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ASTILBE 



Astilbe 



This collection includes the best of the latest novelties, all are varieties 

 of strong vigorous growth producing many branched feathered heads of 

 flowers during June and July. They succeed best in a half-shady moist 

 position in any ordinary garden soil. 

 Betsy Cuperius. Stems 5 feet high with drooping branches 18 to 24 



inches long, of white flowers with pink centres; very showy. 

 Ceres. An attractive rosy-lilac; 2| to 3 feet. 

 Grandis Rosea Maxima. Grows 5 to 6 feet high, with 2 feet long drooping 



branches of white flowers with rosy centres. 

 Gmno. Light, graceful spikes of spreading habit, salmon-pink color; 4 feet. 

 Marguerite Van Rechteren. Finely fringed flowers, bright red tinged 



with dark lilac; 4 to 5 feet. 

 Mowe. A striking novelty with long nicely formed spikes, crimson, shaded 



salmon. 2\ to 3 feet. 

 Price. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz.; set of 6 sorts, $2.50. 



Aubrietia (Rainbow Rock Cress) 



Pretty dwarf-growing plants suitable for the rockery or for the edge of 

 the border, they form masses of silvery-green foliage and sheets of various 

 colored flowers in spring and early summer. Choice mixed varieties, 25 

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



Baptisia (False Indigo) 



Australis. A strong growing plant, about 2 feet high; suitable either for 

 the border or wild garden, with dark green, deeply-cut foliage and spikes 

 of dark-blue flowers in June. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Bellis Perennis (English Daisy) 



Improved double-flowering, white and pink. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; 

 $15.00 per 100. 



CaSSia (American Senna) 



Marilandica. A plant growing from three to four feet high, bushy, with 

 large panicles of bright yellow, curiously shaped flowers in abundant 

 axillary clusters from July to August. The beautiful pinnate light-green 

 foliage is very pleasing. 25 cts: each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



BoCCOIlia (Plume Poppy, or Tree Celandine) 



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

 ably 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. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; 

 $18.00 per 100. 



BoltOnia (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. 



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



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



— Nana. Identical to the type but grows only 2 feet high. 

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



Calamintha 



Alpina. A good rock plant or for the edge of the border, succeeds well in 

 dry ground in a sunny position, small blue flowers in June. 6 inches. 

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



Calimeris (star wort) 



Incisa. An attractive, free-flowering plant; 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. 



CalH rhoe (Poppy Mallow) 



Involucrata. An elegant trailing plant, with finely divided foliage and 

 large saucer-shaped flowers of bright, rosy-crimson, with white centres, 

 which are produced all summer and fall. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; 

 $18.00 per 100. 



Caltha (Marsh Marigold) 



Palustris. Effective hardy perennials, of much value in marshy places 

 and by the side of streams and ponds; grow about a foot high, with bright 

 yellow single flowers in early spring. 30 cts. eai_u", $3.00 per doz. 



Hardy Border Carnations 



Choice mixed seedlings produced from seed supplied by a specialist in this 

 popular flower. We supply strong plants that will furnish an abundance of 

 flowers early in the season. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Bocconia Cordata 



Blue Salvia Pitcheri is a gem for the garden from August to October, see page 193 



