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HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



HARDY PERENNIALS. 



The steadily increasing demand for hardy plants has induced us to give them more attention and to increase our stock consid- 

 erably. Though our list is not as long as some offered, it has been our aim to offer only the most desirable and to exclude all 

 weedy and inferior sorts. 



For such of our customers who are not acquainted with the different varieties we shall be pleased to make suitable selections 

 of the most desirable species that, when once planted, with very little care, will keep the gard en gay with flowers from the time 

 frost leaves the ground until late in the autumn. 



ACHILLEA, THE PEARL. A grand 

 improvement on the old Achillea fl. pi. The flowers, 

 which are borne in the greatest profusion the entire 

 summer on strong, erect stems, are of the purest white, 

 somewhat resembling a Pompone Chrysanthemum ; as 

 a summer cut-bloom it is a great acquisition. 15 cts. 

 each; SI. 50 per dozen. 



AJUGA EEPTANS. A dwarf growing and 

 pretty perennial, especially suited as an edging plant ; 

 succeeds well in any position. 15 cts. each; $1.50 

 per dozen. 



ANEMONE JAPON1CA. One of the most 

 beautiful of the hardy herbaceous plants. They com- 

 mence to open their rich-colored single blooms in 

 August, and continue to increase in beauty until cut by 

 frost. They thrive best in a light, rich, moist soil, and 

 should not be transplanted more than is necessary 

 when they become too thick. 



Alba. Pure white, yellow centre and dark eye. 

 Elegans. Carmine, yellow centre, dark eye. 

 Rosea. Dark rose, shaded pink, yellow centre and; 

 dark eye. 



25 cts. each ; §2.50 per dozen. 

 ANEMONE WHIRLWIND. A new 

 semi-double form of Anemone Japonica Alba which is 

 supposed to be a cross between this beautiful variety 

 and A. Japonica Rosea. In general style and habit it 

 is identical with the white Anemone. It is of the 

 same strong habit of growth, and is even more free- 

 flowering than the original type. The flowers, which 

 are 2iV to 3 inches across, have several rows of pure 

 white sepals, and have the advantage of lasting much 

 longer than the single varieties. We consider this a. 



good acquisition, and cannot recommend it too highly. 

 Anemone Japonica Alba. | q ^ ^ . ^ QQ pw (]ozen 



ANEMONE PENNSYLVANIA. A pretty na- 

 tive variety, with large white flowers tinged with red on the 

 under side. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per dozen. 



ANTHERICUM LILIASTRUM (S/. Bruno's 

 Lily). A beautiful plant, with narrow, grass-like foliage, and 

 long spikes of white, fragrant, lily-like flowers. 15 cts. each; 

 SI. 50 per dozen. 



ANTHEMIS TINCTORIA— Hardy Golden 

 Marguerite. This is one of the best yellow-flowered per- 

 ennials we have. It "is a continuous bloomer the entire summer, 

 unequalled for cutting, and it is a magnificent grower, withstand- 

 ing both wet and dry weather. The flowers are of the exact form 

 of a daisv, but clear yellow. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per dozen. 



AQUILEGIA CHRYSANTHA. Abeautiful golden- 

 spurred Columbine from the Rocky Mountains. Flowers golden 

 yellow; blooms in early spring. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per dozen. 



AQUILEGIA GLANDULOSA. A pretty species, 

 with bright, lilac-blue sepals and pure white petals. 25 cts. 

 each ; $2.50 per dozen. 



ASTILBE JAPONICA— Spiraea Japonica. 



Splendid for outside flowering or forcing. Flowers white. 25 

 cts. each; $2.50 per dozen. 



ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA. One of the showiest 

 of our late summer and autumnal flowers, and deserving of 

 extensive cultivation ; blossoms in close, compact umbels of a 

 brilliant orange color. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per dozen. 



ASTERS— Hardy Michaelmas Daisies. Very 



prelty free-blooming hardy plants, commencing to bloom early 

 in the season and continuing till killed by frost; rose-colored 

 and purple. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per dozen. 



CAMPANULA CARPATICA— Dwarf Can- 

 terbury Bells. A pretty species growing in compact tufts 

 not exceeding 8 inches in height, beginning to flower early in 

 June and continuing almost the entire summer; flowers about 

 one inch in diameter; we offer two colors, blue and white. 15 

 Cts. each; $1.50 per dozen. 



CAMPANULA GROSSEKIL One of the pret- 

 tiest of the Canterbury Bells, of erect habit, with dark blue 

 flowers. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per dozen. 



