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GENERAL LIST. 



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ASTILBE. Spiraea, BLACKBERRY LILY, 



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Astilbe Japonica. A beautiful plant with finely-cut. 

 fern-like leaves, dark green in color, making a hand- 

 some tuft. The abimdant flowers are in the form of 

 nxmierous graceful, feathery panicles of a silvery- white 

 color. Useful for cut flowers and for border planting. 

 It is largely forced under glass, and makes a fine house 

 plant. Ea., 15c; 3 for 35c; doz., $1.25. 



Astilbe Japonica erandiflora. A variety of the pre- 

 ceding, with larger, denser and more showy white 

 flowers, produced with the greatest freedom. A most 

 charming plant for pot culture and forcing for Easter 

 and holiday decorations. Ea., 15c; 3 for 35c; doz., 

 $1.25. 



BOCCONIA CORDATA. 



Among ornamental border plants this is prominent 

 by reason of its stately habit and large, handsome foil- 

 age of sub-tropical appearance. It reaches six to eight 

 feet high and bears large plumes of white flowei's in 

 July and August in great abundance. This also is 

 admirable for background planting in the border and 

 is at all times intensely ornamental and striking. Ea., 

 20c; 3 for 50c; doz., $1.50. 



Pardantnus sinensis. A particularly interesting plant 

 belonging to the Iris family. Broad, pale-green, sword- 

 shaped leaves, arranged in a fan-like manner; hand- 

 some, star-shaped flowers, rich orange, thickly spotted 

 with brown and purple. The succeeding seed-pods soon 

 split open, exposing clusters of fruit exactly resembling 

 blackberries, which remain on the plant until- winter. 

 Ea., 10c; 3 for 25c; doz., 75c. 



COLUMBINES. Aquilegia. 



Golden-spurred 

 Columbine. (.4. 

 cJi r [I Han tha). 

 The peculiar 

 and graceful 

 flowers of the 

 Columbine ai-e 

 well displayed 

 in this variety, 

 which is one of 

 the most beauti- 

 ful of perenni- 

 als; remarkable 

 especially for its 

 continuoussum- 

 mer blooming. 

 The flowers are 

 set upon tall 

 stems, with long 

 slender spurs of 

 a rich golden- 

 yellow, frag- AQUILEGIA SKINNERII. 

 rant and beautiful. The plant itself is attractive, with 

 deeply-cut, dark green foliage, and is a free grower; 

 from 2 to 3 ft. in height. Ea., 15c; 3-for 35c; doz., $1.25. 



IMunstead's Giant White Columbine. (.4. vulgaris alba). 

 One of the most vigorous and pe7"sistent of hardy 

 blooming plants, producing a continuous and profuse 

 supply of large pure white flowers of great substance 

 from May to July; which are exceedingly desirable for 

 cutting. Like the other Columbines it is admirably ad- 

 apted for rockwork and the border, and is always 

 picturesque. Ea., 15c; 3 for 35c; doz., $1.25,, 



Skinner's Columbine. (A. Skinnerii). From Mexico, 

 and a showy species in both plant and bloom. The 

 flowers ai-e large and borne on tall, slender stems; al- 

 most gorgeous in coloring, the sepals being of light 

 crimson the petals greenish yellow and the spurs of dark 

 orange-red. Ea., 15c; 3 for 35r; doz., $1.50, 



