Arabis (Rock Cress) PER PKT. 
1211 Alpina. A hardy perennial and one of the earliest and prettiest spring flowers. 
The spreading tufts are covered with a sheet of pure white flowers as soon as the 
snow disappears. Unequalled for rockeries or edging; withstands the drought 
and is always neat; 6 to 9 inches. Illustrated on page 66. }0z., 25 cts........... $0 10 
Arctotis (African Daisy) 
1216 Grandis. A remarkably handsome annual from Southwest Africa. It forms 
much-branched bushes 2 to 2 feet high; its flowers are large and showy, being 
pure white on the upper surface, the reverse of petals pale lilac-blue. There are 
few annual flowers grown in the garden more valuable for cut flower work 
than the Arctotis. It is easily grown from seed and may be started in hotbed, 
in the house, or in the open ground, the seed germinating in about five days, 
and the plants may be expected to come into bloom early in July and con- 
tinue until quite hard frost. It delights in a sunny situation. As a cut 
flower it is especially valuable, the blooms lasting a week or ten days in water, 
and if undeveloped buds are cut and placed in a sunny window every one 
will open and produce as fine flowers as though left on the plant. 4 0z.,30cts. 10 
Argemone (Mexican or Prickly Poppy) 
1220 Hybrida Grandiflora. Sturdy bushes 2 to 3 feet high, with very ornamental 
pale green, spiny foliage, with clear silvery midrib and veins and poppy-like 
flowers of satiny texture, over 3 inches across, in various shades from rich yellow 
to creamy-white. It comes into bloom early in July and continues without inter- 
ruption till November. It is best to sow the seed where they are intended to 
bloom as soon as the ground is warm, and should have a sunny location, and 
prefers light soil. A very pretty and ornamental plant in or out of bloom. 
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ARGEMONE HyBRIDA GRANDIFLORA 
Asparagus : 
overt N te aa _ PER PKT. Armeria (Sea Pink, or Thrift) per pKr. 
1231 Plumosus Nanus. is graceful Asparagus is an : ‘ 
excellent house plant. $1.00 per 100 seeds.......... $0 25 coe culanuae oe Rretty edging plant, bearing rosy- 
1232 Sprengeri (Emerald Feather). One of the best pink flowers; hardy perennial. 1 foot..............$0 15 
plants to grow in suspended baskets, window boxes, Aubrietia (Rainbow Rock Cress) 
vases, etc.; for the greenhouse in winter and outside in 
summer. 50 cts. per 100 seeds.........cec eevee ees 10 | 1490 Large-flowering Hybrids. A beautiful dwarf 
rock plant, covered with sheets of bright flowers in 
spring and early summer; 6 inches................ 15 
Auricula (Primula Auricula) 
1500 A well-known favorite of great beauty; seed saved 
from splendid choice mixed varieties; half hardy 
perennial; 6 inches 
A Few Cultural Hints on the 
Growing of Asters 
Asters will thrive in any good soil, prepared in the same way as you would for 
a crop of vegetables, but it is well to remember that any extra care taken in the 
preparation of the soil is repaid by finer plants, larger blooms with longer stems and 
more profuse flowering. They should have an open, sunny position, and prefer a 
good, heavy, loamy soil, enriched with a liberal quantity of bone meal or other good 
commercial fertilizer; and the addition of wood ashes or air-slacked lime, and should 
not be grown on the same ground year after year; it is better to change each season. 
For early flowering the seed should be started in the house, hotbed or cold- 
frame in April, transferring them to their flowering quarters as soon as danger 
from frost is past. For August and later flowering it is just as well to sow 
=, them in the open in May, preferably in a prepared seed bed, transplanting 
them when two or three inches high to where they are to bloom, although 
they may be sown where they are to flower with equally as good results. 
The main essentials to insure fine Asters are a new rich soil, frequent cultivation, 
no check to their growth from start to finish and ample room to develop. When 
wanted for cutting with long stems, they should be set out not closer than twelve 
inches apart in the rows and two feet between the rows. When wanted for mass 
effects in beds they may be planted nine inches to a foot apart each way. 
Asters are sometimes attacked by an aphis at their roots; also by stem rot. Both 
of these troubles are rarely met with if the plants are grown on new soil, and are not 
checked in their growth. The addition of wood ashes or air-slacked lime at the time 
Arctotis GRANDIS of the preparation of the beds also helps to prevent these troubles. 
Ail Flower Seeds are delivered postpaid to any postoffice in the United States 
