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ANTHEMIS (Marguerite). 



These hardy Marguerites are among the most satisfactory summer-flowering 

 perennials, succeding 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. 



— Alba. Creamy while with yellow centre. 



— Kelwayii. Similar to the type, but with deeper yellow flowers. 



— Pallida. Beautiful large sulphur-yellow flowers. 



'Nobilis {Common Chamomile). White flowers; Ju'y to September. 

 ^' Aizoon. .\ compact variety but 3 inches high ; useful for the rockery; white 

 flowers from June to August. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



ANTHERICU:*!. 



Liliastrum [St. Bnmo^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 100. 



LiliagO (.SV. 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. 



AQUILrEGIA (Columbine): 



The Columbines are old favorite late spring and early summer blooming 

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

 The varieties off'ered are a selection of the best kinds. (See cut.) 



Californica Hybrida. One of the finest mixtures 

 brought together. 

 Canadensis. Our native Columbine, bright 



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ARABIS (Kock Cress), 



Alpina. One of the most desir- 

 able of the very early spring, 

 flowering plants that is espe- 

 cially adapted for edging 

 and for the rock garden, 

 but which succeds equally 

 well in the border where 

 it forms a dense carpet, 

 completely covered 

 with pure white flowers. 



— Flore=plena. A dis- 

 tinct and pretty double- 

 flower form of the 

 above. (See cut.) 



15 cts. each ; $1.50 per 

 doz.; $8.00 per 100. 



ARALIA. 



Cashmeriana. A stately 

 ornamental plant with at- 

 tractive foliage and large 

 panicles of small white 

 flowers in early summer ; 

 grows 5 to 8 feet high. 25 cts 

 e.ich ; $2.50 per doz. 



ARENARIA (Sand-wort). 



Close -growing evergreen plants, for 

 ing dense carpets of verdure, and especial 

 ly desirable for rock-work ; flowers pure white^ 

 prettily studding the foliage during the spring 

 months. 



Caespitosa, Dense moss-like foliage ; white flowers. 

 Montana. Large white flowers, produced very freely. 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



ARMERIA (Thrift). 



Attractive dwarf plants that will succeed in any soil, forming evergreen tufts 

 of bri<Tht f^ieen foliage, from which innumerable flowers appear in dense heads, 

 on stiff wtry stems about 9 inches high. They flower more or less continuously h 

 from early spring until late in the fall. Very effective in the rockery and in- 

 dispensable in the border. 



Maritima Splendens. Bright rosy pink. | —Alba. A pretty white. 

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

 ASPERUL,A (Sweet Woodruff, Waldmeister). 

 Odorata. An old-fnshioned favorite, grown for its fragrant leaves and stems, 

 which have an odor not unlike new-mown hay, and are used for putting 

 among clothes, etc. ; also used in Germany to flavor the " Maitrank, or 

 May wine; best grown in semi-shaded positions; flowers white. 25 cts. 

 each; $2.50 per doz 



phylloides. A pretty strain 

 th striped flowers. 

 Chrysantha. The beautiful gol- 

 den-spurred " Columbine." 

 Coerulea f^Kocky Mountain Col- 

 iimbiiie). One of the hand- 

 somest of the family; blue and 

 white. 



Nivea grandiflora. A 

 beautiful large pure white. 

 Skinneri. Scarlet, with 

 greenish tips ; very dis- 

 tinct. 

 Vulgaris Flore- plena. 

 Double-flowering form of 

 the ^European violet-blue 

 sort 

 15 cts. each; SI. 50 per doz.; 

 $10.00 per 100. Set of 8 

 varieties, $1.00. 



Aquilegias (Columbines^. 



Arabis Alpina Fl. Pl. 



The beautiful turquoise-blue Hardy Larkspur sho v^n in colors on the back cover of this book is offered on pages .07 and 169. 



