GENERAL CATALOGUE. 



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ALETRIS. Star-Grass. 



A. Japonica. Purple flowers, grass-like foliage ; 2 to 3 feet. 25c. 



ALSTRCEMERIA. Peruvian Lily. 



A. aurantiaca. A vigorous species, flowering in summer and autumn, in umbels. Flowers lily-like, orange; 

 2 to 4 feet. 25c. 



A. pulchella syn. Simsii. Brilliant yellow flowers with red streaks. June. 25c. 



ALTHAEA ROSEA. Hollyhock. 



A collection of fine double sorts, of several colors. 25 cents each. 



ALYSSUM. Madwort. 



Fine for rockwork and edges of borders. 

 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. 



A. salicifolia. Willow-leaved Amsonia. 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. 



ANDROSACE. Rock Jasmine. 



A. sarmentosa. Bright rose with white eye ; 4 inches. May and June. 25c. 



ANEMONE. Wind Flower. 



A. Japonica. A distinct and beautiful species; flowers z]/ z 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 Novem- 

 ber; very desirable and effective as a pot plant, and in lines or masses in beds or mixed borders. 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 w-hite 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; valuable. 12 to 18 inches. 25c. 

 var. Kelwayi. Flowers golden yellow. 25c. 



ANTHERICUM. St. Bruno's Lily. 



A pretty genus with white flowers. 

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



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

 A. ramosum. White flowers; 18 inches. June. 25c. 



