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OLIVE BELCHES
FRAMINGHAM CENTER
MASSACHUSETTS

On Pleasant Street
One Mile West of Village

CHERRY
M E A D Q W
GARDENS

“This old world seems young once more.”

Greetings!

Season of 1930

The number of gardens which we
have planted in the past, with their
varying soils and exposures we consider
a very practical guide in deciding what
to plant.

We are again taking infinite pains in
the selection of our seeds; using many
from American growers who have es¬
pecially choice offerings and importing
certain attractive items from England
and Scotland.

Our constant and friendly clientele
has renewed our determination to fur¬
nish only the best which we offer to you
in this little booklet, with the wish that
1930 will be a most successful gardening
year for all, and the hope that we may
participate in making it so.

Faithfully yours ,

Olive Mills Belches.

“If little labor, little are our gains,
Man’s fortunes are according to his
pains.” — Herrick.

"Flowers from all heaven, and lovelier
than their names,

Grew side by side.”

— Tennyson.

Group i

Annuals

Annuals may be scattered through a
perennial border to advantage or may
be delightfully arranged in a special
garden where one can go with the shears
and cut at will.

Below we list a wide assortment, the
finest that can be procured for your
selection.

All annuals are sold in trays contain¬
ing a dozen plants, with a few exceptions
which are sold ex-pots.

Cost of handling precludes any altera¬
tion of the tray as offered below.

We fill orders in rotation as received,
so please order early to avoid a quite
possible disappointment.

If annuals are to be shipped please
add io cents to each tray to cover cost
of special package.

AGERATUM “Imperial dwarf blue”: 9". Com¬
pact and attractive for edging. Try this with
our Dwarf Drummond phlox. “Blue Perfec¬
tion.” 18". Similar in color to the preceding but
double the height. Entrancing with Southcote
asters or the taller phlox drummondi. 60 cents
per tray.

ALYSSUM Michell’s Bouquet: Its perfect
rosette of miniature white flowers makes it a
gem for edging. 50 cents per tray.

ANAGALLIS (Pimpernel): 6". Another edging
plant, blooming persistently, with flower of
indigo blue. Fine. 5° cents per tray.

ANCHUSA: We offer the new development
only. “Bluebird.” 15”. Flowers pure blue in
rather flattish heads. Plant compact. 75 cents
per tray.

ANTIRRHINUM: (Snapdragon): 2'. Dobbie’s
Pink Perfection, an extremely choice importa¬
tion from Scotland; Ball’s Penn Orange,

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orange with a pink sheen; Majestic Twilight,
a new deep yellow shaded rose; the largest
flowered variety in existence. All of the fore¬
going ex-pots only at 25 cents each, $2.00 for
ten. Rose Dore, a lovely strong rose; Silver
Pink, a soft shade; Queen Victoria, the best
white; Cattleya, rosy-mauve; Yellow .King
Improved, pale yellow with white throat;
Golden Chamois, apricot orange with faint
pink throat, very beautiful; Purple King, dark
velvety red ; and finest mixture. All 90 cents per
tray.

ARCTOTIS GRANDIS: 2'. White daisy-like
blossom with steel-blue central disc. Plant a
vigorous grower, decorative, and worth having.
50 cents per tray.

ASTER: American Beauty; strong growing, late
branching type. Azure blue, white, peach-
blossom, dark lavender, and mixed. King
Aster, quilled type quite lovely for cutting.
Lavender, shell-pink, and all colors mixed.
Southcote Beauty. Artistic single aster with
long twisted petals. Colors mauve, pink and all
shades mixed. California Sunbeams Improved.
Lavender and pink. All asters, 50 cents per
tray.

BROWALLIA ELATA: 18". Very satisfactory
for the garden. Flowers bright blue, foliage
glossy. Persistent bloomer. I consider this one
of the indispensable annuals. 75 cents per tray.

CALENDULA: 12". We have a remarkable
offering, Mr. Ball’s own strain of “Orange
Improved”; “Lemon Queen”; “Gold.” Mixed,
75 cents per tray. Sutton’s single hybrids in
mixture of primrose, buff, apricot, cream, and
orange at 50 cents per tray.

CALLIOPSIS (Coreopsis): 18". Var. Drum-
mondi. A quaint little picking flower. Gold with
chestnut brown center. 50 cents per tray.

CENTAUREA War. ;Cyanus(Bachelor’s Button) .
Double bright blue and an unusually fine mix¬
ture of brilliant, extra full flowers. Var.:
Moschata (Sweet Sultan) in choice mixture
only. All 50 cents per tray.

CANDYTUFT: Var.: Umbeilata. Dainty for
edging. Flesh pink and lavender. 50 cents per
tray.

COSMEA (Cosmos): A fine early strain, pink,
white and all colors mixed. Also the new
“Fairy Queen,” a dwarf cosmos with soft
carmine blossom. Very pretty. 60 cents per
tray.

DlANTHUS (Japanese Pink): “Violet Queen,”
unique double flower of clear pale violet.

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“Salmon Queen,” most lovely, finely laciniated
single blossom of salmon pink. 75 cents per
tray.

DIMORPHOTHECA (Star of the Veldt): 6".
“Lemon Queen,” lovely mingled with dwarf
ageratum. “Apricot,” an attractive soft shade
of intense buff, exquisite with dwarf mauve
petunia for edging. Hybrids in varying shades
from primrose through buff. Desirable as edg¬
ing plant or for an unusual window-box.
50 cents per tray.

FtTCHSIA: (See Group 2.)

GERANIUM: (See Group 2.)

GYPSCPHILA (Baby’s Breath): Try the deli-
cate pink variety we offer. 50 cents per tray.

HELlOPHILA: A new annual from Capetown.
Grows 18” with blue white-eyed blossoms.
Plant behind Dimorphotheca or the orange
Ursinia. 15 cents each ex-pots, $1.20 for ten.

HELIOTROPE: (See Group 2.)

LARKSPUR: Stocks-flowered. 2'. Branching in
habit (plant 10” apart) from a superb strain of
seeds. Empress Rose, soft pink tinged salmon;
Exquisite pink improved, clear pink; lilac;
dark blue; sky-blue and a splendid mixture.
Hyacinth-flowered. 2'. (4" between plants.)
This type has one beautiful central spike for
cutting. Lilac; pink; white; sky-blue and dark
blue. All 80 cents per tray.

LAVATERA (Sutton’s Loveliness): 2'. This is
an annual mallow with brilliant rose blooms;
compact plant. Beautiful near Delphinium
Sinense. 15 cents each ex-pots, $1.20 for ten,

LEMON VERBfiNA: (See Group 2.)

LOBjELIA “Cambridge Blue.” 5”. This soft
shade of lobelia lends itself admirably for
edging a rose garden. It does not encroach, it
blooms till freezing and is altogether lovely.
75 cents per tray.

LUPlNUS (Lupine): 2^'. We are offering the
most enchanting colors in this delightful cut
flower. Misty blue, pale pink, cream and pink,
and dark blue. The dwarf sort growing but one
foot, in rich blue and a soft yellow tinged
orange, and fragrant. 15 cents each ex-pots.
$1.20 for ten.

MARIGOLD: (See Tagetes.)

MIGNONETTE: Sweet-scented. Spot this in, in
the midst of white petunias for fragrance along
the edge of the garden path. 75 cents per tray.

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NEMfiSIA: i' (allow 5" between plants.) We
offer two colors, pale yellow and rich orange,
from highly reliable seeds. 15 cents each ex¬
pots. $1.20 for ten.

NEM6PHILA INSIGNIS (Baby blue-eyes):
4". Sky-blue blooms, pretty for edging. 50
cents per tray.

NICOTlANA (Tobacco Plant): 3'. Pure white
tubular flowers which emit a sweet tropical fra¬
grance at night. Hybrids also in shades of red.
50 cents per tray.

NIGELLA (Love-in-a-Mist) : iK7- Feathery
foliage, corn-flower blue blossom. 60 cents per
tray.

PANSY : (See Group 3.)

