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Dreer's Long-spurred Aquilegia or Columbine 



Amsonia 



Salicif olius. A stout, shrub-like plant, growing about 

 2 feet high, with terminal spikes of light steel-blue 

 flowers in July, desirable to intersperse in clumps in the 

 front row of the shrubbery border. 25 cts. each; §2.50 

 per doz. 



Aquilegias, or Columbines 



The Columbines are among the most elegant and beautiful hardy 

 plants, producing their graceful spurred flowers on stems rising 2 feet or 

 more above the beautifully divided foliage, and should be planted wherever 

 their presence will serve to lighten up a too stiff and formal planting, for 

 no other plant has so airy a grace as the Columbine, is more generous of 

 its blooms, or more effectively adapted for cut flowers. 



They are not at all particular as to soil or location although they prefer a 

 sandy loam and a moist but well drained sunny position, and usually make 

 themselves at home in any hardy border or rockery. Their period of flower- 

 ing covers the late spring and early summer months. Taken as a whole, 

 they are a most important part of the hardy garden, and should be grown 

 in quantity by every lover of old-fashioned garden flowers. 

 Canadensis. Our native Columbine, bright red and yellow. 

 Chrysantha. Bright yellow long-spurred flowers. 



Dreer's Long-spurred Mixed Hy- 

 brids. This is the most admired type of 

 Columbines. Flowers of largest size vary 

 in color through charming tones of cream, 

 pink, lavender, blue, white, red, etc. 

 [Dreer's Long-spurred Pink Shades. 

 A special selection of the greatly admired 

 pink shades of this most popular type. 

 Helenae. A very effective rich blue 



variety. 

 Skinneri. Petals yellow, long red spurs. 



Any of the above, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per 

 | doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Arabis (Rock Cress) 



Alpina. One of the most desirable of the 

 very early spring-flowering plants that is 

 especially adapted for edging and for the 

 rock garden, but does equally well in the 

 border, forming a dense carpet of pure 

 white flowers. It is nice for cutting, and 

 lasts a long time in bloom. 



— Flore-pleno. A distinct 

 double flowering form. 



— Rosea. Single, delicate soft 

 pink. 



Any of the above, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per 

 - ; $15.00 per 100. 



Anchusa (Sea Bugloss) 



Italica Dropmore Variety. A grand improvement on the old 

 Italian Alkanet, grows 5 to 6 feet high and produces its pretty 

 gentian-blue flowers in May and June; one of the best blue 

 perennials. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Anchusa Myosotidiflora 



(Forget-me-not Flowered Bugloss) 



An entirely different and distinct dwarf species from the Cau- 

 casus, growing but 10 to 12 inches high, producing during April 

 and May sprays of beautiful Forget-me-not-like flowers of a rich 

 hue. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Anthemis Tinctoria Perry's Variety 



(Improved Golden Marguerite) 



A wonderful improvement over the well-known Golden Mar- 

 guerite, Anthemis Tinctoria, easily grown in any ordinary border 

 producing its large, nearly 3 inch across, well-shaped flowers from 

 June to October. Th? well proportioned bushes with delicate Fern- 

 like foliage are most attractive and become covered with bright 

 golden-yellow flowers which are valuable for cutting. 15 to 18 

 inches. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



AntheriCUIIl (St. Bruno's Lily) 



Liliastrum Major. A charming border plant with rush-like 

 foliage and 18 to 24 inch high racemes of small white lily-like 

 flowers during July and August. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



Anchusa Italica 

 Dropmore Variet 



Arabis Alpina Flore-pleno 



Garden Chrysanthemums offered on page 154 will supply an abundance of flowers after everything else 



has been cut by frost 



