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XR.IXOMA (Flame Flower, or Torch Lily). 



Splendid summer and fall-flowering plants, with stately flower scapes and 



magnificent dense terminal spikes of high colored flowers, familiarly known on 



account of their shape and glowing colors as the " Red-hot Poker" plant. 



Pfitzerii. A grand improvement on Tritoma Uvaria Grandijiora. The 



flower spikes, which are produced with considerable more freedom than in 



the old variety, are of gigantic size, frequently 4J feet high, with heads of 



bloom over 12 inches long, of a rich orange-scarlet, shading to salmon-rose 



on the edge; a fiist-class acquisition. (See cut.) 25 cts. each ; §2 50 per doz. 



Uvaria Grandiflora. Orange-red flowers. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



VERONICA (Speedwell,. 



Most desirable hardy plants, the tall-growing sorts being admirably adapted 

 to the border, while the dwarf varieties are excellent rock plants. 

 liOng'ifolia Sllbsessilis. A pretty species with blue flowers, produced 



in spikes a foot long, continuing in bloom the entire 



summer and fall ; one of the most desirable. (See 



cut.) 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 

 Incana. Bright silvery foliage with spikes of ame 



thyst-blue flowers. 25 cts. each ; $2. 50 per doz 

 Spicata. An elegant border plant, growmg 



about 3 feet high, producing long spikes 



of bright blue flowers, the spikes length- 

 ening with age ; last for weeks. 15 Cts. 



each; $1.50 per doz. 



— Alba. A white-flowered form of the 

 above. 15 cts. each ; §1.50 per doz. 



Rlipestris. A fine rock plant, growing 

 3 or 4 inches high, thickly matted deep 

 green foliage, completely hidden in spring 

 under a cloud of bright blue flowers. 15 

 cts. each ; f 1.50 per doz. 



"VINCA (Periwinkle). 



Minor. An excellent dwarf evergreen 

 trailing plant, that is used extensively for 

 carpeting the ground under shrubs and 

 trees, or on graves where it is too shady 

 for other plants to thrive. 15 cts. each; 

 $150 per doz.; $8 00 per 100. 



HARDY VIOI^ETS. 



The varieties listed below, while not 

 suited for forcing, are perfectly hardy, and 

 are covered with flowers in early spring. 

 Pedata {Bh-d's-foot Violet). A native 



variety with finely cut foliage and showy 



blue flowers. 10 cts. each ; $1 00 per doz. 



— Bicolor An elegant variety of the 

 preceding, with the upper petals a rich 

 royal purple, lower petals almost white 

 15 cts. each ; $150 per doz. 



Double RllS.siau. Fine large double 

 deep purple flowers of exquisite fragrance 

 (See cut.) 10 cts. each; $1 00 per doz. 



Hardy Yellow. A variety whose iden- 

 tity we have been unable to establish 

 Flowers small, of a pleasing shade of 

 chamois-yellow, produced with such free- 

 dom as to completely hide the foliage. 

 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



Veronica Subsessilis. 



THALICTRUM (Meadow Eue). 



Very graceful, pretty-flowered plants with 



hncly cut foliage, blooming during May and June. 



Aquilegifoliuni. Showy, cream-col- 



red. 



Feathery heads 



Tritoma Pfitzrrii 



Double Russian Violet. 



— Atropurpureiim. 



of purple flowers. 



25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



THERMOPSIS. 



C'arolilliaiia. A showy tall-growing 

 plant, producing long spikes of yellow 

 flowers in June and July. 15 cts. each ; 

 $1.50 per doz. 



THYMUS (Thyme). 



Moiltamis Albus ( White Mountain 

 Thyme). A pretty subject for the rock- 

 ery, forming dense mats of dark green 

 foliage and clouds of white flowers. 



Vulgaris Coccinea (ScarUt Thyme). 

 Dark green foliage and clouds of bright 

 red flowers. 



Serpylluni A u r e u ni ( GoUen 

 Thyme). A pretty golden variegated 

 variety which is evergreen and showy at 

 all seasons. 



15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



TR ADESC ANTE A 



iSpider-wort). 

 Virgillioa. Produces a constant suc- 

 cession of bright purple flowers from 

 early summer till hard frost. 15c. each; 

 $1.50 per doz. 

 TRICYRTIS (Japanese Toad tily). 

 Hirta Nigra. A late fall-flowering plant with peculiar 

 white flowers, spotted m ith brown. 25 cts. each; $2.50 doz. 



TROI^LIXJS (Globe Flower). 



Europa'll.S. Produces bright yellow globular flowers from 

 early spring until late in fall. 25 cts. each ; $2 50 per doz. 



TR1L,EIUM (Wood Lily, or Wake Kobin). 

 Gl'ailditloi'Ulu. An excellent plant for a shady position in 

 the hardy border or in a sub-aquatic position, bearing large 

 white flowers in early spring; one of the most admired of our 

 native plants. 15 cts. each; $1 50 per doz. 



YUCCA (Adam's Needle). 

 FilanientOSa. Among hardy ornamental foliage and 

 flowering plants this can be classed at the head of the list. 

 Its broad sword-like foliage and tall branched spikes of large, 

 fragrant, drooping, creamy-white flowers make it an effective 

 plant for all positions. 25 cts. each ; $250 per doz. 



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