“SALZER’S NORTHERN GROWN HARDY PERENNIALS 
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about a foot above the soil. 
PRICES All plants offered on this page are 427 
: ea.; 3 for 98¢; 6 for $1.70; 12 for $3.10, 
postpaid. 
*Suitable for rock garden. 
Achillea, Perry’s White 
ACHILLEA 
*PERRY’S WHITE. 
Achilleas, large flowers, broad overlapping petals. Its 
many branches hold their mass of feverfew-like flowers 
Very choice. The whitest of all 
For cemetery planting, 
it is the most valuable of all white flowers. Bloomsi 
from May on. 
*ROSEA (Millifolium). A different. kind of Achillea 
with feathery foliage and flat heads of pink flowers. 
Very pretty. May and on. 16 in. 
AQUILEGIA (Columbine) 
Bloom early in spring. 114 to 2 feet. 
CRIMSON STAR. A beautiful large flower with crim- 
son sepal and spurs and white petals. Long spurred 
type. 
LONG SPURRED MRS. SCOTT ELLIOTT’S HY- 
BRIDS. A superb strain with large flowers of many 
shades including pink, rose, lavender and blue. 
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Perennial or Hardy Asters 
HARDY ASTERS 
These are one of the last flowers to bloom in the fall 
of the year, providing a blaze of color. Fine for cut- 
ting. 3 feet. Mixed colors. 
(For named varieties of Hardy Asters, see next page.) 
BAPTISIA (Wild Indigo) 
Australis. A sturdy plant of easy culture with spikes 
of dark blue pea-shaped flowers. Should be planted in 
full sunlight and will stand dry, loose soil. Blooms May 
to July. 3 ft. 
BELLFLOWER 
Platycodon Grandiflora. Large, showy, deep blue bell 
shaped flowers are produced all summer on long stems. 
2 ft. 
Carnations, Mixed 
CARNATION 
Hardy garden carnations. Mixed colors, flowers all 
summer. 20 in. 
CHINESE LANTERN 
Physalis Franchetti. Blooms in late summer with bal- 
loon like bright. scarlet fruits. Fine for winter decora- 
tion. 2 ft. 
CONE FLOWER 
Rudbeckia Purpurea. Plants 3 feet high, bearing pe- 
culiar reddish-purple flowers 4 inches across. With a 
large cone-shaped center. July to October. 
CORN FLOWER 
CENTAUREA MONTANA (Perennial Cornflower). A 
showy plant of easy culture with large violet-blue 
flowers from July to Sept. 2 ft. 
CENTAUREA MACROCEPHALA. The globe or golden 
centaurea, with very large, showy, thistle-like flowers 
of golden yellow. Erect grower with somewhat stiff 
stems. Early summer blooming. 214 ft. 
JOHN A. SALZER SEED COMPANY, LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN < 
Coreopsis New Gold 
COREOPSIS 
For continuous display of bloom all summer long, it is 
hard to beat this. 
GRANDIFLORA. Flowers are of rich, golden yellow, 
graceful form; blooms entire summer and autumn, 2 
feet. 
DOUBLE NEW GOLD. Deep golden yellow double 
flowers, blooms constantly. 
DAISIES 
Every garden should have plenty of these colorful free 
blooming summer flowers. 
PAINTED DAISY (Pyrethrum). Also known as Per- 
sian Daisy. Large, single daisy-like flowers, 3 to 4 
inches across on stems 2 ft. high. They come mostly in 
shades of pink and red, Very showy and satisfactory. 
Mixed colors only. 
*YELLOW MARGUERITE (Anthemis_ Tinctoria). 
Handsome, finely cut foliage and large daisy-like yel- 
low flowers all summer. Succeeds in poor soil. 1% ft. 
Dianthus Semperflorens 
DIANTHUS (Pinks) 
These are the well known hardy garden pinks. They 
live for years and grow easily in sunny locations and 
in the rock garden. 
*PLUMARIUS SEMPERFLORENS  (Everblooming 
Hardy Pinks). Sweet scented double, single, and semi- 
double flowers, mixed colors. 18 in, 
Gaillardia Grandiflora 
GAILLARDIA 
Blanket Flower. Showy free flowering plants easily 
grown in any sunny location. Blooms freely from June 
until frost. 
GRANDIFLORA. Centers are dark red brown, while 
the golden-yellow petals are marked with rings of 
brilliant crimson. 
PRICES: 
The prices quoted above apply ONLY to 
plants offered on this page. 
FOXGLOVE : 
THE SHIRLEY (Digitalis). Old fashioned tall grow- 
ing plant. This-is the best strain available with showy 
flowers in many colors. 8 to 5 ft. Mixed only. 
LUPINE 
Grow almost anywhere and bloom freely in spring and 
early summer. Large flowered strain, big, tall spikes, 
mixed colors. 3-4 feet. June. 
ORIENTAL POPPY 
Large flaming flowers of bright scarlet. 2% ft. Note: 
Orders for Oriental Poppies will be booked and shipped 
in August. Cannot be planted in spring. 
*PENTSTEMON 
BARBATUS HYBRIDS. Showy, tubular flowers in 
varying shades of rose, pink and lavender. Long, 
slender stems, fine for cutting. June. 2% ft. 
*PHLOX SUBULATA 
Ground Pinks or Moss Pinks. Forms a dense, low 
growing mass of evergreen foliage bearing dainty little 
flowers in spring. Suitable for planting on tops of 
graves, around bases of trees, etc. State color wanted: 
Lavender, Pink or White. 
SHASTA DAISY 
This great California daisy produces beautiful pure 
white flowers on tall stems. Very hardy and free 
flowering. 
ALASKA. The grand improved form of this big Shasta 
Daisy. Pure white, single flowers often measuring 414 
to 5 inches across. 
SCABIOSA 
BLUE BONNET. The flowers 
lavender blue. Splendid for cutting. 
Sept. 
are a soft shade of 
2 feet. June to 
Sweet William 
SWEET WILLIAM 
Bears a profusion of double flowers in May and June, 
excellent for cutting. 114 ft. Mixed colors only, Note: 
Order now for late summer delivery. Cannot be sup- 
plied in spring. 
SWEET PEA, PERENNIAL 
Lathyrus latifolius. Vigorous climber, bearing clusters 
of pea-shaped flowers in white, pink or red. 6 to 8 ft. 
Mixed only, 
VERONICA (Speedwell) 
Spicata. When Christ was laboring beneath the cross, 
He faltered and a maiden, St. Veronica, rushed for- 
ward and wiped the perspiration from His face. Such 
is the story of St. Veronica after whom the flower is 
named. Slender spikes of lovely light blue flowers in 
June. Easy to grow in full sun. 2 ft. 
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