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AQUIL,KGIA (Columbine) 



Old favoiite spring and early summer-blooming plants, growing about 



2 feet high, that succeed in any ordinary garden soil. 



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

 mired type of Columbines. 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. 



Dreer's Long-spurred Pink Shades. A special selection of the 

 greatly admired pink shades of this most popular type. 



Canadensis. The native bright red and yellow variety, and one of the 

 brightest. 



Chrysantha. Bright yellow long-spuned flowers. 



Coerulea {Rocky Slountain Columbine). Bright blue and white long- 

 spurred flowers. 



Flabellata Nana Alba. A dwarf growing, pure white. 



Helenae. Large blue flowers and white corolla. 



Nivea Cirandiflora. A splendid robust large pure white. 



Vulgaris ( Common European Columbine). Violet-blue. 



Price. Any of the above, 30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. ; $18.00 per 100. 

 One each of the 9 sorts for $2.00. 



ARABIS (RockCreu) 



Alpina. One of the most desirable of the very early spring-flowering 

 plants that is especially adapted for edging and for the rock garden, but 

 does equally well in the border, forming a dense carpet, completely 

 covered with pure white flowers. It is nice for cutting, and lasts for a 

 long time in bloom. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



ARIHERIA (Sea Pink or Thrift) 



Attractive dwarf plants that will succeed in any soil, forming evergreen 

 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 fall. Very useful in the rockery. 

 Formosa Rosea. Light rose color. 

 Laucheana Rosea. Bright rose. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



Aquilegia (Columbine) 



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ARTEMISIA I.ACTIFI.ORA 



(Hawthorn-scented Mugwort) 



This comparatively new introduction from China is a most 

 effective flowering plant, with erect stems 3j to 4J feet high, 

 clothed with elegantly cut dark green foliage, and terminated 

 by panicles of Hawthorn-scented creamy white Spiraea-like light and graceful flowers. 

 It is at its best from the latter part of August to the end of September, and is par- 

 ticularly valuable on this account, being unlike any other plant in bloom at that 

 time. (See cut.) 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



ASCI.EPIAS 



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. 



NEW JAPANESE HARDY ASTER 



Mauve Cushion. An entirely distinct species which has attracted much attention 

 in our grounds the past four seasons by its unique habit of growth, its great florif- 

 erousness, and its lateness in flowering. It forms a circular cushion-like plant 2 J 

 feet across the centre of the plant, rarely exceeding 9 inches in height, gradually 

 tapering to 3 or 4 inches at the outside; the flowers, of delicate, soft mauve, with 

 silvery white reflections, measure over \\ inches in diameter, and are produced in 

 such lavish profusion as to completely cover the plants; the blooms begin to expand 

 early in October, but are not at their best until November. 25 cts. each; $2.50 

 per doz. 



TWO NEW HARDY ASTERS 



Maggie Perry. Very large flowers, frequently 2\ inches across, loosely arranged 

 in large trusses, of a pleasing tone of soft mauve. One of the most distinct and 

 striking novelties in this family, and probably the forerunner of a new type. 



Perry's White. Undoubtedly the finest white Michaelmas Daisy yet introduced, 

 perfect in habit of growth and remarkably free-flowering. The stout stems of a 

 bronzy-crimson color are well branched and covered with well shaped flowers 2J 

 inches across, with broad white petals and golden centre; after full development 

 this centre changes to a maroon-crimson, the flower then forcibly reminding one 

 of a Cineraria. 



Either of the above varieties, 35 cts. each; $3-50 per doz. 



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

 to value of oider to points east of the Mississippi River, and 20 per cent, to points west of the Mississippi River, 



