PERENNIALS — continued 
L. salicaria roseum — Morden Pink Loosestrife. 
Morden Pink. This fine Lythrum originated at the 
Morden Experiment Station, Morden, Manitoba, 
Canada. The plant grows to a height of 3 to 4 
feet and bears dozens of spikes covered with deep 
phlox-pink florets from June to late September. 
An excellent summer perennial. 
Mertensia virginica — Virginia Bluebells. 
See Wildflowers. 
Monarda didyma — Beebalm. Oswego Tea. 
Brilliant scarlet flowers and fragrant foliage. July 
and August. 2 to 3 feet. 
Croftway Pink. Croftway Pink Beebalm. Bright 
pink form of the above. 
M. fistulosa — Wild Bergamot. 
A native species with clusters of lovely lavender 
flowers in midsummer. 2 to 3 feet. 
Nepeta mussini— Persian Nepeta. 
Excellent edging plant of the Catnip genus, which 
unfortunately has no common name. Gray-green 
foliage and spikes of lavender flowers on 12-inch 
stems all summer. Makes a nice border for a rose 
bed. 12 inches. 
Pachysandra terminalis — Japanese Spurge. 
Useful evergreen groundcover for planting under 
shrubbery, evergreens or wherever the ground is 
bare. Gives a “‘completed” appearance to a founda- 
tion planting. White flowers in terminal racemes 
in spring. Grows in sun or shade but a little better 
in some shade. About 12 inches. 
Paeonia officinalis — Peonies. 
“The lifetime perennial.’”? Beautiful, permanent 
and dependable. Large, showy flowers in late May 
and June and excellent foliage all season. Plant in 
early spring or late summer. They cannot be 
shipped in late spring because they begin growing 
early and grow rapidly. Figures in parentheses 
are American Peony Society ratings. We offer 
only highly rated varieties. (10.0) would be perfect. 
These 3 to 5-eye divisions will usually bloom the 
year following fall planting and frequently the 
same season from early spring planting, although 
the flowers will not be so perfect as in subsequent 
seasons. 
Duchesse de Nemours. (8.1) Almost yellow. Outer 
petals white and center sulphur-yellow. Early 
midseason. $1.50 each. 
Felix Crousse. (8.4) Deep rose-red. Blooms freely, 
midseason to late. $1.25 each. 
Festiva Maxima. (9.3) Paper-white with flecks of 
crimson. Exceptionally large. Midseason. $1.25 
each. 
Longfellow. (9.0) Bright crimson of large size. 
Midseason. $2.00 each. 
Mons. Jules Elie. (9.2) Clear medium pink with 
silvery tinge. Blooms resemble huge pink chrys- 
anthemums. Midseason. $1.75 each. 
Walter Faxon. (9.3)  Loveliest pink Peony. 
Medium-size blooms are delicate shell-pink en- 
livened by salmon tints. Midseason. $1.90 each. 
Papaver nudicaule — Iceland Poppy. 
Orange, yellow, buff, and white, with occasional 
pinks. From April on. 18 inches. 
P. orientale — Oriental Poppy. 
These regal members of the Poppy family grow 2% 
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; 10 or 
more of the same variety at 65c each. 
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ICELAND POPPY 
Cerise Beauty. Lovely cerise-pink flowers on stems 
of medium height, often 8 to 10 stems per plant. 
Glowing Embers. Deep red, radiant flowers of 
medium size. 
Helen Elizabeth. La France-pink flowers without 
any dark spots. A vigorous grower, generally 
considered the best pink. 
A fine variety, of salmon-pink color, 
Mrs. Perry. 
Grows to a height of 3 feet. 
very distinct. 
Penstemon barbatus — Beardtongue. 
Mixed Hybrids. Tall spikes of open-throated 
flowers in shades of soft red, rose, and pink. 
Phlox decussata — Garden Phlox 
Phlox is easy to grow, generous with colorful 
panicles of bloom for a long period in midsummer 
and adapts itself to almost any sunny location. 
eee AE 10 or more of the same variety, at 50c 
each. 
Caroline Vandenberg. Lavender-blue with large 
individual florets. Comes closest to a true blue 
in phlox. 
Fuchsia. 
Leo Schlageter. 
heads of bloom. 
New, deep wine-red. Outstanding. 
Very brilliant scarlet; full rich 
Mary Louise. Pure white, unusually large flowers. 
Pink Charm. Clear, vivid pink. 
Purple Heart. A rich purple, new in Phlox. 
Visitors to our gardens last summer invariably 
exclaimed over it. 
P. subulata — Moss Phlox. Ground Pink. 
var. alba. Pure white flowers completely covering 
the neat compact plant in May. A lovely thing 
for the rock garden. 
