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HARDY PERENNIAL PIMTS 



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Anchusa Italic a, Dropmore Variety 



ANEMONES (Windflowers) 



Hupehensis. A perfect little gem that was originally introduced from central 

 China, is closely allied to Anemone Japonica which in a miniature form it closely 

 resembles. The plant grows from 10 to 12 inches high and from early in August 

 until late in autumn, produces an abundance of flowers about Ij inches in diam- 

 eter, of a pleasing mauve-rose. 35 cts. each; §3.50 per doz.; S18.00 per 100. 



Pulsatilla (Pasque Flower). Grows from 9 to 12 inches high and {)roduces violet or 

 purple flowers during April or May. An interesting plant for the rockery or well- 

 drained border. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 



ANEMONE JAPONICA (Japanese WindfloweD 



These beautiful Windflowers are among 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 per- 

 fectly hardy if given the protection of 2 or 3 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. 

 Whirlwind. Large, semi-double pure white flowers, very free. 

 Price. Any of the above, 30 cts. each; S2.50 per doz.; S18.00 per 100. Set of the 



4 sorts for $1.00. 



ARABIS (Rock Cress) 



Alpina. One of the most desirable of the very early spring-flowering plants that 

 is especially adapted for edging and for the rock garden, but does equally well 

 in the border, forming a dense carpet, completely covered with pure white 

 flowers. It is nice for cutting, and lasts for a long time in bloom. 25 cts. each : 

 $2.50 per doz.; §15.00 per 100. 



AMSONIA 



Salicifolius. A stout, shrub-hke plant, growing about 2 feet high, with terminal 

 spikes of light steel-blue flowers, desirable to intersperse in clumps in the front 

 row of the shrubbery border. 



Tabernaemontana. Heavier foliage than the above and clear blue flowers. 

 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



ANCHUSA ITALICA 



(The Improved Italian Alkanet or Bugloss) 



The improved Alkanets justly take a front rank among early summer flowering 

 perennials. The rich blue tones of their flowers fill a vacancy in this color, of which 

 there is never a superabundance, particularly during their flowering period which 

 covers the months of May and June. They form much branched specimens 3 to 

 5 feet high, each branch terminated by a large, pjrramidal, graceful spike of blue 

 flowers, and while the habit of the plants are strong and vigorous they are not at all 

 coarse. Of easy culture in any good garden soil and a sunny position. Very effective 

 either in solid beds or in the hardy border. 



Dropmore Variety. Rich gentian blue. | Opal. A splendid lustrous light blue. 

 35 cts. each; S3.50 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



ANCHUSA MYOSOTIDIFLORA 



An entirely different and distinct dwarf species from the Caucasian mountains 

 growing but 10 to 12 inches high, producing during April and May sprays of beau- 

 tiful Forget-me-not-like flowers of a rich hue. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



ANTHEM IS (Marguerite) 



Tinctoria. This hardy Marguerite is one of the most satisfactory summer- 

 flowering perennials, succeeding in the poorest soil; of bushy habit, growing 

 about 15 inches high, and producing its large, golden-yellow, daisy -like flowers 

 continuously during the entire summer. 



— Alba. Creamy-white flowers T\-ith yellow centre. 



— Pallida. Light canary-yellow. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



J.iPA.VESE A.VEMON'E 



We can supply seeds of many of the Hardy Perennials. See Flower Seed Department, beginning page 51 



