GENERAL CATALOGUE. 



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ASTIIiBE. Japan Spiraea. 



A. Japonica. Known generally as Spinea Japonica or Hoteia Japonlca. A handsome plant, with smaU, pure 

 white flowers, in large, branching panicles. Blooms in May, in the open air, but is cultivated chiefly for 

 forcing in winter. 30c. 



Tar. grandiflora. (New.) Compared with the type, the Individual flowers are much more numerous, and the 

 flower spikes are larger, borne more freely and are more compact. See cut. 50c. 



BELIilS. Daisy. 



Very popular spring flowers. The handsome, double-flowered varieties are very effective plants, and suitable 

 for edging. 



B. perennis. Red, white and pink ; double. 15 cents each ; $1.00 per dozen, 

 var. Snowflake. (New.) Double white, fine. 35c. 



BETONICA. Betony. 

 B. officinalis. Flowers pu.-ple ; spikes crowded ; 2 feet. July. 3.5c. 



BOCCONIA. Plume-Poppy. 



Beautiful hardy plants, with large foliage which produces a picturesque effect. 



B. cordata. An attractive plant, growing 6 to 8 feet high, with large foliage and long spikes of white flowers in 

 August. Well adapted for single lawn specimens, or for the sub-tropical garden. 35c. 



BOL.TONIA. False Chamomile. 



B. latisquamae. Aster-like flowers in a broad head ; rosy purple ; free blooming, showy and fine ; 5 feet. July 

 to October. 35c. 



BUPTHAIiMUM. Ox-eye. 



B. cordifolium. Very showy and ornamental ; large foliage and yellow flowers ; 4 feet. June and July. 35c. 



CAMPANULA. Bellflower. Harebell. 



An elegant genus of plants, rich in color, profuse in bloom, and of easy culture. 



C. barbata. Beabded HAKEBEiiL. An Alpine sort, with a beard at the mouth of its pretty, pale, sky-bhie flow- 



ers, nearly li inch long. 50c. 

 C. grrandis. Forms a bush 2 to 3 feet high, composed of a number of spikes thickly set with large blue salver- 

 shaped flowers. June and July. 35c. 



