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ItHRTA-DRBR PHILADELPHIA f>A ^HARDY PEREhhlAL PLANTS- \ \$ 



AQIIIJEGIAS or COLUMBINES. 



The Columbines are one of the most elegant and beautiful of hardy plants, producing their graceful spurred flowers on stems rising 

 2 feet or more above the beautifully divided foliage, and are highly prized for cutting. 



They are not at all particular as to soil or location, although they prefer a sandy loam and a moist but well drained, sunny posi- 

 tion, and usually make themselves at home in any hardy border or rockery. Their period of flowering covers the late Spring and early 

 Summer months. Taken as a whole, they are a most important part of the hardy garden, and should be grown in quantity bv every 

 lover of old-fashioned garden flowers. 



The colored plate opposite shows six of the varieties offered below. All of the sorts in the list are equally attractive and worthy 

 of a place in any garden. 



Californica Hybrida. Long spurred flowers in a variety of 

 colorings, such as yellow, pink, flesh, red, etc., as shown in 

 the lower six flowers on the plate opposite. 



Canadensis (Common American Columbine). The na- 

 tive bright red and yellow variety, and one of the brightest. 

 See plate opposite. 



Caryophylloides FI. PI. Double flowering, striped and 

 mottled. 



Chrysantha (Golden Columbine). Bright yellow long 

 spurred flowers. See plate opposite. 



Coerulea (Rocky Mountain Columbine). Bright blue and 

 white long spurred flowers. See plate opposite. 



Flabellata nana alba. A Japanese sort of dwarf growth with 

 pure white flowers. 



Price. 15 cts. each; SI. 50 per doz. ; $10,00 per 100. One each of the eleven sorts for $1.50. 



Seed of Aquilegia. We offer seeds of all the varieties shown on the color plate opposite and of many other choice kinds. 

 See list on page ti6. 



Helena;. A new hybrid with very large blue flowers and 

 wide, expanded pure white corolla, similar to Ccerulea, but 

 with shorter spurs. See plate opposite. 



Nivea grandiflora. A fine pure white sort, 

 site. 



Skinneri. Yellow with long, red spurs. 



Truncata. Scarlet tipped yellow; very distinct. 



Vulgaris {Common European Columbine). 

 a strong, vigorous grower. 



See plate oppo- 



Violetblue; 



ARABIS (Rock Cress). 



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 which succeeds equally well in the bor- 

 der, where it forms a dense carpet, completely covered with 

 pure white flowers. It is nice for cutting, and lasts for along 

 time in bloom. (See cut. ) 



— Flore-plena. A distinct and pretty double-flowering form. 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



ARM EK I A Thrift). 



Attractive dwarf plants that will succeed in any soil, forming 

 evergreen tufts of bright green foliage, from which innumer- 

 able flowers appear in dense heads, on stiff, wiry stems about 

 9 inches high. They flower more or less continuously from 

 early spring until late in the fall. Very effective in the rock- 

 ery and indispensable in the border. 

 Maritima Splendens. Bright rosy-pink. 

 — Alba. A prett) white. 



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



ARABIA. 



Cashmeriana. A stately ornamental plant with attractive foliage and large 

 panicles of small white flowers in early summer; grows 5 to 8 feet high. 

 25 cts. each; $"2.50 per doz. 



ASCLEPIAS (Butterfly Weed). 



Tllberosa. One of the showiest of our native perennials, about 2 feet high, 

 and producing during July and August close, compact umbels of brilliant 

 orange-colored flowers. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $8.00 pel 100. 



ASPERULA (Sweet Woodruff, Waldmeister). 



Odorata. An old-fashioned favorite, grown for its flagrant leaves and 

 stems, which have an odor not unlike new-mown hay, and are used for 

 putting among clothes, etc.; also used in Germany to flavor the 

 "Maitrank," or May wine; best grown in semi-shaded positions; flowers 

 white. 25 cts. each: $2.50 per doz. 



ASPHODELUS (Asphodel). 



Luteus. An effective plant for the border, with sword-like foliage and 3- 

 feet high spikes of fragrant yellow, lily-like Bowers in July. 20 cts. each; 

 |2.00 per doz. 



ASTERS (Michaelmas Daisies). 

 Sec page 184. 



A REN ARIA (Sand-wort). 

 Close growing evergreen plants, forming dense carpets of verdure, and 

 especially desirable for rock work; flowers pure white, prettily studding 

 the foliage during the spring months. 

 C.tspitosa. Moss-like foliage; white flowers. 15 Cts, each; jil • 50 per doz. 



Montana. A beautiful trailing variety, with large white Rowers. 25 cts. 

 each; $2.50 pei doz. 



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Our "INTRODUCTION" collections of Hardy Perennials are composed of the very best sorts See page 173. 



