GENERAL CATALOGUE. 



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AIRA. Hair-Grass. 



A. foliis variegatis. A distinct yellow sti-iped grass. One of the finest hardy 

 grasses ; useful for edging. 35c. 



AJUGA. Bugle. 



Pretty dwarf plants, with flowers in whorls lu the axils of the leaves. 



A. reptans var. rubra. Red-leaved Bugle. Flowers blue, foliage purple ; 



spreading. May. 25c. 

 A. reptans var. fl. alba. White flowers. May. 25c. 



ALSTRCEMERIA. Peruvian Lily. 



A. aurantiaca. A \igorous species, flowering- in summer and autumn, in um- 

 bels. Flowers lily-like, orange ; 3 to 4 feet. 35c. 



Adonis. 



AMSONIA. 



A. sallcifolia. Willow-leaved Amsonia. Large, smooth foliage ; iine blue flowers. JIay. 3 feet. 35c. 



ANCHUSA. Alkanet. 



A. Italica. A fine species, with rough leaves and stems, and fine blue flowers; 4 to 5 feet. June, July and 

 August. 35c. 



ANEMONE. Wind-flower. 



A. Japonica. A distinct and beautiful species; flow- 

 ers 3i inches in diameter; bright purplish rose, 

 with golden yellow centers, borne in great 

 profusion from September to November. 

 Height, 3i feet ; habit neat and compact ; very 

 desirable and efl:ective as a pot plant, and in 

 lines or masses in beds or mixed borders. 30c. 

 var. alba. (Honorine Jdbert.) A distinct and 

 beautiful variety of the preceding ; flowei's 2^ 

 inches in diameter ; pure white, center golden 

 yellow, borne In great profusion from Sep- 

 tember to November ; very desirable and ef- 

 fective as^a pot plant, and in lines or masses 

 in beds or mixed borders. 30c. 



ANTENNARIA. Cat's-Ear. 



A. dioica. MOUNTAIN EVERLASTING. A dwarf plant 

 with creeping- stems, and silvery foliage, pro- 

 ducing small white flowers in summer, on 



stems six inches high. 35c.- White Anemone. 



ANTHEMIS. Cliamomile. 



A. tinctoria. Yellow Chamomile. Flowers golden yellow, one to two inches across, from July to November; 

 valuable. 13 to 18 inches. 35c. 



ANTHEKICUM. St. Bruno's Lily. 



A pretty genus with white flowers. 

 . 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. 35c. 

 var. major. Giant St. Bruno's Lily. Long spikes of pure white, lily-like, fragrant flowers ; flue. 25c. 

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



AQUILEGIA. Columbine. 



. alpina. A native of the higher parts of the European Alps. Stems 9 to 18 inches high, bearing showy blue 

 flowers. 50c. 



. Canadensis. Our well-known native species, with scarlet sepals and bright yellow petals ; easily cultiv^ated. 25c. 

 . Olympica. Flowers red and yellow. 25c. 



. formosa lij'brlda. Syn. Californica Hybrida. The sepals and petals yellowish, tinged orange and orange 



red spurs ; 3 to 4 feet. May to September. 50c. 

 . glandulosa. A Siberian species with large white flowers, with sepals bright lUac-blue and petals white; very 



pretty ; 13 inches. April and May. 35. 

 . Skinnerii. Crimson sepals lined with light green ; light green petals and long straight crimson spurs ; 3 feet. 



June to September. 50c. 



