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ALYSSUM. Madwort 



Fine for rockwork and edges of borders. Favorites for the garden. 

 A. argenteum. Yellow flowers in clusters ; early summer; dwarf; silvery foliage; 1 foot. 25c. 

 A. saxatile. Clear golden yellow flowers, fragrant and very showy; one of the choicest perennials. 

 May. 1 foot. 25c. 

 var. compactum. Similar to the preceding, except that the plant is dwarf er, flowers more freely 

 and is, if anything, more beautiful. May. 1 foot. 25c. 



AMSONIA 



Valuable because of its color. 

 A. salicifolia. Willow-leaved Amsoxia. Large, smooth foliage; fine blue flowers. May. 2 feet. 25c. 

 A. Tabernaemontana. Pale blue flowers, in cymes. May and June. 2 feet. 25c. 



ANCHUSA. Alkanet 



A. Italica. A fine species, with rough leaves and stems, and fine blue flowers ; 4 to 5 feet. June, July 

 and August. 25c. 



ANEMONE. Wind Flower 



A. Japonica. A distinct and beautiful species; flowers 2*4 inches in diameter; bright purplish rose, 

 with golden yellow centers, borne in great profusion from September to November. Height 

 2^ feet; habit neat and compact; very desirable and effective as a pot plant, and in lines or 

 masses, in beds or mixed borders. 25c. 



var. alba. (Honorine Jobert.) A distinct and beautiful variety of the preceding; flowers 2% 

 inches in diameter; pure white, center golden yellow, borne in great profusion from September to 

 November; very desirable and effective as a pot plant, and in lines or masses in beds or mixed 

 borders. 25c. 



var. Queen Charlotte. A novelty which we have no hesitation in recommending as one of the 

 best of recent years. Flowers very large, well-formed, semi-double, and of a beautiful rosy flesh 

 color on the upper side and of darker shade underneath. They are produced on strong stems in 

 great profusion in autumn. The plant is vigorous, with large, luxuriant foliage and very orna- 

 mental. 25c. 



var. Whirlwind. A variety producing double white flowers in great profusion in the autumn. 

 One of the finest fall-flowering perennials. Hardy. 25c. 



ANTENNARIA. Cat's-Ear 



A. dioica. Mountain Everlasting. A dwarf plant with creeping stems and silvery foliage, producing 

 small white flowers in summer, on stems six inches high. 25c. 



ANTHEMIS. Chamomile 



A. tinctoria. Yellow Chamomile. Hardy Golden Marguerite. Flowers golden yellow, one to two 

 inches across, from July to November. A good border plant. 18 inches. 25c. 



ANTHERICUM. St. Bruno's Lily 



A pretty genus with white flowers. 

 A. liliastrum. St. Bruxo's Lily. A beautiful plant, with narrow, grass-like foliage, and spikes of 

 small, white, fragrant, lily-like flowers; valuable. May to August. 25c. 



AQUILEGIA. Columbine 



A. alpina. A native of the higher parts of the European Alps. Stems 9 to 18 inches high, bearing 

 showy blue flowers. 50c. 



A. caerulea. Flowers large, blue sepals, white petals, long recurved spurs. One of the choicest; 2 

 feet. June and July. 25c. 



A. canadensis. Wild Columbine. Our w r ell-known native species, w T ith scarlet sepals and bright yel- 

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



A. glandulosa. A Siberian species with large deep blue flowers with a white corolla; 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. 



