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iUHKTADRfflt -PNIIADELPHIAW ^ HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 



ANEMONES iWindflower). 



Japanese Varieties. 



The varieties of Anemone Japonica are among the most desirable of 

 our hardy perennial plants. Commencing to flower in August, they 

 continue to increase in beauty until cut down by heavy frost late in 

 the fall, frequently flowering as late as the middle of November. They 

 delight in well-enriched soil, where they can be liberally supplied with 

 water during hot weather. Height, 2 to 3 feet. 

 Japonica. Carmine, with yellow centre and dark eye. 

 Alba. A fine, large pure white. ^iB?* 



Lady Ardilaun, Pure white, broad, heavy, overlopping petals. 

 Queen Charlotte. The finest of all the Japanese Windflowers, with 



large semi-double flowers of that pleasing shade of pink peculiar to 



the La France Rose, a color that is as beautiful as it is rare among 



hardy perennials. (See cut.) 

 Whirlwind. A pure white, semi-double variety ; very free-flowering. 

 Price : Any of the above, 15 cts. each ; SI. 50 per doz. Jf 



NEW JAPANESE ANEMONES. 



Geant Blanche. A single pure white of very large size, the flowers 



frequently measuring 3} inches in diameter. 

 Rosea Superba. Flowers of medium size, single, of a delicate soft, 



silvery rose ; remarkably free-flowering. 



25 cts. each ; §2-50 per doz. Ready May 1st. 



Full set of 7 Japanese Anemones, 

 S1.00. 



Anemone 



Japonica 

 Queen- 

 Charlotte. 



AxTHERICUM LlLIASTRl'.M 



arious Varieties 

 of Anemone. 



Pennsylvania {Pennsylvania 

 Windflower). The prettiest of 

 our native \Vindflowers, growing 

 12 to 15 inches high and pro- 

 ducing its large white flowers, 

 which are slightly tinged with 

 rose on the reverse side, in the 

 greatest profusion from June to 

 August; an excellent plant either 

 for the border or rockery, and suc- 

 ceeds equally well in sun or shade. 

 15 cts. each; SI. 50 per doz. 

 Pulsatilla ( Pasque Flovjer) . 

 Grows from 9 to 12 inches high, 

 and produces its violet or purple 

 flowers during April or May. An 

 interesting plant for the rockery 

 or well-drained border. 15 cts. 

 each; $1.50 per doz. 

 SylvestriS {Snowdrop Wiud- 

 Jlower). Large, cup-shaped, pure 

 white flowers, on clean stems,, 

 held well above the neat, hand- 

 somely cut foliage ; one of the 

 Anthemis. most satisfactory plants for the 



border, and equally at home in 

 partial shade, naturalized in the grove or in the rockery. 15 cts. each ; §1.50 per doz. 

 — Eliza Fellman. A beautiful new sort. For description see New and Rare 

 Plants, pages 99 to 104. 25 cts. each ; §2. 50 per doz. 



ANTHEMIS (Hardy Margueritel. 



These hardy Marguerites are among the most satisfactory summer-flowering peren- 

 nials, succeeding in the poorest soil, growing about 15 inches high. and blooming con- 

 tinuously during the entire summer. (See cut.) 



Tinctoria. Of dense bushy habit, with large golden-yellow flowers. 

 Kelwayii. Similar to the above, but with deeper yellow flowers. 

 Beautiful large sulphur-yellow flowers. 



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



ANTHERICUM. 



W Liliastrum [St. Bruno's Lily). A beautiful plant, 2 feet high, with narrow, grass-like 

 foliage and long spikes of white, fragrant, lily-like flowers in May and June. (See cut.) 

 Liliago (Si. Bernard's Lily). A pretty species, bearing spikes of white flowers 18 

 inches high during May and June. 



10' cts. each; SI. 00 per doz. 



— Pallida. 



One of the showiest of Hardy Plants is the Red-hot Poker. See colored plate and offer on page ioi. 



