No home landscape is complete without hardy garden flowers. A garden of perennials is a continuous 
pleasure from early spring until late fall. They give great satisfaction when arranged in clumps, masses and 
drifts of one kind. 
DELPHINIUM (Larkspur) 
The Delphinium (Larkspur) of today possesses a 
beauty and dignity of its own. It is without rival, a 
plant of tall habits and erect. Flower spikes blue and 
freely borne. 
3 to 4 ft. 
ous blooming of all, never being out of flower from the end of 
Delphinium Belladonna. The finest and most continu- 
June until cut down by hard frost. The turquoise blue of its flow- 
ers is not equaled for delicacy and beauty by any other flower. 
60 cts. each. 
Delphinium Bellamosum. 3 ft. Color deep blue, with white eye. 
Free blooming habit. 60 cts. each. 
Delphinium Chinense. 3 ft. 
like foliage, producing deep blue flowers on open sprays. 
largely for background. 50 cts. each. 
A low growing variety with fern 
Used 
Delphinium LaMartine. 4 ft. Flowers deep blue with white eye. 
Strong stems, good for cutting. 60 cts. each. 
Delphinium “H & O Hybrids.” 4 to 5 ft. Our own selected strain 
of large flowering Larkspurs in a wide range of light and dark 
colors. 75 cts. each. 4 for $2.75. 
Delphinium “New Hollyhock.” Very full, spire shaped (like a hol- 
lyhock) heads of single and double flowers in many shades of 
blue; no two alike. Tall and sturdy growth. The best of the 
Hybrid selection, 75 cts. each. 4 for $2.75. 
1954 PRICES FOR PERENNIALS 
(unless otherwise noted) 
Strong 2 yr. field plants 50 cents each; 4 of one variety $1.75 
Extra size, 60 cents. 
(For shipment by parcel post add 10%) 
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*Dianthus Plumarius. CLOVE PINK. 9 in. The fragrant white to 
scarlet flowers bloom in early summer. Grass-like leaves. 
DICTAMNUS Fraxinella albus. WHITE GAS PLANT. 3 ft. Heavy- 
spikes of white flowers in June and July. Flowers and foliage in- 
tensely aromatic. Especially useful where Lupines do not thrive. 
$1.00 each. 
Dictamnus Fraxinella. GAS PLANT. 3 ft. Heavy spikes of deep 
pink, purple-veined flowers in June and July. Flowers and foli- 
age both fragrant. $1.00 each. 
*DICENTRA Eximia. PLUMY BLEEDING HEART. 9to12in. Rosy 
pink heart-shaped flower in bloom from May through August. 
Delicate, finely cut foliage. 75 cts. each. 
Dicentra Spectabilis. BLEEDING HEART. 18 in. 85 cts. each; extra 
size, $1.00. 
DIGITALIS. GIANT SHIRLY FOXGLOVE. 4 ft. 
of bell-shaped blossoms. 
July. 
*EUPHORBIA Polychroma. A rare border and rock garden plant. 
Grows to 1 ft. in compact form. Covered in June with lemon-yel- 
low rose-like flowers. 
Long flower heads 
Colors, rose, shell pink and blue mixed. 
*FERNS, Hardy. We offer a selection of the best strong-growing 
native hardy ferns suitable for yard planting. 60 cts. each. 
*FORGET-ME-NOT (Myosotis semperflorens). 10 in. 
flowers with yellow eye from May to September. 
border plants. Likes shade and moist places. 
GAILLARDIA Grandilflora. BLANKET FLOWER. 2 ft. Rich red 
and crimson petals with broad border of yellow. June to October. 
Unsurpassed for cutting. 
GYPSOPHIILA Paniculata. 
cut flowers. 
and August. 
DOUBLE BABYSBREATH Gypsophila. BRISTOL FAIRY. Full, dou- 
ble, snow-white flowers in large sprays. True, grafted variety. 
$1.00. each. 
HELENIUM autumnale superbum. YELLOW STAR. 4 to 5S ft. Gold- 
en-yellow flowers in August and September. 60 cts. each. 
Helenium Riverton Gem. 3 ft. Old gold shaded with terra cotta 
and red. For cutting or garden show. August to frost. 60 cts. 
each. 
Dainty blue 
Fine dwart 
BABYSBREATH, 2 to 3 ft. Unexcelled 
Tiny white blossoms cover the plant through July 
HEMEROCALLIS—SEE PAGE 20 
