28 PONTIAC NURSERIES, ROMEO, MICHIGAN 
HARDY PERENNIALS 
In order to conserve paper during war time, we have reduced DELPHINIUM (Larkspur) 
our Perennial list to only the most popular and well known F 
varieties. These well known varieties will brighten up the _ Perhaps the most popular Perennial grown. They are 
zrounds with their flowers and add to the pleasure A pe Gee June to September. Very hardy and 
of your landscape plantings. Write us for informa- Sede y oi a Fee ae ae ae A t 
es ; RTS Fe eee ne most beautiful sky-blue flowers. 
tion on many other varieties we grow. Blooms most of the Summer until frost. Tall spikes, 
3 to 4 ft. high. 
Belladonna, Cliveden Beauty. An improved Bella- 
donna. : 
Bellamosa. Of the Belladonna type, with the dark 
blue color of the old-fashioned Larkspur. 
Blackmore & Langdon Hybrids. They have immense 
spikes of the most beautiful flowers of every imagin- 
able shade of blue and their season is long; in fact, 
they bloom nearly continuously from Spring until 
Fall. A large percentage of them will run double. 
Our strain of these is the finest obtainable as it is 
raised from seed direct from Blackmore & Langdon 
of England, the originators. 5 to 6 ft. high. 
Chinensis. Genetian-blue flower. Leathery foliage. 
Elatum, ‘“‘Iceberg.’’ Pure white Delphinium on 
spikes 4 ft. high. 
Gold Medal Hybrids. A fine strain of mixed hybrids 
in various blue shades. 4 to 5 ft. high. 
Hybrida, ‘‘Lamartine.”’ Very dark gentian-blue. 
3 to 4 ft. 
Wrexham Hybrids. Similar to the English Hybrids. 
Often referred to as the Hollyhock strain. ; Blues and 
lavenders in all shades, and mostly double. 5 to 6 ft. 
high. 
Cushion 
Mums 
NEW HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
The small-flowered, hardy Pompon Chrysanthemums are becoming very popular again; 
they are the only perfectly hardy ones we have, and give showers of bloom long after 
frost in the Fall. Can be planted only in the Spring. 
German Iris (Iris Germanica) 
Alice Howell....... Orange yellow, early Jean Treadway.............. Deep pink 
Crimson Beauty...... Bright crimson red TVasiva........... near ....Best white 
Globe d’Or..........Large golden-yellow Yellow Normandy..........Deep yellow GAILLARDIA (Blanket Flower) 
Granny Scoville............ Coral-bronze White Doty..................Pure white 
A very ornamental, hardy perennial. Flowers crim- 
KOREAN HYBRIDS CUSHION MUMS son and gold, 2 inches across, with a red center. Very 
: F showy. Blooms from early Summer until Autumn. 
Bronzy-red and gold Advertised as Azaleamums. Very early Likesa light soil. Must have Winter protection. 
.....Bronzy-yellow flowering. Burgundy. Deep wine red. A new color. 
SNe opie Bright pink Bronze Cushion Red Cushion = 
Pace ae ae Soft rose-pink Pink Cushion Yellow Cushion Grandiflora. Large flowered, red, yellow and orange. 
ie Velvety wine-red White Cushion 
GYPSOPHILA (Baby’s Breath) 
DICENTRA (Bleeding Heart) FUNKIA (Plantain Lily) Paniculata (Babys Breath). Small white flowers in 
: panicles. June to August. 
Spectabilis. The old-time fa- Lancifolia (Lavender Day Lily). Narrow, lance-like Paniculata floreplena, Bristol Fairy. Large, double, 
vorite, with daintily lobed leaves with spikes of lavender flowers. 1 ft. tall. Very white flowers all Summer. 
foliage and sprays of pink, fine for bordering and also does well in the shade. Repens (Creeping Gypsophila). Fine for rockery. 
heart-shaped flowers. Blooms Subcordata grandiflora (White Day Lily). Pure white, White and pink flowers in July and August. 
April to June. 2 ft. high. Lily-like flowers. A profuse bloomer. 2 ft. Repens Rosea. Pink flowered form of above. Pachysandra 
