General List of Hardy Perennial Plants 



For Ne-v and Rare Varieties see pages 174 to 178. 

 AC^NA (New Zealand Burr). 



Pretty evergreen rock plants of cushion-like growth, cultivated for their sbowy 

 crimson spines, which are borne on tire calyx. 



Buchanan!. Glaucous green fern-like foliage. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 

 Microphylla. Pretty dark bronze foliage. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



ACAIVTHOLIMO]\ (Prickly Thrift). 



evergreen leaves, forming a tuft 3 inches high; bright 

 A useful rockery plant. 25 cts. each. 



Qlumaceum. Pine-like 

 pink flowers. all summer. 



ACANTHUS (Bear's Breech). 



Handsome decorative plants, wilh broad foliage and of stately effect, eithei for 

 planting as single specimens on the lawn or in the border, or for grouping- with 

 other plants for sub-tropical effect; producing tiieir 3 feet high spikes of cuiious 

 flowers during August and September. The ornamentation of the Corinthian 

 columns is said to have been suggested by the leaf of this plant. 

 Caroli=AIexandri. A novel variety, wilh deeply cut, dark-green leaves, peculiarly 



protected with long spines. 35 cts. each ; $3.50 per doz. 

 rioilis. Deeply-toothed, heart-shaped lenves, 2 feet long by 1 foot wide ; flowers 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^A (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 long, 

 dense spikes. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per 

 doz. 



Adonis Amurhnsis. 



ACONITUM NaPELLUS. 



Achillea " Iht Ppaki " 



ACHILLEA. 



(Mill'oil, or VaiTow.) 



Ptarmica Fl, PI. "The Pearl." Flow- 

 ers borne in the greatest profusion the 

 entire summer on strong, erect stems, 2 

 feet high, of the purest white ; as a 

 summer cut bloom it is of great value. 

 (See cut.) 

 Pilipendula [Noble Yarrow). A vigor- 

 ous, showy species, with golden-yellow 

 flowers in dense flat corymbs; in July; 

 height, 2 feet. 

 Millefolium Roseum [Rosy J\lilfoil). 

 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 amaranth-red flowers. 

 Tomentosa [Woolly Yarrow). Handsome cut foliage and bright yellow flowers 



in a multitude of flat heads during June; height about 12 inches. 

 Eupatorium [Fem-leaved Yarro7v). Neat, finely-cut foliage and brilliant yellow 



heads of flowers, lasting in full beauty all summer; 4 to 5 feet. 

 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz.; $10. nO per 100. One each of the 6 varieties for 75 cts. 



AUEISOPHORA. 



Polymorpha. A valuable variety, the flower stems well furnished with fine dark- 

 blue bell-shaped flowers ; blooms in August, when nearly all other bell-flowers 

 are over ; 3 ft. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



Potanini. An easily-grown, useful, attractive plant, with light-blue flowers, not 

 unlike Canterbury Bells ; July to Sept ; 18 inches. 25 cts. each ; $2 50 per doz. 



AjCONIXUM (Monkshood, or Helmet Flower). 



All the varieties offered fcjrm bushy clumps, with spikes 3 feet long, of hood-shaped 

 flowers, and are invaluable for planting under trees or in shady positions. (See cut.) 

 Autumnale. Deep purplish-blue flowers in September. 

 Napellus. Large, dark-blue flowers ; August and September. 

 — Bicolor. Large blue-and-white flowers ; one of the prettiest; 3 feet. 

 Fischeri. Very large, pale-blue flowers in Septemlier and October; 18 inches. 

 LyCOCtonum. Very free flowering, pale yellow; June and July; 3 feet. 

 Strcckianum . Beautiful rich deep blue in large spikes; July and August; 3 feet. 

 2.". ctx each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. Set of 6 varieties, $1.25. 

 ADONIS (Bird's Kye). 



Beautiful early spring-flowerng plants, about 12 inches high, with finely-cut, orna- 

 mental 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. 

 Pyrenalca. Large orange-yellow flowers in May. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 

 Vernalis [Ox eye). Bright yellow flowers in early spring. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



JEGOPOWIUM (Bishops Weed). 



Podagraria Variegata. A rapid-growing plant, with neat green and yellow 

 variegated foliage, thriving in any soil ; makes a fine border for a bed of shrubs or 

 for covering waste ground ; 1 foot; 15 cts. each ; $1:50 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 



PEONIES and PHLOXES are two of our leading specialties ; see plate and pages 20O and 301. 



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