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Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury, N. Y— Hardy Garden Flowers 
Althaea rosea, continued 
tity sufficient to plant in large groups, in borders, 
around the outside of flower-gardens, or against 
buildings. They are in various colors— mixed, 
carmine, maroon, pink, yellow, salmon, white and 
intermediate shades. 
Double. Pink, Maroon, White, Yellow, Red. 
ALYSSUM saxatile compactum. Golden Tuft. 
A mass of bright golden yellow very early in 
the spring, giving one of the sunniest touches to 
the garden. It grows less than i foot high, and 
is best used as a border or to hang over rocks, 
for it likes a dry situation. 
AMSONIA tabernsemontana. This is a sturdy 
plant, growing about 2 feet high, with flat clus- 
ters of pale lavender-blue flowers in June. It may 
be properly used in the shrubbery. 
ANEMONE Japoniea alba. Japanese Wind- 
flower. To our minds the most chaste flower of 
late autumn, having the beauty of the Madonna 
Lily. Commencing in August it continues till 
severe frost. The flowers are borne on long, up- 
right stems, about 2 feet high. It is one of the 
most beautiful flowers for house decoration. This 
plant is benefited by slight mulching for winter. 
A. Japoniea, var. " Queen Charlotte." Semi- 
double flowers of the silvery pink shade of the 
La France Rose. 
A. Japoniea, var. " Whirlwind." Large, semi- 
double pure white flowers. 
A. Pennsylvanica. This is smaller than the 
Japanese Anemones and blooms from June to 
the Single Hollyhock, like the old-fashioned Lilac, has stronger hold on the 
affections than the Double. Long rows can border the garden 
Anemone Pennsylvanica, continued 
midsummer. The large pure white flowers are 
about i}4 inches in diameter and are borne on a 
long stem. 
ANTHEMIS tinctoria. Marguerite. One of the 
numerous family of composite, with yellow, 
daisy-like flowers blooming from June throughout 
the summer. It is about 15 inches high and has 
a dense mass of handsome foliage. It can be used 
on dry banks. 
AQUILEGIA. Columbine. The Columbines are 
old-time garden favorites, without which no 
garden is well equipped. The colors range through 
blue, yellow, orange and white. They are most 
showy during the spring, and early summer but 
the scattering blooms continue throughout the 
season. Their chief charm is in the long, graceful 
spurs, tipped with a drop of honey. 
A. chrysantha. Golden Columbine. Flowers 
golden yellow, with long spurs. 
A. ccerulea. Rocky Mountain Columbine. One 
of the most beautiful hardy plants; long-spurred, 
blue and white flowers. 
A. glandulosa. Deep blue and pure white. 
ABABIS alpina. Alpine Rock-Cress. Similar to 
the Alyssum, but with pure white flowers from 
early spring till summer. 
ARMERIA plantaginea. Thrift. The sod-like 
habit of this plant makes it useful for borders, 
rockwork, or the foreground of taller plants. 
It is native to the seashore and, therefore, we 
recommend it to our numerous 
customers who are attempting to 
make gardens and lawns near the 
shore. The little tufts of foliage 
remain green all winter, making 
it doubly valuable for bordering 
flowerbeds. The flowers are little, 
rosy pink heads about 8 in. high. 
ARTEMISIA Abrotanum. South- 
ernwood; Old Man. A foliage 
plant of gray-green color and a 
bitter aromatic odor. 
ASCLEPIAS tuberosa. Butterfly 
Weed. Occasionally growing in 
sandy soil of Long Island is seen 
a mass of glowing orange flowers 
in the hottest period of mid- 
summer. This is so pure and bril- 
liant a color that it seems strange 
that it does not become popular 
in landscape planting, for it is as 
well fitted to planting in front of 
shrubbery and Pine groves as to 
the flower-garden. Perhaps one 
reason is that its deep-penetrating 
drought-resisting roots do not 
make it as easy to handle in the 
nursery as surface-rooting flow- 
ers. Some one can create a bril- 
liant effect on sterile soil or near 
the sea without any expenditure 
for improving the soil. It grows 
about 2 feet high. 
ASTILBE Japoniea. Spiraa Ja- 
poniea. A feathery white blos- 
som about 2 feet high, useful as a 
cut-flower except that the rose- 
bugs are very fond of it. It is 
frequently forced for Easter. 
