Eight Pages of 



SPECIALS IN HARDY PERENNIALS 



For Complete List See Our General Wholesale Catalogue. 



ANCHUSA ITALICA, DROPMORE VARIETY 



The New Anchusas. 



The Improved Varieties of Italian Alkenet or Bugloss. 



These wonderfully improved Anchusas have proven most valu- 

 able additions to our limited list of blue flowering hardy perennials, 

 and particularly so as they flower from May to July, a time when 

 this color is only sparingly represented in the hardy border. 

 ^The habit of the plants while strong and vigorous is not at all 

 coarse, they form many branched specimens from 3 to 5 feet high, 

 each branch of which is terminated by a large, graceful, pyramidal 

 spike of blue flowers. 



Oropmore Variety. Rich gentian-blue ). *, rn„«--i„, .•innn„«.inn 

 Opal. A splendid lustrous light blue [»l-50 per doz.: $10.00 perlOO 



Anchusa Myosotldiflora. 



A distinct new species from the Caucasian mountains, growing 

 butUO to 12 inches high, producing during April and May sprays of 

 lieautiful Forget-me-not-like flowers of rich blue. 35 cts. each; 

 $3.60 per doz. 



Anemone Japonica (Japanese Windflower). 



The stock which we are supplying is all in a growing condition in 

 S-inch pots, and has not been injured by freezing; it is in shape to 

 at once produce a strong vigorous growth. 



Per doz. Per 100 



Japonica Rubra. Beautiful rosy-red $1 00 



Alba. A fine large snowy-white 1 00 



Queen Charlotte. Very large, silvery-pink .... l 00 



Rosea Superba. Very delicate, silvery-rose . 1 00 



Whirlwind. Large semi-double, pure white flowers 1 00 



Krlemhllde (new). Semi-double, rose pink .... l 50 



Loreley (new). A serai-double, bright, silvery pink 1 50 



Alice (new). Silvery-rose suffused carmine ... 150 



Oeant Blanche. Largest single glistening white 1 50 



Prince Henry. Large, very double, deep rich pink 1 00 



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JAPANESE ANEMONE 



New or Rare Hardy Asters (Michaelmas Daisies). 



Beauty of Colwall. This is unquestionably one of the finest of the 

 Michaelmas Daisies, of upright, compact growth, about 4 feet 

 high, of free-branching habit, and literally covered during Sep- 

 tember with large semi-double flowers of ageratum-blue, a pleas- 

 ing shade. $1.50 per doz. 



Feltham Blue. One of the most decorative free-flowering blue 

 varieties, a pretty shade of aniline blue produced on freely 

 branched plants during August and September. 2'/i feet high. 

 $1.50 per doz. 



Qrandiflorus. Not a new variety but one of the finest of all and 

 distinct in character and flower from all others. The flowers, of 

 a lovely dark bluish-violet, frequently measure 2 inches in diam- 

 eter. It is the latest flowering variety— October and November — 

 and by lifting the plants can be flowered in connection with 

 Chrysanthemums, where its effect is very beautiful. 20 cts. each; 

 $2.00 per doz. 



Novl Belgll Climax. One of the most important additions to the 

 Michaelmas Daisies, and we believe the forerunner of a new 

 type. The plant is of strong, vigorous habit of growth, over 5 

 feet high; fully one-half of this consists of much branched pyra- 

 midal shaped flower stems which are filled with lively light lav- 

 ender-blue flowers fully IW inches in diameter. The plant is in 

 flower from the latter part of August to the middle of October. 

 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



Novl Belgii St. Egwln. A bright pink in strong bushes, 2'/j to 3 ft. 

 high, during September and October. $1.50 per doz. 



Thompsonl. One of the most beautiful large-flowered sorts yet 

 introduced. The flowers are not only of exceptional size, but 

 of graceful, stellate form and of a pleasing Venetian blue color; 

 grows 18 inches high, and blooms in July and August. $1.50 

 per doz. 



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