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AnIHKKKI'M IjLIA--M;rM CiU.ANTEUM. 



New and Rare Hardy Perennials. 



Our list of the al)ove is exceptionally strong this season, embnicing, in addition to the 

 many novelties offered for the first time, a number of desirable rare old plants seldom 

 met with. All desirable additions to any garden. 



ACANTHUS CAROLI-AI^KXANDRI. 



A very novel plant, especially valuable for its ornamental foliage. If planted in deep, 

 pich soil it produces deeply cut leaves of dark, rich, glossy green, 12 to 18 inches long. 

 These are peculiarly protected with long spines. 



The ornamentation of the Corinthian columns is said to have been suggested by the 

 leaf of one of the Acanthus. 50 cts. each ; $5.00 per doz. 



ANTHERICUiH I.II.IAST11UM GIGANTEUM. 



(Giant St. Brano's Lily.) 



A wonderful improvement on the St. Bruno's Tily, of which it is a gigantic form. It 

 produces 2^ feet high stems which during May and June are terminated by spikes of 

 very large white flowers, and forcibly remind one of a miniature Liiium Candidum. A 

 striking novelty. 50 cts. each. 



ARNKBIA ECHIOIDHS (Prophet Flower). 



Grows about 10 inches high, and produces from early May till August bright yellow 

 flowers with black spots. An excellent plant for the north side of the rockery or other 

 shaded position. 35 cts. each. 



i AST1I.BE DAVIOII. 



Unquestionably one of the most important additions to hardy plants of this type in many years. Its 5 to' 6 feet high stems 

 which rise from a tuft of pretty dark green foliage, are crowned with feathery plumes of deep rose-violet flowers during July and 



August. Awarded a first-class certificate by the Royal Horticultural 

 Society, London. 50 cts. each ; $5.00 per doz. 



CAHIPANUI^A GI.03IERATA ACAULIS. 



An elegant novelty for the rockery or the outer edge of the border, 

 forming a dense tuft of dark green foliage, which is studded with trusses, 

 of showy deep blue flowers during June and July. 50 cts. each. 



y DEI.PHI1MUM BEI.I.ADONNA. 



(Everblooming Hardy Larkspur.) 



(Shown in colors on thi back cover of tliis hook.) 

 This exquisite hardy Larkspur well deserves the prominence accorded 

 to it this season, being the freest and most continuous flowering of all, 

 never being out of bloom from the end of June until hard frost, while the 

 delicate turquoise-blue of its large blossoms is ni>t equalled by any other 

 flower. It looks well in any position, planted singly in the border or in 

 masses in beds. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz ; $20.00 per 100. 



TWO RARE HARDY FERNS. 



No description can convey a proper idea of the beauty of these two rarj 

 Ferns. They are perfectly hardy. Put them in a shady, moist corner of 

 your garden, and they will prove a constant delight, and increase in 

 beauty every year. 



Aspienium Filix^foemina Victorise ( 7 he Queen of Lady Ferns). 

 The pinnae of this variety are arranged in a unique, criss-cross manner 

 unlike anything else in the vegetable kingdom. 50 cts. each. 



Scolopendrium officinarum undulatum ( IVazy-leaveii Harfs- 

 Tongue Fern). 50 cts. each. 



ASTILBE DaVIDI 



...NEW... 



Delphiniums and Phloxes. 



We offer a special list of the above import- 

 ant Hardy Perennials. See pages i68 and 169. 



