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Arabis Alpina. 



Aquilegia or Columbine. 



AQUIL.EGIA Columbine^. 



Miss Ida D. Bennett, the well-known horti- 

 cultural author, has written the following ex- 

 pressly for this book: 



" No hardy plant grown from seed is more 

 easily handled than the Columbine, as the 

 seeds possess great vitality, and, given any sort 

 of chance, ever)' one may be expected to grow. 



" Seed may be planted in the open ground 

 early in spring, and will, in the case ot the 

 single varieties, bloom the same season, or they 

 may be planted in August or September and 

 will come up early in spring and make vigorous 

 plants, which will bloom abundantly during 

 late spring and early summer. Many volunteer 

 plants appear where the plants have bloomed 

 the preceding year, and these may be lifted and 

 moved to any desired position; but it is better 

 in moving large established plants that the 

 work should be done in the autumn, as spring transplanting frequently interferes 

 with the perfection of the blooms 



'•Columbines should be planted wherever their presence will serve to lighten 

 up a too stiff and formal planting, for no other plant has so airy a grace as the 

 Columbine, is more generous of its blooms, or more effectively adapted for cut 

 flowers." _ perpkt. 



1181 Californica hybrida. Exquisite flowers, mostly in yellow and orange 

 shades, all with long spurs. \ oz,, 50 cts 10 



1182 Canadensis. This is the scarlet and yellow native species, and one of 



the brightest of all. { oz., 30 cts 5 



1183 Chrysantha (Golden Spurred). Golden-yellow. \ oz. , 30 cts. . . 5 



1184 — alba ( White Spurred). Beautiful pure white. } oz. , 50 cts. . . 10 



1185 Coerulea [Rocky Mountain Columbine). Violet-blue and white. 2 

 feet. £ oz., 40 cts 10 



1186 Coerulea hybrida. Beautiful hybrids, bearing large, long spurred 

 flowers in a great variety of colors. \ oz,, 40 cts 10 



1187 Flabellata nana alba. A dwarf variety from Japan, with fine, glau- 

 cous foliage and large white flowers. \ oz., 40 cts. 10 



1191 Glandulosa. Light blue and pure white; lovely 15 



1192 Haylodgensis Delicatissima. A new hybrid, bearing large, long- 

 spurred flowers, the spurs being a tender satin-rose,passing impercepti- 

 bly to a delicate light-yellow at the crown. 2 pkts., 25 cts 15 



1195 Helena?. This new hybrid is of strong, robust growth, attaining a 

 height of 15 to 20 inches, and bearing numerous flowers of a lovely 



shade of blue and pure white 25 



1197 Nivea grandiflora. A beautiful large pure white. } oz., 15 cts. . 5 



1199 Collection containing a packet of each of the above 11 sorts 1 00 



1207 Double, all colors mixed. 40 cts. per oz 5 



1210 Single, all colors mixed. 30 cts. per oz 5 



ARCTOTIS (African DaU,). 



PER PKT. 



T216 Grandis. A remarkably handsome annual from Southwest Africa. 



It forms much-branched bushes 2 to 3 feet high; its flowers are large 



and showy, being pure white on the upper surface, the reverse of 



petals pale lilac-blue. Miss Ida D. Bennett, the well-known 



horticultural author, says: "There are few annual flowers 



grown in the garden more valuable for cut flower work than 



the Arctotis. Daisy-shaped flowers of all kinds are always 



popular with flower lovers, and in the Arctotis we have one 



of the very best. It is easily grown from seed, and may be 



started in hotbed, in the house, or in the open ground, the 



seed germinating in about five days, and the plants may be 



expected to come into bloom early in July and continue 



until quite hard frost, being one of the rare flowers not 



injured by light frost, and will be a mass of bloom long 



after the more tender flowers of the garden have passed 



iway. It delights in a sunny situation. As a cut flower 



it is especially valuable, the blooms, lasting a week or ten 



days in water, and if undeveloped buds are cut and placed 



sunny window, every one will open and produce as fine 



flowers as though left on the plant. This is a most valuable 



characteristic." \ oz., 25 cts . 10 



ARABIS 'Rock Cress. 



1211 Alpina. A hardy perennial and one of the earliest and prettiest 



spring flowers. The 

 spreading tufts are 

 covered with a sheet 

 of pure white flow- 

 ers as soon as the 

 snow disappears . 

 Unequalled for rock- 

 eries or edging: with- 

 stands the drought, 

 and is always neat; 

 6 inches. (Set- cut.) 

 i oz., 25 cts .... 5 



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 HORTICULTURE. 



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\t rons Gkanois 



W« offer on atrractiTe list of NoTeltiei and Specialties in Flower Seed* thii ncaton. Sc« pages 58 to 68. 



