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AqUILRGIA, OR COLI'MBINE. 



AQUII.BGIAS, or COLUMBINES. 



The Columbines are one of the most elegant and beaut'ful of 

 hardv plants, producing their graceful spurred flowers on stems 

 rising 2 feet or more above the beautifully divided foliage, and 

 are highly prized for cutting. 



Tliey 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 flowering 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 ijuantity by every lover of old-fashioned garden flowers. 

 Californica Hybrida. Long spurred flowers in a variety of 



colorings, such as yellow, pink, flesh, red, etc. 

 Canadensis (Common American Columbine). The native 



l)right red and yellow variety, and one of the brightest. 

 Caryophylloides Fl. PI. Doubled, striped and mottled. 

 Chrysantha ( OoUlen Vohnnbine). Bright yellow long- 

 spurred flowers. 

 Ccerulea (Rocky Mountain Columbine). Bright blue and 



white long-spurred flowers. 

 Flabellata nana alba. Pure white, of dwarf growth. 

 Helense. A new hybrid with very large blue flowers and 



wide, expanded pure white corolla. 

 NIvea grandiflora. A fine pure white sort. 

 Sklnneri. Yellow with long red spurs. 

 Truncata, Scarlet tipped yellow; very distinct. 

 Vulgaris {Common European Columbine), Violet-blue; 



a strong, vigorous grower. 



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

 One each of the eleven sorts for $1.50. 



ARAL,IA. 



Cashmeriana. A stately, omamen'.al plant with attractive 

 foliage and large panicles of small white flowers in early sum- 

 mer; grows 5 to 8 feet high. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



ARCXARIA (Sand-wort^. 

 Csspitosa. Close-growing evergreen plant, forming a dense carpet of 

 verdure, and especially desirable for rock work; flowers pure white; 

 prettily studding the foliage during the spring months. 15 cts. each; 

 ■$]..50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 

 Montana. A pretty creeping plant covered with large snow-white 

 flowers In June. A gem for overhanging rocks or in the border. 25 

 ■< cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



^'^ ARMERIA (Thrift). 



Attractive dwarf plants that will succeed in any soil, forming evergreen 

 tufts of bright green foliage, from which innumerable flowers appear in 

 dense heads, on stiflf, wiry stems about 9 inches high. They flower 

 more or less continuously from early spring until late in the fall. Very 

 effective in the rockery and indispensable in the border. 

 Maritima Splendens. Bright rosy-pink. 

 — alba. A pretty white. 



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



arte:»iisia. 



A most useful class of plants, eiiher for the border or for filling in with- 

 in the shrubbery. Though not remarkable for their flowers, the foliage 

 of the sorts offered is very ornamental. All of the varieties offered stand 

 cutting down to 5 or G inches when used in carpet or ribbon bedding. 

 Abrotanum {Old Mun, or Southern-wood). Dark green, finely cut 



foliage, with pleasant aromatic odor; 2 feet. 

 Pedemontana. A handsome variety with finely cut silvery foliage. 

 Purshiama. A white foli aged sort, suitable for edging; 18 inches. 

 Stelleriana (Old Womn7i). Deeply-cut silvery foliage; much used 



in carpet becMing; 18 inches. 



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



Armfria Mahttima. 



Our " Introduction " collections of Hardy Perennials contain only the best sorts. See page IS^. 



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