FLOWERING BULBS, PLANTS, ETC. 



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HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 



Perennial border plants continue to command the attention and enjoy the pop- 

 ularity they so richly deserve. In fact, the demand for them the past season far 

 exceeded that of any previous year in our experience. Our stock embraces a 

 carefully selected assortment, each variety being- the best of its kind yet intro- 

 duced. The collection includes varieties of various heights, and which bloom at 

 different seasons, producing flowers of all styles and colors. The whole, or a care- 

 fully selected number of them, will make a most effective bed or border, affording, 

 by its variety and succession of bloom, a vast amount of pleasure throughout 

 the entire season. In the description of each we give the height, color of flowers 

 and the season it usually begins to bloom. 



ACHILLEA — MILFOIL OR YAR- 

 ROW. 



These plants are remarkable for 

 their ornamental foliage as well as 

 handsome flowers; should be in 

 every collection. 



A. Millefolium Roseum — 1 ft. 

 August. Finely cut foliage; flowers 

 bright pink. Each, 15c; per doz., 

 $1.50. 



A. "The Pearl" — 2 feet. July. This 

 handsome perennial cannot be rec- 

 ommended too highly. It is consid- 

 ered indispensable for supplying cut 

 flowers. The blossoms are pure 

 white, double and button-like, and 

 are produced in amazing profusion. 

 Each, 10c; per doz., $1.00. 



ASTER, 



and highly 



Very free flowering 

 ornamental plants. 

 A Lady Trevellyn — 4 feet, September. Pure white. 

 A. Longifolia Formosissima — 3 feet, September. Purple. 

 A. Novae Angliae — 6 feet, September. Blue. 

 A. Novae Angliae Rosea — 6 feet, September. Rosy purple, 

 per doz. $1.00. 



The set of 4 for 30c. 



AQUILEGIA. 

 Columbine. 



Popular and indispensabble border plants possessing 

 great beauty of form. Easy of cultivation in any good 

 garden soil. 

 A. Coerulea — 1 foot. April to July. Flowers large, sepals 



violet blue, petals pure white. 

 A. Chrysantha — 3 feet. May. A beautiful variety, having 



golden yellow flowers, which are very fragrant. 

 A. Glandulosa-^l foot. April and May. A conspicuously 



handsome plant. Flowers large, sepals deep blue, petals 



white. 

 A. Skinnerl — 3 feet. June. A unique and very pretty 



variety, sepals crimson, petals light green. Each 10c; 



doz. $1.00. 



ANEMONE. 



Anemones, or Windflowers, are amongst the most 

 showy of our hardy autumn blooming plants. Their 

 beautiful pure white and rose-colored flowers are 

 borne on long stems and in great profusion. They are 

 indispensable for cut flowers. Should be represented 

 in all gardens. 



A. Whirlwind — 3 feet. A very hardy and strong-grow- 

 ing variety, very similar to Japonica, but the flowers 

 are semi-double, are produced in great profusion and 

 last a long time; color, pure white. 



Each 15c; per doz., 1.50. 



BOLTONIA — False Chamomile. 



A most desirable Aster-like plant of vigorous habit, 

 producing a great abundance of very showy flowers. 



B. Asteroides — 4 feet. October. White. This plant is 

 among the most useful of all the hardy plants for 

 supplying cut flowers, It is a great favorite. Each, 

 10c; per doz., $1.00. 



ANEMONE WHIBLWIND. 



