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S"llC«il<.A. Goat's Beard, Meadow Sweet 1 . 



Elegant border plants with feathery plumes of flowers and neat, 

 attractive foliage, succeed best in a half-shaded location in rich, moist 

 soil. 



Aruncus. A noble variety, 3 to 5 feet high, producing in June and 

 July long, feathery panicles of white flowers. 



— Kneiffi. Grows 3 to 4 feet high, with foliage divided as fine as a 

 fern, with great sprays of silvery-white flowers in June. 25 cts. each; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



Astilboides. Feathery white flowers in June; 2 feet. 



Chinensis. A handsome species, with large heads of silvery-pink 

 flowers in June and July; 2 feet. 25 cts. each; §2.50 per doz. 



Filipendula Fl. PI. {Double-flowered Drop-wort). Numerous 

 corymbs of double white flowers, on stems 12 inches high, during 

 June and July, and pretty fern-like foliage. 



Gigantea, or Kamtschatica. Forms a bold plant 5 to 6 feet high, 

 with largepalmate leaves aud immense heads of white flowers in 

 July and August, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Japonica. Large panicles of white, feathery flowers in June; 2 feet. 



Pal mata ( Crimson Meadow Sweet). One of the most beautiful 

 hardy plants, the deep purple-red of the stems and branches passing 

 into the crimson-purple of the broad corymbs of flowers, 

 which are produced very freely during June and July; 3 ft. 



— Elegans. A free-flowering, silvery-pink form 

 of the above. 



Queen Alexandra. A beautiful new hybrid 



of a soft, delicate pink, much used as a pot 



plant, but being a perfectly hardy 



plant, itwill prove just as valuable for 



the border. 40 cts. each; $4.00 per 



dcz. 

 Venusta. A showy, red- flowering 



species; very fragrant; 4 to 5 feet; 



June. 

 (Jlmaria Fl. PI. {Meadow Sweet). 



Grows about 3 feet high, and pro- 

 duces its large double-white flowers 



during June and July. (See cut.") 

 Price, except where noted, 15 cts. 



each; $1.50 per doz.; S10.00 per 



100. Set of 12 sorts for $2.00. 



Statice J.atifolia. 



Tartarica. Bright 

 15 cts. each; 



Spiraea Ulmaria Fl. Pl. 



STATICE (Sea Lavender). 



Most valuable plants either for the border 

 or rockery, with tufts of leathery foliage 

 and immense candelabra-like pan-cles of 

 minute flowers, producing a remarkable 

 effect; grows from 15 to 18 inches high, 

 and blooms from June until September. 



Eximia. Bears immense heads of lovely 

 lilac flowers. 



Qmelini. Large panicles of violet-blue 

 flowers. 



Latifolia ( Great Sea Lavender). Im- 

 mense heads, 2 to 3 feet across, of deep 

 blue flowers, which last for months if 

 cut and dried. 



purplish-red flowers in graceful panicles. 

 $1.50 per doz. Set of 4 varieties for 50 cts. 



Stokbsia Cyanha (Cornflower Aster). 



STOKESIA. 



(The Cornflower, or Stokes' Aster.1 



Cyanea. A most charming and beautiful native plant Grows from 18 

 to 24 inches high, bearing freely from early in June until October its 

 handsome lavender-blue Cornflower-like blossoms, which measure from 4 

 to 5 inches across. It is of the easiest culture, succeeding in any open, 

 sunny position, and not only is it desirable as a single plant in the hardy 

 border, but it can also be used with Cne effect in masses or beds of any 

 size. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Cyanea alba. Identical to the blue variety above in every way except 

 color, which is pure white. 20 cts. each; $2. 00 per doz. 



SWEET WILX-IAJI ' Dianthus Barbatus\ 



We offer a superb strain of mixed single and double-flowering sorts. 10 

 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; $8.00 pet LOO. 



SYMPHYT11I tComfrey\ 



Asperrimumaureo variegatum. A pretty golden variegated foliage 



border plant; it) spring the leaves form rosettes dose to the ground, later 

 in the season the stems and leaves vise and form a taller plant with 

 numerous drooping blue bell-shaped flowers. 25 Cti each; SJ.50 

 per doz. 



Every order, whether for a single plant or a thousand, is given careful attention. 



