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Complete Gemeral List. 





ABRONIA. 



TTUBEIiLATA. Cliarming annual trailers for par- 

 deu. vases, ruck-work, etc., bearing large trusses of 

 fragrant rosy pink flowers. % foot Pkt. ."> 



ABUTILON. 



Vew Hybrids, Mixed. The plants are of compact 

 growth, flowering continually: suitable for liouse in 

 mnteranfi garden in summer ; producing much larger 

 beil-shaped flowers than the old types — the range 

 of colors includes white, straw, yellow, rose, carmine, 

 crimson, orange, and many beautifully striped 

 varieties. 2 to 4 feet. Tender perennial Pkt. 10 



ACACIA. 



Decorative greenhouse shrubs with elegant foliage; 

 flowers, yellnw. white, red. 3 to 6 feet. ^Perennial. 

 Mixed Varieties Pkt. 10 



ACHILLEA. 



FTABMICA PIi. PL. Douljle white flowers, borne 

 I)rofusely summer and autumn :finefor cutting; useful 

 border plant. ItniJieet. Hardy perennial. ..Pif. 10 



ACROCLINIUM. 



Double-flowering, Mixed. Free summer-flower- 

 ing annual plants for garden decoration; the flowers 

 drv as •everlastings" for winter bouquets. 1 foot. 



Pkt. .J 



ADLUMIA. 



CZBBHOSA [Mountain Fringe or Allegheny Vine). 

 Charming hardy biennial climber, feathery foliage, 

 rose-colored flowers. 15 feet Pkt. 10 



' ADONIS. 



2!STIVAIiIS (Flo.s Adonis). Ornamental garden 

 annual, of easy culture, flowering freely; graceful 

 feathery foliage. Crimson. 1 foot Pkt. 5 



AGERATUM. 



Annuals, bearing continuously and profusely, clus- 

 ters of feathery flowers; suitable for pot culture in 

 winter or bedding out in summer. 2 feet high. 

 Blue Pkt. 5 



TOM THtfMB VABJiTIES.' Spie'ndi'dV 



varieties for edgings and ribbon lines. Height, 6 to 

 8 inches. 



Tom Thumb. Blue 5 



White 5 



{Fur Ageratum novelties, seepage 75.) 



AJUGA. 



MBTAXZiICA CSZSPA. Very dwarf, compact 

 plant with beautiful curly dark green leaves and 

 small flowers of ultramarine-blue on short spikes; 

 fine for carpet-beds, borders, etc. Height of plant 

 and flower-stalk about 4 to 5 inches Pkt. 25 



ALYSSUM. 



These flower profusely throughout the season, thriv- 

 ing in flower garden, window boxes, vases, etc.; also 

 well adapted for ribbon lines and edgings ; very fra- 

 grant, annual. 

 Sweet Alyssum. White. % ft. Per oz.,25c...Pif. 5 



Tom Thumb or Xiittle Gem. (Seepage 



75.) 5 



"Carpet of Sno'W." (.Seepage 75.)... .lo 



HABD7 AIiYSSTJM. Dwarf spreading hardy per- 

 ennial plants about afoot high, very showy for per- 

 manent borders and beds 5 



Wiersbecki. Summer-blooming; yellow 5 



Saxatile Compacta. 8pring-bioomiug; dwarf, 

 golden yellow. % foot 5 



UIANT-FLOWERING ANTIRRHINUM. 



AMARANTHUS. 



Ornamental foliage and flowering annuals of rapid 



growth, easy culture and very showy, with flower 



spikes or richly colored foliage. 



Caudatus. [Lore-lies-bleeding.) Long, dark red 

 drooping flower spikes Pkt. 5 



Firebrand. (A. Superlms.) Leaves gorgeously col- 

 ored blood-red, bordered with yellow. 6 feet 10 



Henderi. Beautiful drooping foliage of rosy car- 

 mine, orange, buff, yellow and green. 2 feet 5 



Salicifolius. (Fountain Plant.) Gracefully droop- 

 ing, willow-shaped leaves, banded and tipped with 

 orange, carmine and bronze 5 



Tricolor, {■/o.sepli's Coat.) Leaves red, yellow and 

 green. 3 feet 5 



AMPELOPSIS. 



Veitchii. (Boston or Japan Ivy.) Valuable har- 

 dy jierennial climber; clinging to walls of wood, 

 brick or stone; foliage dense, of glossy green, chang- 

 ing to red and yellow in autumn. 30 feet. ...Pit. 10 



ANEMONES. 



"ST. BBIGIB." Beautiful Irish Poppy-flowered 



varieties produce in abundance large, single, semi- 

 double 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 

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

 For cutting they are unsurpassed, and in the gar- 

 den they flower until after frost Pkt. 10 



ANTIRRHINUM. 



For summer flower beds and borders these half- 

 hardy perennials are very showy, and flower from seed 

 the flrst season. They grow 2 to 3 feet high, and are 

 masses of bloom. 



Tall, Mixed Colors. Selfs and stripes Pkt. 5 



GIANT-FI.OWERING. The flowers are nearly 



dovible the size of the older sorts. 



Giant Yellow Queen. Grand pure yellow 10 



Giant Scarlet, lirightest scarlet 10 



Giant Niobe. Garnet, with white throat 10 



Giant Rose. Delicate rosy pink 10 



Giant Striped. Yellow, striped red 10 



Giant White. Pure snow-white 10 



Giant-flowering, Mixed Colors 10 



'Jlie collection ofaliove (1 named kinds, 30c. 



Tom Thumb Varieties, Mixed Colors. Only 



one foot high 5 



AQUILEGIA, Of COLUMBINE. 



Hardy perennials, luxuriating in the moister situa- 

 tions in the garden, where they form permanent 

 clumps, growing from IVi to 3 feet high. The large, 

 unique, long-spurred flowers, gracefully bung on long 

 stems, are not only brilliantly effective on the plant 

 but ecpially as de.sirable when cut for vase and house 

 decoration. 



Double White. (Alha. plena.) Pkt. 5 



Golden Spurred. (Chrvsantha.) Beautiful long 



mellow spurred (lowers 10 



Double Golden Spur. (See novelties, page 78.). .25 

 Grigor's Hybrid Glandulosa. Immense flowers 



of richest blue, surmounted by five short petals 



of pure white with delicate azure spots 15 



Single, Mixed Colors 5 



Double, Mixed Colors 5 



Large-flowering Hybrids. (See page ^S.) 35 



ARALIA. 



Sieboldii. Luxuriant decorative plant forhousecul- 

 turein winter and lawn in summer: large green palm- 

 like leaves, 2 to 4 feet; tender perennial.. Pkt. 10 



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