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TrolliUS (Clobe Flower) 



Europaeus Hybrids. Desirable free flowering hybrids producing 

 their giant buttercup-like blossoms ranging from pale yellow to deep 

 orange on strong stems; May and June; 2 feet high. 35 cts. each; 

 S3. 50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



Ledebouri. A very distinct rare species, growing 2 to 2J feet high, 

 producing its rich orange large flowers, which open up like a butter- 

 cup, in great profusion from May to July, with some flowers the 

 entire summer. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Tunica 



Saxifraga. A charming little spreading plant growing from 6 to 8 

 inches high, with minute dark green foliage producing quantities of 

 tiny flowers varying from pale to dark pink. Attractive in the 

 rockery or on the edge of the border. June to August. 25 cts. each; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



— Flore Plena. A pretty new double flowering form of the above 

 in which the flowers, besides being double, are also considerably 

 larger than in the type and of a deeper color, as well as being per- 

 petual flowering; it begins to flower in June and continues until 

 late in the fall. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Valeriana (valerian) 



Coccinea. Showy heads of reddish flowers; June to October; 2 feet. 



— Alba. A white-flowered form. 



Officinalis {Hardy Garden Heliotrope). Produces showy heads of 

 rose-tinted white flowers during June and July, with delicious, strong 

 heliotrope odor; 3 to 4 feet. 



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



VinCa (Periwinkle, or Trailing Myrtle) 

 Minor. An excellent dwarf evergreen trailing plant that is used 

 extensively for carpeting the ground under shrubs and trees, or 

 on graves where it is too shady for other plants to thrive. 15 cts. 

 each- $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100; $80.00 per 1000. 



Trollius (Globe Flower) 



Thermopsis 



Caroliniana. A showy, tall-growing plant, attaining a height of 3 feet, 

 producing long spikes of yellow flowers in June and July. 35 cts. each; 

 $3.50 per doz. 



ThymUS (Thyme) 



Citriodorus Aureus. The golden leaved lemon-scented Thyme. 



— Argenteus. Silver leaved, lemon-scented Thyme. 

 Lanuginosus (W ooly-leaved Thyme). Greyish foliage and rosy -lilac flowers. 

 Serpyllum Album (White Mountain Thyme). Dense mats of dark green 



foliage and clouds of white flowers. 



— Coccineus (Scarlet Thyme). Dark green foliage and bright red flowers. 



— Splendens. Bright purplish-red flowers. 

 Price. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 



Tradescantia (Spider wort: 



Virginica. Produces a succession of blue flowers all summer; 2 feet. 



— Alba. A white-flowered form. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Trillium (Wood Lily, or Wake Robin) 

 Grandiflorum. Excellent plants for shady positions in the hardy border, 

 or in a sub-aquatic position. Large pure white flowers in early spring; 12 to 

 18 inches. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 



Tritoma (Kniphofia) 



(Red-hot Poker, Flame Flower, or Torch Lily) 

 Pfltzeri (The Everblooming Flame Flower). The early, free and continuous 

 blooming qualities of this variety have made it one of the great bedding 

 plants. Succeeds in any ordinary garden soil, but responds quickly to 

 liberal treatment; hardy if given protection, but the most satisfactory 

 method of wintering is to bury the roots in sand in a cool cellar. In bloom 

 from August to October, with spikes 3 to 4 feet high, and heads of bloom of a 

 rich orange-scarlet, producing a grand effect either planted singly in the 

 border or in masses. 30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. ; $18.00 per 100. 

 Elegans Hybrids. Seedlings in mixed colors, ranging from pale yellow to 

 deep orange red. Very showy, early and free flowering. 3 to 4 feet. August 

 to October. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



Valeriana Officinalis 



The new Montbretias illustrated in colors on page 152 are a wonderful advance in this line 



