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COLUMBINE, CHRYSAITTKji „ 

 Lemon-yellow, with very long spurs ; very graceful. 



CACTUS (Prickly Pear ) . Low-growing native plants, 

 with thick, spiny leaves and conspicuous yellow 

 flowers. Thrives well in the dryest places. 



CAMFANUI.A (Blue Bells, Canterbury Bells). A 

 good, thrifty plant, producing spikes of blue, bell- 

 shaped flowers. 



CENTAXTREA macrocepliala. A plant from the 

 Caucasus. Large heads of yellow flowers. 



COLUMBINE (Aquilegia). Graceful plants, with 

 delicate, long-spurred blossoms in different colors. 



Canadensis (Wild Honeysuckle). Beautiful scarlet 

 and yellow flowers. 



Chrysantha. For description, see under cut. 



COREOPSIS lanceolata. Large, yellow, 

 daisy-shaped flowers on long stems. 



3>AT LILT, Yellow {Hemerocallis flava). 

 Clusters of large yellow Lilies. 



Double Yellow. Showy clusters of tawny 

 yellow double flowers, growing 4 feet high. 



Elue. Graceful stalks of blue flowers. 



White. For description, see under cut. 



TOX-GrI»OVE. For description, see under cut, 



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POB.GET-ME-NOT (Myosotis). Small 

 plants, with clusters of delicate blue flowers. 



CrAILIiARDIA. A constant bloomer, deserv- 

 ing a place in all collections. Large, red 

 flowers, bordered with yellow. Grows 

 easily, and is good for cutting. 



KEUCHERA. This is a new plant, with 

 small crimson flowers. 



HELIANTHUS (Perennial Sunflower). 

 Large, showy, free-blooming perennials, 

 succeeding in any locality. Very fine 

 planted in masses in the shrub border. 

 Valuable for cutting when flowers are 

 wanted in quantity for decoration. Flowers 

 single, bright yellow. 



LILY-OF-THE- VALLEY, 



Old spring favorites, always admired and sought 

 after. A clump of them once established in a half- 

 shaded nook will increase in beauty for many years. 



HOXiLYHOCK. Favorite old garden plants, sending 

 up tall stems, 4 to 6 feet high, bearing large, satiny 

 flowers ; colors white, yellow and red, to rich 

 black-maroon. Very effective planted in dark 

 corners against evergreens, or along garden walls. 



HYPERICUM Moserianum, Low-growing plants, 

 with large, bright yellow flowers, having conspic- 

 uous stamens. Bloom continuously throughout 

 the summer. 



IRIS (Fleur-de-lis). A class of plants of easy cul- 

 ture and beautiful flowers. They are well adapted 

 to the garden, shrub borders, or the margins of 

 water. The blooms are delicate in coloring and of 

 most beautiful form, being, indeed, superior in 

 effect to many rare orchids, while distinctly re- 

 minding one of these tropical importations. 



German. For description, see under cut, opposite 

 page. 



HEIiENIUM (Sneezewort). A tall, distinct 

 plant, bearing immense clusters of clear yel- 

 low flowers late in autumn, \ Height, 16 feet. 



WHITE DAY LILY {Funkia subcordata). 



Clusters of large pure white flowers in midsummer. Fragrant 

 and beautiful as an Easter lily. Leaves broad and handsome. 



