GENERAL CATALOGUE. 



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ASTILBE. Japan Spiraea. 



A. Japonica. Known generally as SfAnxa Japonica or Hoteia Japonica. A handsome plant, -with small, pure 

 white flowers, in larg-e, branching- panicles. Blooms in May, in the open air, but is cultivated chiefly for 

 forcing- in winder. dt)c. 

 var. grandiflora. (Xew.) Compared with the type, the individual flowers are much more numerotis. and the 

 flower spikes are larger, borne more freely and are more compact. See cut. 50c. 



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. 2oc. 



BAPTISIA. False Indigo. 



B. australis. Blue False I>T)IG0. Deep blue Lupin- 



like flowers in rac-emes ; 2 to 5 feet. June. 2.5c. 

 B. cfenilea. Fine blue Lupin shaped flowers; 2 feet. 

 June and July. 2.5c. 





AsTiLBE Japonica. 



Spiraea (Astilbe^ Japonica Grand iflora. 



BELLIS. Daisy. 



Very popular spring flowers. The handsome, double-flowered varieties are very effective jilants, and suitable 

 for edging. 



B. perennis. Red, white and pink ; double. 15 cents each ; $1.00 per dozen. 

 var. Snowflake. (New.) Double white, fine. 25c. 



BETOXICA. Betony. 



B. officinalis. Flowers pujple ; spikes crowded ; 2 feet. July. 2.5c. 



BOCCOXIA. Plume-Poppy. 



Beautiful hardy plants, with large foliage which produces a picturesque effec". 



B. cordata. An attractive plant, growing 6 to 8 feet high, with large foUage and long spikes of white flowers in 

 August. Well adapted for single lawn specimens, or for the sub-tropical garden. 25c. 



BOLTOXIA. Fals^e Chamomile. 



B. latisquamae. Aster-like flowers in a broad head ; rosy purple ; free blooming, showy and fine ; 5 teet. July 

 to October. 2-5c. 



BUPTHAEMU^I. Ox-eye. 



B. rorflifolium. Very showy and ornamental ; large foliage and yellow flowei-s ; 4 feet, June and July. 2.=k-. 



CA3IPAXULA. Bellflower. Harebell. 



An elegant genus of plants, rich in color, profuse in bloom, and of easy cvilture. 



C. barbata. Bearded Harebell. An Alpine sort, with a beard at the mouth of its pretty, pale, sky-blue flow- 



ers, nearly li inch long. 50c. 

 C. grandis. Forms a bush 2 to 3 feet high, compose^l of a number of spikes thickly set with large blue salver- 

 shaped flowers. June and July. 2.5c. 



