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Prefer 
PERENNIALS -... FALL 
Some perennial plants seldom succeed with spring planting; others 
(like early spring wildflowers) take spring planting reluctantly—really 
do far better in fall. On these pages most kinds that ought to be fall 
planted are listed. (In addition most ordinary perennials will succeed 
in fall as well as in spring, and may be ordered from our spring 1954 
Short Guide.) 
MODERN BEARDED IRIS are exciting, bright, clean colors .. . 
are huge, with 
often several flowers to a stem. They are nothing at all like old-fashioned German Iris of 
even twelve or fifteen years ago. The best of the new ones as they come out sell for very 
high prices, but when available in quantity the price drops. Here are 24 such, still con- 
sidered among the top quality, but which are now available at $1. or less: 
Azure Skies—Ruffled, lavender, blue, solid 
color. Low. $.75 
Blue Shimmer—Creamy white, edged and 
dappled blue. $1.00 
China Maid—Blended pink, bronze and lilac. 
Still good. $.85 
El Capitan—Giant lavendar blue, on 40- 
inch stems. $.65 
Elmohr—Many, very large purple blooms. 
$25 
Frida Mohr—Large, perfect, tall lilac-rose. 
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Great Lakes—Pure blue, lighter beard. 
Grand. $.75 
Gudrun—Several huge pure white blooms 
per stem. $.50 
Indian Chief—Light red and velvet red. 
Extra fine. $.50 
Lady Mohr—Oyster white and chartreuse. 
Impressive. $1.00 
Dog Tooth Violet 
Erythronium americanum—6-inch. Attrac- 
tive mottled foliage. Bright yellow flowers 
in early spring. 6 for $1.35 postpaid. $10 
per 100 express not peid. 
Trillium 
Favorite lily-like natives, for shady woods. 
Flowers must not be picked. Any one kind 
5 for $1.25 postpaid. (520 per 100 express 
not paid.) 
Trillium grandiflorum—Large white flowers 
in May, turn pink as they age. 
Tritlium undulatum (Painted Trillium) — 
Large scarlet and white flowers. 
Master Charles—Glowing mulberry purple. 
Brilliant. $.75 
Mulberry Rose—Pinkish 
Unusual. $.75 
Ola Kala—Deep yellow, ruffled. Striking in 
landscape. $1.00 
Ormohr—immense blooms of silvery violet, 
veined violet. $.75 
Pink Satin—Solid pink. Clean. $.50 
Rosy Wings—Pinkish brown, orange beard. 
Fragrant. $.75 
Sharkskin—Very large, very white. Show- 
iest. $.85 
Snow Flurry—Blue-white; icy and perfectly 
iormed. $1.00 
The Red Deuglas—Large, reddish, orange 
beard. $.75 
The Black Douglas—All black violet. Ex- 
cellent. $.90 
Tiffanja—Yellow cream, touched with tan. 
Very fine. $1.00 
Wabash—Still thought the finest iris. Violet 
and white. $.65 
mulberry-brown. 
Wild Flowers 
Jack-in-the-Pulpit 
Arisaema triphyllum—8-inch. Maroon in 
May. Humus, light shade, moist. 6 for $1.50; 
10 for $2.25 postpaid. 
Virginia Blue Bells 
Mertensia Virginica—1 foot. Sheets of bril- 
liant blue in early spring. Part shade. 3 for 
$1.25; 6 for $2.00 postpaid. 
Bloodroot 
Sanguinaria canadensis — 18-inch. Pink- 
white in April. Rich soil in shade. 3 for 
$1.25; 6 for $2.00 postpaid. 
Lilies 
75¢ each, any 6 for $3.25 
Auratum—Large white, dark spots and gold 
band. (Set 6 in. deep.) 
Candidum (Madonna)—Huge, fragrant white 
in July. (Set 4 in. deep.) 
Speciosum magnificum — White, overlaid 
pink. Spotted. (Set 6 in. deep.) 
True Bleeding Heart 
Dicentra spectabilis. Old favorite. Showy 
pink all summer. Space 19 inches, shade. 
Plant early in spring or better in fall. 
3 for $1.85, 6 for $3.50. 
Oriental Poppies 
Bloom May-June, tolerant, any good soil. 
Water well. Plant Aug.-Sept. 85¢ each 
(ppd.). Any 6 for $3.75 
Beauty of Livermcre—Dark, crimson. 
Curtis Giant—Flesh-pink, tinted lavender. 
Often over 9-inch diameter. 
Henry Cayeux Improved—Ashes of roses. 
Very large flowers. 
Indian Chief—The best dark red. New. 
Vigorous, free blooming. 
Mrs. Perry—Solid salman pink. 
Perry’s White—Larce white, maroon center. 
Lady Slippers 
Orchids, hardy outdoors in moist, peaty 
shade. Bloom in May. 3 of one kind $2.25, 
6 for $4.25 postpaid. (3 each three kinds 
$6.50 postpaid.) 
Cypripedium pubescens—Yellow Lady Slip- 
per. bright color. 
Cypripedium spectabile—Showy Lady Slip- 
per. Rosy pink, white sepals. 
Cypripedium Candidum—White Lady Slipper. 
Easiest to grow. 
Liverleaf Hepatica 
Hep2tica trilebha—t-inch. Flowers vary from 
pink to blue-white, early spring. Acid, 
shade. 3 for $1.25; 6 for $2.00 postpaid. 
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