New and Rare Hardy Perennials. 



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On this and the following C pages we give a very 

 which are not new, but which are quite rare and 

 this country, and is given on pages 203 to 243. 



select list of the newest things in Hardy Perennials; also a number of varieties 

 seldom offered. Our General List of Hardy Perennials is the most complete in 



NEW JAPANESE ANEMONES. 



Anemone Japonica. 



Alice. An introduction by the raiser of the now popular variety Queen 

 Charlotte, over which it is a great improvement. The plant is of robust habit; 

 the flowers, when first opening, have the form of a rose; as they expand the 

 silvery-rose, shell-like petals become suffused with a fresh carmine, which, to- 

 gether with the yellow stamens, make it entirely distinct from all others. 



Kriemhilde. Semi-double flowers 4 inches in diameter, composed of long, 

 narrow, closely-set petals of a lovely rose-pink, and borne on stout, stiff stalks; 

 as charming as it is distinct. 



Loreley. A neat, cup-shaped, semi-double flower about 3 inches across, of a 

 bright, silvery mauve-pink, borne on good, stiff stems, and exceptionally free- 

 flowering. 



Price. Any of the above. 25 cts. each. Set of 3 sorts for 6<> cts. 



AJIEJIONOPSIS MACROPHYLLA. 



A very rare Hardy Perennial from Japan, growing about 2 feet high. The 

 general habit of the plant as well as its unopened llower buds is not unlike a 

 miniature Japanese Anemone. The rich violet bell-shaped flowers are produced 

 in loose racemes late in summer. Prefers a partly shaded position. 75 cts. each. 



ARTEMISIA LACTIFLORA. 



A splendid hardy herbaceous perennial, with erect stems 34 to 4h feet high, 

 clothed with elegant-cut, dark ^reen foliage and terminated by panicles of Haw- 

 thorn-scented, creamy-white, Spiraea-like light and graceful flowers. It is at 



its best from the latter part of August 

 to the end of September, and is par- 

 ticularly valuable on this account, be- 

 ing unlike any other plant in bloom at 

 that time. (See cut on opposite 

 page.) 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Anemone Japonica. 



AETHEOPAPPIS 

 PULCHERIMUS. 



A most valuable flowering plant 

 for garden decoration and for cutting. 

 Its flowers, which are not unlike a 

 Sweet Sultan, are a magnificent bril- 

 liant rose,and last a long time when 

 cut and placed in water. It blooms 

 in July, and the plant grows 2 to 2J 

 feet high, and is perfectly hardy 

 (See cut.) 25 cts. each; $2.50 per 

 doz. 



Afthpopappus. 



NEW VARIETIES OF 



ANCHUSA ITAEICA (Italian Alkanet). 

 Dropmore Variety. One of the most important and best hardy plants of recent 



introduction; grows 5 to 6 feet high, and produces its pretty gentian-blue flowers 



throughout the entire summer. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 

 Opal. Similar in all respects to the preceding except in color, which is a fine lustrous 



light blue. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 

 Perry's Variety. An improved form of the Dropmore variety of still more vigorous 



habit, with individual flowers fully an inch across and of a rich deep blue. 35 cts. 



each; $3.50 per doz. 



One each of the 3 kinds, 75 cts. 



ANCHUSA MYOSOTIDIFLORA. 



A distinct new species from the Caucasian mountains, growing but 10 to 12 inches 

 high, producing during April and May sprays of beautiful Forget-me-not-like flowers 

 of rich blue. 50 cts. each. 

 (196) 



Anchusa Italica, Dropmore Variety. 



