J.T. LOVETT, LITTLE JILVEP^,N.J. - '^'"l 



THE LOVELY COLUMBINES OR AQUILEGIAS. 



Old time favorites by reason of their uniquely formed flowers, held so gracefully on long, slender stems, and 

 the fact that they flower for a long period during late spring and through the summer. They are of the easiest cul- 

 ture, thriving upon all soils, even though wet and shaded, and the flowers are so pure in color, so interesting and so 

 desirable for cutting, the Columbines are well nigh indispensable. They attain a height of nearly or quite 2 feet, ex- 

 cept A. flabellata nana, which grows but about 12 inches high. The foliage of all resemble a Maiden Hair Fern and 

 is very airy and beautiful. 



CANADENSIS. Wild Honeysuckle — Bright red and 

 yellow flowers, held gracefully on very long stems. Of 

 strong growth and a free bloomer. 



CHRYSANTHA. Golden Spurred Columbine— 

 Flowers of rich golden yellow, with long slender spurs ; 

 fragrant and very handsome. Blooms all summer. 



FLABELLATA NANA— A beautiful Japanese species 

 with glaucous foliage and pure white flowers. The ex- 

 panded flowers are two inches in diameter with short 

 incurved spurs. 



GLANDULOSA. Gregor's Hybrids— A rare and 

 beautiful species. These are wonderfully effective in 

 grace and beauty, with their immense long spurred 

 flowers of the richest blue imaginable, surmounted by 

 five short petals of pure white, delicately marked with 

 ultra-marine. Splendid for the border or for cutting, and 

 they succeed in any ordinary garden soil. 



VULGARIS ALBA. Munstead White Columbine— 

 An effective and elegant flower, pure white and hung on 

 long stems from JNIay to July. Excellent for cutting. 



Strong field plants, each, 1-5 c : doz., $1.50; 100, $8.00. 

 Set of five for 60c. 



ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA. 



Butterfly Weed. 



Although of American origin and occasionally to be 

 found in fields and meadows throughout the Middle 

 States, this is one of the most unique and showy of all 

 hardy flowers. It is highly prized throughout Europe, as 

 is should be in America. It forms fleshy roots and is 

 exceedingly hardy ; thrives in all soils and produces 

 numerous large, compact, flat heads of bright orange- 

 yellow flowers — a color found in no other hardy peren- 

 nial — during the entire summer. It is as beautiful as it 



is striking, showy and effective. Should be planted in 

 mass. Two feet. 



Strong roots, each, 12c; doz., $1.25; 100. $8.00. 



Asclepias tnhcrosa. 



Lancaster Co., Pa., March 28, 1908. 

 The plants and shrubs sent by Adams Express reached me in A No. 1 condition. They are perfectly satisfactory 

 in every respect, and I want to thank you for the evident care used in their selection. They have been planted less 

 than a week, yet every one shows signs of growth. MRS. D. L. GLATFELTER. 



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