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AUBRETIA (Fabe Wall Cress). 



Pretty, dwarf-growing rock plants, 

 forming broad masses of silvery-green 

 foliage and sheets of flowers in spring 

 and early summer. 



Bougainville!. Showy purple flowers. 

 Leichtlini. Bright reddish crimson. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 

 per 100. 



BAPTISI A (False Indigo). 

 Australis. A strong- growing plant, about 2 feet 

 high; suitable either for the border or wild gar- 

 den, with dark green, deeply-cut foliage and 

 spikes of dark-blue flowers in June. 

 Tinctoria. Spikes of bright yellow flowers in June; 2 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz 



BOLrTONIA (False Chamomile). 



Among the showiest of our native hardy perennial plants, 

 with large, single Aster-like flowers. The plant is in bloom 

 during the summer and autumn months, and with its thousands 

 of flowers open at one time produces a very showy effect. 

 (See cut.) 



Asteroides. Pure white; very effective; 5 to 7 feet. 

 Latisquama. Pink, slightly tinged with lavender; 4 to 6 feet, 

 — Nana. Similar to the type, but growing only 2 feet high. 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



CAI^IMERIS (Star Wort). 



Incisa, An attractive plant for the border; grows 12 to 18 

 inches high, producing from July to September daisy-like, 

 pale, lavender flowers, with yellow centre. 25 cts. each; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



CAL,L,IRHOE (Poppy Mallow). 



Involucrata. An elegant trailing plant, with finely-divided 

 foliage and large, saucer -shaped flowers of bright rosy-crim- 

 son, with white centres, which are produced all summer and 

 fall. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



CAL,TKA (Marsh Marigold). 



Effective hardy perennials, of much value 



in marshy places and by the sides of 



streams and ponds; grow about a 



foot high and bloom in early 



spring. 



Palustris. Single bright yel- 

 low flowers. 15 cts. each; 

 $1.50 per doz. 



Palustris Fl. PI. Double- 

 flowering. 25 cts. each; $2.50 

 per doz. 



Palustris Semi=plena. A 

 new semi-double form and an 

 improvement on both the 

 single and double flowered varie- 

 ties. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Callikhoe Involucrata. 

 to 2^ feet. 



BEI^I^IS PERENNIS (English Daisy). 



Improved double-flowering, white and pink. 75 cts. per doz. ; $5.00 per 100. 



BEETIA, 



Hyacinthina. A terrestrial Orchid from China, with grass-like foliage and 

 terminal racemes of showy rosy-pink flowers; grows about a foot high and suc- 

 ceeds best in a damp shady position; requires the protection of a cold frame in 

 winter. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 



BOCCOXI A (Pluma Poppy, or Tree Celandine). 



Cordata. A noble hardy perennial, beautiful in foliage and flower, admirably 

 adapted for planting in the shrubbery borders, centre of beds, and in bold 

 groups in almost any position. It will grow in any soil or situation, attaining 

 from 6 to 8 feet in height; flowers in terminal panicles, of a creamy-white color, 

 during July and August. (See cut.) 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 

 per 100. 



BoccoNiA Cordata. 



PAEONIES, the " Queen of Spring Flowers," is one of our specialties. See offer on page 216. 