PETUNIA: Demand for special type and color
petunia is very exacting, and rightly so. We
grow only the finest single ones. “Violacea,” a
very fancy strain, large single velvety black-
purple. Ex-pots 25 cents, $2.00 for ten. “Blown
Ruby,” an uncommon red petunia which has
been likened to the antique ruby of Colonial
glass. Indescribably artistic. 25 cents ex-pots
while they last! Var. Nana erecta. “Rosy
Morn;” violet; mauve; “White Pearl,"
brilliant rose. All charming compact plants
with small blossoms. None better for edging.
75 cents per tray. The mauve comes also ex¬
pots from cuttings at 15 cents each. $1.20 for
ten. Var., Pendula, balcony type. Violet blue
and white. We recommend the latter two for
window boxes. 60 cents per tray.

PHLOX DRUMM6NDI: This friendly annual
is indeed an aquisition to any garden. With it
almost any color combination may be achieved.
Our plants are from the most reliable seeds.
The tall 10" phlox we offer in buff, deep violet,
delicate pink, bright crimson, deep crimson,
white, salmon-rose and assorted. The dwarf
5" an ideal edging plant in the following colors:
Mauve Beauty; Delicate pink; Snowball; Fire¬
ball, a brilliant red; Apricot; Rich salmon and
“Pink Beauty," the color of the popular
Sweet William. In ordering, please specify
whether tall or dwarf. All 60 cents per tray.

SALPIGLOSSIS: 2'. White with golden throat;
brown and gold; Chamois-rose and Chelsea
Hybrids — a superb mixture of all the bright¬
est colored, largest flowered varieties. All 75
cents per tray.

SALVIA (Pink Gem) : 2'. The plant gives a misty
effect, its silvery leaf-bracts being tipped with
bright pink. Try groups of one or two dozen,
set about 8" apart, the dwarf white petunia at
its base and heliotrope adjacent. 75 cents per
tray.

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SCAB I OSA : (Mourning Bride) : 1 8". Azure F airy,
Flesh pink, peach blossom and all colors
mixed. 50 cents per tray.

SCENTED GERANIUM : (See Group 2.)

STOCKS: We offer the only variety which will
blossom in the garden. Carmine pink; blood
red; white. 15 cents each ex-pots. $1.00 for ten.

SUNFLOWER (English Miniature) : 4'. This is a
charming thing for background in the picking
garden. Pale primrose with very dark center.
Flowers about the size round of a tumbler.
50 cents per tray.

TAGfeTES (Marigold): Var. : Patula, French
marigold. “Josephine,” a tall plant bearing rich
brown flowers, petals tipped with gold. Prized
for cutting. Dwarf Mahogany brown; dwarf
“Golden Ball,” clear yellow; and mixed. Var.:
Erecta; African Marigold; Pale primrose, our
specialty, which is very much in demand and a
mixture from Scotland of orange and lemon,
where it has taken prizes. Var. : Signata
pumila, commonly called “tagetes,” is ideal for
window boxes or edging. Dwarf, continuous
bloomer. All marigolds, 50 cents per tray.

VERBfiNA: (See Group 2.)

ZINNIA: 2^/2' . We have superb offerings in this
plant. Think of Benary’s big giants in lovely
buff to combine with delicate pink. Both of
these are charming. Try them. Or would you
like burnt orange or Buttercup, a creamy
yellow; lavender or deep flesh; apricot-orange;
the dahlia-flowered “Pink Profusion” in its
varying salmon shades; the pastel “Lemon
Beauty” with its overlay; Queen Victoria, the
finest white; or bright cardinal to please the
men? We have them all and a few assorted
trays without red. The Lilliput zinnia for
those who wish the little pompon for cutting in
delicate pink (new) and salmon rose. All
zinnias 60 cents per tray.

Group 2

Special Annuals

For the discriminating gardener.

DAHLIA: 18”. We offer a choice of three minia¬
ture dahlias now so popular for table decora¬
tion. Coltness hybrids, Coltness yellow;
Unwin's prettysemi-double Scotch hybrids, and
the charming English “Peter Pan.” The
blooms of all of these are small anemone¬
shaped, very dainty for cutting. The plants
dwarf. Potted plants well-started. 35 cents
each. $3.00 for ten.

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CENTRANTHUS RUBER: Red valerian or
“Pretty Betsy.” A gem for cutting. Its old-
rose blossom being quite unique. Ex-pots 15
cents each. $1.20 for ten

CONVOLVULUS: Heavenly blue morning
glory improved; earlier-flowering. Buy these
potted vines, 3 in a pot, and set pot and all in
the ground. What results you should have.
$1.50 per pot.

ENGLISH IVY: For window-boxes. We furnish
these for your convenience in pots (3 vines) at
$1.50 per pot.

FIJCHSIA: Deep plum. Best pink. 75 cents per
pot.

GERANIUM “Granville.” Bright single salmon.
“Snowdrop,” single white, 50 cents each. $4.00
for ten.

GERANIUM: Scented. Rose and lemon. Your
choice. For reminiscent perfume in the garden.
Ex-pots 50 cents each.

HELIOTROPE: Dark blue, sweet scented, from
cuttings only, to insure fragrance. Low spread¬
ing plant ideal for the garden. 25 cents each
ex-pots. $2.00 for ten.

*LIMNANTHES: Indian cress family. A lovely
new annual for the rock garden or near the
pool. The plant creeping in tendency about
6" high, with beautiful cress-like foliage. The
flowers are white and yellow, sometimes called
California cream-cup. Mr. Pudor says “You
will surely love it as we do.” Here then is
something different. 15 cents ex-pots. $1.20 for
ten.

SALVIA: Var. : Farinacea. This lovely thing in
soft mauve-blue should be in generous groups
for best effect. Var.: Patens. The purest blue
of the floral kingdom. Clear sapphire. Both
salvias 15 cents each ex-pots. $1.20 for ten.

STATICE: The annual statice we have found
quite artistic, both in the garden and in the
house. We offer S. Sinuata in navy blue, and
bright rose and S. Bonduelli in yellow. 25 cents
each ex-pots. $1 .70 for ten.

URSINIA: i'. Rich orange yellow with a ring of
purple. A choice product of South Africa.
15 cents each ex-pots. $1.20 for ten.

VERBENA: This is extremely satisfactory for a
late summer and autumn cut flower, furnishing
a needed flash of color in the garden even after
light frosts. This year we have the most desired

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shades; Mayflower, the exquisite pale pink;
Ellen Willmott, salmon pink; Hybrida Grandi-
fiora Royale, deep royal blue with creamy
yellow eye. 20 cents each ex-pots. $1.50 for ten.

VERBfiNA ERINOIDES (Moss Verbena):
Purplish blooms and mossy foliage. 80 cents
per tray.

VERBfiNA (Lemon): 25 cents ex-pots. $2.00 for
ten.

WALLFLOWER: 18". This annual double wall¬
flower, delicately scented, is quite an aquisition
to the little garden. We are growing one of rich
brown. 15 cents each ex-pots. $1.20 for ten.

SWEET PEAS : Potted vines ready to set in the
ground (April as soon as the soil can be
worked.) Mary Pickford, cream salmon pink;
Miss California, rose; Constance Hinton,
white; Commander Godsall, deep violet blue;
Powerscourt, finest lavender and an “All the
best” mixture. Sold in pots (3 vines each). 12
pots $1.25, 50 pots, $4.00; set 8" apart.
ORDER EARLY, PLANT EARLY.

Group 3

“Flowers worthy of Paradise”

— Milton.

Spring Garden Offerings

ALYSSUM SAXATILE (Rock Madwort or
Goldentuft) : 6-8". Var. : Compactum, bright
yellow. Var.: Compactum citrinum, pale
yellow. $2.00 for ten, $ 16.00 per hundred.

*ANEMONE: Var.: Pulsatilla (The Pasque
Flower). 6-12". May. A gem for the rock
garden; its beautiful violet blossoms a herald
of spring. 40 cents each, $3.00 for ten.

*ANCHUSA: Var.: Myosotidiflora. i' Sun.
Flowers like panicled for-get-me-nots. 40 cents
each, $3.50 for ten.

*ARABIS: 6". Var.: Albida (White Siberian
Rock Cress), April-May. Var.: Alpina rosea
(Pink Alpine Rock Cress), pale rose. $2.00 for
ten, $14.00 per hundred.

