New and Rare Hardy Perennials. 



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On the following 7 pages we give a very select list of the newest things in 

 Hardy Perennials; also a number of varieties which are not new, but which are 

 quite rare and seldom offered. Our General List of Hardy Perennials is the 

 most complete in this country, and is given on pages 203 to 2-13. 



NEW JAPANESE ANEMONES Anemone Japonica . 



Alice. An introduction by the raiser of the now popular variety Queen- 

 Charlotte, over which it is a great improvement. The plant is of robust 

 habit; the flowers, when first opening, have the form of a rose; as they ex- 

 pand the silvery-rose, shell-like petals become suffused with a fresh carmine, 

 which, together with the yellow stamens, make it entirely distinct from all 



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Achillea Boule de Neige. 



Achillea Ptarmica 

 El. PI. " Boule de 

 Neige " (Ban of snow). 



Achillea " The Pearl " has long 

 been one of our most popular white- 

 flowering hardy perennials. In this 

 new variety we have its counterpart 

 in every way, except that the flow- 

 ers are of more perfect form, with 

 fuller centres, which makes it ap- 

 pear purer in color. (See cut.) 25 

 cts. each; £2.50 per doz. Aetheopappvs Pulche.uml-s. 



AETHEOPAPPUS PULCHERIMUS. 



This will not only prove a most valuable flowering plant for garden decora- 

 '.ion, but will be equally valuable for cutting. Its flowers, which are not unlike 

 :he Royal Sweet Sultan, are a magnificent brilliant rose, and last a long time 

 tvhen cut and placed in water. It blooms in July, and the plant grow-s 2 to 2} 

 feet high, and is perfectly hardy. (See cut.) 50 cts. each. 



Aiicliusa Italica, Dropmore Variety. 



One of the most important and best hardy plants of recent introduction, and a 

 grand improvement on the original type of A. Italica, or Italian Alkanet, and 

 a plant which, on account of its remarkable freedom of flowering and its beauti- 

 ful blue color, is sure to become one of our most popular Hardy Perennials. It 

 attains a height of 5 to G feet, and produces its pretty gentian-blue flowers, which 

 are from 1 to 1} inches in diameter, throughout the entire summer. 25 cts. 

 ;ach; $2.50 per doz. 



ANCHISA ITAEICA, OPAL. 



Similar in all respects to the Dropmore variety, except in color, which is a fine 

 lustrous light blue. 35 cts. each; 83.50 per doz. 



ANEMONOPSIS MACROPHYLLA. 



A very rare Hardy Perennial from Japan, growing about 2 feet high. The 

 general habit of the plant as well as its unopened flower bud'; is not unlike B min- 

 iature Japanese Anemone. The rich violet bell-shaped flowers are produced in 

 loose racemes late in summer. Prefers a partly shaded position. 75 cts. each. 



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Kriemhilde. Semi-double flow- 

 ers 4 inches in diameter, composed 

 of long, narrow, closely-set petals 

 of a lovely rose-pink, and borne 

 on stout, stiff stalks; as charming 

 as it is distinct. 



Loreley. A neat, cup-shaped, 

 semi-double flower about 3 inches 

 across, of a bright, silvery mauve- 

 pink, borne on good, stiff stems,, 

 and exceptionally free-flowering. 



Price, any of the above, 35 cts. 

 each. Set of 3 sorts for $1.00. 



Akchusa Italica, Dkopmoke Vakibty. 



