PERENNIALS — continued 
var, atropurpurea. A remarkably brilliant, free- 
flowering variety. A most brilliant red, contrast- 
ing well with the pure white alba. 
var. rosea. Fine for covering banks. Thrives in 
hot dry locations and blooms profusely. 
Horticultural variety Blue Hill. Of compact 
growth with showy pale blue flowers freely pro- 
duced in spring. 
Physostegia virginiana, var. — Vivid False Dragon- 
head. 
Deep rose to red flowers on tall spikes in August. 
3 to 4 feet. 
Platycodon grandiflorum — Balloonflower. 
Buds resembling one-inch balloons burst into open 
blue flowers with pointed tips like Dutch girls’ 
starched caps. Summer. 2 to 3 feet. 
P. grandiflorum album — White Balloonflower. 
Same as above, but white. 
Sedum acre — Stonecrop. Goldmoss. 
A low carpet of golden green, moss-like foliage 
covered with bright yellow flowers from May to 
July. Grows in dry, stony places and is often used 
between flags on terraces and stepping stones. 
S. spectabile 
Horticultural variety Brilliant. Broad heads of 
rose-red flowers above succulent leaves in August 
and September. 12 to 18 inches. 
Teucrium chamaedrys — Germander. 
Glossy green foliage, not evergreen, but in summer 
Hea like boxwood and may be clipped. To 12 
inches. 
Thalictrum minus — Low Meadowrue. 
Grown for its very lovely, fern-like foliage on 
12-inch plants. Flowers inconspicuous. 
Trollius europaeus — Globeflower. 
Flowers like big lemon-yellow buttercups on 18 
to 24-inch stems in late spring. 65c each; 10 or 
more at 55c each. 
Verbascum phoenicium — Purple Mullein. 
Slender racemes of rose to purple flowers in July. 
12 to 18 inches, occasionally taller. 
Veronica incana — Woolly Speedwell. 
Striking combination of silver-gray foliage and 
spikes of dark blue flowers in July. 12 inches. 
V. latifolia — Hungarian Speedwell. 
Bright gentian-blue flower spikes in late May and 
June. 12 inches. 
V. maritima — Beach Speedwell. 
Long spikes of dusky blue in July and August. 2 
to 3 feet. 
Vinca minor — Periwinkle. Blue Myrtle. 
A glossy, dark green leaved plant much used for 
carpeting the ground in shade where grass will not 
grow. It spreads from clumps and has violet-blue 
flowers in spring and early summer. The foliage is 
evergreen. Very hardy. 
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Viola cornuta — Viola. Hardy Pansy. 
Gay little fellows which carpet the ground with 
bright blooms from spring to frost. 
Arkwright Ruby. 
large flowers. 
Attractive garnet-mahogany; 
Bright light blue. 
Chantreyland. Large flowers of rich apricot. 
Golden Yellow. 
flowering. 
Blue Perfection. 
Its name describes it. Very free- 
Jersey Gem. The 
favorite. 
White Perfection. 
Violet — Hardy Garden Violet. 
hort. var. Royal Robe. Deep purple flowers with 
delicate scent. 
Dark violet-blue to purple. 
Cool white all summer. 
New White. Free-flowering white, good companion 
for above. 
DELPHINIUMS 