*AUBRETIA DELTOIDIA (Rock Cress): 6".
This is a lovely spring plant carpeting the
ground or rocks with bright bloom. Rose; the
lovely purple Hendersoni; the lavender
Graeca. All $3.00 for ten.

BELLIS PERENNIS (English Daisy): We offer
the bright pink. $1.50 for ten.

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♦CHEIRANTHUS ALLIONI (Siberian Wall¬
flower): i'. Makes brilliant patches of pure
orange. For rocks, edgings, etc. $2.00 for ten,
$16.00 per hundred.

*DRABA (Whitlow Grass): 3". Var. : Aizoides.
Give this a sunny aspect, sheltered and you
will be rewarded by a wealth of pale yellow
blossoms in early spring. Enchanting with
lavender crocus. $3.50 for ten.

*GLOBULARIA: Var.: Trichosantha. 6". This
is a charming plant; its lavender-blue blossoms
in round heads adding delightful variety to the
May and June garden. Edging or rocks.
Half-shade desirable. $3.00 for ten.

♦IRIS PUMILA (Dwarf Flag): 4-8". May.
Purple, lavender-blue, orange. $2.00 for ten,
$16.00 per hundred.

MERTfiNSIA VIRGlNICA (Virginian Cow-
slip): 1-2'. Pendant flowers, blue changing to
pink. Half-shade best. Beautiful among ferns,
with yellow daffodils. $2.00 for ten, $16.00 per
hundred.

MYOSOTIS (For-get-me-not) : Var. : Dissitiflora,
blue; Alpestris, pink and royal blue are the best
to plant among tulips; Sylvestris for woodland
and Palustris semperflorens for moist situa¬
tions in shade. $2.00 for ten, $14.00 per
hundred.

PANSY : We grow our pansies from the fanciest
strains procurable, in separate colors, viz.: pure
white without eye; clear yellow without eye;
light blues and lavenders mixed; dark purple,
upper petals tipped lavender; tender light
blue, beautiful; apricot shaded yellow; bronze;
Burgundy red; and mixed. 75 cents per dozen,
$4.50 per hundred. Do not confuse these prices
with basket offerings which contain few plants.

PAPAVER NUDICAtJLE (Iceland Poppy):
9-15". Sun. Late April-July. Late August-
October. Fairy-like flowers on leafless stems.
A beautiful strain of brilliant mixed colors, also
“Tangerine,” “White,” “Yellow” and “Coo-
nara” (shades of pink). $2.00 for ten, $16.00 per
hundred.

♦PHLOX: Var.: Subul&ta. Creeping phlox. We
have the very best in this item. “G. F. Wilson,”
the loveliest lavender; “Apple-blossom,” ex¬
quisite lavender-pink; and “Vivid.” Brilliant
(not the dull) rose pink. All $2.70 for ten. Var.:
Divaricita. “Spring Dream,” our specialty.
A superb strain bearing a wealth of beautiful
grey-blue blossoms without a trace of off color.
We can barely supply the demand each season.
45 cents each. $4.00 for ten.

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POLEMONIUM: Var.: Reptans (Greek

Valerian). 6-8". Half-shade best where possi¬
ble, fern-like leaf, flowers blue in lax panicles.
Drift this along the border, interplant with
Clara Butt or Moonlight tulip. $2.00 for ten,
$18.00 per hundred.

*PRIMULA POLYANTHA (Bunch primrose or
Polyanthus): 6-10". Half-shade. Late April-
May. "Munstead,” strain of yellows only.
Perfected by Miss Jekyll in her English garden.
$2.70 for ten, $25.00 per hundred. "Six Hills,”
a delightful strain of many colors developed
after years of selection by Mr. Clarence Elliott
and said to surpass the famous Spetchley
strain. Grown from costly seeds. $3.75 for ten,
$35.00 per hundred. "Blue Beauty,” lovely
woodland tones of purple blues to lavender.
Color intensified if given shade. A choice new
English offering. $3.50 for ten.

♦SANGUINARIA and TRILLIUM: $8.00 per
hundred. TIARELLA, $10.00 per hundred.
Ferns and other wildlings on request.

*SAXIFRAGA (Saxifrage): "Rosy Queen.” A
mossy variety of palest pink. $2.20 for ten.
Var.: Cordifolia. This is the delightful
megasea which Miss Jekyll recommends, and
quite rightly. Furnishes decorative foliage
suitable for either edging or for a woodland
copse. April-May. 12-15". 45 cents each, $4.00
for ten.

♦TROLLIUS EUROPAEUS (Mt. Globe Flower)
May- June. Beautiful spring flower, like
double buttercup. Orange, yellow or hybrids.
Stock scarce. 50 cents each, $4.50 for ten.

*VERONICA: Var.: Rupestris. 4-5". Sun. May.
Trailing plant. Flowers purplish blue. Var.:
Teucrium: 6-12". Dense growth. Late May.
Blue. Both $2.70 for ten.

*VlOLA: Var.: Grandiflora; Imperial Blue, fine;
Primrose Dame, clear yellow; Maggie Mott,
pretty lavender; Purple King, rich red-purple;
white; and Archie Grant, the well-known blue.
Var.: Cornuta. Smaller blossom. Thuringia, a
sea of red-purple blooms with white faces —
one of our favorites. Mauve Queen, violet; and
the genuine "Johnny Jump Up.” Var.: Gra¬
cilis. In this we have a rock gem, the yellow
lutea; Var.: Hybrida, includes Sutton’s
Apricot, so much wanted; Haslemere, a
charming lavender-pink to plant with myosotis
Black Knight. All of the foregoing $2.00 for
ten. $18.00 per hundred of not less than
twenty- five of a kind. G. Wermig in both white
and violet. Jersey Gem Both similar to long
stemmed violets. Huntercombe Purple, pro¬
ducing large rich, purple, fragrant blooms. A
gem from England. The last three $2.75 for ten.

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Group 4

“And I doe wish all Gentlemen and
Gentlewomen, whom it may concerne,
to bee as careful whom they trust with
the planting and re-planting of these
fine flowers, as they would be with so
many jewels.”

— Parkinson. Paradisus 1629.

Perennials

ACHILLEA PTARMICA (Sneezewort) : 2
June, July. Var.: Perry’s White. $2,00 for ten.

ACONiTUM (Monkshood): Var.: Napellus,
3-4'. Early bright blue flower. June, July.
$2.40 for ten. Var.: Sparks, very dark blue,
tall-growing up to 6'. July, August. Fine with
pink phlox. $3.00 for ten. Var.: Fischeri,
stocky plant, with large, rich blue hoods.
Choice for September, 3'. $3.00 for ten. Var.:
Wilsonii, rare, 5-6', violet blue hoods. 50 cents
each, $4.50 for ten.

AGROSTEMMA CORONARY (Mullein Pink,
Dusty Miller, Rose Campion): 2'. Foliage
silvery. Blooms June, July. Flowers rich, glow¬
ing crimson; also white. $2.00 for ten.

*ALYSSUM: Var.: Argentium (Silvery Mad-
wort.) 15". Later than Saxatile. Blooms
through July. Leaves silvery underneath,
flowers in yellow clusters. $2.00 for ten, $18.00
per hundred. Var.: Saxatile, see Group 3.

ANEMONE: Var.: Japonica. iJ^-2'. Alba, ex¬
quisite pure white, single blossoms, and Queen
Charlotte, semi-double, soft pink. Late fall.
$2.40 for ten. Var.: Hupehensis. 2'. Lovely
pinkish mauve blossoms. Earlier than the first
named, commencing to bloom in August and
continuing till frost. We think fhis enchanting
and feel sure you will want it. $2.50 for ten.
Var. : Pulsatilla. 6". (See Group 3.)

ANCHtFSA (Alkanet) : Var.: Barrelieri. 12".
Flowers gentian blue. Usable in narrow border
where Dropmore is overpowering. $3.00 for
ten. Var.: Italica Dropmore. 3-4'. Though a
weedy plant the color of the blooms, brilliant
gentian-blue, makes it desirable. Planted in
association with pink or apricot poppies it is
very striking. $2.40 for ten. Var.: Myosotidi-
fiora. (See Group 3.)

