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COMPLETE GENERAL LIST. 



ANNUALS attain full growth from seed, flower and die in one year. 

 BIENNIALS grow from seed one year, bloom and die the next, though some 

 varieties bloom the first season when sown early. 



PERENNIALS last for several years, blooming annually after the first 

 season, though some varieties will bloom the first season if sown 

 early 



PKT. 



ABRONIA umbellata, trailing annual, thriving 

 in dry situations; pink flowers in Verbena- 

 like trusses; height, f ft 05 



ABUTILON, new hybrids, mixed, of compact, 

 bushy growth; large bell-shaped flowers of 

 various colors; flowering in the house in 

 winter or the garden in summer; tender 

 perennial; 2 ft 10 



ACACIA, finest mixed, greenhouse shrubs with 

 elegant foliage; flowers yellow, white, red, 

 etc.; tender perennial; 3 to 6 ft 10 



ACHILLEA ptarmica, fl. pi., double white 

 flowers, profusely borne summer and au- 

 tumn ; hardy perennial ; 1 to 2 ft 10 



ACBOCLINIUM, double mixed, fine "ever- 

 lasting" for winter bouquets, also a showy 

 garden annual; 1 ft 05 



ADLUMIA Clrrhosa, hardy biennial climber, 

 known as "Mountain Fringe"; feathery 

 foliage, rose-colored flowers; 15 ft 10 



AFRICAN GOLDEN DAISY. (See page 82) . . .25 

 AGERATTJM Mexicanum, feathery flowers in 

 clusters, borne continuously; suitable for pot 

 in winter or bedding out in summer; annuals. 



Tom Thumb white; f ft 05 



" " blue; I ft 05 



(For other kinds see page 81.) 

 ALYSSTJM maritimum (Sweet Alyssum), a 

 favorite annual for garden beds, edgings, 

 etc. ; clusters of white flowers borne profusely 



throughout the season; J f t oz., 25c. .05 



Saxatile compacta, hardy, spring-blooming 



Alyssum with yellow flowers; | ft 05 



(For other kinds see page 82.) 



AMARANTHUS caudatUS (Love-Lies-Bleed- 



ing), rapid-growing garden annual with long, 



drooping crimson flower spikes; height, 3 ft. .05 



Tricolor (Joseph's Coat), showy annual foliage 



plant for gardens; leaves red, yellow, green, 



etc.; 3 ft 05 



AMPELOPSIS Veitchll (Boston or Japanese 

 Ivy), valuable hardy climber, clinging to 

 stone, brick or wood walls; dense ivy-green 

 foliage, changing to red in autumn; 30 ft 10 



ANCHUSA ITALICA, "DROPMORE." 



A fine, large, hardy, herbaceous plant, 4 to 5 



ft. high, with flowers of lovely Gentian-blue. .20 



ANEMONE, St. Brigid. These beautiful Irish 

 Poppy-flowered varieties produce in abun- 

 dance large single, semidouble and double 

 flowers 3 to 5 inches across, of an endless 

 variety of colors, from maroon and brightest 

 scarlet to flesh pink, and from lilac to pur- 

 ple. Some are mottled, striped, ringed, etc. 

 For cutting they are unsurpassed, and in 

 the garden they flower until after frost; 

 hardy perennials, flowering from seed the 

 second year and thereafter 10 



ANTIRRHINUM (Snap Dragons), showy gar- 

 den plants, flowering freely the first year 

 from seed; height, 2 to 3 ft. 



Majus, tall, mixed colors 05 



(For other kinds see page 82.) 



BALL OR JEWEL ASTER. 



PKT. 



AQUILEGIA, or COLUMBINE, popular hardy 

 perennials for garden, forming large per- 

 manent clumps; height, 1 to 3 ft. 



Double White (alba pi.) 05 



Grigor'S glandulosa, blue and white; large . . .15 



Single, mixed colors 05 



Double-flowering, mixed colors 05 



(For other kinds see page 83.) 



ARCTOTIS grandis. (See page 82) 10 



ARISTOLOCHIA SiphO (Dutchman's Pipe 

 Vine), luxuriant, hardy climber; large leaves, 

 making dense shade; flowers yellow and 

 brown, mottled and curiously shaped; 30 ft.. . 10 

 ARNEBIA comuta, bushy garden annual; yel- 

 low flowers spotted black, borne freely all 



summer; 2 ft 10 



ASPARAGUS verticillatus, hardy climber, 10 

 ft. high, with feathery foliage and scarlet 



berries 10 



Plumosus nanus, greenhouse climber with 



fern-like foliage. . .•_ 25 



Sprengeri, decorative perennial for pots.vases, 

 etc. ; drooping chenille-like fronds 4 ft. long. . .10 

 ASPERULA odorata (Sweet Woodruff), dwarf 



hardy plant, esteemed for its fragrance 05 



ASTERS, The most popular garden annuals. 

 BALL, or JEWEL, mixed colors, sturdy, 

 compact plants, 2 ft. high, with round ball- 

 shaped, densely double flowers 3 ins. across.. . 10 

 BETTERIDGE'S QUILLED, mixed, large 

 double flowers with quill-like petals, sur- 

 rounded by broad guard petals; plants 2 ft. . .05 

 CHRYSANTHEMUM-FLOWERED DWARF, 

 Bushy plants, 9 ins. high, bearing 20 to 30 

 large perfectly double flowers. 



Finest mixed colors 10 



Collection of 6 colors, 40c. ; 12 colors 75 



COMET QUILLED, rose -pink flowers with 



quilled center of white petals 10 



CROWN POMP ON, compact, 1 ft. high, crowded 

 with densely double flowers 2\ ins. across, 

 having a white center surrounded by some 



other color; mixed colors 10 



JAPANESE TASSEL, immense double flowers, 



5 to 6 ins. across, with long, narrow curly 



petals; plant 15 ins. high, mixed colors. . . .10 



MINIATURE, compact, round plants, 8 ins. 



high, smothered with small double flowers. 



Miniature, mixed colors 10 



QUEEN OF THE EARLIES (Queen of the Mar- 

 ket), valuable on account of their earliness 

 and for cutting; plants 12 ins. high; medium- 

 sized double flowers on long stems. 



Queen of the Earlies, mixed colors 10 



white 10 



" " " rose-pink 10 



" " " indigo-blue 10 



" *• " scarlet 10 



SUNLIGHT, new yellow Aster of the Chrysan- 

 themum-flowered type 10 



TRIUMPH, compact dwarf Asters, 8 ins. high, 

 bearing 30 to 40 double flowers 2J to 3 



inches across ; mixed colors 10 



(For other kinds see pages 78 to 81.) 



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