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Aquilbcia. 



HARDV ASTBRS. 



(Michaelmas Daisies, or Starworts J 



These are among the showiest of our late flowering hardy plants, 

 giving a wealth of bloom when most other flowers are past. Unless 

 specified, they bloom in September and October. 

 Formosissima. Bright violet; 3 feet. 

 Laivis. Lavender blue; 4 feet. 



— floribunda. Light heliotrope; 4 feet. 



— Baldur. Light parma violet; 2i feet. 

 Novse-Anglite. Bright violet-purple; 4 feet. 



Mrs. F. W. Raynor. Large rich crimson purple; 4 feet. 



— — Rosea. Briglit purplish-mauve; 4 feet. 



Puniceus Pulcherrimus. Bluish white with yellow centre; 



incurved petals; 5 feet. 

 Snowflake. Pure white, very free; 2 feet. 

 Tartaricus. Large bluish-violet; 4 feet. 

 Top Sa\vyer. Clear parma-violet color; 4 feet. 

 White Queen. Very fine pure white; 4 feet. 



15 cts. each; fL-'O per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 

 Sets of 12 varieties, $1.50. 



nWARF HARDY ASTERS. 



Alpinus. Grows G to 10 inches high, and bears large, showy 

 liluish-purple flowers in May and June. 



— albus. Identical to the above, but with pure white flowers. 

 Acris. Violet-blue flowers in September. 



5ub-C0eruleus. Pleasing shade of bluish-violet with golden centre; 

 12 inches; June and July. 



20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 



BAPTISIA (False Indigo). 



Australis. A strong-growing plant, about 2 feet high, with dark 

 green, deeply cut foliage, and spikes of dark blue flowers in June 

 and July. 



Tinctoria. Spikes of bright yellow flowers during June and 

 July; 2 to 3 leet. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



BOCCONIA (Plume Poppy, or Tree Celandine). 

 Cordata. .\ noble hardy perennial, beautiful in foliage and 



flower, and admirably adapted for planting in the shrubbery 

 borders, centre of beds, and in bcld groups in any position. 

 It will grow in any soil or situation, attaining 6 to 8 feet in 

 height; flowers creamy-white in terminal panicles during July 

 and August. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



AQUIL,CGIA (Colambinej. 



Old favorite spring and early summer blooming plants, grow- 

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

 Californica Hybrida. One of the finest mixtures. 

 Canadensis. Our native Columbine, bright red and yellow. 

 Chrysantha. The golden-spurred "Columbine." 

 Ccerulea ( lior/ci/ Mountain, Cohnnbinc). Blue and white. 

 Flabellata nana aU>a. .\ dwarf, pure white. 

 Skinneri. Yellow, with long red spurs. 

 Truncata. Scarlet, with yellow tips. 

 Vulgaris. The European violet-blue Columbine. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



ARMERIA (Thrift). 



Attractive evergreen tufts of bright green foliage, from which 

 innumerable flowers appear in dense heads on stiflT, wiry stems alxjut 

 9 inches high. Ihey flower continuously the entire season. 

 Maritima Splendens. Bright rosy pink. 

 — Alba. A pretty white. 



15 cts. each; $1..50 per doz. ; $10.00 per 100. 



ARTEMLISIA. 



A inost useful class of plants for the border. 

 Abrotanum {Old M<tii, or Soiltherninood). Dark green; finely 



cut foliage, with pleasant, aromatic cdor; 2 feet. 

 Pedemontana. A handsome variety with finely cut silvery foliage; 



1.5 inches. 

 Stellariana. {Old Woman.) Deeply-cut silvery foliage; much 



used in carpet bedding; 18 inches, 



15 cts. each"; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



ASCI.EPIAS. 



Incarnata Rosea [Swamp 3fiJkweed). A selection of our native 



milkweed, with pretty rosy-flesh colored flowers; 3 feet. July and 



August. 

 Tuberosa (Butterfli/ Weed). One of the showiest of our native 



perennials; 2 feet high, and producing from July to September, 



heads of orange-colored flowers. 



]5 cts. each; I*!. 50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



NOTE.— All Bulbs. Roots and Plants are forwarded by Express, purchaser paying charges. If wanted by Parcel Post add 10 per cent, 

 to value ot order tor postage to points east of the Mississippi River, and 20 per cent, to poinU west of the Mississippi River. 



Hardy Aster. 