*ANDROSACE (Rock Jasmine) : 6". April, May.
Var. : Coronopifolia. Creeping plant, white
bloom, full sun. 50 cents each, $4.50 for ten.

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ANTHEMIS (Camomile): Var.: Kehvayi. 2'.
Better than type. Pale yellow, daisy-like
blooms, silvery, fine-cut foliage. June, October.
$2.00 for ten.

AQUILEGIA (Columbine): 2-3'. May-June.
Long-spurred variety in white, pink, blue, and
yellow, from imported English seed. The
charming yellow Chrysantha which blooms
most of the summer. Your choice $2.40 for ten.
Dobbie’s Imperial Hybrids from Scotland.
Nothing finer. Noteworthy for its long spurs
and exquisite gradation of color, a result of ten
years’ selection and reselection. Yielding
beautiful blues, including lavender, heliotrope,
mauve, etc., and palest pink to deeper reds.
This is very special. $3.00 for ten. “Rose
Queen,” a beautiful development, having
long spurs; the effect pale pink and creamy-
white. $3.00 for ten. “Silver Queen,” white to
cream with spurs tinged rosy-sapphire. $3.00
for ten. “Mrs. Nichols,” an unrivalled long-
spurred blue with white throat, a glorified
Rocky Mt. Aquilegia. $2.70 for ten. “Emily
Tenney,” a rare and lovely lavender. $3.00 for
ten. “Uppingham,” lovely yellow with rose-
pink long spurs. $2.70 for ten. *“Glandulosa,”
which Clarence Elliott describes as “the most
sumptuous of all Columbines, huge-spreading
sapphire blooms with white centers.” May.
18". Enjoys sweet, rich loam. $3.50 for ten.
And last, but not least, our own American
wildling, the little gem of our woods, Canaden¬
sis. §2.00 for ten, $16. co per hundred.

ARAB IS: (See Group 3.)

*ARENARIA: Var.: Montana (Mountain Sand¬
wort). 4”. May. Trailing masses of snow-white
flowers. One of the finest Alpines. $2.50 for ten.

ARMfiRIA (Thrift): Var.: Gigantea. 2'. Fine to
cut. Laucheana. 6". Deep rose, for edging.
Close planting essential. Formosa, pale pink.
$ 2.20 for ten, $18.00 per hundred.

ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI (Bearberry):
Excellent ground cover. Flowers small white or
pinkish, leaves gray-green, fruit wine-red.
Collected plants, $14.00 per hundred. Prices
ex-pots, on application.

ARTEMISIA: Var.: Pontica, a very good plant
to finish corners; its silvery foliage a good foil
for Sweet William. Var.: Lactiflora. 4'. Excel¬
lent tall plant to set back of phlox. Silvery
foliage and whitish blooms in August and
September. Hawthorn-scented. Var.: Silver
King; choice for cutting, not so tall as Lacti¬
flora. Var.: Abrotanum. 2'. (Southernwood,
Lad’s Love, Old Man). Plant for fragrant
foliage. $2.40 for ten.

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ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA (Butterfly- weed) :
1^2-2' . A weed worth establishing. Burnt
orange blooms. July, August, $2.00 lor ten.

ASTER (Michaelmas Daisy): Late August-
October. 4-5'. Barr’s Pink, very large blos¬
soms — the finest pink. 40 cents each, $3.50
for ten. Lavender, white, and rose-purple.
$2.00 for ten. Lower growers, 3', St. Egwyn,
mauve-pink, and Blue Gem, a good blue.
$2.00 for ten. Var. : Amellus. Lower still, 2',
King George, blue-violet. Bearing a wealth of
bloom in September. Beautiful. 45 cents each,
$4.00 for ten. Var.: Subcoeruleus, 9". Spring
blooming. Rich violet. $2.20 for ten.

ASTlLBE (False Goat’s Beard): 3'. We offer two
hybrids, one pink, one white. Plant in retentive
soil in partial shade. 50 cents each, $4.50 for
ten.

♦AUBRIETIA DELTOIDEA (Rock Cress): 6".
(See Group 3.)

BAPTISIA: Var.: Australis (blue, wild or false
indigo): 3-4'. May, June. When established
this plant, with its attractive foliage and blue
pea-shaped blossom, makes a lovely feature in
the garden. $2.00 for ten.

BfiLLIS PERENNIS: (See Group 3.)

BOCCONIA CORDATA (Plume Poppy): 6-8'.
July, August. Flowers in cream yellow panicles
shoot upward from the glaucous leaves.
Striking for bold effect in the background.
$2.00 for ten.

BOLT0NIA LATISQUAMA (Broad-scaled Bol-
tonia): 4-5'. August, September. Lavender-
pink daisy-like flowers which add greatly to
the late summer garden. $2.00 for ten.

BtJDDLEIA (Butterfly Bush): Var.: Magnifica.
Shrub-like plant with many lilac blossoms.
50 cents each, $4.50 for ten.

CAMPANULA (Bellflower): C. ALLIARIAEF-
FOLIA: 1 yi-2\ Sun. July. Desirable, vigorous
plant. Bloom creamy white. *C. CARPA-
TICA: Var.: Turbinata. 6-12". July,
August. Dwarf violet-blue, cup-shaped flower.
Grayish leaves. Var.: “Riverslea.” 6-12".
July, August. Choice variation of the type,
flattish deep-blue flowers. Fine for rock garden.
Last named, 40 cents each, $3.00 for ten. Var.:
LACTIFLORA: 2fA-6'. Branching plant
which is at its best in part shade. China-blue
bells. July, August. *C. GARGANICA
(Gargano Harebell) : 3-6". Sun. May, Septem¬
ber. Trailing rock plant, bearing tufts of pale

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blue- violet flowers. 40 cents each, $3.00 for ten.
C. GRANDIFLORA: PLATYCODON. (Japa¬
nese Bellflower or Balloon Flower.) 2^-3'.
Part shade desirable but not imperative. Alba
(white) and violet-blue. Indispensable. Var.:
*Mariesi is dwarfer than type, about 12", blue
flower very attractive among rocks. C. GLO-
MERATA: 1-2'. Purple-blue bells on large
flower heads. June, July. C. MEDIUM (Can¬
terbury Bell): . Sun. Biennial. We have

the single in lavender, rose, white. C. PERSI-
CIFOLIA (Peach Bells): 1K-3'. Sun. Early
June, July. Indispensable. Alba (white). En¬
chanting massed back of rich crimson Sweet
William. Var.: Telham Beauty: 2}^'. China-
blue blossoms. Very fine. 40 cents each, $2.50
for ten. Var.: English Hybrids: 3'. This has
attracted much attention in London flower
exhibits. Majestic spikes shading from white to
deep blue. 40 cents each, $3.50 for ten. Var.:
Everest. 4'. A robust variation. Long spikes of
single lavender bells. English importation.
Uncommon. 50 cents each, $4.00 for ten. The
King. 3'. The first large variety of the Coron-
ata type (cup and saucer). Deep, rich, almost
violet-colored blossoms on a sturdy branching
plantv50 cents each, $4.00 for ten. C. PYRA-
M I DALIS (Chimney Plant, Steeple Bells):
4-6'. Sun. August. Fine, tall spikes of delft-
blue bells. Effective in isolated groups or
rising behind phlox. 40 cents each, $3.50 per
ten. *C. ROTUNDIFOLIA (Blue Bells of
Scotland, or Harebell): 6-12". June to late
August. Its drooping bells show to advantage
in crannies of the rock garden or wall. Unless
otherwise noted, prices of Campanula are 35
cents each, $2.00 for ten.

CANTERBURY BELL: (See Campanula
Medium.)

CARNATION: Var.: Grenadin. This is an excel¬
lent hardy garden carnation. Colors: white,
bright scarlet, Rosy Queen and King of the
Blacks. $2.20 for ten.

CASSIA MARILANDICA (Wild Senna): 4-5'.
Locust-like foliage, golden blossoms in late
July, August. Poor soil will not discourage this
fine roadside plant. $2.00 for ten.

CENTAUREA: C. Dealb^ta (Whitened knap¬
weed) : 18-24". Sun or shade. Deep pink, white
centers. Late June, early August. Good. C.
Montana (Mountain Bluet or Knapweed):
12-20". June, July. Will not become too coarse
if kept rigidly sheared. Purplish-blue. All
Centaurea, $2.00 for ten.

