GENERAL CATALOGUE. 106 



ASCLEPIAS. Milkweed. Silkweed. 



Fine native plants ; flowers in terminal umbels of various colors. 

 A. incarnata. Swamp Milkweed. Flowers flesh-colored ; 3 to 4 feet. July. 25c. 



A. tuberosa. Butterfly Weed. Pleurisy Root. Bright orange flowers ; showy and beautiful ; 2 feet. 

 July. 25c. 



ASPERULA. Woodruff or Maitrank. 



A. odorata. A very pretty dwarf plant, with whorled leaves and small, white, fragrant flowers in summer. 

 May be used for edgings. The Germans use it in their Maitrank. 25c. 



ASPHODELINE. 



A. lutea. Spikes of clear yellow flowers ; fragrant ; 3 feet. July and August. 25c. 



ASTER. Starwort or Michaelmas Daisy. 



Tall, leafy perennials, blooming in the fall when flowers are scarce. 



A. alpinus. Alpine Aster. Flowers purple, 2 inches in diameter. 6 in. 25c. 



A. Amellus. Italian Starwort. Light blue ; 3 feet. September. 25c. 



A. coccineus Nevadensis. Red, yellow center. 25c. 



A. ericoides. Heath-like Aster. White flowers. 25c. 



A. floribundus. Light blue; 2 feet, 25c. 



A. Himalayensis. Small white flowers ; 2 feet. September. 25c. 



A. horizontalis. Blue; 2 feet. 25c. 



A. lancifolium Californicum. Azure blue ; 3 to 4 feet. September. 25c. 



A. lilacinus Nevadensis. Lilac; 4 feet. September. 25c. 



A. longifolius var. formosus. A distinct sort ; suitable for borders; purple, white center; 2 to 3 feet. 25c. 



A. Novae -Angliae. New England Aster. Bluish purple; 4 feet. 25c. 



A. Novae-Belgii. Blue; 3 to 5 feet. 25c. 



A. novae caeruleus. Bluish purple ; 4 to 5 feet. 25c. 



A. oblongifolius. Purple; 2 to 3 feet. September. 25c. 



ASTRAGALUS. Milk Vetch. 



A. alopecuroides. From Siberia. A bushy plant ; yellow flowers ; distinct ; 3 feet. June. 25c. 



ASTILBE. Japan Spiraea. False Goat's Beard. 



A. Japonica. Known generally as Sph-cza Japonica or Hoteia Japojtica. A handsome plant, with small, pure 

 white flowers, in large, branching panicles. Blooms in May, in the open air, but is cultivated chiefly 

 for forcing in winter. 25c. 

 var. grandifiora. Compared with the type, the individual flowers are much more numerous, and the 

 flower spikes are larger, borne more freely and are more com.pact. 25c. 



AUBRETIA. Purple Rock-Cress. 



Valuable rock-plants. 



A. deltoidea. Of dwarf tufted habit ; purple flowers, produced very abundantly in early spring ; 3 inches. 



April or May. 25c. 

 A. Olympica. Purple flowers, similar to the preceding. 25c. 



BAMBUSA. Bamboo. 



A. Metake. From Japan. Broad dark-green leaves ; nearly evergreen ; 4 to 6 feet. 50c. 



BAPTISIA. False Indigo. 



B. australis. Blue False Indigo. Deep blue Lupin-like flowers in racemes ; 2 to 5 feet. June. 25c. 

 B. caerulea. Fine blue Lupin shaped flowers ; 2 feet. June and July. 25c. 



BETONICA. Betony. 



B. officinalis. Wood Betony. Flowers purple ; spikes crowded ; 2 feet. July. 25c. 



