EHRTADREER -PHIlADEtiPHIAfA-^nM PERENNIAL PbANTi 



Aqii legia Helen-b. 



ALYSSUM. 



Rostratum. Bright golden yellow flowers in June and July. 



2"i cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 

 Saxatile Compactum {Basket of Gold, Gold Tuft, Rock- 



niadworl). An indispensable plant for the rockery or border, 



growing 1 foot high and producing early in summer masses 



of broad, flat heads of bright yellow flowers. 



ANCHUSA. 



Barrelieri. Forget-me-not-like blue flowers with white tube 

 and yellow throat ; May and June ; 18 inches. 25 cts. each ; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



Italica (Jtiilian Alkanet). A strong-growing plant, 3 to 4 

 feet high, with rough, broad foliage and large heads of deep 

 blue flowers the entire season. 



— Dropmore Variety. A grand improvement on the pre- 

 ceding ; flowers deep blue ; 1 to \\ inches across ; blooms all 

 summer. 50 cts encli. 



ANEIHONE JAPONICA. 



(Japanese Windflower.) 



These beautiful Windflowers are perfectly hardy if given the 

 protection of 2 or 3 inches of leaves or litter during the winter, 

 and, planted through the hardy border, brighten it up during 

 the late fall months. 

 Japonica. Beautiful rosy red. 

 Alba. Large, snowy white. 



Elegantisslma. Large, satiny-rose, semi-double flowers. 

 Lord Ardilaun. The finest single white. 25 cts. each. 

 Prince Henry. Very double, deep, rich, pink flowers. 

 Queen Charlotte. Large semi-double flowers of silvery pink. 

 Rosea Superba. Delicate silvery rose. 

 Whirlwind. Large semi-double pure vvhite. 



AQUILrEGIA (Columbine). 



Old favorite spring and early summer blooining plants, grow- 

 ing about 2 feet high, that succeed in any ordinary garden soil. 

 Californica Hybrida. One of the finest mixtures. 

 Canadensis. Our native Columlnne, bright red and yellow. 

 Caryophylloides Ft. Pi. Double striped, etc. 

 Chrysantha. The golden-spurred " Columbine." 

 Ccerulea (Rocky Moiajtain Columbine). Blue and white. 

 Flabellata nana alba. A dwarf, pure white. 

 Helenae. Blue, with white corolla. 

 Nivea grandiflora. A beautiful pure white. 

 Skinneri. Yellow, with long reil spurs. 

 Truncata. Scarlet, with yellow tips. 

 Vulgaris. The European violet-blue Columbine. 



AR.ABIS (Kock Cress). 

 Alpina. One of the mo>t desirable of the very early spring- 

 flowering plants that is especially adapted for edging ; com- 

 pletely covered with pure white flowers. 



— Flore-PIena. A pvettv double-flowering form. 



ARUERIA (Thrift). 



Attractive evergreen tufts of bright green foliage, from which 

 innumerable flowers appear in dense heads, on stiff, wiiy stems 

 about 9 inches high. They flower more or less continuously 

 from early spiiiig until late in the fall. 

 Maritima Splendens. Bright rosy pink. 



— Alba., A pretty white. 



ARTEMESIA. 



A most useful class of plants for the border. 

 Abrotamnum (Old Man, or Southernwood). Dark green, 



finely cut foliage, with pleasant aromatic odor; 2 feet. 

 Frigida (Colorado Mountain Fringi). Small silvery white 



foliage ; fine for rockeiy or border ; 6 to 10 inches. 

 Purshiana. A white-foliaged sort, for edging ; 18 inches. 

 Stellariana [Old l-Voman). Deeply-cut, silvery foliage j 



much used tn carpet bedding ; 18 inches. / 



HARDY ASTERS. 



(Micliaelmas Daisies, or Starworts.) 



These are among the showiest of our late-flowering hardy 

 plants, giving a wealth of bloom when most other flowers are 

 past. Unless specified, they bloom in September and October. 

 AmelluS flackil. Pure violet ; Augand Sept.; 15 inches. 

 Airship. Pure white ; August and September; 2i feet. 

 Curtissii. Pale heliotrope ; August and September ; 3 feet. 

 Qrandiflorus. The finest and latest flowering of all ; the 



flowers are of a lovely dark bluish-violet ; October and 



November. 25 cts. each ; §2.50 per doz. 

 F. W. Burbidge. Light violet ; 3 feet. 

 Laevis. Light heliotrope ; 3 feet. 



— Floribunda. Fine pale-blue ; 4 to 5 feet, 

 Longifolia formosissima. Bright violet ; 3 feet. 

 Mme. Soyneuse. Pale lilac ; very free ; 15 inches. 

 Mrs. F. W. Raynor. Light reddish violet ; 4 feet. 

 Novae Angliae. Bright violet purple ; 4 feet. 



PurpurJna. Bright violet purple ; 3 feet. 



Rosea. Bright purplish-mauve ; 4 feet. 



Rubra. Deep reddish-violet ; 4 feet. 



Ptarmicoides. Pure white ; August and Sept.; 18 inches. 

 Snowflake. Very free, pure white; 18 inches. 



St. Brigid. White-tinted lilac; August and Sept;; 3J feet. 



Thos. S. Ware. Lilac mauve ; 3J feet. 



Top Sawyer. Clear Parma-violet color; 4 feet. 



Trinervus. Rich violet-purple ; 2} feet. 



White Queen.' Large white ; very free ; 4 feet. 



ASTEK Gkandiflorvs. 



All Hardy Perennial Plants (except where noted) at the uniform price of 15 cents each ; $1.50 per doz. 