*CERASTIUM TOMENTdSUM (Cottony
Mouse-ear): 3-6". Sun. June. A rock plant

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which will grow quite happily on the level, but
which shows its true habit hanging in sheets
from an upright wall. $2.00 for ten.

CEPHALARIA: Var. : Alpina. 3-4'. Sun. Early
J uly-mid-August. Delightful associated with
delphinium. Its blooms are palest yellow. $2.40
for ten.

*CHEIRANTHUS: (See Group 3.)

CHRYSANTHEMUM : Autumn-flowering. Our
early English strain in assorted colors only.
You can pinch off the August blossoms and
throw bloom into September. Besides this
English strain, we offer the best extra early
varieties, viz.: Barbara Cumming, yellow
pompon; Uvalda, white pompon; Mrs. H.
Harrison, pale pink button; Provence, light
pink pompon; Idolf, aster-flowered, salmon-
pink; Gipsy Girl, single-flowering terra cotta;
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, fine, single cardinal red
overlaid orange. C. Leucanthemum, “May
Queen.” Commences to yield its white daisies
when cut flowers are scarce. “Mrs. C. Lowthian
Bell.” 2 >4'. A glorified Shasta daisy, blooming
in early July. C. Uliginosum: Tall feathery
plant, white daisy-like blooms in August,
September. Var.: Korean. This new offering
from the Orient, grows 2-3' in height and as
much across. Blossoms white, petals some¬
times turning pink. October-early December.
Strong plants, 35 cents each, $2.70 for ten.
Clumps $6.00 for ten. All other chrysanthe¬
mums, $2.00 for ten.

CIMIClFUGA: Var.: Racemosus (Black Snake-
root) : Rather striking white blooms, on plants
3-8', in July, early August. Good for shady
spots. 40 cents each, $3.00 for ten.

COMMELlNA: Var.: Coelestis. 1 >£'. Here we
have a perfect bright indigo blue blossom with
reed-like foliage. Beautiful among gray-leaved
plants. Too tender to withstand severe winters.
Store its roots in sand. 40 cents each, $2.50 for
ten.

COREOPSIS: Var. : Lanceol&ta (Tickseed) : 1-2'.
Yellow. Fine foil for larkspurs. Var.: Verticil-
lata (Whorled Tickseed) : 1^2-2'. July, August.
Small flowers, feathery foliage. Choice for
narrow garden. Both, $2.20 for ten.

DAPHNE: Var.: Cneorum. 6-12”. (Garland
Flower). Late April, May. Dense trailing ever¬
green, bearing deep pink, heavily fragrant
flowers. Often blooms again in September.
Plants 6-8" spread. $1.25 each. 8-10" $1.50.

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DELPHINIUM (Larkspur): 3-9'. “Pudor’s
Prizewinners" a strain of larkspur which
defies description. Florets very large, colors
beautiful. "Pudor’s Private Wrexham Mixture”
also marvelous. These two rare offerings we
sell for $2.00 per plant. Cherry Meadow Hy¬
brids, a very choice strain, plants tall and
rugged, $3.50 for ten, Var.: Belladonna,
‘‘Cliveden Beauty,” sky-blue, branching plant,
medium height; Bellamosum, similar with
sapphire blooms. $ 2.20 for ten. Var.: Sinense
(Chinese larkspur), sapphire blue, white and
Azure Fairy, sky blue. These bloom after the
foregoing varieties. Plants are slender, height
2-3'. $2.00 for ten.

DlANTHUS (Pink): Var.: Fragrans, the loveli-
est single white. Powerfully fragrant. Corona¬
tion, cream with a dark center. Ipswich Crim¬
son, deepest maroon. Cyclops, fine single pink;
rosy red with dark zone. All named dianthus
plumarius, $2.20 for ten. *Var.: Caesius.
Beauty for the rock garden. Single fragrant,
rosy flowers spring from tuft of glaucous foliage.
$3.00 for ten. War. : Deltoides, (Maiden
Pink): 4”. Ideal mingled with campanula ro-
tundifolia.Smalldeeppinkblooms. $2.00 for ten.

DICfiNTRA SPECTABIUS or Dlf.LYTRA
(Bleeding Heart): Late April, mid-July. Does
much better in partial shade. Rose-colored
heart-shaped flowers with white protuberances
droop from arching stems. 50 cents each.

DICTAMNUS ALBUS (Fraxinella, Gas Plant,
Burning Bush, Dittany): 2-3'. Sun or part
shade. June, July. Plan to place this where it
will remain indefinitely undisturbed, and do
not crowd. Takes time to establish. 50 cents
each.

DIGITALIS (Foxglove) : Var. : Purpurea. “Giant
Shirley Improved,” the last word in vari¬
colored foxgloves. This will attain a height of
5-7'. $2.40 for ten. Var.: Marshall’s White,
brought to perfection, is this pure white fox¬
glove. $2.20 for ten. A beautiful strain and to
us the perfection of foxglove beauty. Isabel-
lina, 5', a new hybrid Gloxiniaeflora, a lovely
chamois shade. Perennial. $2.40 for ten.

*DRABA (Whitlow Grass): (See Group 3.)

*DRACOCEPHALUM : Var.: Ruyschiana

(Ruysch’s Dragon’s Head): 12". July. Large
purple and white helmets. Fine for rocks in
partial shade. 40 cents each, $3.00 for ten.

*DRYAS OCTOPfeTALA (MT. AVENS): Ex¬
quisite trailing Alpine with^pure white flowers
with yellow anthers, not unlike dog-rose.
Requires sun and lime. 40 cents each, $3.00 for
ten.

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ECHINACEA: Var. : Purpurea (Black Sampson
or Purple Coneflower). 2-3'. Showy rayed
flowers, drooping dull-rose petals, buttony
brown centers. August garden. $2.20 for ten.
Var.: Arbendsonne, a beautiful new variety.
$3.00 for ten.

ECHlNOPS (Globe Thistle): Var.: Ritro. 2-3'.
July, August. Flowers in globe-shaped heads of
brilliant steel blue. This should be more widely
planted, for its unique charm. Var.: Sphaero-
cephalus. 5-7'. For bold plantings with
Bocconia in a wdde border. Flowers paler than
the foregoing. Var.: Humilis. 2^/2 dwarf
species from the Caucasus. Bright blue heads.
All $2.00 for ten.

fiLYMUS GLAUCUS (Blue Lyme Grass) : 3'.
Plant for artistic foliage effect. Slender bluish-
green leaves. $3.00 for ten.

ERYNGIUM (Sea-holly): 1^-2'. Var.: Alpi-
num. Steel blue stems and spreading involucres
make this odd garden plant quite fascinating.
Fancies part shade. Amethystinum Var.:
Oliverianum. Artistic steel blue flower heads
are lovely with saffron or pink roses in a vase.
$3.00 for ten.

EREMURUS BUNGEII: 3'. June, July. Rare
perennial from Persia. Flowers tubular, yellow,
rise from grass like mat of leaves. $5.00 each.

ERtGERON (Fleabane): 6720". Var.: Coulteri.
Bears wdiite, feathery, daisy-like flowers. Late
May, late June. Plant in masses for the spring
garden. Var.: Glaucus. T. Half-shade. May,
June. Violet-blue, yellow center. Var.: Specio-
sus. Lovely purplish lilac. June, July. Sun.
$2.00 for ten. The Erigeron is akin to the daisy,
but the petals are more numerous and slender.

*ERINUS ALPINUS (Wall Erinus) : 3-4". May,
June. Sun or half-shade. Charming Alpine,
carmine blooms. Plants will not be saleable till
August. 40 cents each, $3.00 for ten.

EUPATORIUM: Var.: Purpureum (Jo-Pye or
Trumpet- weed) : 5-7'. Sun or part shade. Late
July, September. Delightful in the border with
pink phlox. Blossoms mulberry. Var.: Coeles-
tinum (Mist flower). Our strain comes from
Kansas, where the plant is a native. Blossoms
are similar to ageratum, lavender-blue. Plant
grows 12-18" tall. Just back of edging plants.
Both E. $2.20 for ten.

