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AQUIL,EGIA (Columbine) 



Old favorite spring and early summer- blooming plants, growing 



about 2 i'eet high, that succeed in any ordinary garden soil. 



Dreer's Long=spurred Hybrids. This is the most admired 

 type of Columbines. They have been produced from the strains 

 of several famous hybridizers, and are much superior to the Ubual 

 grade. The plants are of strong, thrifty growth. The flowers of 

 largest size vary in color through charming tones of cream, pink, 

 lavender, blue, white, red, etc., hardly any two being exactly alike. 

 We ofler them in mixed colors only. 



Canadensis. Our native Columbine, bright red and yellow. 



Clirysantha. The golden-spurred "Columbine." 



Flabellata nana alba. A dwarf; pure white. 



Helenas. Large blue; white corolla. 



Vulgaris. The European violet-blue Columbine. 



25 cts. each; |2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 

 Set of 6 varieties, $1.25. 



AR]>ICRIA (Sea Pink or Thrift) 



Attractive dwarf plants that will succeed in any soil, forming ever- 

 green tufts of bright green foliage, from which innumerable flowers 

 appear in dense heads, on stiff wiry stems, from 9 to 12 inches high. 

 They flower more or less continuously from early spring until late in 

 the fdl. Very useful in the rockery. 

 Cephalotes Rubra. A strong growing variety with evergreen 



foliage and large heads of crimson-red flowers. 

 Laucheana Rosea. Bright rose. 

 — Alba. White. 



25 cts. each; |2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 







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Hardy Asters, or Michaelmas Daisies 



ARTEMISIA 



A mist useful class of plants for the border. 

 Abrotanum ( Old Man, or SoiUlcernwood). Dark green 



finely cut foliage, with pleasant aromatic odor; 2 feet. 

 Pedemontana. A handsome variety with finely-cut silvery 



f)liage; 15 inches. 

 Stelleriana ( Old Womii?l). Deeply-cut silvery foliage; much 



used in carpet bedding; 18 inches. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



ASCLEPIAS 



Tuberosa {Butterfly Weed). One of the showiest of our 

 native perennials; 2 feet high, and producing from July to 

 September heads of orange-colored flowers. 25 cts. each; 

 $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



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HARDY ASTERS 



(Michaelmas Daisies, or Starworts) 



These are among the showiest of our late flowering hardy 

 plants, giving a wealth of bloom during September and October, 

 a season when most ot'her hardy flowers are past, and for the 

 best effect should be planted in masses of one color. 

 Chapmani. Sprays of light ageratum-blue; 4 to 6 feet. 

 Formosissimus. Bright violet; 3 feet. 

 Lsevis floribunda. Light heliotiope; 4 feet. 

 Novas angliae. Bright violet-purple; 4 feet. 



Lil Fardell. Bright mauve; 4 feet. 



Roseus. Bright purplish-mauve; 4 feet. 



Novi Belgii Cleopatra. Light heliotrope; 5 feet, 

 Cloudy Blue. Pale lavender blue; 3^ feet. 



The Queen. A splendid large bluish-white; 4 to 5 feet. 



Robert Parker. Pale heliotrope; 4 feet. 



Snowflake. Very free, pure white; 18 inches. 



Tataricus. Distinct large bluish-violet; very late; 6 feet. 



Price. Any of the above, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 

 Set of 12 varieties for $2.50. 



NEWER HARDY ASTERS 



Feltham Blue. One of the most decorative free-flowering varieties, a 



prtlty shade of aniline blue; August and September; 2\ feet. 

 Glory of Colwall. A splendid variety, with good-sized, nearly double, 



ageratum-blue flowers, remarkably free-flowering; 2h feet. September 



and October. 

 Novi Belgii Climax. A grand new variety of strong, vigorous habit, 



over 5 feet high, fully one half of which consists of much-branched 



pyrr.midical-shaped flower stems filled with light lavender-l)lue flowers. 



each \\ inches or more in diameter. It blooms from the latter part of 



August until the middle of October. 

 White Climax. A counterpart of the above with pure white 



flowers; 5 feet. 

 • St. EgwJn. A pleasing soft rosy-pink. Very free and of erect 



habit; 3 to 4 feet. September and October. 

 Price. Any of the above, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. Set of 5 sorts for $2.25. 



DM^ARE ALPINE ASTERS 



Alpinus. Indispensable for the rockery or edge of hardy Ijorders; grows 

 6 to 10 inches high and bears large showy bluish-purple flowers in May 

 and June. 



— Albus. Identical to the above, but with pure white flowers. 



Sub=COeruleuS. Forms a dense tuft of leaves, from which issue many 

 leafless stems 12 inches high, bearing in June and July massive bluish- 

 violet flowers 3 inches in diameter. 



Price. 25 cts. eacli; $2.50 per doz. Set of 3 sorts, 65 cts. 



NOTE.— All Bulbs, Roots and Plants »re forwarded by Express, purchaser paying charges. If wanted by Parcel Post, add 10 per cent, 

 to valu 2 of order to points east of the Missi sippi River, and 20 per cent, t j points west of the Mississippi River. 



