Hardy Garden FloWers es ISAAC HICKS & SON 
ANTHERICUM liliastrum. See Paradisea. 
AQUILEGIA. _ Columbine. The flower of the 
Columbine differs from all others, the conspicu- 
ous feature being the long, tapering spurs arch- 
ing gracefully upward, holding a drop of honey 
at the apex. It is- the first flower ready for the 
hummingbird upon his arrival from the tropics. 
2 to 3 feet. May and June. 
A. ccerulea. Rocky Mountain Columbine. An 
exquisite blue and white flower. 
A. chrysantha. A long-spurred yellow variety. 3 
feet. July and August. 
A. alba. A white-flowered form of the above. 
A. glandulosa. Shaded blue and white. 
A. hybrids. A fine collection of double and single 
in many shades of blue, purple, yellow, white, 
red and pink. 
ARMERIA plantaginea. Thrift, or Sea Pink. The 
plant is a low evergreen tuft of moss-like foliage, 
producing clusters of pink flowers on stems 
about 6 inches high. All summer. 
Anemone Japonica. (See page 67.) 
ARTEMISIA Abrotanum. Southernwood ; Old 
Man. The silvery gray, fern-like foliage has a 
strong aromatic odor. It thrives in the drier 
portions of the rock garden and combines well 
with cut-flowers. 
ASCLEPIAS tuberosa. Butterfly Weed. One of 
the showiest perennials. Brilliant orange-colored 
flowers in compact umbels. Occasionally on 
dry hills. 2 feet. July to September. 
ASTER. Under the name of Michaelmas Daisy 
the various species of hardy Asters hold an im- 
portant place in the English hardy gardens. 
Their brilliant star-like flowers are borne in such 
profusion that they make great masses of color 
during late summer. September and October.' 
A. grandiflorus. The most showy varietv, with 
flowers of deep violet-blue, 2 inches in diameter. 
1 y 2 feet. October and November. 
Aster Novae-Angliae. One of the best of our native 
Asters, with large purple or rose-colored blos- 
soms in September and October. Excellent for 
bold groups among shrubs, and to produce 
masses of color at a time when there are but few- 
flowers. 3 to 4 feet. 
A. Tataricus. Large brilliant blue flowers, lasting 
even later than the above and valuable for the 
same purposes. A tall and stately plant. 6 to 7 ft.. 
ASTILBE Japonica. Spircsa Japonica. The char- 
acteristics of this little plant are delicacy and 
refinement. The cut leaves are dark green, and 
the flower-spikes of feathery white. 1 foot. May. 
BABY'S BREATH. See Gypsophila. 
BAPTISIA australis. Blue Wild Indigo. The- 
single upright stem branches like a little tree and 
bears spikes of indigo pea-shaped flowers in July.. 
2 to 3 feet. 
BELEMCANDA Chinensis. Blackberry Lily. This, 
is an iris-like plant with seed-clusters resembling 
the blackberry. The flowers are bright orange, 
borne on stems iy 2 feet long during July and; 
August. 
BELLFLOWER. See Campanula and Platycodon. 
BELLIS perennis. English Daisy. A little gem 
among plants. In early April it welcomes the 
spring with dainty pink and white flowers, which, 
continue during the summer and appear freely 
again in the cool days of autumn. It should be 
placed at the front of the border with Forget- 
me-nots. 
BEE BALM. See Monarda. 
BETONICA. See Stachys. 
BLACKBERRY LILY. See Belemcanda. 
BLANKET FLOWER. See Gaillardia. 
BLEEDING HEART. See Dicentra. 
BLOODROOT. See Sanguinaria. 
BOCCONIA cordata. Plume Poppy ; Tree Celan- 
dine. A bold, picturesque plant, having large, 
blue- green leaves and open panicles of cream- 
white flowers, larger than the Hydrangea. Use- 
ful in shrubberies or wild planting, but its spread- 
ing roots render it unsuitable for the small gar- 
den. 5 to 8 feet. Midsummer. 
BOLTONIA asteroides. A plant closely resem- 
bling the wild Asters and producing sheets of 
starry white flowers. Suitable for planting in 
masses in the shrubbery or near woodlands, 
4 to 6 feet. August and September. (See illus- 
tration, opposite page.) 
BUTTERCUP. See Ranunculus. 
CACTUS Opuntia. Prickly Pear. A native of 
some of the most gravelly soils on Long Island. 
It has delicate yellow flowers 3 inches in diameter. 
We have used it to plant on terraces, in wild 
gardens, which were nearly vertical, the soil, 
being temporarily held by wire netting. It grows. 
in the cleft of the rocks high up in the Palisades. 
CAMPANULA. Canterbury Bell ; Bellflower. 
These are old-time garden favorites. Tall, 
stately spikes. 
C. persicifolia. Blue flowers in June and July. 
1^ to 2 feet. 
C. persicifolia Moerheimei. Spikes of pure white> 
camellia-like flowers. \]/z to 2 feet. 
