
HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS~ |] 

AQUILEGA. 
AQUILEGIA (Columbine). 
Old favorite spring and early summer blooming plants, grow- 
ing about 2 feet high, that succeed in any ordinary garden soil. 
Californica Hybrida. One of the finest mixtures. 
Canadensis. Our native Columbine, bright red and yellow. 
Caryophylloides Fl. Pl. Double striped, etc. 
Chrysantha. The golden-spurred ‘‘Columbine.’’ 
Ceerulea (Rocky Mountain Columbine). Blue and white. 
Flabellata nana aba. A dwarf, pure white. 
Helenz. Blue, with white corolla. 
Nivea grandiflora. A beautiful pure white. 
Skinneri. Yellow, with long red spurs. 
Truncata. Scarlet, with yellow tips. 
Vulgaris. The European violet-blue Columbine. 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 
ARTEMESIA. 
A most useful class of plants for the border. 
Abrotamnum (Old Jan, or Southernwood). 
cut foliage, with pleasant aromatic odor; 2 feet. 
Purshiana. A white-foliaged sort, for edging; 18 inches. 
Stellariana (Old Woman). 
used in carpet bedding; 18 inches. 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 
ASCLEPIAS (Butterfly Weed). 
Tuberosa. 
colored flowers. 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 
DWARF HARDY ASTERS. 
Alpinus. 
purple flowers in May and June. 
—albus. Identical to ‘he above, but with pure white flower. 
Acris. Violet-blue flowers in September. 
—Nanus. Similar to the preceding, but only 6 inches high. 
15 cts, each; $1.50 per doz. 


We offer seeds of the leading Hardy Perennials. 
Dark green, finely 
Deeply-cut, silvery foliage; much 
D One of the showiest of our native perennials; 2 feet 
high, and producing from July to September heads of orange- 
Grows 6 to 10 inches high, and bears large, showy bluish- 
HARDY ASTERS. 
(Michaelmas Daisies, or Starworts.) 
These are among the showiest of our late-flowering hardy 
plants, giving a wealth of bloom when most other flowers are 
past. Unless specified, they bloom in September and October. 
Curtisii. Pale heliotrope; August and September; 3 feet. 
Formosissima. Bright violet; 3 feet. 
Levis floribunda. Light heliotrope; 4 feet. 
— Baldur. Light parma violet; 24 feet. 
Nove-Angliz. Bright violet-purple; 4 feet. 
— Rosea. Bright purplish-mauve; 4 feet. 
— Wim. Bowman. Amethyst-blue; 4 feet. 
Novi-Belgii Semi=Plenus. Pale parma-violet; 4 feet. 
Ptarmicoides. Neat and distinct; pure white; useful for 
cutting; August and September; 18 inches. 
Puniceus Pulcherrimus. Bluish white with yellow centre, 
incurved petals; 5 feet. 
Tartaricus. Large bluish-violet; 4 feet. 
Top Sawyer. Clear parma-violet color; 4 feet. 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 
BAPTISIA (False Indigo). 
Australis. A strong-growing plant, about 2 feet high, with 
dark green, deeply cut foliage, and spikes of dark blue flowers 
in June and July. 
Tinctoria, Spikes of bright yellow flowers during June and 
July; 2 to 3 feet. 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 
BOCCONIA (Plume Poppy, or Tree Celandine)- 
Cordata. A noble hardy perennial, beautiful in foliage and 
flower, and admirably adapted for planting in the shrubbery 
borders, centre of beds, and in bold groups in any position. 
It will grow in any soil or situation, attaining 6 to 8 feet in 
height; flowers creamy-white in terminal panicles during July 
and August. 15 cts, each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 
BOLTONIA (False Chamomile). 
Among the showiest of our native hardy perennial plants, with 
Aster-like flowers, in ,bloom during the summer and autumn, 
and with its thousands of flowers open at one time produces a 
very showy effect. 
Asteroides. Pure white; very effective; 5 to 7 feet. 
Latisquama. Pink, slightly tinged with lavender; 4 to 6 
feet. 
—mana. Similar to the type, but growing only 2 feet high. 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 

ASTER GRANDIELORUS. 
See pages 64 to 70 

