HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS 
Twelve showy, free-flowering, hardy, dependable perennials that will form the “backbone”’ of your border and 
furnish color continuously from early spring until hard frosts in the fall. Listed in the sequence in which they bloom, 
the kinds are Columbine, Bleedingheart, Bearded Iris, Oriental Poppies, Peonies, Delphinium, Japanese 
Iris, Daylily, Purple Coneflower, Garden Phlox, Hardy Asters and Garden Chrysanthemums. Fo this 
list may be added Daffodils and Tulips for color very early in the spring. 
Note: Quantity prices are for the same variety. 
Mimeographed cultural directions for the Basic Dozen Perennials plus Tulips and Daffodils: 10c. 
ORIENTAL POPPIES (Papaver orientale) 
These regal members of the Poppy family grow 214 
to 3 feet high and produce gorgeous great flowers in 
brilliant hues during late May and June. As they 
should be transplanted only while dormant, we ship 
them from late July until September. If you include 
them on your spring order, as many of our customers 
like to do, we shall ship them to you at the proper time 
to plant them. 75c each; 3 to 9 at 70c; 10 or more 
at 65c, 
Cerise Beauty. Lovely cerise-pink flowers on stems 
of medium height, often 8 to 10 stems per plant. 
Giowing Embers. Deep red, radiant flowers of me- 
dium size. 
Helen Elizabeth. La France-pink flowers without 
any dark dele A vigorous grower, generally con- 
sidered the best pink. 
Princess Victoria Louise. Beautiful salmon-pink 
blooms of very large size. 
Columbine 
COLUMBINE (Aquilegia) 
Airily graceful, colorful flowers borne on wiry stems 
above fine-cut foliage. 55c each; 3 to 9 at 50c; 10 to 
24 at 45c; 25 or more at 40c. 
Mrs. Scott Elliott Hybrids. Long-spurred flowers in 
many hues of red, yellow, pink, cream, mauve, 
lavender, white and purple on 2 to 2)4-foot stems. 
Short-spurred Hybrids. Quaint flowers in tints and 
shades of blue and rose. Long-lived plants. 18 in. 
Rocky Mountain Columbine (A. cerulea). Sky- 
blue and white, long-spurred blooms. 18 in. 
Snow Queen Columbine. Pure white hybrid of the 
Rocky Mountain Columbine. 
American Columbine (A. canadensis). See WILD- 
FLOWERS. 
Golden Columbine (A. chrysantha). Clear yellow 
flowers ba continue blooming well into the sum- 
mer. 3 ft 
BLEEDINGHEART (Dicentra) 
Fringed Bleedingheart (D. eximia). Showy racemes 
of rose-pink are profusely displayed in spring and 
repeatedly throughout the summer if soil is kept 
moist. Finely dissected, fern-like foliage. Plant in 
very early spring or early fall. Either sun or shade. 
12 to 15 in. 60c each; 3 to 9 at 55c; 10 or more 
at 50c, 
Old-fashioned Bleedingheart (D. spectabilis). Arch- 
ing racemes of pink, heart-shaped flowers from late 
May into July. May also be forced indoors for winter 
bloom. 2 ft. 75c each; 3 to 9 at 70c; 10 or more 
at 65c. Princess Victeria Louise Poppies 
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