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Althaea rosea, continued 



tity sufficient to plant in large groups, in borders, 

 around the outside of flower-gardens, or against 

 buildings. They are in various colors mixed, 

 carmine, maroon, pink, yellow, salmon, white and 

 intermediate shades. 



Double. Pink, Maroon, White, Yellow, Red. 



ALYSSUM saxatile compactum. Golden Tuft. 

 A mass of bright golden yellow very early in 

 the spring, giving one of the sunniest touches to 

 the garden. It grows less than I foot high, and 

 is best used as a border or to hang over rocks, 

 for it likes a dry situation. 



AMSONIA tabernaemontana. This is a sturdy 

 plant, growing about 2 feet high, with flat clus- 

 ters of pale~ la vender-blue flowers in June. It may 

 be properly used in the shrubbery. 



ANEMONE Japonica alba. Japanese Wind- 

 flower. To our minds the most chaste flower of 

 late autumn, having the beauty of the Madonna 

 Lily. Commencing in August it continues till 

 severe frost. The flowers are borne on long, up- 

 right stems, about 2 feet high. It is one of the 

 most beautiful flowers for house decoration. This 

 plant is benefited by slight mulching for winter. 



A. Japonica, var. " Queen Charlotte." Semi- 

 double flowers of the silvery pink shade of the 

 La France Rose. 



A. Japonica, var. " Whirlwind." Large, semi- 

 double pure white flowers. 



A. Pennsylvanica. This is smaller than the 

 Japanese Anemones and blooms from June to 



The Single Hollyhock, like the old-fashioned Lilac, has stronger hold on the 

 affections than the Double. Long rows can border the garden 



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midsummer. The large pure white flowers are 

 about I % inches in diameter and are borne on a 

 long stem. 



ANTHEMIS tinctoria. Marguerite. One of the 

 numerous family of composite, with yellow, 

 daisy-like flowers blooming from June throughout 

 the summer. It is about 15 inches high and has 

 a dense mass of handsome foliage. It can be used 

 on dry banks. 



AQUILEGIA. Columbine. The Columbines are 

 old-time garden favorites, without which no 

 garden is well equipped. The colors range through 

 blue, yellow, orange and white. They are most 

 showy during the spring, and early summer but 

 the scattering blooms continue throughout the 

 season. Their chief charm is in the long, graceful 

 spurs, tipped with a drop of honey. 



A. chrysantha. Golden Columbine. Flowers 



golden yellow, with long spurs. 

 A. coerulea. Rocky Mountain Columbine. One 



of the most beautiful hardy plants; long-spurred, 



blue and white flowers. 

 A. glandulosa. Deep blue and pure white. 



ARABIS alpina. Alpine Rock-Cress. Similar to 

 the Alyssum, but with pure white flowers from 

 early spring till summer. 



ARMERIA plantaginea. Thrift. The sod-like 

 habit of this plant makes it useful for borders, 

 rockwork, or the foreground of taller plants. 

 It is native to the seashore and, therefore, we 

 recommend it to our numerous 

 customers who are attempting to 

 make gardens and lawns near the 

 shore. The little tufts of foliage 

 remain green all winter, making 

 it doubly valuable for bordering 

 flowerbeds. The flowers are little, 

 rosy pink heads about 8 in. high. 



ARTEMISIA Abrotanum. South- 

 ernwood; Old Man. A foliage 

 plant of gray-green color and a 

 bitter aromatic odor. 



ASCLEPIAS tuberosa. Butterfly 

 Weed. Occasionally growing in 

 sandy soil of Long Island is seen 

 a mass of glowing orange flowers 

 in the hottest period of mid- 

 summer. This is so pure and bril- 

 liant a color that it seems strange 

 that it does not become popular 

 in landscape planting, for it is as 

 well fitted to planting in front of 

 shrubbery and Pine groves as to 

 the flower-garden. Perhaps one 

 reason is that its deep-penetrating 

 drought-resisting roots do not 

 make it as easy to handle in the 

 nursery as surface-rooting flow- 

 ers. Some one can create a bril- 

 liant effect on sterile soil or near 

 the sea without any expenditure 

 for improving the soil. It grows 

 about 2 feet high. 



ASTILBE Japonica. Spiraa Ja- 

 ponica. A feathery white blos- 

 som about 2 feet high, useful as a 

 cut-flower except that the rose- 

 bugs are very fond of it. It is 

 frequently forced for Easter, 



