable bouquets of deep blue, helmet-shaped flow- 
ers. Long-lived. Each 55c; 3 for $1.45; 10 for $4.00. 
IBERIS AVALON—The finest of the hardy perennial Candytufts. 
Wide, overlapping clusters of purest white flowers through May. 
Evergreen, foliage rich emerald, winter and summer alike. Fine 
for edging, bedding, ground cover, rock garden. 8 inches. Each 
50c; 3 for $1.40; 10 for $4.20; 25 for $9.25. 
DORONICUM EXCELSUM— Great Leopardbane. Spring-flowering 
perennial of much beauty that prefers fall planting. Showy daisies 
of golden orange, to 4-inch diameters, on long stems. Fine for 
garden decoration or cutting. To 50 inches. Each 55c; 8 for $1.50. 
DALMATIAN STAR-BELL—It is that alto- 
gether pleasing dwarf bell-flower from Dalma- 
tian cliffs, Campanula Poscharskyana, Illus- 
trated opposite. The plants grow to six inches, 
gracefully spraying mounds that are set for 
weeks with starry bells of brilliant blue. Fully 7 
winter-hardy. Plant now for fine first-spring 
effect. Edging, bedding, rock garden. Each 50c; 
3 for $1.40; 10 for $4.00; 25 for $9.00. 

HEUCHERA ‘SANGUINEA — Coral Bell. 25 
inches. High, airy sprays of little crimson bells. Shade-tolerant. 
Attractive foliage. Each 55c; 3 for $1.55; 10 for $4.85. 
LIATRIS SPICATA—Blazing Star. 50 inches. Many long, dense 
columns of closely packed violet blossoming. A spectacular peren- 
nial for either garden decoration or cutting. Of iron-clad hardi- 
ness. Each 45c; 3 for $1.30; 10 for $3.65; 25 for $8.25. 
BLEEDING HEART —Dicentra spectabilis. Gracefully carried 
sprays of pendant, pink hearts, white-tipped. An old favorite. 
Since this blooms in early spring, it is an advantage to plant and 
establish it in fall. Each 85c; 3 for $2.40. 
DELPHINIUM PACIFIC GIANTS—Big flowers largely double, 
in widely varied blues. Each 50c; 3 for $1.40; 10 for $4.00. 
ARMERIA GIANT HYBRIDS—25 inches. Vividly showy long- 
stemmed flowers that may be pink, rose, violet, red. Mixed only. 
Each 50c; 3 for $1.40: 10 for $4.10. 
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