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ELLWANGER & BARMY' 8 CATALOGUE. 



Achillea macro pliylla. White ; attractive foliage. 



A. Millefoliiiin rosea. Kose-flowered Yarrow. Kosy lilac flowers; 

 15 inches. June to August. 



A. Millefolium rubra. Ked-flowebed 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. Flowers in racemes, blue, purple, 

 yellowish or white. 



A. Californicum. 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 variegatis. A distinct yellow- 

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

 ful for edging. 



AJUGA. 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. Eed-leaved Bugle. Flowers blue, foliage 

 purple ; spreading. May. 



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



ALSTKOEMERIA. Peruvian Lily. 



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

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



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