FLOWERING BULBS. PLANTS, ETC. 



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ACHILLEA- 

 THE PEARL 



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 

 carefullv 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, 

 bv 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. 



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 

 hands'ome perennial cannot be recom- 

 mended too highly. It is considered 

 indispensable for supplying cut flow- 

 ers. The blossoms are pure white, 

 double and button-like, and are pro- 

 duced in amazing profusion. Each, 10c; 

 per doz., $1.00. 



ASTER. 



Very free flowering and highly 

 ornamental plants. 



A. Lady Trevellyn — 4 feet. Septem- 

 ber. Pure white. 



A. Longifolia Formosissima — 3 feet. 

 September. 

 Purple. 



A. Novae 

 Angliae — 6 

 ft. Septem- 

 ber. Blue. 

 A. Novae 

 Anglae 

 Rosea— 6 ft. 

 September. 

 Rosy purph 

 Each, 10c; 

 doz., $1.00. 



AQITILEGIA. 



Columbine. 



Popular and indis- 

 pensable border plants, 

 ■ possessing great beau- 

 ty 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 beau- 

 tiful variety, having 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; doz. $1.00. 



BOLTOAIA— False Chamomile. 



A most desirable Aster-like plant of 

 vigorous' habit. producing a great 

 abundance of very showy flowers. 



B. Asteroldes — 4 feet. October. 

 White. This plant is among the 

 most useful of all the hardy 

 plants for supplying cut flow- 

 ers. It is' a great favorite. 

 Each, 10c; per doz., $1 00 



DICENTRA SPECTABILIS. 



Bleeding Heart — Two feet. May. 

 One of the showiest of garden 

 perennials; also much grown as 

 a pot plant for spring flowering 

 in the house. It is at home in 

 almost any situation out of 

 doors, and succeeds admirably 

 in shady 'places, where few 

 plants grow satisfactorily. 

 Each, 15c; per doz $1 50 



AQUILEGIA. 



