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AQUILEGIAS, OR COLUMBINES 
The Columbines are one of the most elegant and beautiful of hardy plants, 
producing their graceful spurred flowers on stems rising 2 feet or more above 
the beautifully divided foliage, and should be planted wherever their presence 
will serve to lighten up a too stiff and formal planting, for no other plant has 
so airy a gracé as the Columbine, is more generous of its blooms, or more 
effectively adapted for cut flowers. 
They are not at all particular as to soil or location, although they prefer a 
sandy loam and a moist but well drained, sunny position, and usually make 
themselves at home in any hardy border or rockery. Their period of flowering , 
covers the late spring and early summer months. Taken as ‘a whole, they are 
a most important part of the hardy garden, and should be grown in quantity 
by every lover of old-fashioned garden flowers. 
Dreer’s Long-spurred Hybrids. This is the most admired type of 
Columbines. The plants are of strong, thrifty growth. The flowers of 
largest size vary in color through charming tones of cream, pink, lavender, 
blue, white, red, etc., hardly any two being exactly alike. We offer them 
in mixed colors only, ‘ : 
Canadensis ( Common American Columbine). The native bright red and 
yellow variety, and one of the brightest. 
Chrysantha (Golden Columbine). Bright Hehe ae -spurred flowers. 
Chrysantha Alba. A pure white form. 
Ceerulea (Rocky Mountain Columbine). Bright blue and white long- 
spurred flowers. : : 
Flabellata Nana Alba. A dwarf growing, pure white. 
Helenz. Large blue flowers and wide expanded white corolla. 
Skinneri (Mezican Columbine). Yellow with long orange-red spurs. 
Vulgaris (Common Huropean Columbine). Violet-blue. A strong, vig- 
orous grower. 
Price. Any of the above; 25 cts, each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 
One each of the 9 sorts for $2.00. 
JAPANESE ANEMONE 
ANEMONE JAPONICA 
(Japanese Windflower) 
These beautiful Windflowers are one of the most important 
hardy plants. While they begin blooming in August they 
are more especially valuable on account of their continuing in 
full beauty till cut down by hard frost. All are excellent for 
cutting, lasting in good condition for many days. The plants 
grow 2 to 3 feet high, are perfectly hardy if given the protec- 
tion of 2 or 8 inches of leaves or litter during the winter, and, 
while they respond freely to liberal feeding, they will succeed 
in any ordinary garden soil, increasing in beauty from year to 
year. They can be used in solid beds or borders or clumps 
planted through the hardy border, which they brighten during 
the late fall months. 
Japonica Alba, Large, snowy-white; very chaste. 
Japonica Rubra. Beautiful rosy-red; stamens bright yellow. 
Queen Charlotte. Very large semi-double flowers of La 
France pink, a color that is rare among hardy plants. 
Rosea Superba. Flowers of medium size, of a delicate sil- ' 
very-rose. 
Whirlwind. Large, semi-double pure white flowers, very 
free. 
Price. Any of the above, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; 
$15.00 per 100. Set of the 5 sorts for $1.00. 
New Anemone “Hupehensis” 
An introduction from Central China, closely allied to Ane- 
mone Japonica which, in a miniature way, it closely resem- 
bles. The plants grow from 10 to 12 inches high and from 
early in August until late in Autumn, produce an abundance 
of flowers, about 13 inches in diameter, of a pleasing pale 
mauve-rose. nes cts. each; Le Be per doz. 
AQUILEGIA, OR COLUMBINE 
Weare the Jargest growers of Hardy Foxeuna Plants in this country ; 
