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ALYSSUM (Mad Wort) [aaae 
Rostratum. Bright golden-yellow flowers in June and July; 1 foot. - 
Saxatile Compactum (Busket of Gold, Geld Tuft, Rockmadwort. ) 
An indispensable plant for the rockery or border, growing 1 foot high, 
and producing in May masses of broad, flat heads of bright yellow 
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flowers. 
25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 
AMSONIA 
Salicifolius. A stout shrub-like plant, growing about 2 feet high, with 
terminal spikes of light steel-blue flowers, desirable to intersperse in 
clumps in the front row cf the shrubbery border. 
Tabernzmontana. Similar to above in habit of growth, but with light 
blue flowers. 
25 cts, each; $2.50 per doz. 
ANTHEMIS 
(Marguerite) 
Tinctoria. This hardy Marguerite 
is one of the most satisfactory 
summer-flowering perennials, suc- 
ceeding in the poorest soil; of 
bushy habit, growing about 15 
inches. high, and producing its 
large, golden-yellow, daisy-like 
flowers continuously during the 
AtyssuM SAxXaATILE Compactom, ON ROCKERY 
ANCHUSA ITALICA 
(The Improved Italian Alkanet or Bugloss) 
The improved Alkanets justly take a 
entire summer. 
— Alba. Creamy-white flowers 
with yellow centre. 
—Pallida. Light canary-yellow- front rank among early summer flower- 
ing perennials. The rich blue tones of 
their flowers fill a vacancy in this color, 
of which there is never a superabundance, 
25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; 
$15.00 per 100. 
particularly during their flowering period, 
which covers the months of May and June, 
They form much-branched specimens 3 to 
5 feet high, each branch terminated by a 
large, pyramidal, graceful spike of blue 
flowers, and while the habit of the plants 
are strong and vigorous they are not at all 
coarse. Of easy culture in any good gar- 
den soil and a sunny position. Very ef- 
fective either in solid beds or in the hardy 
border. 
Dropmore Variety. Rich gentian blue. 
Opal. A splendid lustrous light blue. 
35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 
AMSONIA 
ANEMONES (wWindflowers) 
Pennsylvanica (Penisyloania Windflower). The prettiest of our native 
Windflowers, growing 12 to 15 inches high, and producing its large white 
flowers in the greatest profusion from June to August; an excellent plant 
either for the border or the rockery, and succeeds equally well in sun or 
shade. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
Sylvestris (Snowdrop Windflower). Large, cup-shaped, pure white 
flowers, on clean stems, held well above the neat, handsomely cut foliage; 
one of the most satisfactory plants for the border, and equally at home in 
partial shade. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. ; 
ANTHERICUM 
4 Liliago (St. Bernard’s Lily). A pretty species, bearing spikes of 
2 ee white flowers 18 inches high during May and June. 25 cts. each; 
Ancuusa‘ITaALica, Dropmore VARIETY $2.50 per doz. 
We can supply seeds of many of the Hardy.Perennials. See Flower Seed Department beginning page 5] 
