™ 
PAPAVER NUDICAULE - Iceland Poppy 
These lovely dwarf plants are of great value in the sunny border or 
rock garden. Their brilliant orange, yellow, white or pink flowers are 
produced all summer. 
Culture. Should be planted in well-drained, sandy soil in full sun. Plant- 
ing should be done very early in spring or early in fall for best results. 
*Art Shades Mixture Three $1.65, Doz. $5.25, 100 $25.00 
These plants are of neat habit, forming a tuft of bright green, fern- 
like foliage, from which spring throughout the entire season a profusion 
af slender, leafless stems, 1 foot high, each graced with charming, cup- 
shaped, yellow, orange, white or pink flowers. 
PENTSTEMON - Beard Tongue 
Very popular hardy flowering plants. Most attractive for massing in 
beds or borders. They are not only of graceful habit, but also decidedly 
beautiful from a decorative point of view. The many species are inter- 
esting subjects for growing in the rock garden or border. The flowers 
are tubular and Foxglove-like in shape. 
Culture. The Pentstemons require a rich, well-manured, loamy soil, and 
a well-drained, sunny place. The dwarf kinds should be grown on the 
margins of the border, or in the rock garden. Plant in autumn or early 
spring. Place the plants 10 inches apart each way. 
Barbatus, Rose Elf Each 70c, Three $1.90, Doz. $5.50, 100 $30.00 
A lovely clean shell-pink. A beautiful cut flower; one of the outstand- 
ing new and good plants; makes a delightful companion to Gypsophila. 
HARDY LARGE-FLOWERED PENTSTEMONS 
Garnet Each 65c, Three $1.65, Doz. $5.25, 100 $25.00 
This is the first of a new strain of hardy, large-flowering Pentstemons. | 
Heretofore, the only large-flowering Hybrid Pentstemons available 
were the Gloxinoides which are not hardy in the North. Pentstemon 
Garnet is of spreading habit and produces a succession of bloom from 
June until stopped by frost. The Gloxinia-like flowers are a rich 
garnet color, and are gracefully placed on stems 12 to 18 inches tall. 
The plants have from six to a dozen spikes continually throughout | 
its flowering season. The flowers are excellent for cutting and last a 
week or more in water. 
Firebird Each 65c, Three $1.65, Doz. $5.25, 100 $25.00 
This beauty came to us from Switzerland where it is known as Pent- 
stemon Shonholzeri. The flowers are Foxglove-like in size, on stems 
about 18 to 24 inches tall, and are a most beautiful ruby-crimson. 
The plant is easily grown, is free from insect pests, flowers freely, } 
creates a lovely effect in the flower garden, and is a cut flower i 
par excellence. i 
PEROVSKIA - Russian Sage 
A tall plant with gray foliage not unlike the Sage. The blue flowers are | 
arranged in slender spikes forming terminal panicles which are excep- 
tionally fine combined with summer flowers such as Gladioli. 
Culture. A well-drained, loamy soil, not too rich, suits best. Plant in 
fall or early spring, 12 inches apart in sunny border. 
Physostegia, Vivid Atriplicifolia Each $1.00, Three $2.75, Doz. $8.50 | 
During July and August and early September, the plants are covered 
with long whorls of silvery blue flowers which have a lovely, graceful 
appearance. The flower stalks are approximately thirty inches to three 
feet long and are splendid for cutting. The florists like this flower, par- 
ticularly for cutting, because it combines beautifully with Dahlias, | 
Gladioli, and the taller summer flowers. The foliage is silvery gray. The | 
plant is wavy, giving a silvery smoky effect in the garden. Hardy any- | 
| 
gs 
Platycodon Grandiflorum 
where. Does well in all kinds of soil, but should be grown in full sun. | 
PHYSOSTEGIA - False Dragonhead 
Handsome plants for the sunny border or the wild garden, of easy 
culture. The flowers are borne in terminal spikes or branching racemes i 
from July to September. | 
Culture. Grow in good, ordinary soil in groups in sunny borders, Plant 
in autumn or spring, 12 inches apart, and divide and replant every | 
second year, as the roots are of spreading habit. 
Virginica, Vivid Each 65c, Three $1.65, Doz. $5.25, 100 $25.00 
This is a new dwarf variety about 20 inches high, and a great improve- i 
ment. It blooms three weeks later than the others, the flowers are a ii 
deeper pink; much larger and better, lasting a long time when cut. 
Summer Glow Each 65c, Three $1.65, Doz. $5.25, 100 $25.00 
Towering stems often exceeding 4 feet, terminating in colorful spikes 
18 inches in length; similar to the parent, ‘’Gigantea,’’ but of a rosy 
crimson color that is altogether attractive and far more effective. 
A splendid background or cut-flower variety. It will supersede the older 
kind. Height 4 feet. In full flower mid-August. | 
PINKS, HARDY GARDEN (See Dianthus) 
PLUMBAGO - Leadwort 
Lovely low-growing plants with leathery, small, heart-shaped leaves of 
bronzy green color. The flowers are a deep peacock-blue borne in small 
clusters just above the foliage. 
Culture. They require a sandy loam which is well drained and not too 
rich. Do well in the rock garden in full sun or light shade. May be used 
also as an edging to beds or garden paths. Plant in fall or spring, 6 to 8 
inches apart; cover lightly during winter in exposed places. Starts into 
growth quite late in spring. 
*L_arpentae Each 70c, Three $1.90, Doz. $5.50, 100 $30.00 
One of the most desirable border and rock plants. It is of dwarf spread- 
ing habit, growing 6 to 8 inches high, covered with brilliant blue flowers 
during late summer and fall. 
[68] 
