7O_ OSCAR H. WILL & CO., BISMARCK, NOR DAKOTA 
_ NATIVE PERENNIALS of the 
_ PLAINS & MOUNTAINS 
Prices, unless otherwise quoted: Each, 40c; 
doz., $4.00; postpaid, each, 50c; doz., $5.00. 
All perennials and bulbs are subject to sales tax for North 
Dakota customers. 
AMORPHA FRUTICOSA. A shrubby perennial, bears many 
spikes of purple and gold. Ht. 3 to 4 ft. Blooms in July. 
ANEMONE (Canadensis). Large waxy flowers in late June. 
Bright green foliage. 
ANTENNARIA (PuSsy’s Toes). A fine ground cover. 
BITTER ROOT. From the Montana foothills. Lovely pink 
blooms in early spring, rising straight up from the ground. 
BLAZING STAR (latris). 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. 
FLOWERING ONION—(Yellow). Graceful and pretty mem- 
bers of the lily family blooming in June and July. 
WHITE ONION. Blooms early, 
BUTTERFLYWEED (Narrow leaved Milkweed), 2 ft. high, 
clusters of white flowers. Very fragrant. 
MONARDA or BEE BALM. A native with flowers in a round 
head in early July. Lavender. 
CERASTIUM—from Alaska. A ground cover plant with 
myriads of white blooms. 
ERIGERON (flagellaris). A thick green ground cover, set 
throughout the summer with pretty daisy-like blooms. 
Like a carpet. 
Cerastium FLAX. Native Blue. Graceful masses of heavenly blue 
flowers, renewed every morning for weeks. June to 
September. 18 in. tall. (Also in white.) 
GALLIUM. Meadow Sweet or bed straw. Used in bouquets. 
GOLDEN ROD (Solidago). We have a tall July blooming variety 18 to 24 in., an August 
blooming 12 to 18 in. species, both of the graceful, slender type.: 
GUMBO ee aco ey 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. Biooms from May through the season. 
MARIPOSA LILY. The native tulip lily. 
MISSOURI PRIMROSE. An evening primrose with many golden blooms, 3 inches across. 
MEADOWRUE. A tall, shade loving perennial with feath- 
ery flowers in June. 
MERTENSIA (Lanceolata)—PRAIRIE BLUEBELL. 6 to 
10 in. tall. Blooms in May and early June with a clis- 
ter of bright blue belis. 
RED MALLOW (Malvastram)., Known to prairie children 
as “wild. geranium.’ 4 to 6 in. tall. Biocoms from 
May to July with many scarlet fiowers. 
PRAIRIE PHLOX i(dougtiasii). The creeping, hardy 
ground cover which becomes a mass of fragrant white 
stars in May. 
PASQUE FLOWER—PRAIRIE CROCUS (Pulsatilla pa- 
tens). .The first prairie flower of spring. 
SPIDERWORT (Tradescantia) Red. 8 to 18 inches. 
Striking red purple flowers in June and July coming 
out fresh each morning. Grass-like foliage. 
Blue. Taller and earlier blooming. 
White. An unusual and very beautiful plant, 
? STANLEYA (Pinnata). A very striking native from the 
Bad Lands. 2 to 3 ft. tall and covered with long, feath- 
Missouri Primrose ery yellow spikes in June and July. 
MAXIMILIAN SUNFLOWER,. The tall perennial sunflower of the valleys and meadows. 
Resembles Goiden Glow. 
THERMOPSIS, The common: Yellow Sweet Pea of our western prairies. 6 to 12 in. Blooms 
Grondiftora Pentstemon 
in May. 
VIOLET. White. Our best low perennial for shady spots. 
Yellow. The NUTTALL violet of the prairie hills. 
YUCCA (Glauca)—SPANISH BAYONET, Hardiest of the sword Shea family. Long silvery 
blades with a tall spike of large greenish white bells in July. ine to group with cactus. 
PENTSTEMON . 
GRANDIFLORUS. 18 to 24 in. tall. Blooms in late June. A tail spike 
of lavender bells an inch aeross and of tremendous attractiveness. 
ANGUSTIFOLIUS. 12 to 18 in. tall, bright biue spikes with flowers 
crowded on them. Blooms in June. 
GLABER. i2 to 20 in. tall. Smooth, glossy leaves, bright blue. 
CRISTATUS. 12 in. tall, bushy, a dry soil plant. Many large lavender 
blosscms, 
MISSOULIENSIS. 6 to 12 in. A dwarf variety from the mountains. 
Spikes of the most intense dark blue. 
DAKOTA CACTI 
OPUNTIA POLYCANTHA. With the lovely lemon. to orange clusters: of 
flowers in July. The common priekly pear. 
OPUNTIA HUMIFUSA, Like the above but with heavier’ joints — 
longer white spines. Yellowish green flowers, red fruits, 
OPUNTIA FRAGILIS. With slender joints and more delicate spines. Pale 
yellow flowers. 
OPUNTIA RUTILA. A red flowered prickly pear. Perfecily hardy. 
Glaber MAMMALARIA VIVIPARA. The rose colored pin cushiom cactus of the Maximilian Sunflower 
Pentstemon _ high plains. 
| Blue. The lovely meadow violet. Gumbo Lily 
