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ASTILBE DAVIDII. 



■ An impovtanl addition to hardy plants. Its 5 to 6 feet high 

 stems, which rise from a tuft of pretty dark-green foliage, are 

 crowned with feathery plumes of deep rose-violet flowers during 

 July and August. Awarded a first-class certificate by the Royal 

 Horticultural Society, London. 25 cts. each; $250 per doz. 



ASTILBE QUEEN ALEXANDRA. 



A new variety, which was offered for the first time last fall, 

 when it was introduced for pot culture for winter flowering. 

 Being a perfectly hardy plant, we believe it will prove just as valu- 

 able for the border. It differs from the ordinary varieties in color, 

 which is a soft, delicate pink. 50 cts. each; fS.OO per doz. 



Campanula Persicifolia Humosa. 



(Double Bl^e Peacli Bells.) 



The double white Peach Bells C. ps7-. gigantea Moer/ieiini 

 offered on page 184 of this- book was introduced about 5 years 

 ago, and now holds an important place among hardy plants. In 

 the variety now offered we have a beautiful double blue flower of 

 a most pleasing shade, with blooms even larger than the popular 

 •double white. A desirable addition to our list of Campanulas 

 ■which cannot help but meet with favor. 30 cts. each ; $3.00 per 

 ■doz. 



Diaiithus 



DiANTHi'S Napoleon III. 



Hybridus Fettes 

 Mount. 



Another charming variety of 

 the Hardy Mule Pink, which 

 during the month of June is com- 

 pletely covered with very attirac 

 tive soft rosy-pink flowers, bornt 

 on stems a foot high. The plant 

 is a stroug, vigorous grower and 

 perfectly hardy. 25 cts. each ; 

 .$2.50 per doz. 



Hardy Fern, Scolopendrium Officinarum Undulatum. 



DiCTAMNUS FrAXINELLA CaUCASICUS. 



DIANTHIIS 



NAPOEEON III. 



(Everblooining: Hardy 

 Blule Pink.) 



This charming hardy pink is 

 by no means new, but only during 

 the past few years have we had 

 suiScient stock of it to enable us 

 to offer it in our Garden Book, 

 and as a result many thousand 

 plants have been distributed, and 

 the favorable comments received 

 from pleased customers justifies 

 us in believing that of all the 

 hardy plants sent out in recent 

 years none has ever given more 

 satisfaction than this everbloom- 

 ing Dianthus. The smallest plant 

 set out in spring will form a com- 

 pact clump, not over 10 inches 

 in height, which from the middle of June until severe freezing weather is a mass 

 of full, double, brilliant, blood-crimson, delightfully clove-scented flowers. 25 cts. 

 each ; $2. 50 per doz. 



DICTAMNUS FRAXINEEEA CAUCASICUS. 



A gigantic form of the well-known Gas VX&nt D. fraxinella ; the flowers being 

 fully double the size of the type and borne on much larger spikes; a fine hardy plant. 

 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



THREE RARE HARDY FERNS. 



No description can convey a proper idea of the beauty of these rare Ferns. Put 

 them in a shady, moist corner of your garden, and they will prove a constant delight. 

 Asplenium Pilix^foemina Vlctorije ( The Queen of Lady Ferns). The pinnae 



arranged in an unique, crisscross manner unlike anything else in the vegetable 



kingdom. 

 Osmunda Regalis Cristata. A crested form of the lovely Royal Fern. 

 Scolopendrium officinarum undulatum {Wavy-leaved Hares-tongue Fern). 



50 cts. each ; $;").00 per doz. One of each for $1.25. 



FUNKIA ROBUST A EEEGANS VARIEGATA. 



A decided improvement on account of its strong, robust habit on all variegated 

 varieties, producing foliage fully double the size of the popular F. undulata media 

 pieta, which in variegation it closely resembles, the general color being green with 

 pretty white variegations. 30 cts. each ; $3.00 per doz. 



