GENERAL CATALOGUE 75 



ARENARIA. Sandwort 



A. caespitosa. A handsome little Alpine plant, growing in dense masses; moss-like foliage; flowers 

 starry-white, all summer; 3 inches. May. 23c. 



ARMERIA. Thrift, Sea Pink 



A. formosa. Narrow, grass-like leaves; white flowers in heads on long stems. 25c. 

 A. maritima. Cushion Pikk. Common Thrift. Rosy lilac; one of the best for edging; 6 inches. 

 June and July. 25c. 



ARTEMISIA. Wormwood 



A. pontica. An interesting plant, with handsome silvery foliage. 25c. 

 A. vulgaris. Common Wormwood. Mugwort. 25c. 



ARUNDINARIA. Ribbon-Grass 



A. foliis variegatis. Variegated Ribbon-Grass. One of the prettiest hardy grasses, with handsomely 

 striped foliage. 25c. 



ARUNDO. The Reed 



Invaluable for creating tropical aspects in a garden. 

 A. Donax. Great Reed. A handsome Reed, growing from 10 to 15 feet high. Its attractive foliage 

 renders it very eflFective on lawns. 25c. 



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. Better fly 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 May. 

 May be used for edgings. The Germans use it in their Maitrank. Foliage hay-scented. 25c. 



ASPHODELINE. Asphodel 



A. lutea. Spikes of clear yellow flowers ; fragrant; 3 feet. June, 25c. 



ASTER. Starwort or Michaelmas Daisy 



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

 A. Bessarabicus. Large, violet-blue flowers; early; 18 inches. 25c. 

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

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

 A. grandiflorus. Violet-blue; 2 feet. October. 25c. 

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

 A. laevis callis plena. Pale purple; 3 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. 



var. ruber. Rich purplish crimson ; 4 to 5 feet. September. 25c. 

 A. Novi Belgii. Blue; 3 to 5 feet. 25c. 



var. albus. Pure white; 2 to 3 feet. September. 25c. 



var. Lady Trevelyan. White; 4 feet. 25c. 

 A. Roi des nains. Pale lilac; 2 feet. 25c. 

 A. A. W. Bowman. Dark violet; 3 to 4 feet. September. 25c. 



ASTILBE. Japan Spiraea. False Goat's Beard 



A. Davidii. Spikes of deep rose-violet flowers on stems 3 to 6 feet high. July and August. 50c. 

 A. Japonica. Known generally as Spircea Japonica or Hoteia Japonica. 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. 



AUBRETIA. Purple Rock-Cress 



Among the most useful of early spring flowering 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 in habit to the preceding. 25c. 



