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AQUILEGIA (Columbine). 



The Columbines are old favorites that succeed in any ordinary garden 

 soil. The varieties offered are a selection of the best kinds. (See cut.) 

 Clirysantlia. The beautiful golden-spurred "Columbine." Flowers 



golden-yellow ; blooms in the early spring ; 3 feet. 

 — Alba. A pretty while-flowered form of the al>ove. 

 CCEl'Ulea. This is the true blue fonn of Rocl;y Mountain Columbine, 



one of the handsomest of the family. 

 Calitbrnica Hybrida. One of the finest mi.xtures ever brought to- 

 gether. 



1.5 cts. each ; $1..50 per doz.; the set of 4 varieties for 50 els. 

 ARABIS (Kock-Cress). 

 Alpilia. One of the most desirable of the very early spring-flowering 

 plants that is especially adapted for the rock garden, but which succeecis 

 equally well in the border, where it forms a dense carpet which is com- 

 pletely covered early in the season wiih pure white flowers. (See cut.) 

 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



ARUBRIA (Thrift). 



Attractive dwarf plants that will succeed in any soil, forming evergreen tufts of bright green 

 foliage, from w'hich innumerable flowers appear in dense heads, on stiff, wiry stems ; they flower 



more or le.^s continuously from early 

 spring until late in the fall. Very 

 effective in the rockery and indispen- 

 sable in the border. 

 Maritima. Bright rosy pink 

 flowers. 



Vase of Harl>v AsiEKb. 



HARDY 

 ASTERS. 



(Micliaelinas 



Dai.sies, 

 or Star-worts.) 



These are 

 among the show- 

 iest of our late- 



flowering hardy plants, giving a wealth of bloom 

 at a season when most other hardy flowers are 

 past. The collection offered below is made up 

 of the choicest varieties only, the weedy sorts 

 being eliminated. The tall-growing varieties can 

 be used either in the border or in clumps in the 

 shrubbery, while the dwarf-growing section is 

 indispensable in the rockery. (See cut). 



TALI^-GRO^WING 



VARIETIES. 



Amethystiuus. 



flowers ; 3 ft. 

 Datsclli. A very 



blossoms ; 3 ft. 

 GraiKliflorus. 



Lovely amethyst-blue 

 ate-flowering sort ; feathery sprays of white 



— Alba. 



15 cts 



Flowers pure white, 

 each ; §1.50 per doz. 



Aqiilegia. 



ASCI^EPIAS. 



(Butterfly Weed.) 

 Tuberosa. One of the showiest 

 of our lale summer and autumnal 

 flowers, and deserving of extensive 

 cnhivation ; blossoms in close, 

 compact umbels of a brilliant 

 orange color. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 

 per doz. 



astii.be. 



Japonica (Sjiima). Splendid 

 for outside flowering or forcing ; 

 flowers white. 1.5 Cts. each ; §1.25 

 per doz. 



The finest of all and distinct in character 

 and flower from all others. The flowers frequently measure 

 2 inches in diameter, are of a lovely violet-blue. It is the 

 latest-flowering variety in cultivation, and by lifting the plants can be 

 flowered in connection with Chrysanthemums, where its effect is very 

 beautiful. 25 cts. each ; $2 50 per doz. 



FomiOSiSSiinuS. Deep lilac shaded purple ; 3 ft. 



Horizontalis. Forms symmetrical plants 2 feet high, covered during 

 September wiih small rosy lilac flowers. 



LiSBVis. Light blue, flowering early in the season. 



Lady Trevelyan. A fine, large, pure white. 



liillOSyris. A small-leaved variety, growing about 2 ft. high; flowers 

 deep yellow, eniirely distinct. 



Novae Angliae. Lmge bluish-purple with yellow centre. 



Novae Anjfliae Rubra. Bright rose-colored. 



PurpiiriniUS. Rich purple ; very free. 



Robert Parker. Large sprays of beautiful lavender-blue flowers, 



with yellow centre. 

 Snowfiake. A compact grower, flowering late in October ; the pure 



white flowers, while not large, are produced in such abundance as to 



completely envelop the plant. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz, except where noted. Set of 13 for §1 50. 



DWARF-GROWING VARIETIES. 



AlpiuilS. Very compact, color bluish-purple, 2 inches or more across; 

 flowers early in spring; an ideal plant for the rockery. 



Hybridus Nanus. Grows about 8 inches high, producing its lilac- 

 colored flowers during August and September. 



1.5 cts. each ; §1.50 per doz. 



AUBRETIA. 



Canipbelli (Purple /^oti-Orss). A J relty, dwarf-growing 

 rock plant, making broad masses of silvery green foliage, 



which form 

 purple flowers. 



charming contrast with its clouds of violet- 

 15 cts. each ; |)1.50 per doz. 



Akauis Alpina. 