*FESTUCA ALPINA: Tufts of glaucous fine
grass. Effective in woodland planting, among
rocks. $2.00 for ten.

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FtJNKIA: Var.: Subcordata grandiflora. 2'.
(Large Flowered Plantain Lily.) We regard
this as the most attractive of the species.
Fragrant white, tubular flower-stalks rise from
mound of large leaves. 50 cents each, $4.50 for
ten.

GAILLARDIA (Blanket flower): Var.: Aristata
(grand.) 1^-3'. June, September. From this
old garden favorite we have a wealth of bloom
all summer. Petals yellow and tawny red. Our
strain “Ipswich Beauty" a superior develop¬
ment. Another comes in straw yellow with rose
zone. $2.00 for ten.

GALfiGA OFFICINALIS (Goat’s Rue): 2-3'.
Sun or part shade. Bushy plant. Blossom white,
pea-shaped. $2.00 for ten. Two developments
of this “Hartlandi," pink and white. “Duchess
of Bedford," lilac and white. 40 cents each,
$3.00 for ten.

GERANIUM (Cranesbill) : Var.: findressi. Late
May, late June. Neat dwarf plant with rose
blooms. Var. : Ibericum. 1 One of the best.
Violet blossoms. Var.: Loweii. 2'. Splendid
strong plant with rose-pink blooms. All Cranes-
bills require moist soil and part shade. $2.40 for
ten.

GfiUM (CHILOE AVENS) : 2'. Late June, early
August. Sun. Lady Stratheden, golden yellow,
and Mrs. J. Bradshaw, bright red. Generous
groups in the forepart of the border are very
attractive, at the same time affording good
flowers for cutting. $2.40 for ten.

*GLOBULARIA : (See Group 3.)

GYPSOPHILA (Baby’s Breath): 3'. This might
be called indispensable. Var.: Acutifolia is a
large plant with tiny pale-pink blooms. $2.20
for ten. Var.: Panicul&ta, named Ehrlei, we
tried out and found to be of super-excellence; a
great improvement over the old paniculata.
Earlier blooming season and much whiter in
effect. Grafted plants, at 50 cents each, insure
the true double G. Allow 3' between plants.
*Var.: Repens rosea is a prostrate plant,
lovely creeping over copings, a mist of pale
pink. $3.00 for ten.

HEL&NIUM AUTUMNALE (Sneezeweed) :
4-5'. Sun. August, September. Splendid for
glowing autumn color. “Riverton Gem."
Yellow petals streaked with tawny red.
Rubrum: Tapestry red predominating the
yellow. Var. : Pumilum. A dwarf er type suitable
for more restricted space. Yellow 1.-2'.
$2.20 for ten.

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*HELlANTHEMUM (Rock Rose): 8-15". Re-
quires sun. Flowers in June, July, like small
wild roses. Satisfactory to tuck among rocks.
We offer hybrids in pinks and gold; also segre¬
gated shades of yellow. $3.00 for ten.

HEMEROCALLIS (Day Lily): Var.: Dumortie-
rii 1-2'. Orange. First species to bloom. Early
June. Fragrant. Var. : Middendorfii. 1-3'. Half¬
shade. June, July. Fragrant pumpkin-colored
blooms. Var.: Flava. 3'. June, July. Half¬
shade best. This is the true lemon lily of
grandmother’s garden. Var.: Thunbergi. 3-4'.
Resembles flava with smaller blooms late
July. Var.: Luteola. This is rich yellow, blooms
with Thunbergi, and is effective grouped with
it. Var.: Fulva. 3'. July, early August, Striking
tawny-colored lily rises from bold reed-like
foliage. All $2.20 for ten.

HESPERIS MATRONALIS (Dame’s Violet,
Sweet Rocket): 3'. June. Distinctly old-
fashioned. Fragrant phlox-like blooms in
mixed mauve and white, and a new offering in
pure pink. $2.20 for ten.

HEUCHERA SANGUINE A (Coral Bells) : 1
June, September. Graceful, delicate, coral-red
blooms rise from broad pillows of pale-green
leaves. $2.20 for ten.

HIBISCUS (MARSH MALLOW) : 5-6'. We
offer Moscheutos hybrids in harmonious shades
of reds and pinks. Mixed. $2.20 for ten.

HOLLYHOCK: 5-8'. Sun. Old-fashioned single
variety only. Our Cherry Meadow strain is
especially fine, shades running principally in
beautiful pinks and reds. Many years ago, we
obtained our stock from the gardens of Queen
Victoria. $2.40 for ten.

HYACINTHUS CANDICANS (Galtonia): (See
Group 5.)

*IB£RIS (Candytuft): Var.: Gibraltarica. At¬
tractive rock plant, producing a glorious mat of
pale lilac flowers. Var. : Sempervirens. May and
early June. White. Makes large mats and
drapes over walls admirably. Var.: Tenoreana.
9-12". Rather uncommon. Flowers white, turn
to purple. Excellent rock plant. $3.00 for ten.
Unless otherwise mentioned, all Iberis priced
$2.20 for ten.

*lNULA: Var.: Ensifolia (Sword-leaved Ele¬
campane) : 6-8". Mid. July, September. Yellow
aster-like flowers. $3.00 for ten.

IRIS: We restrict our offerings in Bearded Iris to
varieties whose color of bloom and permanence
of leafage admit them in our opinion to the

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flower border. One may order blue, lavender,
purple, pink, tan, or yellow. $2.00 for ten,
generous corms. I. Pumila (See Group 3). I.
Beardless. We are introducing new varieties of
this class of I., which we feel will make an
appeal to the discriminating. Var. : Siberian.
“Snow Queen,” the well-known pure white
with yellow throat blotch; Siberian, dark blue.
Both $2.00 for ten. Var.: Perry’s Blue. Choice
and uncommon. Bright sky-blue. 75 cents
each. Var.: “Sunnybrook.” Very vigorous
plant with exquisite gray-blue flowers, 40 cents
each, $3.00 for ten. I. Dorothea K. Williamson,
a hybrid which blooms later than Snow Queen.
Velvety purple flower opens almost flat.
Narrow, yellowish-green leaves. $2.40 for ten.
The marsh-loving Iris (which will stand also
dry soil Pseud- Acorus). Very artistic in the
border, its tall, green leaves and yellow flowers
especially fine against greens. $2.40 for ten.
Japanese Iris in white, purple and lavender
singles. 75 cents each.

*JASI6NE PERENNIS (Shepard’s or Sheep
Scabious): 12”. Sun or half-shade. Early
July. Dull light-blue flowers in profusion.
Foliage in tufts. Good. $2.40 for ten.

LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS (Perennial Pea):
6'. Vine bearing small editions of sweet peas.
“Pink Beauty,” which we offer, and “White
Pearl,” are two choice strains. 40 cents each,
$3.00 for ten.

LAVANDULA: Var.: Vera. The true English
lavender from which they manufacture
lavender water. Mid- July, September. Rather
capricious as to wintering in our N. E. winters,
but near the shore it would be safe, and some
winters inland. Our “Munstead Dwarf” is a
low hedge plant, with deeper blue flowers,
coming earlier into bloom. $2.40 for ten

LlATRIS: Var.: Pycnostachya (Dense Spiked
Blazing-star) : 3-5/ August, mid-September.
Reed-like foliage, with rocket-shaped blooms
of lavender. Mass in the border. Var. : Scariosa.
1-5'. Sun. August, September. Desirable fall
plant, deep lavender blooms. $2.20 for ten.

LlNUM PERENNE (Flax): May, August.
i-iyZ'. Feathery plant bearing charming clear
blue blossoms. Allow 9” between plants, and
set i' in from path. $2.00 for ten. Var.: Nar-
bonense. Dwarfer plant with sapphire-blue
blooms. Uncommon and highly recommended.
$3.00 for ten.

*LINARIA: Var. : Macedonia speciosa, 2-3'. Sun
or shade. June, July. An acquisition to the
light yellow garden flowers. $2.20 for ten.

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LUPlNUS (Lupine) : 3-4'. June. English hybrids,
from named varieties. 50 cents each, $4.00 for
ten. Var.: Polyphyllus. Pink, white, blue. $2.40
for ten.

