NURSERY 
17 
CUTTINGS HARDY PERENNIALS 
Perennials are becoming more and more popular with the increase in 
gardening. No home grounds are now completely planted without a border 
of these continuously blooming plants. 
flowers all year. 
If you plan carefully you can have 
For your selection there is listed here a wide variety of those 
dependable, hardy plants, that once established, assure you of a succession 
of blooms without the constant trouble of replanting. 
Prices of perennials, except as noted; 
35c each; 12 for $3.50 Postpaid 
FALL BLOOMING ASTERS 
ADORABLE— 
Best true pink hardy aster. Habit and 
growth are similar to Harrington Pink but 
color is slightly deeper salmon pink. 45c. 
MOUNT EVEREST— 
The finest and best white aster. It forms 
very tall, well-shaped pointed pyramids with 
an abundance of lateral growths, which 
flower right down to the ground. Makes 
wonderful bouquets as cut flowers. 45c. 
BLUE GEM— 
Large, lovely flowers of blue with a yel- 
low center, best blue in cultivation. Septem- 
ber until frost. 3 to 4 feet. 45c. 
BEECHWOOD CHALLENGER— 
‘This variety is in our opinion the closest 
to red we have been able to come so far 
in Hardy Asters. It is free-flowering, of 
medium height, and brilliant crimson-red 
color. Planted together with Mount Everest 
the contrast is striking. 45c. 
COLUMBINE 
Delicate flowers in many colors. Long 
spurred. June and July. 24 inches. 
COREOPSIS 
Large brilliant yellow flowers. Stems 
long, graceful. Blooms all summer. 2 feet. 
CORAL BELLS 
Low-growing, tufted, plants which bear a 
profusion of dainty coral-red flowers on 
long, slender stems. Blooms nearly all sum- 
mer. 
PYRETHRUM ROSEUM 
PAINTED DAISY— 
Beautiful daises of pink and red cover 
the plant in June. 2 feet. 
PLATYCODON 
BALLOON FLOWER— 
Large, showy, balloon-shaped buds which 
open to star-shaped flowers. June to Sep- 
tember. 
DELPHINIUM 
BELLADONNA— 
The freest and most continuous blooming 
of all, never being out of flowers from the 
end of June until cut down by hard frost. 
The clear turquoise-blue of its flowers is 
not equaled for delicacy and beauty by any 
other flower. 
D. BELLAMOSA— 
A free-blooming, dark blue type. 
BLACKMORE & LANGDON STRAIN— 
A famous English strain. All the clear 
shades of blue, with bees of contrasting 
colors. , 
BLEEDING HEART 
DIELYTRA SPECTABILIS— 
Blooms May to June. Height 3 feet. Flow- 
ers pink and white; heart-shaped. 75e. 
D. EXIMIA— 
Plumy Bleeding Heart. Finely cut, fern- 
like foliage with showy rose-colored flowers. 
Blooms all summer. Stands partial shade. 
Height, 18 inches. 75c. 
GYPSOPHILA 
BRISTOL FAIRY— 
A double Baby Breath of great vigor, pro- 
ducing large panicles of flowers and bloom- 
ing more or less continuously all summer, if 
first blooms are cut. 75c. 
ROSY VEIL— 
A new dwarf pink double-flowering Gyp- 
sophila. Established plants reach a height 
of 2 feet and bloom in summer and fall. 
They start blooming 2 weeks earlier than 
the tall double Gypsophila and continue 
later in the season. Fit perfectly in the 
garden and are fine for cutting. 75e. 
GAILLARDIA 
Gay blooms with reddish-brown centers 
and yellow, daisy-like petals ringed with 
red. June to November. 18 to 24 inches. 
Fine for cutting. 
FERNS 
OSTRICH PLUME FERNS— 
Fine for that shady corner. 
$2.50 per 12. 
25c each; 
