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The Elizxbkth Nursery Oompakv. 



HARDY PERENNIAL 



ALYSSUn. Madwort. 



Showy, low -growing, semi-shrubbery plants, 

 thriving m any well-drained situation. They are 

 useful at the front of the border. 

 A. Saxatile var. compactum (Gold Dast) — Bright 

 silvery foliage. Handsome heads of brightest, 

 clear golden-yellow, fragrant flowers to completely 

 Jide the foliage in season of bloom. Indispensable 

 for the border or the rockery. 20 cts., $1.50 per 10. 



AnSONIA. 



A. Salicifolia (Willow-leaved)~Large, smooth foli- 

 age ; fine blue flowers. May. 2 feet, 20 cts. 



ANEMONE. Wind=FIower. 



A most important class of easiest culture in any 

 common garden. The tall sorts are pre-eminent as 

 border plants, though their use is not limited there • 

 Msed in wild gardens they always combine a certain 

 charming grace in foliage and flowers that at once 

 establishes them as favorites. 



A. Japonica — A distinct 

 and beautiful species ; 

 flowers 2i inches in 

 diameter ; bright, pur- 

 plish rose with golden 

 yellow centers, borne 

 in great profusion from 

 September to Novem- 

 ber. Height 2i feet; 

 habit neat and com- 

 pact ; very desirable 

 and effective as a pot 

 plant, and in lines or 

 masses in beds or mixed 

 borders. 15 cts. 

 Var. Alba (Honorine Jo- | 

 bert) — A distinct and i 

 beautiful variety of the 

 . , . preceeding ; flowers 2| 



inches m diameter; pure white, center golden 

 yellow, borne in great profusion from September 

 to November ; very desirable and eflfective as a pot 

 plant, and in lines or masses in beds or mixed 

 borders. 15 cts. 

 A. Pennsylvanica — 18 in. Showy, pure white flowers 

 held well above the clear, green foliage. Choice 

 border plant, and thrives admirably in shade. 

 16 cts. 



ANTHEHIS. Chamomiie. 



The Golden Marguerite is one of the choicest of ' 

 our hardy plants, and producing the greatest abund- I 

 ance of showy, deep-yellow, aster-like flowers from ! 

 early July until hard frost. For cutting purposes no 

 yellow flower can rival this, 



A. Tinctoria (Hardy, Golden Marguerite) — A plant of 

 dense, bushy habit, completely covered with heads 

 of showy yellow flowers all summer. Will succeed 

 in even the poorest of soils. 15 cts. 



ANTHERICUM. St. Bruno's Lily. 



All of easiest culture. Among the choicest of bor- 

 der plants, soon forming broad clumps and giving 

 magnificent flower effests in spring and early 

 Hummer. 



A. Llliastrum— 18 inches. Dense spikes of handsome, 

 pure white floweis. Very neat habit of growth. 

 20 cts. 



A. .TAPONICA. 



PLANTS— Continued. 



AQUILEGIA. Columbine. 



A class (juite indispensable to 

 any flower garden. Although 

 we raise a great many speciee 

 yet we contire this lii*t to thom 

 sorts that we find best adapted 

 to general culture, and those 

 wishing to enlarge upon the list 

 will kindly correspond and we 

 will gladly quote other varie- 

 ties. All elegant border plantf 

 unrivalled for beauty of form 

 find rich blending of color. 

 A. Coerulia— Very large flowers, 

 often four inches across, with 

 deep blue sepals and pure 

 white petals and long re- 

 curved spurs. A grand spe- 

 AQuiLEGiA. border or base of 



the rockery in well- drained 



loam. 35 cts. 



I A. Chrysantha (Golden Spurred C.)— 3 ft. Bright 

 I golden-yellow flowers with long thread-like spurs 

 I 1' raarant. 20 cts. 



[ Vulgaris var. alba (Munstead White C.)— 2 ft. Hand- 

 : some, broad, light green foliage and showv, dense- 

 I flowered heads of large, pure white flowers. In- 

 valuable for cutting. 25 cts. 



AOROSTE/VIMA. Rose Campion. 



Showy border plants of easiest culture in any gar- 

 soil. The flowers are individually attractive, 

 but their effect is greatly heightened by the contrast 

 with the silvery foliage. All form stout, self support- 

 ing bushes, and are well worthy of the choicest 

 flower border. 



A. Coronaria (Mullen Pink)-3 ft. Bright crimson 

 flowers. 15 cts. 



ARHERIA. Thrift. 



Showy dwarf plants of easiest garden culture m 

 any garden soil. They bloom 

 more or less continuously from 

 early spring to hard frost. For 

 the border they are quite indis- 

 pensable, while in the rock-work 

 they are very effective. 

 A. Ceyhalotes— Light pink flowers 

 m showy heads on stems 10 to 

 18 inches long. Foliage broad 

 and tufted. 



ARTEMESIA. Wormwood. 

 A. Abrotanum (Southern Wood)— 



^- A . gi^i^g a very pleasant aro- 



matic odor. 25 cts. 



APIOS. 



A. Tuberosa— Climber, 6 to 8 feet high; choco- 

 late colored, sweet-scented flowers. 10 cts. each; 

 76 cts. per doz. 



ARABIS— Rock-Cress. 



In the rock garden these are well fitted for falling 



w f/?''^^' ^^s^es^ culture in all 



soils. Well adapted to the border, the rock- work, or 

 for covering steep, dry banks, where they will resist 



JprYng bldding:^"^'^'^ "^'^ '"P"^^*^" ^^^^ 



'^'nfM?^^^ 1?''''^ ^itli an odor 



PnJ^I^, . f ^'^T""^ ^^^^^ ^^^ds on leafy stems, 

 fol?« T P^°f^sion as to completely hide the 

 foliage. Very choice. 20 cents, 

 w fK Tuberosa- Very showy plant. 2 ft. high, 

 pei doz!^ ^^"^ '''^''^^ flowers. "^15 cts. each, V 



°''lfcf«''p^T'«l',''V'^ hairy-leaved form of the last. 



cts. each, 80 cts. per doz. 



