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FLOWERING BULBS, PLANTS, ETC. 23 
HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
Perennial border plants continue to command the attention and enjoy the popularity they so richly 
deserve. In fact the demand for them the past season far exceeded that of any previous year in our experi- 
ence. Our stock embraces a carefully selected assortment, each variety betng the best of its kind yet intro- 
duced. Thecollection includes varieties of various heights, and which bloom at different seasons, producing 
flowers of all styles and colors. The whole, or a carefully selected number of them, will make a most effec- 
tive 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 Yarrow. 
Thesé plants are remarkable for their ornamental foliage as 
well as handsome flowers; should be in every collection. 
A. Millefolium Roseum — 1 foot, August. Finely cut 
foliage; flowers bright pink. Each, 15¢; per doz., $1 50. 
A. “The Pearl”—2 feet, July. This handsome perennial 
cannot be recommended too highly. It is considered indispen- 
sable for supplying cut flowers. The blossoms are pure white, 
double and button-like and are produced in amazing profusion. 
Each, 10c; per doz., $1 O00. 
Ajuga Reptans. 
Four inches. May. Blue. Valuable for rock-work. Each, 
15c; per doz., $1 50. . 
Aquilegia—Columbine. 
Popular and indispensable 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, hav- 
ing golden yellow flowers, which are very fragrant. ; 
A. Glandulosa—1 foot. April and May. A conspicuously 
handsome plant, flowers large, sepals deep blue, petals white. 
A. Skinneri—3 feet. June. A unique and very pretty 
variety, sepals crimson. petals light green. 
Each, 10c; per dozen, $1 00. 
Aster. 
Very free flowering and highly ornamental plants. 
A. Lady Trevellyn—4 feet. September. Pure white. 
A. Longifolia Formosissima—Three feet. September. Purple. 
A. Novae Angliae—Six feet. September. Blue. 
A. Novae Angliae Rosea—Six feet. September. Rosy purple. 
Each, 10c; per dozen, $1 00. 
Dicentra Specta- 
bilis. 
Bleeding Heart. 
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Two feet. May. One of 
' . the showiest of garden Per- 
ennials; also much grown as 
a pot plant for spring flower- 
ing in the house. It is at 
home in almost any situa- 
tion out of doors, and suc- 
ceeds admirably in shady 
places, where few plants 
grow satisfactorily. Each, 
: 15c; per doz., $1 50. 
Coreopsis Lanceolata. 
: Coreopsis. 
; The herbaceous border is incomplete without one or 
‘more varieties of Coreopsis. They are exceedingly at- 
tractive, bloom continuously from June until late in fall, 
and are very easy of cultivation. Excellent for cutting. y 
C. Grandiflora—Two feet. June. Deep yellow. =pee 
Cc. Lanceolata—Two feet. June. Golden yellow. ae 
Each, 10c; per doz., $1 00. 
