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. The finest and most continu- 
ous blooming of all, never being out of flower from the end of 
June until cut down by hard frost. 
Delphinium Belladonna. 
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. 
uate 
like foliage, producing deep blue flowers on open sprays. 
largely for background. 50 cts. each. 
Delphinium Chinense, A low growing variety with fern 
Used 
Delphinium LaMartine. 4 ft. Flowers deep blue with white eye. 
Strong stems, good for cutting. 75 cts. each. 
Delphinium “H & O Hybrids.” 4 to 5 ft. 
of large flowering Larkspurs in a wide range of light and dark 
75 cts. each. 4 for $2.75. 
Our own selected strain 
colors. 
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. 
1955 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. 
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. 
The fragrant white to 
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. 9 to12in. 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 beil-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. 
*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. 
FUNKIA—See page 20. 
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. 
Long flower heads 
Colors, rose, shell pink and blue mixed. 
Dainty blue 
Fine dwarf 
BABYSBREATH, 2 to 3 ft. Unexcelled 
Tiny white blossoms cover the plant through July 
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 5 ft. Gold- 
en-yellow flowers in August and September. 60 cts. each. 
HEMEROCALLIS—SEE PAGE 20 
