J.T.LOVETT, LITTLE JILVEIV,N.J. 



SPIRAEA. 



Meadow Sweet. 



ARUNCUS. Goat's Beard. — Exceedingly graceful with 

 attractive pale green pinnate foliage and tall stems, sur- 

 mounted with feathery panicles of small, creamy white 

 flowers in July and August. Especially useful for plant- 

 ing with shrubbery. 



FILIPENDULA fl. pi. Double-flowered Dropwort. — 

 A beautiful dwarf plant and an old favorite. Its graceful, 

 pretty fern-like foliage of deep green is exceedingly at- 

 tractive, and the stems support beautiful heads of double 

 white flowers with a creamy tinge, in great profusion 

 throughout the summer. Excellent for cutting. 



PALMATA. Crimson Meadow Sweet. — Grows three 

 feet high and produces broad corymbs of crimson purple 

 flowers, hung on purple-red stems, in profusion during 

 June and July. A superb variety. 



PALMATA ELEGANS. — Similar to the preceding but 

 with silvery-pink flowers. 



STOKESIA. 



Cornflower Aster. 



Spiraea iibiiaria Jf. pi. 



ULMARIA fl pi. Double-flowered Meadow .Sweet — 

 A plant one to two feet high with handsome foliage and 

 large graceful panicles of double white flowers. (See cut.) 



ULMARIA VAR. — Foliage with variegations of bright 

 yellow either side of the midrib of each leaf in an unique 

 and charming manner. 



VENUSTA (lobata). Queen of the Prairie. (3 to 5 

 feet.) — One of the handsomest and finest of the herba- 

 ceous Spiraeas. Large showy panicles of sweet-scented 

 deep rosy-carmine flowers, on naked stems, in June and 

 July. 



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

 For Spiraea Japonica Gladstone and Sinensis, see 

 Astilbe, page 11. 



CYANEA.— As a 

 border, it makes for 

 other hardy plant. 

 twent^''-four inches 

 into October. Its beautiful 

 delicate lavender blue color 



single specimen or grouped in the 

 tself a place that is not filled by any 

 The plants grow from eighteen to 

 high and bloom from July until late 

 Centaurea-like flowers of a 

 are four or five inches in 



diameter and are highly prized for cutting. No picture 

 or description can do justice to its delicate beauty. Of 

 the easiest culture, succeeds in any sunny location. Each, 

 12c; doz., $1.25; 100, $8.00. 



CYANEA ALBA. — In this new variety we have a coun- 

 terpart of the species, except the flowers are pure white. 

 A valuable addition. Each, 15c; doz., $1.50. 



THALICTRUM. 



ADIANTIFOLIUM. 



(1^ to 2 feet.) — Leaves 

 closely resemble those of 

 the INIaiden Hair Fern. 

 Remarkably airy and 

 graceful. Flowers green- 

 ish yellow during August 

 and September. 



AQUILEGIFOLIUM. 

 Meadow Rue. (3 feet.) — ■ 

 A graceful plant with 

 finely cut foliage and airy 

 sprays of small yellowish 

 white, feathery flowers in 

 profusion during late 

 summer and early au- 

 tumn. Especially valuable 

 for massing at the back 

 of borders. (See cut.) 



Each, 12c; doz., $1.25; 

 100, $8.00. 



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Somerset Co., N. J., May 4, 1908. 



I received your plants and are very satisfactory. NICHOLES BOYER. 



Essex Co., N. J. May 6, 1908. 

 I have the pleasure of acknowledging receipt of the order of plants billed by you on the 4th inst., all in good 

 order. My wonder is how you could pack so much of promising beauty and fragrance in so small a compass. An- 

 ticipating rich returns during the summer and fall. J. S. TREAT, 



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