WHITE TO GREENISH 
APRIL 
Botanical 
ee English ae i Height |Time of 
Colo Name Se mo Description oss Bloom 
“Cream /WHITE Act&a alba Strong-growing plant of the Butter-| 1-13 ft. |Early 
white” |BANE- A. rubra cup order. Flowers in showy clusters. |Shade pr. 
BERRY Berries white. Foliage finely cut. Suit- to 
able for rock and wild garden. Prop. July 
by seed and division. Loose soil. 
“Green- MOUNTAIN /Alchemilla Drooping inconspicuous flowers and| 6-8 in. |Late 
ish” LADY’S alpina digitate leaves. Easily cultivated. |Sun or |Apr., 
MANTLE Suitable for the rock-garden. Prop. |shade May 
. by seed and division. Europe. 
“White” |WILD *Allium Flowers change to rose-pink and are! 1-2 ft. |Apr., 
turns to |ONION mutabile borne in many-flowered umbels above |Sun or |May 
29 pale the narrow feared. Effective rock- |hbalf 
garden plant. Easily cultivated. Bul- |shade 
bous. Prop. by seed and offsets. 
Well-drained soil. N. America. 
“White” |WOOD Anemone Common Anemone. Slender stem-| 4-8in. |Late 
often 36 |ANEMONE |nemordsa med plant, bearing a solitary flower, |Shade Apr. 
often pink or purplish, 1 in. across. to 
Attractive delicate foliage. Pretty in early 
wild garden and in masses under trees. June 
Prop. by division; of easy culture in 
good soil. U.S.A.; Europe; Siberia. 
“Cream SNOWDROP |**Anemone Large nodding sweet-scented flow-| 1-14 ft. |Late 
white” |WIND- sylvéstris ers, tinged with lavender, solitary or |Sun or |Apr. 
tinged FLOWER two together; pretty drooping buds. {half to 
with 39 Fine deeply cut foliage. Good in bor- |shade mid 
der or under trees. Prop. by division. July 
Europe. See Plate, page 13. 
“Cream [DOUBLE *Anemone Large double-flowered var. of A. |12-15 in. |Apr., 
white” |SNOWDROP |sylvéstris sylvestris. Good border plant; also|Sun or |May 
WIND- var. suitable for open position in the rock- |shade 
FLOWER fldre-pléno garden. Europe. 
“White” |MUN- *Aquilégia Abundance of large flowers, many | 2-3 ft. i 
STEAD’S vulgaris onastem. Good for sheltered spots, |Sun 
WHITE var. Alba. in the wild garden or border. Prop. 
COLUM- A. v. var. by seed, sown as early as possible, or 
BINE nivea division. Deep sandy loam is best. 
7 Hort. 
“White” |WHITE **Arabis Heads of fragrant flowers form a| 6-8in. |Early 
ROCK Albida sheet of pure white. Good for the |Sun Apr. 
CRESS A, Caucdsica | spring garden, for rockwork and edg- to 
ings, and for covering bare and rocky June 
places. Prop. by seed, division and 
cuttings. Thrives even in poor soil. 
Europe. See Plate, page 13. 
Var. variegata; var. with gold and 
green foliage. Var. flore-pleno; dou- 
ble-flowered var. 
