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RUDBBCKIA (Cone-Flower) 



Indispensable plants for ihe hardy border; grow and thrive anywhere, giving 

 a wealth of bloom, which are well suited for cutting. 



" Golden Glow." A well-known popular plant, a strong robust grower, 

 attaining a height of 5 to 6 feet, and produces masses of double golden- 

 yellow Cactus Dahlia-like flowers from July to September. 



Maxima. A rare and attractive variety, growing 5 feet high, with large 

 glaucous green leaves and bright yellow flowers 5 to 6 inches across, with 

 a cone 2 inches high; flowers continuously from June to September. 



Newmanl. Dark orange-yellow flowers, with deep purple cone, borne on 

 stiff", wiry stems 3 feet high; flowers from July to September. 



Nitida " Autumn Sun." An attractive single-flowering variety, growing 

 5 to 6 feet high, with long, broad petals of bright primrose-yellow; August 

 to October. 



Purpurea ( Giant Purple Gone- Flower). Flowers about 4 inches across, 

 of a peculiar reddish-purple with a remarkably large cone-shaped centre 

 of brown; forms bushy plants 3 feet high, and blooms from July to 

 October. 



Subtomentosa. A pyramidal densely branched plant, 2J feet high, which 

 is completely enveloped in amass of brilliant lemon-yellow flowers with dark 

 purple centres in summer. 



Price. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 

 per 100. Set of 6 sorts for $1.25. 



RANUNCULUS 



(Crow-Foot, Buttercup) 

 Acris Fl. PI. A double- flowered form of 

 our common Buttercup; 2 feet. May and 

 June. 

 Repens Fl. PI. [Bachelor' s Buttons). A 

 pretty double-flowering bright golden yel- 

 low Buttercup. Bears masses of flowers 

 during May and June. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Group of Saxifragas (Megas. 



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RUDBECKIA NeWMANI 



ROSMARINUS 



( Rosemary ) 



Officinalis. An old favorite 

 aromatic herb of neat habit of 

 growth; requires protection. 25 

 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



SALVIA 



(Meadow Sage) 

 Azurea. Grows 3 to 4 feet high, 

 producing August and Septem- 

 ber pretty sky-blue flowers iD 

 the greatest profusion. 

 Qreggi. Makes a shapely, bushy 

 plant about two feet high, and 

 from July to late October bears 

 masses of rich and luminous 

 brilliant carmine flowers; requires protection in winter. 

 Oreggi Alba. A pretty white flowered form, which makes a good companion 



to the red flowered type. 

 Pitcheri. Similar to Azurea, but of more branching habit and larger flowers 

 of a rich gentian blue color; 3 to 4 feet. 



30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 

 Set of the 4 varieties, $1.00. 



SANTOLINA (Lavender Cotton) 

 Chamxcyparissus Incana. A dwarf evergreen perennial with attractive, 

 silvery-white foliage; useful as a rock or border plant, and largely used for 

 carpet bedding. 20 cts. each; $2 00 per doz.; $12.00 per 100. 



SAXIFRAGA (Megasea) 

 These will thrive in any kind of soil and in any position; grow about 1 foot 

 high and are admirable for the front of the border or shrubbery, formingmasses 

 of handsome, broad, deep green foliage, which alone renders them useful, while 

 the pretty rose-pink flowers, which appear very early in the spring, make them 

 doubly effective. We offer six choice varieties. 30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; 

 $18.00 per 100. 



