PERENNIALS 
that 
Prefer 
FALL 
Iris, Peonies, Poppies, etc., have an autumn rest period 
for safe planting and dislike being disturbed at all in spring. 
Early blooming kinds are not sufficiently established after 
planting to bloom the same year. 
If set in September- 
October, their roots are ready and blooms show next spring. 
Water well once a week until freeze-up, mulch the first 
winter. 
Christmas Rose 
Helleborus Niger. Tiny ever- 
green, with white blooms. Decem- 
ber to March. $1.50 each, 3 for $4.00. 
Lenten Rose 
Helleborus orientalis purpurea. 
Red-purple blooms February to 
to April. $1.35 each, 3 for $3.75. 
Astilbe Fanal 
The name means “lighthouse” 
and the blazing, fiery spikes 
brighten any garden. May-June 
15 inches high. Space 12 inches 
Rich, humus, sun or semi-shade 
3 for $2.00; 6 for $3.75. 
Dianthus Old Spice 
A Dianthus that looks and smells 
like a pink florists’ carnation. Har- 
dy. Blooms all summer, pink. 3 for 
$1.50. 
True Bleeding Heart 
Dicentra spectabilis is best moved 
in early autumn. Showy. flowers 
for months next summer. Fine 
stock. 3 for $2.00; 6 for $3.75. 
Oriental Poppies 
Bloom May-June, tolerant, any 
good soil. Water well. Plant Aug.- 
Sept. 
Beauty of Livermore. 
black. 
Gold of Ophir. Nearly gold. 
Mrs. Perry. Orange-apricot. 
Barr's White. Superb white. 
Mrs. J. Hawkins. Clear shell-pink. 
Snowflame. (Pat. 365). Upper half 
flame-orange, lower half of flower 
white. 
All 6 kinds (one each) for $3.50; 
85c each postpaid. 
Crimson, 
Christmas Rose 
IRIS 
Modern Tall Bearded Iris — Bright, Huge! 
Up to ten blooms on tall stalks; flowers up to 4 or S'times the size 
available a mere ten or fifteen years ago! 
5 RECENT MEDAL WINNERS 
(1 of each, all 5, for $3.50) 
Elmohr. Huge unusual hybrid 
Rich mulberry purple. $1.00. 
Missouri. Very fragrant. 
blue 55c each. 
Copper Lustre. Big red-gold. 55 
The Red Douglas. Fine large red, 
falls deeper color. Uniform tone. 
75c each. 
Wabash. Highest rated. White 
with violet falls, 70c each. 
5 OUTSTANDING 
RUNNER-UPS 
(1 of each, all 5, for $3.25) 
Golden Majesty. Late. Deep yel- 
low. 75c each. 
Pink Satin. Outstanding pink. 60c. 
E. B. Williamson. Copper-red, 
dusted with gold. 55 each. 
Marquita. Huge smooth ivory 
Falls turn red on opening. 60c. 
Great Lakes. Finest pure late blue 
Large, rugged. 75c. 
Deep 
Other Bearded Iris 
FALL BLOOMERS 
Bloom in spring and again in 
fall! 11/2 to 2 ft. 3 of one kind for 
$1.35 
Sangreal. 28 in. Deep yellow. 
Black Magic. 30 in. Dark blue. 
White Autumn King. 30 in. Large 
white. 
October Blaze. 16 in. Clear purple- 
red. 
_ EVER-BLOOMERS 
May, summer, autumn — Fine 
show until late frost. Fertilize light- 
ly between flowering periods. 
Souv. Lt. Chauvenac. 15 in. Vio- 
let. 3 for $1.60. 
Jean Siret. 10 in. Yellow. 3 for 
Sipooe 
Paltec. Crested blue, 2 ft. Rare 
hybrid. 3 for $1.25. 
TREE PEONIES $5.00 each 
Because of their novelty and great beauty, Tree 
-Peonies are rapidly becoming one of the most desired | 
plants. 
They bloom earlier than ordinary Chinese 
- Peonies and their flowers are of immense size. These _ 
plants are established in 
moved safely at any time. 
5 inch pots and can be 
Archidue Ludovico. Enormous flower, flesh pink, © 
_ Athlete. Double glazed mauve, shaded rose. _ - 
- Baroness d’Ales. Vivid salmon-pink, deeper in center. 
Jules Pirlot. Satiny-pink, flushed carmine. 
Reine Elizabeth. Brilliant salmon-rose. oS 
: Souv. ae Ducher. Reddish-violet with silvery vet lex. 
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