LYCHNIS: Var.: Flos-Jovis. 12-18". Gray,
downy foliage, brilliant rose blossoms. Very
good plant. June, July. L. Chalcedonica
(Soldiers on the Green, Jerusalem Cross,
Scarlet Lightning). 2^-3'. Scarlet flowers
showing well near evergreens. Variation of this
in salmon shades, running fairly true. All L.
$2.00 for ten.

LYTHRUM ROSEUM (Pink Spiked Loose¬
strife): 3'. Late July, mid August. Familiar
swamp plant which will thrive in partly shaded
border. Rose-pink. $2.00 for ten.

LOBELIA CARDINALIS (Cardinal Flower):
3'. July, August. If you have opportunity to
plant a colony of this, you will be perpetuating
a beautiful plant which is threatened with
extermination. $2.00 for ten. $18.00 per
hundred.

MALVA MOSCHATA (Musk Mallow): 1-2'.
June, September. No old-time garden should
be without this sweet plant. Rosea, white,
mixed. Your choice, $2.00 for ten.

MEGASEA: (See Saxifraga.)

MERT£NSIA: (See Group 2.)

MONARDA DIDYMA (Bee Balm): 3'. July,
August. Rich red. $2.00 for ten.

*MORiNA LONGIFOLIA (Whorl-flower): 2'.
Half-shade. June, July. Handsome plant, buds
white turning pink to crimson. Foliage
thistle-like. $3.00 for ten.

*MYOS0TIS (For-get-me-not): (See Group 3.)

MYRRHIS ODORATA (Sweet Cicely): 2}4\
Finely cut, fragrant, fern-like foliage. Rare in
this country. Used in old English gardens. 75
cents each.

NEPETA (Catmint): Mussini. May, June.
8-10". Makes a superfine edging if pruned
back to 3" after blooms fade. We recommend
this highly. $2.20 for ten.

OENOTHERA (Evening Primrose): Var.: Lam-
arcki&na. Biennial. 4-5'. June, July. Not for
small garden. Delightful in wild garden. Pale
yellow blossoms open at twilight. Var.:
Missouriensis, 10". Part shade. June, early
August. Yellow. Var.: Fruticosa (Sundrops):

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1-3'. Sun or half-shade. June, July. Clusters of
showy yellow flowers on red stems. One of the
best. Var.: Trichocalyx, i}4'. Exquisite sweet-
scented, white flowers with golden anthers.
Foliage glaucous. $2.00 for ten.

PAPAVER (Poppy): Var.: Nudicaule (See
Group 3.) Var.: Orientale scarlet; “Mrs.
Perry,” pink; “Mahony,” dark mahogany, and
“Apricot,” pinkish apricot. These are plants
which have proved their color. 50 cents each.
Other poppies which we cannot guarantee to
come ico per cent true are “Mrs. Stobart,”
cerise; “Crimped Beauty,” beautiful shrimp
pink; “Crimson King,” blood red; “Barr's New
White;” “Gerald Perry,” apricot rose;
“Mrs. Harkness,” shrimp pink with lilac
blotch. $2.50 for ten. Var.: Pilosum. Hairy
stemmed. Uniform apricot. Extended bloom¬
ing season. $2.40 for ten.

PACHYSANDRA TERMINALIS (Spurge): i/.
Ideal evergreen ground cover. Will grow in
shade under trees. $2. 20 for ten, $18.00 per 100.

PENTSTfiMON BARBATUS: Var.: TOR¬
RE YI. 4-5'. Sun. Early July, August. A very
charming plant. Brilliant warm red, small,
tubular flowers droop from graceful stems. A
development with salmon-pink blossoms.
$2.40 for ten.

PHLOX PANICULATA: We have restricted our
plantings of this item to a very concise list.
Why fill your garden with superseded varieties
when you can obtain the finest introductions
of the day? WHITE viz.: “Miss Lingard”
(suffruticosa), early July. “Frau A. Buchner,”
August. “Etta's Choice” (not large florets but
lovely effect), September. $2.00 for ten. “Mia
Ruys,” an improved Tapis Blanc, exceedingly
large florets, plant blooming in mid-summer,
about only. A beauty. 50 cents each,

$4.50 for ten. LAVENDER. “Anton Mercie,”
white overshot mauve. $2.00 for ten. “Maid
Marian,” self-color lavender. New. $3.00 for
ten. “Blue Hill.” Makes a striking effect
massed. Velvety purple blue. $3.00 for ten.
PINK: “Annie Cook,” pale pink, early.
“Sommerkleid,” white, suffused delicate pink.
$2.00 for ten. “Rheinlander.” Superb. Rich
salmon, medium height. Late July. $3.50 for
ten. “Enchantress,” salmon pink, strong
grower, 40 cents each, $3.50 for ten. “Jules
Sandeau,” brilliant, radiating, rose-pink. Not
tall. Very desirable. Mid-season, persistent
bloomer. $3.00 for ten. “Milly van Hoboken,”
perfect beauty. Soft pink adaptable to shades
of other plants. Blooms profusely, very large
florets. 40 cents each, $3.50 for ten. RED: We
offer the finest — “Feurbrand,” bright red

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with deeper center. $3.00 for ten. “Prof.
Virchow,” carmine overlaid orange. Striking.
Supersedes Coquelicot. “Hindenberg,” or
“Commander,” an excellent velvety deep red.
Choice. $3.00 for ten.

PLATYCODON: (See Campanula Grand.)

PHYSOSTEGIA VIRGINlANA (Obedient
Plant, Lion’s Heart, False Dragonhead): 1-3'.
Early July, August. Grows in erect, bushy
clumps. Flowers in dense spikes. White, and
pink toward mauve. P. Speciosa Gigantica.
Taller than type, more slender, intense pink.
$2.20 for ten.

POLEM0NIUM CAERtJLEUM (Jacob’s Lad-
der): 1-3'. Half-shade preferred. Late May,
July. Ferny foliage. White. $2.00 for ten.
Himalayanum. 3'. Flowers deep blue. Fine.
$3.00 for ten. P. Reptans: (See Group 3.)

POTENTiLLA (Cinquefoil): 1-2'. Foliage like
strawberry plant. P. Nepalensis. May, June.
Brilliant salmon flowers. P. Willmottae. New
and beautiful. Bright rose flowers. July, Sep¬
tember. Group front of border. Fine combina¬
tions can be made with any of these potentillas.
“Fireflame” is fiery red. The choice named
varieties we imported from England. $3.00 for
ten.

PYRETHRUM ROSEUM: 1-2'. Sun. Charming
daisy-like flowers, in pinks, reds, and white.
Feathery foliage. Plant in groups of three or
five. Our strain is a finer mixture than many
strains on the market. Hybrids, mixed colors.
Carneum, mixed pinks only. James Kelway,
larger plant, bright vermilion. $2.20 for ten.

PRIMULA POLYANTHA: (See Group 3.)

RUDBfiCKIA TRILOBA (Black-eyed Susan):
1-3'. $ 2.00 for ten.

SALVIA (Sage) : S. AZUREA GRANDIFLORA.
3-4'. Late August, September. Waving spikes
of pale blue flowers. Plant needs room to dis¬
play its beauty. S. FARINACEA (Mealy
Sage): (See Group 2). S. PATENS: (See
Group 2). S. *PRAT£NSIS (Meadow Sage):
2'. Sun. June, early July. Deep violet blue.
Variation named Tenorei. An improved praten-
sis; bright blue, continuous bloomer. 40 cents
each, $3.00 for ten. All other Salvias, $2.00 for
ten.

SANTOLlNA (Lavender Cotton): Incana. Dry
soil. - Fine for edging; can be pruned to
suit. Sun. $2.20 for ten, $18.00 per hundred.

♦SAPONARIA OCYMOIDES (Rock Soapwort) :
Brilliant trailer, solid sheets of warm pink.
May, June. $2.00 for ten.

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*SAXlFRAGA (Saxifrage): (See Group 3.)

SCABlOSA CAUCASICA (Pin-cushion Flower) :
1)4-2'. Sun. Rayed flowers on long stems,
palest lavender-blue. $2.20 for ten.

