Choice Trees, Shrubs and Hardy Plants. 



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ACHILLEA. Yaeeow or Milfoil. Very striking 

 foliage and valuable for cut flowers. Red, white 

 and yellow flowers in flattish heads. 



The bebt varieties are filipendula, Millefolium 

 rosea and rubra, and Ptarmicaflore plena. 



ACONITUM. Monkshood or Wolfsbane. Erect, 

 stately plants, producing large clusters of blue, 

 white, purple and yellow flowers. 



ACORUS. SwoKD Grass. Plants of easy cul- 

 ture ; fine for marshy soil. 



ADIANTUn. Maidenhair Fern. Beautiful fo- 

 liage ; perfectly hardy. Strong clumps. Low 

 prices per 1,000. 



ADONIS vernalis. Very dwarf, growing about 

 6 inches high, with finely cut foliage ; large, 

 bright yellow flowers in May. 



AGAVE. See Decorative Plants and Bulbs, 

 page 61. 



AIRA. Hair Grass. A fine ornamental grass 

 with yellow stripes. Used for edging. 



AJUQA. Bugle. Fine dwarf plants with axillary 

 fiowers. Reptans rubra and reptans Jlore alba 

 are the best varieties. Plants form a thick 

 ground covering. 



ALSTRCEHERIA. Peruvian Lily. Tuberous- 

 rooted plants of vigorous growth, producing 

 beautiful flowers, of almost every shade of color, 

 in summer and autumn. 2 to 4 feet. 



AflARYLLIS. The best hardy varieties, John- 

 soni and others, $3 to $5 per dozen. 



AflSONIA. Large, smooth foliage and blue 

 flowers. 



ANCHUSA. Alkanet. Handsome blue flowers 

 and rough foliage. 



ANEflONE. Wind-Flower. One of the most 

 valuable of the hardy herbaceous plants. Beauti- 

 ful flowers in profusion from August to Novem- 

 ber. White, red and lavender flowers, 2 to 3 

 inches in diameter. The best varieties are 

 Japonicn, Japonica alba, rosea, and Whirlwind. 



ANTENNARIA. Mountain Everlasting or 

 Cat's Ear. A dwarf creeping plant, with 

 white flowers during the summer. 



ANTHEMIS. Chamomile. Golden yellow flowers 

 during the latter part of summer and the 

 autumn. 



ANTHERICUM. St. Bruno's Lily. A showy 

 plant, bearing spikes of fragrant white flowers. 

 The best varieties are liliastrum, liliaairum 

 major and ramosum. 



APIOS Tuberosa. Ground Nut. Dark red 

 flowers, edible tubers. Vine habit. 



AQUILEQIA. Columbine. Extremely beautiful 

 in flower and foliage. Valuable for border or 

 cutting. Blue, white and yellow flowers. 

 Alpina, Canadensis and glandulosa are the best 

 hardy varieties. 



ARABIS. Rock Cress. A dwarf creeping peren- 

 nial, very ornamental in rock work. Blooms 

 in early spring. The finest varieties arealbida, 

 alpina and alpina variegata. 



ARALIA Hispida. Bristly Sarsaparilla. 



ARENARIA. Sandwort. An Alpine plant with 

 small, star-like white flowers. Profuse bloomer. 



ARMERIA. Thrift or Sea Pink. Purplish 

 pink flowers, from compact clumps, in the early 

 part of summer. 



Arundo Donax. 



ARTEMISIA. Wormwood. Silvery foliage. 



Pontica and vulgaris are the best varieties. 

 ARUM. Cuckoo Plant. Dwarf perennials with 



tuberous roots ; flowers in clusters. 

 ARUNDINARIA. Ribbon Gra.s.s. One of the 



prettiest of the hardy grasses. 



ARUNDO. The Reed. 

 Handsome tropical 

 foliage. Stalks from 

 8 to 15 feet in height. 

 The best varieties 

 are Donax and Do- 

 nax folius variegatis. 



AS A RUM Canaden- 

 sis. Wild Gin- 

 ger. A low-grow- 

 ingherb indigenous 

 to the woods of the 

 Northern States. 



ASCLEPIAS. Milk- 

 weed. Fine native 

 plants, with orna- 

 mental foliage and 

 heads of handsome flowers of various colors ; 

 desirable for borders. The best varieties are 

 incarnata and tuberosa. 

 ASPERULA. Woodruff. Fine dwarf plant 

 with small fragrant white flowers. Fine for 

 edgings. 



ASPIDIUM and other Hardy Ferns. These 

 hardy ferns are indigenous largely to New Eng- 

 land. They are easily grown and thrive well 

 in shaded places where flowering plants cannot 

 be successfully cultivated. The best species of 

 these ferns are Aspidium, Botrychium, Dicksonia, 

 Osmunda, Polypodium and Woodsia. Low prices 

 per 100 and per 1,000. 



ASTERS. Starwoet. The large-growing au- 

 tumn-blooming Asters are among the most 

 showy and effective herbaceous plants. They 

 attain 3 to 5 feet in height, with corresponding 

 compact breadth. Tataricus, immense panicled 

 bluish flowers ; Novcb Anglice, blush-purple ; 

 terminalis, lavis, lancifolium, novce caeruleua 

 and Shortii are among the best varieties. Al- 

 pinus, floribundus ptarmicoides and horizontalis 

 are good low-growing varieties. 



ASTILBE. White Japan Spir^ea. Flowers in 

 May ; spikes of pure white flowers. Japonica 

 and Japonica grandiflora are very fine ; the new- 

 est variety, the Sinensis, has blush-colored 

 flowers in great profusion. 



AUBRETIA. Purple Rock Cress. A dwarf rock 

 plant. Profusion of purple flowers in early 

 spi'ing. Very desirable. 



BAMBUSA METAKE. A hardy evergreen grass. 

 Fine strong clumps. 50 cts. 



BAPTIST A. False Indigo. Compact, showy 

 plants. Blue flowers in June and July. 



BELAHCANDA (PAROANTHUS) Sinensis. 

 Blackberry Lily*. Similar to an Iris in growth. 

 Orange-colored perianth spotted with crimson. 



BELLIS perennis. Daisy. Popular and effect- 

 ive ; suitable for edging. 



BETONICA (STACHYS). See Stachys. 

 BOCCONIA. Plume Poppy. Attractive plants, 

 with large, picturesque foliage. 



