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A. macropliylla. White; attractive foliage. 



A. Millefolium roseum. Rose-flowered Yarrow Rosy lilac flowers; 

 15 inches. June to August, 



A. Millefolium rubrum. Red -flowered Yarrow. Deep red flowers; 

 ornamental foliage; 2 feet. June to August. 



A Ptarmica var. fl. pi. Double flowering Sneezewort. Of dwarf 

 spreading habit, with small pure white double daisy-like flowers; profuse bloomer; 

 invaluable for cutting. One of the most useful border plants. August. 



ACONITUM. Monkshood, or Wolfsbane. 



Erect growing- plants, with palmately divided foliage. Mowers in racemes, blue, pur- 

 ple, yellowish or white. 



A. Californlcum. California Monkshood. Pale blue veined with pur- 

 ple; 'robust; 2 to 3 feet. September to October. 



A. Napellus. Common Monkshood. Pale azure, tipped with yellow; 18 

 inches. June. 



A. tenuifolium. Deep azure; 12 inches. July. 



ACORUS. Sword Grass. 



Marshy plants of easy culture. 



A. g-raminea variegata. Variegated Sword Grass. Foliage distinctly 

 striped with white. 



ADONIS. 



A. vernalis. One of the finest early spring- 

 flowering plants, with finely divided leaves, and 

 growing about six inches high. Flowers bright 

 yellow, about two inches in diameter. May. 50 

 cents. 



AIRA. 



A. foliis varieg-atis. A distinct yellow 

 striped grass. One of the finest hardy grasses; use- 

 ful for edging. 



AJUOA. Bugle. 



Pretty dwarf plants, with flowers in whorls in the 

 axils of the leaves. 



A. pyramidalis. Fine blue flowers, 3 inches. 

 May and June. adonis. 



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

 spreading. May. 



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



ALSTRCEMERIA. 



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

 in umbels. Flowers lily-like, orange; 2 to 4 feet. 



