GENERAL CATALOGUE. 



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Adonis. 



AIRA. Hair-Grass. 



A. foliis variegatis. A distinct yellow striped grass. One of the finest hardy 

 grasses ; useful for edging. 25c. 



AJTJGA. Bugle. 



Pretty dwarf plants, with flowers in whorls in the axils of the leaves. 



A. reptans var. rubra. Red-leaved Bugle. Flowers blue, foliage purple ; 



spreading. May. 3oc. 

 A. reptans var. fl. alba. White flowers. May. 25c. 



ALSTK(EMEEIA. Peruvian Lily. 



A. aurantiaca. A vigorous species, flowering- in summer and autumn, in um- 

 bels. Flowers lily-like, orange ; 2 to 4 feet. 25c. 



AMSOMA. 



A. salicifolia. Willow-leaved Amsonia. Large, smooth foliage ; fine blue flowers. May. 2 feet. 25c. 



ANCHUSA. Alkauet. 



A. Italica. A fine species, with rough leaves and stems, and fine blue flowers; 4 to 5 feet. June, July and 

 August. 25c. 



ANEMONE. Wind-flower. 



A. Japonica. A distinct and beautiful species; flow- 

 ers 24 inches in diameter; bright purplish rose, 

 with golden yellow centers, borne in great 

 profusion from September to November. 

 Height, 2i feet ; habit neat and compact ; very 

 desirable and effective as a pot plant, and in 

 lines or masses in beds or mixed borders. 30c. 

 var. alba. (Honorine Jobert.) A distinct and 

 beautiful variety of the preceding ; flowers 2} 

 inches in diameter ; pure white, center golden 

 yellow, borne in great profusion from Sep- 

 tember to November ; very desirable and ef- 

 fective as a pot plant, and in lines or masses 

 in beds or mixed borders. 30c. 



ANTENXARIA. Cat's-Ear. 



A. dioica. Mountain Everlasting. A dwarf plant 

 with creeping stems, and silvery foliage, pro- 



ducing small white flowers in summer, on 



stems six inches high. 25c. White Anemone. 



ANTHEMIS. Chamomile. 



. tinctoria. Yellow Chamomile. Flowers golden yellow, one to two inches across, from July to November; 

 valuable. 12 to 18 inches. 25c. 



ANTHEKICUM. St. Bruno's Lily. 



A pretty genus with white flowers. 



. liliastrum. St. Bruno's Lily. A beautiful plant, with narrow, grass-like foliage, and spikes of small, white, 

 fragrant, lily-like flowers ; valuable. May to August. 25c. 

 var. major. Giant St. Bruno's Lily. Long spikes of pure white, lily-like, fragrant flowers; fine. 25e. 

 . ramosum. White flowers ; 18 inches. June. 25c. 



AQUILEGIA. Columbine. 



. alpina. A native of the higher parts of the European Alps. Stems 9 to 18 inches high, bearing showy blue 

 flowers. 50c. 



. Canadensis. Our well-known native species, with scarlet sepals and bright yellow petals ; easily cultivated. 25c. 

 . Olympica. Flowers red and yellow. 25c. 



. formosa hybrida. Syn. Californica Hybrida. The sepals and petals yellowish, tinged orange and orange 



red spurs ; 2 to 4 feet. May to September. 50c. 

 . glandulosa. A Siberian species with large white flowers, with sepals bright lilac-blue and petals white ; very 



pretty ; 12 inches. April and May. 25. 

 . Skinnerii. Crimson sepals lined with light green ; light green petals and long straight crimson spurs ; 3 feet. 



June to September. 50c. 



