THE JOSEPH F. MARTIN COMPANY 
SPECIALIST WHOLESALE GROWERS — IN SERVICE TO TRADESMEN ONLY 
HARDY PLANT HEADQUARTERS 
present the descriptive list of 
_ HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
Fully Developed — Fresh From The Field 
ABOVE ALL ELSE, these pages forcefully offer QUALITY AND SERVICE TO FLORISTS - NURSERYMEN - CUT 
FLOWER GROWERS - PLANT MERCHANDISERS - LANDSCAPE PLANTERS. 
These plants are not to be considered in comparison with offerings of seedlings, sliver cut divisions, 
etc. 
season with you or with your customer. 
Each one that you will receive will be at the exhibition standard, ready for full performance in its first 
With these, you do not have to do the tedious job of lining out, work- 
ing a year, standing a high percentage of loss that must necessarily occur when an item is too fine to survive 
the shipping interval and transplanting shock. They are ready NOW to do the job that you want them to 
do—yield bright, full exhibitions in your customers gardens, yield full catch-cash cut flower crops. 
To buy 
less than the standards listed here is a deceiving, false economy! There is thirty-one years of experience and 
thoughtful calculation standing behind every plant that will be shipped to you. 
All Plants Are 5 at the 10 rate, 25 at the 100 rate. Not Less Than Five of a Kind Please. 
ACHILLEA 
MILFOIL OR YARROW 
A planting will, with its abundance of sucker 
growth, grow together either to decorate or to 
provide endless cut flower material for months 
without maintenance. 
MONT BLANC. Largest double white. 3 ft. 
June-Sept. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
PERRY’S TALL. Selected from regular Perry’s 
for its cut flower character. It now grows a 
little higher than Boule De Neige and follows 
its season. Plant them both for plenty of 
filler through June, July and August. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
SNOW BALL. (Boule de Neige). Wonderful for 
cut flowers or garden. Blooms in June. A good 
filler, grows 12-15’ high, double white flowers in 
umbels. 
Per 10, $1.75; Per 100, $12.00 
TOMENTOSA AUREA. A very charming yellow 
flowered plant, blooming in June. It will do well 
in the rockery or in any part of the border. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
ACHILLEA 
ANGEL’S BREATH 
It grows as an inverted bowl, 
twenty inches high and spreads 
two feet. In flower, it is so pro- 
fusely covered that the rich green 
foliage, decorative otherwise, can 
scarcely be seen. The white is the 
purest, and the composition of 
the flower is fully double without 
a trace of center. It is brand new 
and carries our highest recommen- 
dation. 
Per 10, $5.00; Per 100, $40.00 
ADENOPHORA 
POTANINI. Dark blue bell-shaped sweet scented 
flowers in pyramidal panicles. Height about 2 
feet. 
Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
AGROSTEMMA 
ROSE CHAMPION 
CORONARIA ATROSANGUINEA. Silvery. foliage, 
deep blood red flowers in June and July. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
AJUGA 
BUGLE 
A useful plant for the rockery and for carpeting 
the ground, particularly in shady positions, as 
under trees, where grass will not grow; flowers 
in May and June. 6 to 8 inches. 
GENEVENSIS. An excellent plant for edging and 
carpeting. Grows from 6 to 8 inches high with 
spikes of blue flowers in May and June. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
REPTANS BLUE. Grows 3 to 4 inches high, with 
deep purplish blue flowers. Bronzy foliage. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
REPTANS ALBA. A tightly knit compact creep- 
ing cover, flowers rise 3 to 4 inches over deep 
bronze foliage. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
REPTANS RUBRA. Grows 3 to 4 inches high, 
with deep purplish blue flowers in May and June. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
REPTANS VARIEGATA. Rosettes of palest green 
and white. Short spikes of light blue flowers. 
Very effective. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
ANCHUSA 
SEA BUGLOSS ALKENET 
ITALICA DROPMORE. Pretty gentian blue flowers 
in Spring. 
Per 10, $1.75; Per 100, $12.50 
MYOSOTIDIFLORA. Dainty blue flowers and 
branchy sprays during April and May. Fine for 
shade and sun. 
Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
ALYSSUM 
ROCK MADWORT 
SAXTILE COMPACTUM GOLD DUST. Dwarf, com- 
pact Basket of Gold. Flowers April and May. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
ANTHEMIS 
HARDY MARGUERITE — CHAMOMILE 
MOONLIGHT. This is a fine plant for the bor- 
der, growing about 21% feet tall. Throughout the 
summer the plants are literally covered with hun- 
dreds of pale yellow daisy-like flowers, 2% inches 
in diameter, which are excellent for cutting. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
TINCTORIA. (Kelway’s Variety). Handsome fine- 
ly cut foliage, and daisy-like yellow flowers pro- 
duced all summer. Succeeds well in the poorest 
soil, excellent for cut flowers. 
Per 10, $1.75; Per 100, $12.00 
AQUILEGIA 
COLUMBINE 
ALPINA BLUE. One of the very few good dwarf 
Aquilegias. Only 9 to 10 inches high with dainty 
blue short spurred flowers. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
LONG SPURRED BLUE SHADES. This is a yaria- 
tion of blue shades, colors running practically 
all shades of blues. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
LONG SPURRED ORANGE & SCARLET. This is a 
fine strain of hybrids, colors varying from scarlet 
to orange. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
LONG SPURRED PINK AND ROSE. A selection 
made for its brightness and its popularity in the 
modern garden. These are superior Aquilegias! 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
LONGISSIMA SELECT. Unusually long, slender 
spurs, 4 to 5 inchés, flowers pale, sulphur yellow. 
Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
MRS. SCOTT ELLIOTT HYBRIDS. There is not 
a better mixture grown in the world. Wonderful 
colors and color combinations, with very long 
spurred flowers. Colors range through shades of 
lavenders, mauves, blues, purples, whites, creams, 
yellows, pinks, reds, etc. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
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