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ADBNOPMORA. 



Polymorpha. A valuable variety, the flower stems well furnished with fine 



dark blue bell-shaped Campanula-like flowers; blooms in August, when nearly 



all other bell flowers are over; 3 feet. 25 cts. each. 

 Potanini. An easily-grown, useful, attractive plant, with light blue flowers, 



not unlike Canterbury bells; July to September; 18 inches. 25 cts. each. 

 ADONIS (Bird's Eye). 



One of the choicest of early spring-flowering plants, about 12 inches high, 

 with finely-cut, ornamental foliage; efl"ective in rock-work or in the border. 

 Atnurensis. A Japanese species, with large, yellow flowers; blooms fully 



two weeks earlier than any other hardy plant. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 

 Amurensis FL PI. A rare variety, with pretty fern-like foliage and large 



double yellow flowers; one of the earliest flowering perennials. 50 cts. each; 



$5.00 per doz. 

 Pyrenaica. Large orange-yellow flowers in May. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 

 Vernalis (Ox Eye). Bright yellow flowers in early spring. 25 cts. each; 



$2.50 per doz. 



.^GOPODIUM (BUhop'. Weed). 



Podagraria Variegata. A rapid-grow- 

 ing plant, with neat green and yel- 

 low variegated foliage, thriving in any 

 .soil; makes a fine border for a bed of 

 shrubs or for covering waste ground; 

 1 foot. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; 

 $10.00 per 100. 



JETHIONEMA. 



Grandiflora. A rare, shrub-like peren- 

 nial, growing 18 inches high, and pro- 

 ducing numerous dense spikes of rose- 

 colored flowers from May until August. 

 Excellent for the border or rockery. 25 

 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Anchusa Italica, Dropmore Variftv. 



AGKuSI I MMA CoKONAKIA. 



AGUOSTE>I>IA. 



(Ro>c Campion.) 



Stout, erect-growing plants, with silvery 

 foliage, which contrast well with the showy 

 flowers, which are produced during June 

 and July. 



Coronaria (Mullein Pink). Bright rosy- 

 crimson; 2i to 3 feet. 



Flos Jovis {Flower of Jove). Deep pink 

 flowers on 12-inch high stems. 



Walkeri. Bright crimson; very free; 2J 

 » feet. 

 Alyssum Saxatilb Compactum. ^^ ^ts. each; $1.50 per doz. ; $10.00 per 100. 



AJUGA (Bugle). 



A useful plant for the rockery and for carpeting the ground, particularly in shady 

 positions, as under trees where grass will not grow; flowers in May. 

 Qenevensis. Bright blue flowers in long, dense, showy spikes, almost covering the 



bright green foliage. 

 Reptans rubra. Large spikes of purplish-blue flowers. 



— Variegata. Foliage prettily variegated with creamy- white; flowers blue. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per <loz. ; $10.00 per ]00. 

 AI^STROMBRIA (Chilian Uly). 

 Chilensis. A tuberous-rooted plant, 2 feet high, with spikes of showy flowers, vary- 

 ing from rosy-white to deep orange-red, flowering from July to September. Re- 

 quires deep planting to give the roots protection. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 

 ALrYSSUM (Mad-wort). 

 Rostratum. Bright golden-yellow flowers in June and July; 1 foot. 25 cts. each; 



$2. 50 per doz. 

 Saxatile Compactum [Bnxket of Gold, Odd Tuft, Rnckmad-wort). An 

 indispensable plant for the rockery or border, growing 1 foot high and producing 

 early in the summer masses of broad, flat heads of bright yellow flowers. 15 cts. 

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



AMSONIA. 



Tabernsemontana. A stout, shrub-like plant, with terminal spikes of clear blue 



flowers in June; 2 feet high. 

 Salicifolia. Of similar habit to the above; pale blue flowers. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 

 ANCHUSA (Sea Bugloss). 

 Italica, Dropmore Variety. .\ grand improvement on the old Italian Alkanet; 

 grows 5 to 6 feet high and produces its pretty gentian-blue flowers throughout the 

 entire summer; one of the best blue perennials. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



— Opal. Similar to the above, but lustrous light blue in color. 25 cts. each; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



— Perry's Variety. An improvement over the Dropmore variety, stronger in 

 growth, individual flowers fully one inch across, color a rich deep blue. 35 cts. 

 each; $3.50 per doz. 



We can supply seed of many of the Hardy Perenniali. See Flower Seed Department, page* 55 to 126. 



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