New and Rare Hardy Perennials. 
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On the following 5 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 179 to 216. 
ACHILLEA PTARMICA FL. PL. 
“ BOULE DE NEIGE”? (Ball 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, ex- 
cept that the flowers are fully one-half larger. (See cut.) 25 cts. each; $2.50 
per doz. ; 
ACONITUM WILSONI. 
This new Aconite, an introduction from Northern China, is entirely distinct 
from all other species. It is of a strong, stately habit of growth, attaining a 
height of from 5 to 6 feet, with very large flowers of a light violet-blue color. 
It commences to bloom early in September, and after the terminal raceme is 
over others are produced from the branches lower down on the stems, by which 
means the season is extended to the end of October. 25 cts. each; $2.50 
per doz. Acuittea Bourg pg NEIGE. 
Anchusa Italica, 
Dropmore Wariety. 
One of the most important hardy 
plants of recent introduction, and a 
grand improvement on the original 
type of A. italica, or Italian Al- 
kanet, and a plant which, on ac- 
count of its remarkable freedom of 
flowering and its beautiful blue 
color, is sure to become one of our 
most popular Hardy Perennials. 
Aetheopappus 
Pulcherimus. 
This will not only prove a most 
valuable flowering plant for garden 
decoration, but will be equally 
valuable for cutting. Its flowers, 
which are not unlike the Royal 
Sweet Sultan, are a magnificent 
brilliant rose, and last a long time 
when cut and placed in water. It 
blooms in July, and the plant grows 
It attains a height of 5 to 6 feet, 2 to 2k feet high and is perfectly 
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and produces its pretty blue flow- hardy. (See cut.) 40 cts. each 
ers, which are from | to 1} inches 
NEW JAPANESE 
ANEMONES. 
(Anemone Japonica.) 
in diameter, throughout the entire 
summer. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per 
doz 
AETHEOPAPPUS PULCHERIMUS. 
Alice. An introduction by the 
raiser of the now popular variety Queen Charlotte, over which it is a 
great improvement. The plant is of rohust habit; the flowers, when 
first opening, have the form of a Rose; as they expand the silvery-rose, 
shell-like petals become suffused with a fresh carmine, which, together 
with the yellow stamens, make it entirely distinct from all others. 
Kriemhilde (Goos & Koenemann). Semi-double flowers 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 (Goos & Koenemann). 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. 
50 cts. each. Set of 3 sorts for $1.25. 
Anthericum Liliastrum Giganteum. 
(Giant St. Bruno’s Lily.) 
A wonderful improvement on the St. Bruno's Lily, of which it is a gigan- 
tic form. It produces 2} feet high stems which, during May and June, are 
terminated by spikes of very large white flowers, and forcibly remind one 
of a miniature Lilium Candidum. A striking novelty. 30 cts. each; 
$3.00 per doz. 
New JAPANESE ANEMONE. 
We offer the best of the standard varieties of Japanese Anemones on page 181. 
