. Aiken's 1953 garden book. Plants Vermont Catalogs; Trees Vermont Catalogs; Vegetables Vermont Catalogs; Flowers Vermont Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Catalogs; Horticulture Vermont Catalogs. HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS THE BASIC DOZEN Twelve showy, free-flowering, hardy, dependable perennials that will form the " backbone" of your border and furnish coll>r continuously from early spring until hard In>sts in I he fall. Listed in the sequence in which they bloom, tlx' kinds are Columbine, Bleedingheart, Bearded Iris. Oriental Poppies, Peonies, Delphinium, Japanese Iris, Daylily. Pu
. Aiken's 1953 garden book. Plants Vermont Catalogs; Trees Vermont Catalogs; Vegetables Vermont Catalogs; Flowers Vermont Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Catalogs; Horticulture Vermont Catalogs. HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS THE BASIC DOZEN Twelve showy, free-flowering, hardy, dependable perennials that will form the " backbone" of your border and furnish coll>r continuously from early spring until hard In>sts in I he fall. Listed in the sequence in which they bloom, tlx' kinds are Columbine, Bleedingheart, Bearded Iris. Oriental Poppies, Peonies, Delphinium, Japanese Iris, Daylily. Purple ('.oncfloucr. (harden Phlox. Hardy Asters and Cardcn Chrysanthemums. To this list may be added Daffodils and Tulips for color very early in the spring. Ask for our fall bulb catalog if your name is not on our- regular mailing list. Mimeographed cultural directions for the Basic Do/en Perennials plus Tulips and Daffodils: Columbine COLUMBINE I Vquilegia) Airily graceful, colorful flowers borne on wiry stems above tine-cut foliage. 55c each; 3 to 9 at 50c; 10 to 21 at 15c: 25 or more at 10c, prepaid. Mrs. Scotl Elliott Hybrids. flowers in many hues of red, yellow, pink, cream, mauve, lavender, white and purple on 2 to 21 j-foot stems. Short-spurred Hybrids. Quaint flowers in tints and shade-- of blue and rose. Long-lived plants. 18 in. Rocky Mountain Columbine (A. cxrulea). 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 W ILD- FLOWERS. 4,olden Columbine i 1. rhrysiinllid). Clear yellow dowers which continue blooming well into the sum- mer. 3 ft. BLEEDINGHEART ln>wy 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 \ery early spring or early fall. Kithcr sun or shade. 12 to 15 in. 60c each; 3 to 0 at 55c; 10 or more at 50c, prepaid
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