New and Rare Hardy Perennials. 



All orders, unless instructions are received to the contrary, are exe- 

 cuted and forwarded upon receipt. Customers placing orders for stock 

 to be reserved and sent later must distinctly specify this at time of 

 ordering. 



On the following 5 pages we give a very select list of the newest things in Hardy 

 Perennials; also a number of varieties which are not new, but which are quite rare and 

 seldom offered. Our General List of Hardy Perennials is the most complete in this 

 country, and is given on pages 179 to 216. 



ACONITUM WIESONI. 



This new Aconite, an introduction from Northern China, is entirely distinct from all 

 other species. It is of a strong, stately habit of growth, attaining a height of from 5 to 

 6 feet, with very large flowers of a light violet-blue color. It commences to bloom 

 early in September, and after the terminal raceme is over others are produced from the 

 branches lower down on the stems, by which means the season is extended to the end 

 of October. 30c. each; §3.00 per doz. 



ANCHUSA ITAEICA, 

 Dropmore Variety. 



One of the most important hardy 

 plants of recent introduction, and a 

 grand improvement on the original 

 type of A. italica, or Italian Alka- 

 net, and a plant which, on account of 

 its remarkable freedom of flowering 

 and its beautiful blue color, is sure to 

 become one of our most popular 

 Hardy Perennials. It attains a 

 height of 5 to 6 feet, and produces its 

 pretty blue flowers, which are from 1 

 to 1 ] inches in diameter, throughout the 

 entire summer. 30 cts. each; $3.00 

 per doz. 



Astilbe Akendsi (offered on next page). 



Anthericum Liliastrum Giganteum. 



Aiilliericum Lilias- 

 trum Giganteum. 



(Giant St. Bruno's Lily.) 



A wonderful improvement on the St. 

 Bruno's Lily, of which it i» a gigantic 

 form. It produces 2' feet high stems 

 which, during May and June, arc termi- 

 nated by spikes of very large uhite 

 flowers, and forcibly remind ore of a 

 miniature 1. ilium Candidum. A strik- 

 ing novelty. 30 cts. each: $3.00 per doz. 



Anchusa Italica. Dkopmorb Variety" 



NEW HARDY ASTERS. 



Scores of new Hardy Asters have been introduced in the last few years, but few of 

 them have had sufficient merit to warrant us in offering them. The four sorts offered 

 below, however, are entirely distinct and desirable additions. 



Beauty Of Colwall. This, we hope, is the forerunner of an entirely new type. 

 being the first double Hardy Aster introduced. The perfectly double flowers are a 

 pleasing shade of lavender, produced freely on stout, stiff stems -1 ft. high; requires 

 no staking or tying to keep it in position. Awarded a first class certificate by the 

 Royal Horticultural Society of England. $1.00 each. 



Sub-coeruleus. Entirely distinct in habit, forming a dense tuft of long green 

 leaves, from which issue many leafless stems about 1 "J inches high, bearing, duiing 

 June and July, when few varieties are in flower. ma>-i\e flowers 3 inches in diam- 

 eter of a pleasing shade of bluish- violet, with gulden centre. '1~> cts. each; >"2.o0 

 per doz. 



Thompson! nana. One of the most beautiful large-flowered sorts yet introduced. 



The flowers are not onlv of exceptional si/e, but of graceful, stellate form and of 

 a pleasing Venetian blue color; grows l"i to 18 inches high, and blooms in July and 

 August, "in cts. raih; $5.00 per doz. 



Mesa Grande speciosa grandiflora. The finesl dark purplish^blue Aster in 

 cultivation, producing large flowers on leafless stems is inches high during July 



and August. '_'•"> CtS. each; $2.50 per doz. 



NEW AND RARE HARDY PHLOXES. 



( See page 206. ) 



NEW AND RARE HERBACEOUS P^EONIES 



(See pag, 203. I 



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AQUILEGIAS or COLUMBINES are shown in colors and offered on page 182. 



