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AQUILEGIA. Columbine. 



A. alpina. A native of the higher parts of the European Alps. Stems 9 to i8 inches high, bearing showy 



blue flowers. 50c. 

 A. caerulea. Flowers large, blue sepals, white petals, long recurved spurs. One of the choicest ; i 



foot. June and July. 50c. 

 A. canadensis. Wild Columbine. Our well-known native species, with scarlet sepals and bright yellow 



petals; easily cultivated. June and July. 25c. 

 A. chrysantha. Bright golden yellow flowers with long spurs; 3 feet. 25c. 

 A. Olympica. Flowers red and yellow. 25c. 

 A. formosa hybrida, syn. Californica hybrida. The sepals and petals yellowish, tinged orange and orange 



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

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



very pretty; 12 inches. April and May. 25c. 

 A. Skinnerii. Mexican Columbine. Crimson sepals lined with light green ; light green petals and long 



straight crimson spurs ; 3 feet. June to September. 50c. 



ARABIS. Rock-Cress. 



Dwarf, early, free-flowering perennials, well adapted for rockwork and general culture. 

 A. alpina. Alpine Rock-Cress. White Alyssum. Flowers white, in small racemes in early spring; 6 

 to 8 inches. 25c. 

 var, variegata. Of low habit and finely variegated foliage. Very ornamental in rockwork ; blooms 

 in early spring. 25c. 



ARENARIA. Sandwort. 



A. caespitosa. A handsome little Alpine plant, growing in dense masses; moss-like foliage; flowers starry- 

 white, all summer ; 3 inches. May. 25c. 



ARMERIA. Thrift, Sea Pink. 



A. argentea. Small white flowers; narrow foliage. 4 inches. July and August. 25c. 

 A. dianthoides. White ; fine. 25c. 



A. formosa. Narrow, grass-like leaves; white flowers in heads on long stems. 25c. 



A. maritima. Cushion Pink. Common Thrift. Rosy-lilac; one of the best for edging; 6 inches. 

 June and July. 25c. 



ARTEMISIA. ^A/'ormwood. 



A. pontica. An interesting plant, with handsome silvery foliage. 25c. 

 A. vulgaris. Common Wormwood. Mugwort. 25c. 



ARUM. Cuckoo Plant. 



Erect, or dwarf perennials, ^^•ith tuber-like roots, and pedate or hastate leaves. Flowers clustered on a 

 spadix, surrounded by a large spathe, as in the Caladium, Calla, etc. 

 A. Dracunculus. Stems covered with dark purplish blotches. Spathe green outside and purplish within. 



May. r foot. 50c. 

 A. Italicum. Attains 12 to 18 inches in height; leaves sagittate, striped \rith yellow. June. 50c. 



ARUNDINARIA. Ribbon-Grass. 



A foliis variegatis. Variegated Ribbon-Grass. One of the prettiest hardy grasses, with handsomely 

 striped foliage. 25c. 



ARUNDO. The Reed. 



Invaluable for creating tropical aspects in a garden. 

 A. Donax. Great Reed. A handsome Reed, growing from 10 to 15 feet high. Its attractive foliage 

 renders it very effective on lawns. 25c. 

 var. foliis variegatis. Variegated Arundo. A magnificent variety of the preceding; leaves 

 beautfully striped with white; 6 to 8 feet. $1.00. 



