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Artemisia L,actiflora. 



A splendid hardy herbaceous perennial, 

 with erect stems SJ to 42 feet high, clothed 

 with elegant-cut, dark green foliage and ter- 

 minated by panicles of Hawthorn-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 

 particularly valuable on this account, being 

 unlike any other plant in bloom at that 

 time. (See cut.) 30 cts. each; $3.00 per 

 doz. 



astii.be arendsi. 



This new type is the result of crossing A. 



Davidii with A. Japonica compaeta, as- 



tilboides and Thunbergi. The plants are of very vigorous growth, 2j to 4 



feet high, producing many-branched, feathered heads of flowers. They prefer a 



half-shady, moist position in any ordinary garden soil. 



Ceres. Much-branched panicles of delicate, light rose-colored flowers with 

 peculiar silvery sheen. 



Juno. Strong, upright grower; plumes of a deep violet-rose color. 



Salmon Queen. Much-branched, graceful panicles of a beautiful salmon- 

 pink. 



Venus. Similar to Ceres, but of bright, deep violet-rose color. 



Vesta. Very graceful plumes of light lilac-rose. 



White Plumed, Dense pyramidal plumes of silvery white flowers. 

 50 cts. each. One each of the 6 sorts for $2.50 



EXTRA FINE PEONIES. 



We oflfer fourteen of the very choicest double herbaceous sorts. See page 229. 



NE^W HARDY ASTERS. 



Abendrote (Evening Glow). One of the most effective September and 

 October flowering sorts, with rosy-red flowers; plants about 2J feet high, 

 much branched and very free-flowering, 

 Amellus, Beaute Parfait. The finest of this type yet introduced. It 

 grows about 15 inches high; the flowers are very large, of royal purple 

 with yellow centre, and produced very freely during July and August. 

 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 September with large 

 semi-double flowers of ageratum-blue, a pleasing shade, (See cut.) 

 Ljevis Baldur. Very large flowers, of light parma-violet, plant very 

 uniform in habit of growth, about 2 feet high, and covered with a sheet 

 of bloom throughout September. 

 Sub=CCEruleus. Entirely distinct in habit, forming a dense tuft of long 



green leaves, from which issue many 

 leafless stems about 12 inches high, 

 bearing, during June and July, when 

 few varieties are in flower, massive 

 flowers 3 inches in diameter of a 

 pleasing shade of bluish-violet, with 

 golden centre. 

 Thompson! nana. One of the mojc 

 beautiful large-flowered sorts yet in- 

 troduced. The flowers are not only 

 of exceptional size, but of graceful, 

 stellate form and of a pleasing Vene- 

 tian blue color; grows 15 to 18 inches 

 high, and blooms in July and August. 

 Mesa Grande speciosa grandi^^ 

 flora. The finest dark purplish-blue 

 Aster in cultivation, producing large 

 flowers on leafless stems 18 inches 

 high during July and August. 

 Price, 25 cts. each; 12.50 per doz. 

 Set of 7 sorts for $1.50. 



ASTEK BeAI TV OF COLWALL. 



