Michells Hardy Perennial Plants 
PARCEL POST CHARGES 
Please add 50c service charge to all 
Perennial plant orders under $3.50 value, 
to help defray handling costs. 
PARCEL POST CHARGES, include 
25c for each lot of three plants, 
IMPORTANT NOTICE 
Under normal weather conditions, 
garden Chrysanthemums and Perennial 
plants will be shipped until May 20th. 
After this date plant growth and warm 
weather cause plants to arrive in a 
worthless condition. Orders received after 
this late date will be held for fall ship- 
ment. 
*AJUGA - Bugle 
Reptans. The well-known blue variety. Will 
stand sun or shade. Flowers in May. 6 in. 
*ANCHUSA - Sea Bugloss 
Italica, Lissadell. Tall spikes of beautiful 
blue flowers in June. A valuable border 
plant, 4 to 5 ft. 
x Myosotidiflora. A distinct dwarf variety 
from the Caucasus Mountains, with clus- 
ters of pretty blue, forget-me-not-like flowers 
in May. 
ANEMONE 
Pulsatilla, Lilac. (Pasque flower). An excel- 
lent plant for the rock garden, April and 
May. 
ANTHEMIS 
Moonlight. Pale 
flowers. 2/2 ft. 
Marguerite 
lemon-yellow; daisy-like 
All summer. 
Tinctoria. Golden yellow. 24% ft. All summer. 
AQUILEGIA - Columbine 
Blue Shades. Long spurred blue. 
Crimson Star. Long spurred crimson flowered 
with white centers. 
Long-spurred Pink Shades. 2 ft. A choice 
Strain in shades of pink. 
Long-spurred Snow Queen. 2 ft. A fine 
fragrant white. 
Mrs. Scott Elliott’s Strain. 2 ft. Outstanding 
for its wide range of color. 
*ARABIS - Rock-Cress 
Alpina fl.-pl. 1 ft. 
form. April, May. 
Desirable double white 
Alpina Rosea. Same as above with single 
shell-pink flowers. May. 
VARIETIES MARKED SUITABLE FOR 
ROCK GARDENS 
*ARMERIA - Thrift 
Cephalotes, Bees’ Ruby. 1! ft. Stout stems 
with large globular heads of brilliant ruby- 
red flowers. June to September. 
Laucheana. Rosy red flowers. May and June. 
TALL FALL ASTERS 
Michaelmas Daisies 
Beechwood Challenger. 3 ft. A new Aster 
with sturdy plants bearing masses of glow- 
ing crimson flowers. We consider this to be 
the finest red Aster. 
Harrington’s Pink. 4 ft. Flowers are per- 
fectly flat, 1/2 inches or more across, and of 
clear soft pink, with not a hint of the usual 
magenta found in most pink Asters. 
Hybridus 
ering. 
Luteus. Clear yellow, free flow- 
Mount Everest. 4 ft. Pyramidal plants of 
snowy white flowers with yellow eyes. Beau- 
tiful in the garden or when cut. 
Skylands Queen. A choice and showy Aster 
with many graceful sprays of light blue 
flowers. 
ASTER FRIKARTI, 
Wonder of Staefa 
An everblooming perennial. Flowers clear 
azure-blue, 2 to 3 inches in diameter, on long 
STEMS ae aehts Each 90c, 3 for $2.60. 
HARDY CARNATIONS 
Large double flowers, delightfully fragrant. 
Red, Pink, White, and Mixture. Flowers all 
summer. 
Delphiniums 
c——~ Perennial Prices——— 
5 plants .. $3.50 
10 plants . 6.50 
Pos plants sere ee 1 sear . 9.00 
Except where price is stated. This is 
your selection of any Perennials on pages 
71, 74, and 75. 
Orders for an intermediate number of 
plants computed as follows: 
DEtome plants eee eye $0.70 each 
10 to 14 plants . -65 each 
15 or more plants -60 each 
Perennial shipped direct 
plants are 
from our nursery. Due to the high pack- 
ing cost, 
PLANTS. 
MINIMUM ORDER IS FIVE 
CAMPANULA - Bellflower 
Perennial Varieties 
*Carpatica. Carpathian Harebell. A pretty, 
compact-growing variety with clear blue 
flowers on erect, wiry stems from July until 
October. 6 in. 
Persicifolia, White. 2 to 3 ft. June to Aug. 
Persicifolia, Blue. 2 to 3 ft. June to Aug. 
Telham Beauty. Our stock is true, from 
imported plants, producing large single flow- 
ers of exquisite China-blue through July. 
22 Rie, 
Biennial Varieties 
Medium calycanthema. Cup-and-Saucer 
Canterbury Bells. 2/2 ft. Mixed, or white, 
pink, and blue. 
CENTAUREA 
Montana. Mountain Bluet. Grows 2 feet 
high, bearing large violet-blue flowers from 
July to September. 
COREOPSIS 
Double Sunburst. Deep yellow, free bloom- 
ing, fine for cutting. June to August. 
DELPHINIUMS 
Modern Hybrids 
Pacific Giants. This new strain, devel- 
oped in California, carries a fine range 
of colors and the structure of the best 
foreign varieties. Our plants have been 
grown from the originator’s own stock. 
Strong plants. Mixed colors. 
Each $1.00, 3 for $2.75, 10 for $8.50. 
3 to 4 ft. 
Belladonna, Improved. 
nificent strain of the pure blue Delphinium, 
producing long spikes during June-July, and 
in the fall. 
A mag- 
Lamartine. 3 to 4 ft. Large, single, dark 
gentian-blue flowers on branching plants. 
DIANTHUS - Pinks 
Mixed. Unique hybrids with double blooms 
of red, rose, pink and salmon. Mixed 
colors only. 
DICENTRA (Dielytra) 
x*Eximia. Fringed Bleeding Heart. 1] ft. A 
dwarf-growing variety with beautiful finely 
cut foliage and showy pretty pink flowers. 
Blooms all summer. Each $1.00, 3 for $2.75. 
Spectabilis. Bleeding Heart; Seal Flower. 
22 ft. Its long sprays of graceful, heart- 
shaped flowers are always attractive. Blooms 
in May and June. Each $1.50, 3 for $4.00. 
Garden Store, 924 Chestnut St., PHILADELPHIA 5, PA. 
7] 
