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AJUGA (Bugle). 



A useful plant for carpeting the ground, particularly in shady posilions, such as under trees 

 where grass will not grow ; also useful for the rockery ; flowers in May. 

 ■Cjenevensis. Bright blue flowers in long, dense, shov\'y spikes, almost covering the briglu 



green foliage. 



Reptans Variegata, Light green foliage, prettily variegated wiih creamy-white ; flowers 

 blue ; very attractive. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 



AL,CHEMIt,L,A (Lady's Mantle). 



Alpina. A most useful rock plant, of dwarf, spreading habit, with pretty foliage, silvery be- 

 neath. The flowers are inconspicuous. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



AI.I.IUM. 



Azureum. A hardy bulbous plant, producing large globular umbels of beautiful azure-blue 

 flowers on stems 12 inches high during May and June. 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz. 



ALSTROMERIA. 



Chilensis (^Chilian Lily). A tuberous-iooted plant, 2 feet high, with spikes of showy 

 flowers, varying from rosy-white to deep orange and red, flowering from July till September. 

 In exposed situations requires protection. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



AI.YSSUM. 



SaxatFle Compactutn {Basket of GoLl , 



Gotd-tiift, or Rockmad-woitY An indis- 

 pensable plant for the rockery or border, 



growing 1 foot high and producing early 



in summer masses of broad, flat heads of 



bright yellow flowers. (See cut.) 15 



cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 

 Saxatile Compactum fl. pi. A new 



double-flowering form. For description 



see New and Rare Plants, page 106. 



AMSONIA. 



Tabernsemontana. A stout, shrub like 

 plant, with terminal spikes of clear blue 

 flowers in June; 2 feet high. 15 cts. 

 each; $1.50 per doz. 



ANCHUSA. 



italica {Italian Alkanet). A strong-grow- 

 ing plant, 3 to 4 feet high, with rough, 

 broad foliage and large terminal heads of 

 deep blue flowers, which are produced 

 during the entire season. 15 cts. each ; 

 $1.50 per doz. 



ANTENNARIA. 



(Cat's Ear Cotton-weed.) 

 Tomentosa. A most serviceable plant 

 for edging, carpet bedding or the rockery. 

 Of prostrate growth with silvery, downy fo- 

 liage and small heads of white flowers in 

 June. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz.; $8.00 

 per 100. 



Anthemi 



Alyssum Saxatile COiMPACxuM 



Anthi-kicum. 



ANEMONES. 



(Wind flowers.) 

 J a p O n i C a ( Japanese Wiiid- 

 flowe?-). See colored plate and 

 list of v.Trieties on page 169. 

 Pennsylvanica [Pennsylvania 

 Wiudjlowe) ). 'idle prettiest of 

 our native Windflowers, grow- 

 ing 12 to 15 inches high and 

 producing its large white 

 flowers in the greatest pro- 

 fusion from June to August; 

 an excellent plant either for 

 the border or rockery, and suc- 

 ceeds equally well in sun or 

 shade. 15 cts. each; $1.50 

 per doz. 

 Pulsatilla (Pasgue Flower). 

 Grows from 9 to 12 inches 

 high, and produces its violet or 

 purple flowers during April or 

 May. An interesting plant for 

 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 

 SylvestrJs [Snowdrop Windflower'). Large, cup-shaped, pure white flowers, on 

 clean .stems, held well above the neat, handsomely cut foliage ; one of the most satis- 

 factory plants for the border, and equally at home in partial shade, naturalized in the 

 grove or in the rockery. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



— Eliza Fellman [Double Snowdrop Anemone). A new double-flowering form of 

 the preceding, with large aster-like flowers on stems 12 inches high during May and 

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



ANTHEMIS (Marguerite). 



These hardy Marguerites are among the most satisfactory summer-flowering perennials, 

 succeeding in the poorest soil, growing about 15 inches high and blooming continuously 

 during the entire summer. (See cut.) 

 Tinctoria. Of dense bushy habit, with large golden-yellow flowers. 



— Kelwayil. Similar to the above, but with deeper yellow flowers. 



— Pallida. Beautiful large sulphur-yellow flowers. 



15 cts. each; $l..'i0 per doz. 



ANTHERICUM. 



Liiiastrum [St. Bruno's Lily). A beautiful plant, 2 feet high, with narrow, grass- 

 like foliage and long spikes of white, fragrant, lily-like flowers in May and June. 

 (See cut.) 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; $7.00 per'lOO. 



Liliago [St. Bernard's Lily). A pretty species, bearing spikes of white flowers 18 

 inches high during May and June. 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz.; $7.00 per 100. 



the rockery or well-drained border. 



We have gp-eatly increased our list of seeds of Hardy Perennials. See Flower Seed Department, beginning page 59. 