*SfiDUM (Stonecrop): Var.: Acre 3". Very
dwarf rock plant with yellow bloom. Var.:
Stoloniferum. Trailing plant with pinkish
blooms. July, August. Var.: Spathulifolium.
Glaucous foliage and yellow blooms. All $2.40
for ten. Var.: Spathulifolium atropurpureum.
Recently drawing highly favorable comment
from plant hunters. Sheets of this in our state
of California are arresting. Decidedly glau¬
cous to purplish leafage with yellow blossoms.
Emphasis being laid on the beautiful foliage.
$3.50 for ten (ready in autumn). Var.: Specta-
bile. 2'. Rubbery grey foliage, pink blossoms in
August and September. $2.00 for ten.

SIDALCEA: Var.: Candida. Bears white blos¬
soms profusely in June, on erect, somewhat
branching plant. Very good. Var.: “Rose
Queen.” 3'. Sun. June, July. Pink mallow¬
shaped flowers. “Lowfield pink.” Satiny pink.
$2.00 for ten.

♦SISYRlNCHIUM GRANDIFLORUM (Large-
flowered blue-eyed grass): 1'. Sun. May, June.
Rock or wild garden. $2.00 for ten.

SILPHIUM PERFOLlATUM (Cup plant,
Indian Cup, or Compass Plant): 4-8'. Sun.
Mid- July, mid-September. Clear yellow sun¬
flower-like blossoms on rugged plant. $2.00 for
ten.

STACHYS LANATA (Wooly woundwort):
1-1)4'. Sun. Mid- June, late July. Silvery
wooly foliage, blossom incidental. Very good
for edging. §2.00 for ten.

STOKfeSIA CYANEA (Stokes’s Aster): i-itf'-
August, early October. Shaggy, picturesque,
lavender-blue aster. $ 2.20 for ten.

SWEET WILLIAM: We raise this lovely plant
in separate colors. “Pink Beauty,” salmon-
rose ; White, like a beautiful fragrant phlox;
“Fairy,” varying shades of light salmon,
“Dark Crimson,” very dark maroon; “Rich
Crimson,” wine color; and rose pink. $1.80 for
ten, $17.00 per hundred.

THALlCTRUM (Meadow-rue): T. Adianti-
folium. 1-2'. Grown for dainty foliage not
unlike maidenhair fern. Half-shade desirable.
T. . Aquilegiafolium. 1-3'. Feathery flowers,
foliage similar to columbine. Sun or part
shade. T. Glaucum. 2-5'. Bolder than fore-

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going. Half-shade. Attractive blue-green foli¬
age, flower cluster yellowish. June, late July.
All $2.40 for ten. T. Dipterocarpum. Graceful
plant. 4-5'. Blossoms rosy mauve. Not as
hardy as the type. $3.00 for ten.

THERM6PSIS CAROLINIANA: 2-4'. Yellow.
Early June to mid- July. Erect lupine-like
plant, clover-like leaves. Associated with
larkspurs it is attractive. $2.40 for ten.

*TIARELLA CORDIFOLIA: (See Group 3.)

TRADESCANTIA VIRGINlANA (Spider-
wort): Reed-like foliage. Blue blossoms. Late
May. Late August. $ 2.20 for ten.

♦TROLLIUS EUROPAfiUS (Mt. Globe Flower) :
(See Group 3.)

VALERIANA OFFICINALIS (Common Valer¬
ian or Garden Heliotrope): 2-5'. Sun. Plant
this old favorite for its fragrance. White
blossoms in June. $2. 00 for ten.

VERBASCUM (Mullein): Var.: “Miss Will-
mott,” white; Var.: Chaixii. 3'. Yellow. Good
for wild-garden. Sun. Var.: Phoenicium.
Varied colors. Shade necessary. Wild-garden
plant, 2-3'. June, July. $2.20 for ten.

VERONICA (Speedwell): Vars.: Rupestris and
Teucrium: (See Group 3.) Var.: Incana. Mid-
June, late July. Greyish foliage, small blue
flowers, slender spikes. Var. : Longifolia.
Blossoms mauve. Associate with hollyhocks.
Var.: Spicata; 2-2 yi' . Early June, July. One of
the best. All $ 2.00 for ten. Var.: Long. Sub-
sessilis. Dark blue, late August. Associate
with echinacea. Very desirable. $2.50 for ten.

*VlOLA: (See Group 3.)

YUCCA: Var.: Filamentosa (Adam’s Needle):
6'. June, July. Striking cream- white, bell¬
shaped flowers on tropical-looking plant. Old-
fashioned favorite. 2-yr. plants, $2.00 for ten.
3-yr. plants, $3.00 for ten.

Note:

Plants designated by * suitable, though not
confined, to rock planting.

Group 5

Bulbs

CAMASSIA: Var.: Leichlinii. 3'. Deep blue. Sun
or half-shade. Plant in masses of twelve to hun¬
dreds. Will thrive in ordinary garden condi¬
tions or in open moist woods. Plant end of

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September, 3-4" deep, 4" apart. $1.80 per
dozen, $10.00 per hundred.

HYACINTHUS CANDICANS (Galtonia) : 3-4'.
Late July- August. Pendant white bells droop
from tall stalks. Started plants 25 cents each in
pots, which may be plunged in the ground three
inches deep ad libitum. Among the Iris an idea.

LILIES, NARCISSUS, TULIPS and other bulbs
on order. We furnish only first class bulbs of
these. Upon request, Miss Belches will select
your varieties.

Group 6

Potted House Plants

To meet a demand from our patrons,
we shall grow a selected number of
interesting plants for the home window.

Please let us know if you desire to be
on our special 4 ‘House Plant' ’ mailing
list, and we will post you when we have
attractive offerings.

The Winter-Port Bird Shelter

We are making this quaint feeding shelter in our
shop. Something with a mission, both artistic
and unique. Its straw-thatched roof furnishes
a delightful touch to the garden or grounds.
Complete with grain hopper and suet holder
$29.50.

Garden Making

In addition to the making and remaking of
perennial gardens, we are having numerous
calls to plant picking gardens which shall furnish
a wealth of cut flowers for the house throughout
the summer.

So seasonal is the planting of this type of garden
that it will be a mutual benefit if you can let us
know as soon as possible your desires, so that
we may make reservations for you of both time
and plants.

In the autumn we include in our garden work,
bulb planting which might justly be mentioned
with the fine arts, such enchanting color com¬
binations with the lovely spring blooming
perennials can be achieved.

“So now, in conclusion, do I recommend you, and
me, and all of us, to the keeping of a happy and
humble spirit, such as the love of a garden
ought surely to engender.”

— In a Yorkshire Garden.

— Reginald Farrer.

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Olive Mills Belches

member

Massachusetts Horticultural Society
N. E. Farm and Garden Association
American Delphinium Society
Farm Bureau

Garden Consultant
Garden Maker
and

Grower of Annual and Perennial
Flower Plants

Terms of Business

SHIPPING

Prices in this catalog are F.O.B. Framingham,
Mass. We ship via R. R. Express unless other¬
wise instructed.

We cannot ship annuals by parcel post, and pre¬
fer not to ship perennials that way, because
when expressed we can make a type of package
more favorable to the arrival of the plants in
good condition, a mutual benefit.

Please add ten cents to each tray of annuals to be
shipped for special packing required.

CASH WITH ORDER

The expense of bookkeeping for a large quantity
of orders whose individual amounts are not great
would be prohibitive.

RATES

It will be noted that we are making a minimum
charge for single plants of 35 cents because of
labor involved.

Five plants or more of an identical kind are at
the ten rate.

BUSINESS HOURS

Our hours of business are from eight in the morn¬
ing till five in the afternoon.

Sunday we observe as a day of rest.

Our gardens are open to visitors at all times
whether they are buyers or not.

Our post-office address is R.F.D. 2
Framingham, Massachusetts

Telephone, Framingham 917

I believe that Liberty H. Bailey’s Cyclopaedia of Horti¬
culture and Mabel Cabot Sedgvrick’s The Garden Month
by Month , which two agree, should be sufficient authority
to establish a criterion on which to base a uniform pronun¬
ciation of plant names. We are therefore accepting them as
our authority in accenting the syllables in this catalog.