General List of Hardy Perennial Plants 
For New and Rare Varieties see pages 174 to 178. 
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ACZAENA (New Zealand Burr). 
Pretty evergreen rock plants of cushion-like growth, cultivated for their showy, 
crimson spines, which are borne on the calyx. 
Buchanani. Glaucous green fern-like foliage. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
Microphylla. Pretty dark bronze foliage. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
ACANTHUS (Bear’s Breech). 
Handsome decorative plants, with broad foliage and of stately effect, either for 
planting as single specimens on the lawn or in the border, or for grouping with 
other plants for sub-tropical effect; producing their 8 feet high spikes of curious 
flowers during August and September. The ornamentation of the Corinthian 
columns is said to have been suggested by the leaf of this plant. 
Caroli=Alexandri. A novel variety, with deeply-cut, dark green leaves, pecu- 
liarly protected with long spines. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
Mollis. Deeply-toothed, heart-shaped leaves, 2 feet long by 1 foot wide; flow- 
ers of a purplish-rose color. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
— Latifolius. A variety of the above with larger, heavier foliage, more robust 
in every way; an interesting plant. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
ACT ZEA | (Baneberry). 
Desirable native plants, with showy, dense spikes of white flowers, about 2 feet 
high, produced in masses in June, followed with handsome clusters of berries. 
Spicata alba. Pure white berries on red stems. 
— Rubra. Bright scarlet berries in ong, dense spikes. 
25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz, 
ACHILLEA (Milfoil, or Yarrow). 
Alpina. Very free-flowering single white; grows 12 inches high; blooms June 
to August. 25 cts. each. 
AcHILLEA “ THE PEARL.” 
Eupatorium (Fern-leaved Yurrow). Neat, finely-cut foliage and brilliant yel- 
low heads of flowers, lasting in full beauty all summer; 4 to 5 feet. 
Filipendula (Noble Yarrow). A vigorous, showy species, with golden-yellow 
flowers in dense flat corymbs in July; height 2 feet. 
Millefolium Roseum (Rosy J/ilfoil). Finely-cut, deep green foliage, flowers 
pink, in dense heads; 18 inches high and flowers all summer. 
— Cerise Queen. A variety of the above, with rich aramanth-red flowers. 
Ptarmica FI. Pl. ‘‘The Pearl.’’ Flowers borne in the greatest profusion the en- 
tire summer on strong, erect stems, 2 feet high, of the purest white; as a summer 
cut bloom it is of great value. (See cut. 
Tomentosa ( Woolly Yarrow). Handsome cut foliage and bright yellow flowers 
in a multitude of flat heads during June; height about 12 inches. 
Price, except where noted, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $1.00 per 100. One 
each of the 7 varieties for $1.00. 
ACONITUM (Monkshood, or Helmet Flower). 
All the varieties offered form bushy clumps, and are invaluable for planting under 
trees or in shady or semi-shady positions. Mrs. Ely says: 
“Aconitum or Monkshood may be set out either in October or in early spring: 
The Monkshood grows about 4 feet high, and blooms in clusters of beautiful blue 
flowers, of which there are several varieties, from August until killed by very cold 
weather.’ 
Autumnale. Deep purplish-blue flowers. 
Napellus. Large, dark blue flowers. 
— Albus. A fine white-flowered form. 
— Bicolor. Large blue-and-white flowers; one of the prettiest. 
Fischeri. A dwarf variety, growing 18 inches high, with very large, pale blue 
flowers in September and October. 
Lycoctonum. A free-flowering pale yellow sort, blooming in June and July. 
Strekianum. Beautiful rich deep blue in large spikes. 
25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. Set of 7 varieties, $1.50. 
ADENOPHORA. 
Polymorpha. A valuable variety, the flower stems well furnished with fine davk- 
blue bell-shaped Campanula-like flowers; blooms in August, when nearly all other 
bell-flowers are over; 3 feet. 25 cts. each. 
Potanini. An easily-grown, useful, attractive plant, with light blue flowers, not un- 
like Canterbury Bells; July to September; 18 inches. 25 cts. each. 
ADONIS (Bird’s Eye). 
One of the choicest of early spring-flowering plants, about 12 inches igh, with 
finely-cut, ornamental foliage; effective in rock- “work or in the border. 
Amurensis. A Japanese species, with large, yellow flowers; blooms fully two 
weeks earlier than any other hardy plant. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 
Pyrenaica. Large orange-yellow flowers in May. 28 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
Vernalis (Ox Eye). Bright yellow flowers in early spring. 25 cts. each; $2.50 
per doz. 
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