HARDY HERBACEOUS PI.ANTS. 55 



Hardy Herbaceous Plants. 



These Old Fashioned Hardy Flowering Plants retain their popularity both for formal gardens 

 and for general planting for flower beds and shrubbery borders. 



Being Hardy and Flowering Freely and profusely, and easily grown with ordinary treatment, 

 there is a constantly growing demand for all of the leading varieties. 



A Suitable Selection will give a constant succession in mass of bloom from early summer until 

 late in autumn. 



In Order to Meet The Large Demand for these plants, excellent stock in large variety is supplied 

 at reasonable prices. 



The Varieties named below comprise the best of the really hardy Herbaceous Perennials. Other 

 species and varieties can be supplied. 



Prices: Good clumps, or strong flowering roots from the open ground, $2 to $3 per dozen; $10 to 

 $20 per 100, according to size and variety. Special prices by the thousand. Many varieties can also 

 be supplied in well rooted, pot-grown plants. 



Collections of the native or indigenous hardy perennials are supplied at from $5 to $10 per 100; 

 $50 to $100 per 1,000. 



ACHILLEA. Yarrow or Milfoil. Very strik- 

 ing foliage and valuable for cut flowers. Red, 

 white and yellow flowers m flatfish heads. 



The best varieties are filipendula, Mille- 

 folium rosea and rubra, Ptarmica flore 

 pleno, and Tomentosa. 



ACONITUM. Monkshood or Wolfsbane. Erect, 

 stately plants, producing large clusters of 

 blue, white, purple and yellow flowers. 



ACORUS. Sword Grass. Plants of easy cul- 

 ture : fine for marshy soil. 



ADIANTUM. 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 Standard [^Shrubs and Decora- 

 tive Plants page 50.. 



AIRA. Hair Grass. A fine ornamental grass 

 with yellow stripes. Used for edging. 



AJUQA. Bugle. ^ine dwarf plants with 

 axillary flowers. Reptans rubra and reptans 

 FLORE alba are the best varieties. Plants form 

 a thick ground covering. 



ALSTR(EnERIA. 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. 



AHARYLLIS. The best hardy varieties, John- 

 son; and others, $3 to $5 per dozen. 



AMSONIA, Large, smooth foliage and blue 

 flowers. 



ANCHUSA. Alkanet. Handsome blue flowers 

 and rough foliage. 



ANEHONE. Wind-Flower. One of the most 

 valuable of the hardy herbaceous plants. 

 Beautiful flowers in profusion from August to 

 November. White, red and lavender flowers, 

 2 to 3 inches in diameter. The best varieties 

 are Japonica, Japonica alba, rosea, Svlvestris 

 and Whirlwind. See also Hardy and Forcing 

 Bulbs, page 61. 



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, liliastrum 

 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, Chrysanthia, Canadensis and glandu- 

 LOSA are the best hardy varieties. 



ARABIS. Rock Cress. A dwarf creeping per- 

 ennial, very ornamental in rock work. Blooms 

 in early spring. The finest varieties arcALBiDA, 



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. PurpHsh 



pink flowers, from compact clumps, in the 



early part of summer. 

 ARTEMISIA. Wormwood. Silvery foliage. 



Pontica and vulgaris are the best varieties. 

 ARUM. Cuckoo Plant. Dwarf perennials 



with tuberous roots ; flowers in clusters. 

 ARUNDINARIA. Ribbon Grass. 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 Donax folius 



variegatis. 



ASARUM Canadensis. Wild Ginger. A low- 

 growing herb indigenous to the woods of 

 the Northern States. 



ASCLEPIAS, Milk-weed. Fine native plants, 

 with ornamental foliage and heads of hand- 



The Japan Iris is very satisfactory atid the clumps were of generous size. They are naturalized along the margin of 

 our pond. The Clematis Faniculata also received in good order. 



Mill Neck, L. I. \V. T. C. 



