
70 OSCAR H. WILL & CO., BISMARCK, NORTH | DAKOTA. 4 
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 customers. — 
MARIPOSA LILY. A native of the Dakota Bad Lands and 
the Rockies. Sometimes called Butterfly Lily or American 
Tulip. Blooms in eariy June. Lovely tulip-like white 
moons with colored centers on waving stems 10 inches 
igh. 
FLARE 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 LIELY.. 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, 
BLAZING STAR (liatris). Tall, 18 to 30 inches. Blooms in 
July. Long spikes, button- like blossoms, opens from bot- 
tom to top. A fine cut flower, in white and purple. Dwarf, 
12 to 18 in. tall. Purple spikes in July. 
CERASTIUM—from Alaska. A ground cover plant with 
myriads of white blooms. 
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roug Vgbe bits é summer with pretty daisy-like blooms ike 
Lahde Flame Lily 
FLOW ERING ONION—(Yellow). Graceful and pretty mem- 
bers of the lily family blooming in June and July. 
(Pink). Also called nodding onion. 
FLAX, Native Blue. Graceful masses of heavenly blue 
flowers, renewed every morning for weeks. June 
Cerastium to September. 18 in. tall. (Also in white.) 
GOLDEN KOD (Solidago). We have a tall July bloom- 
ing 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 blossoms which turn pink as they 
age. Blooms from May through the season.- 
MISSOURI PRIMROSE. An evening primrose with many golden blooms, 3 inches across. 
BUTTERFLYWEED (Narrow leaved Milkweed). 2 fi. high, clusters of white flowers. 
Wery fragrant. 
MEADOWRUE. . A tall, shade loving perennial with feathery 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. tall. Blooms 
from May to July with many scarlet flowers. 
PRAIRIE PHLOX (douglasii). The creeping, hardy 
ground cover which becomes a mass of fragrant 
white stars in May. 
PASQUE FLOWER—PRAIRIE CROCUS (Pulsatilla 
patens). The first prairie flower of spring. 
SPIDERW ORT (Tradescantia) Ked. 8 to 18 inches. 
Striking red purple flowers in June and July cem- 
ing out fresh each morning. Grass-like foliage. 
Blue. Taller and earlier blooming. 
White. An unusual and very beautiful plant. 
STANLEYA et pele 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. The tall perennial sunflower of the val- 
leys and meadows. Resembles Golden Glow. 
THERMOPSIS. The common Yellow Sweet Pea of our 
western prairies. 6 to 12 in. Blooms in May. 
YUCCA (Glauca)—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, 50c. 
WHITE VIOLET. Our best low perennial for shady spots. 
Blue. The lovely meadow violet. 
Birds-foot. A pale blue, large tlowered violet for sunny spots. 
VERONICA SPICATA. Graceful stems 2 ft. tan, bearing lovely clear 
blue flower spikes in July. 
PENTSTEMON 
GRANDIFLORYUS. i8 to 24 in. tall. Blooms in late June. A tall 
spike of lavender bells an inch across and of tremendous attractive- 
negs. 
ANGUSTIFOLIUS. 12 to 18 in. tall, bright blue spikes with flowers 
crowded on them. Blooms in June. 
GLABER. 12 to 20 in. tall. Smooth, glossy leaves,. bright blue. 
CRISTATUS. 1% in, tall, bushy, a dry soul plant. Many large laven- 
der blossoms. , 
MISSOULIENSIS. 6 to 12 in. A dwarf variety from the mountains. 
Spikes of the most intense dark blue. 
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 délicate spines. 
Pale yellow flowers. 
aon ee VIVIPARA. The pin-cushion cactus with the rose col- 
ore 
sapipenheyel ee Es « MISSOURIENSIS. A pin-cushion type with greenish- 
white flowers 
ECHINOCEREUS VIRIDIFLORUS. The only northern representative of 3 
the cylindrical cactus. 3 to 7 in. tall. Flowers greenish in color. Maximilian Sunflower 


Missouri Primrose 

Gumbo Lily 

Pentstemon 
Missouliensis 

