. SPIR-^A (Goat's Beard Meadow Sweet). Stokesia Cyanea (Cornflower . ^.^J^Hpendula Fl, PI. {Double-flowered Drop-iuoit^. Numerous corymbs of doul'le white flowers, on stems 12 inches high, during June rnd July, and jiretty fern-like foliage. Qigantea, or Kamtschatica. Forms a bold plant 5 to 6 feet: liigh, with Inrne palmate leaves and immense heads nf while flowers from July to September. cts. each ; $ per doz. Japonica. Large panicles of white flowers in June ; 2 â Aurea reticulata. A beautiful variety with golden-veined leaves. â Compacta multiflora. Large panicles of
. SPIR-^A (Goat's Beard Meadow Sweet). Stokesia Cyanea (Cornflower . ^.^J^Hpendula Fl, PI. {Double-flowered Drop-iuoit^. Numerous corymbs of doul'le white flowers, on stems 12 inches high, during June rnd July, and jiretty fern-like foliage. Qigantea, or Kamtschatica. Forms a bold plant 5 to 6 feet: liigh, with Inrne palmate leaves and immense heads nf while flowers from July to September. cts. each ; $ per doz. Japonica. Large panicles of white flowers in June ; 2 â Aurea reticulata. A beautiful variety with golden-veined leaves. â Compacta multiflora. Large panicles of white flowers; 15 in, Palmata {Ci-imson Me<Hlo7u Sweet). One of the beautiful hardy plants, the deep purple-red of the stems and branches passing into the crimson-purpile of the broad corymbs of flowers, which are produced very freely daring June and July; 3 feet. â Elegans. A free-flowering, silvery-pink form. Venusta. A showy, red-flowering species; very fragrant; 4 to 5 feet; June. _: Ulmaria Fl, PI. (Meadow Sweety A double white form. -%- Folia aurea. A variety with golden foliage. Price, except where noted, 15 cts. each ; $ per doz.; § per 100. Set of 14 sorts for $ STOKESIA. (The Cornflower, or Stokes' Aster.) Cyanea. A most charming and beautiful native plant. Grows from 18 ââ to 24 inches high, bearing freely from early in July until October its handsome lavender-blue Cornflower like blossoms, which measure from 4 to 5 inches across. It is of the easiest culture, succeeding in any open, sunny position, and not only is it desirable as a single plant in the hardy border, but it can also be used with fine effect in masses or beds of any size. (See cut.) 15 cts. each; § per doz.; per 100. Cyanea alba. .A. new white variety which we sent out last year for ^ the first time. (See New and Rare Plants, pages 174 to 178.) \ We offer some splendid New and Rare Hardy Perennials. See pages 174 to 178.
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