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AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII 



'Boston Ivy" o 

 "Japan Ivy" 



1082 A valuable climber. Entirely hardy in the most exposed places, often 

 attaining a height of 20 to 30 feet in two or three years from seed, clinging to 

 stones, brick or wood work with the greatest tenacity. It is a great protection 

 to walls, etc., as the leaves, lapping over each other, shed rain. For covering 

 dead trees, gate posts, boundary walls, etc., it has no equal. In the summer 

 the foliage is a rich shade of green, but in the fall it assumes the most gorgeous 

 tints of scarlet, crimson and orange. 



Per oz., 50c Pkt. 10c. 



AMARANTHUS 



These robust annuals, including "Love-Lies-Bleeding," "Joseph's Coat," etc., 

 attain a height of from 4 to 6 feet ; are very showy and effective garden plants. 



1072 Abyssinian. This giant "Love-Lies-Bleeding," has light green foliage, 

 veined and shaded rose, and pendent chenille-like tassels of red, measuring up to 

 2 feet in length and borne in clusters Pkt. 10c. 



1073 Aurora. The plant is clothed from ground to tip with long, arching leaves; 

 colored rich green and bronze at the base; the foliage brightening toward the top 

 into rose-} ellow-, red and green Pkt. 10c. 



1075 Caudatus v (Love-Lies-Bleeding.) Rapid-growing garden annual with long, 



drooping crimson flower spikes: height 3 feet pkt. oe. 



1077 Oriflamme. A strikingly showy new variety of branching, pyramidal 

 growth about 5 feet high. It is well • lothed with large leaves of glossv maroon 

 while the central and side branches are all topped with bright scarlet leaves" Pkt. 10c. 

 Customer's Selection of Amaranthus, any tliree 10c. packets selected for 25c. 



ANCHUSA ITALICA 



1087 "Dropmore" variety. A fine, large, hardy, herbaceous plant; 4 to 5 feet 

 high, with flowers of lovely Gentian blue Pkt. 15c. 



Poppy-Flowered Anemones St. Brigid 



ANEMONES 



1092 A. St. Brigid. These beautiful Irish Poppy-flowered varieties produce in 

 abundance large single, semi-double and double flowers 3 to 5 inches across, in 

 an endless variety of colors, from maroon and brightest scarlet to flest-pink and 

 from lilac to purple. Some are mottled, striped, ringed, etc. For cutting they 

 are unsurpassed, and in the garden they flower until after frost; hardy perennials 

 flowering from seed the second year and thereafter Pkt. 10c. 



ARNEBIA CORNUTA 



1192 A charming annual, growing in bushy form about 2 feet high and about 

 the same breadth. It blooms with profusion the whole summer. Beautiful 

 flowers, ?4 of an inch across, of a rich primrose-yellow, marked with five black 

 spots; the spots change on the second day to a rich maroon, and on the third day 

 vanish, leaving the flower a clear, bright yellow Pkt. 10c. 



ARGEMONE 



1182 Hybrida Grandiflora. These new large-flowering "Prickly Poppies" form branch- 

 ing plants about 3 feet high and 18 inches across. The large, single, Poppy-like flowers are 

 white, cream, primrose and yellow. They are borne freely and continuously all summer 

 long; the thistle-like foliage is of a grayish-green with silvery ribs. They grow quickly and 

 easily from seed, will thrive in any sunny situation and are particularly effective in tin mixed 

 flower border , Pkt. 10c. 



ARISTOLOCHL\ SIPHO 



1185 Dutchman's Pipe Vine. Luxuriant, hardy climber; large leaves, making dense shade; 

 flowers yellow and brown; mottled and curiously shaped; 30 feet Pkt. 10c. 



ARTEMESIA or "SUMMER FIR" 



1195 This ornamental foliage plant (Saccorum viriilis) is an annual and owing to its fast growtli 

 reaches its full size the year of sowing'. It forms pyramidal bushes :i to 5 feet high. As a solitary 

 plant it looks like a nicely developed Christmas-tree. It may be successfully grown in borders, 

 similar to the Summer-Cypress (Kochia triehophyUa) . Tin- color of the finely-pinnated foliage 

 is rich dark green. Its resistance to draught and heat is remarkable. Cut branches last very long 

 and may be used for wreaths, decorations, etc Pkt. 10c. 



ORNAMENTAL ASPARAGUS 



1202 Plumosus Nanus. Greenhouse climber witii Pern-like foliage. Per Kin seeds, 81.00. . . . Pkt. 2 

 1205 Sprengeri. Decorative perennial for pots, vases, etc.; drooping chenille-like fronds I feet long. 



Per 100 seeds, 25c !'■ 



1209 Verticillatus. Hardy climber, with feathery foliage and scarlet berries; 10 feet Pkt lOo. 



4740 A WILD FLOWER GARDEN may be made in any out-of-the-way place by broadcasting and raking in Hen- 

 derson's Wild Garden Flower Seed Mixture, at the rate of 1 oz. per 100 square feet, mixed with sand or dry sod 

 to secure even distribution. Price 15c. per oz : 50c. per '.f lb.; SI. 50 per lb., postpaid. 



When Ordering Flower Seeds, Please Order by the Number Prefixed to Each \ arietry 



