The Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, Conn. 
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HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
AQUILEGIA CHRYSANTHA VAR. ALBA. 2 to 3 feet. May to August. 
A light or white form of the preceding. 
AQUILEGIA VULGARIS (European Columbine). 1 to 3 feet. June to August. Rose, 
blue, white. 
These are popular old garden plants. 
*ARABIS ALBIDA (Rock Cress. ^ to 1 foot. 
A beautiful low-growing plant with velvety foliage which is evergreen. Becomes a 
mass of snow-white in April, making it one of the earliest of our garden plants to bloom. 
*ARABIS ALBIDA FL. PL. (new). Double form of the above, very fine, splendid for 
cutting. 
A new form of the above, with double white flowers in great profusion. It has all the 
merits of the type, of vigorous growth, handsome velvety foliage, and sure to be very 
popular. 
ARENARIA GRANDIFLORA (Sandwort). 
Close-growing evergreen plant, forming a carpet of verdure. Very desirable for rock 
work. Flowers pure white, standing well above the foliage in early spring. 
*ARUNCUS SYLVESTER (Spiraea Aruncus). 5 to 6 feet. May and June. Creamy white. 
A desirable, strong-growing plant, either for the border or for the shrubbery. 
ARUNDO DONAX (Giant Reed). 8 to 20 feet. 
Very decorative tall grass or weed. 
*ASCLEPIAS 1NCARNATA IMilkweed). 2 to 3 feet. July and August. Rose-purple to pink. 
*ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA (Butterfly Milkweed). 2 to 3 feet. July and August. Orange to 
flame. 
ASPERULA ODORATA (Sweet Woodruff). 6 to 8 inches. May and June. White and 
fragrant. 
*ASTER NOVAE ANGLIAE VAR. ROSEA. 2 to 4 feet. October and November. 
A variety of our native New England aster, with very large flowers in the greatest 
profusion. Color, clear rosy red with rich golden center. Will grow almost anywhere and 
ts especially desirable on account of its late blooming time. 
*ASTILBE CH TNENSIS. 2 to 3 feet. June. Pink to rose. Rare. 
A splendid new garden spiraea, and equally good for forcing. 
♦ASTILBE JAPONICA VAR. GRANDIFLORA. 1 to 2 feet. May and June. Creamy 
white (new). 
ASTILBE. Also see Ulmaria. 
BABY'S BREATH, see Gypsophila. 
•BAPTIST A A USTRALIS (False Indigo). 4 to 6 feet. June and July. Clear blue. 
BEARD TONGE, see Penstemon. 
BEE BALM, see Monarda, and page 30. 
BEE LARKSPUR, see Delphinium. 
♦BELEMCANDA CHINENSIS (Blackberry Lily). 2 to 3 feet. June and July. Yellow, 
spotted red. 
BELL FLOWER, see Platycodon and Campanula. 
BELLIS PERENNIS FL. PL. (Double English Daisy). 2 to 4 inches. March to May. 
Pink, white and rose. 
BERGAMOT, see Monarda, and page 30. 
BLACKBERRY LILY, see Belemcanda. 
BLANKET FLOWER, see Gaillardia. 
BLEEDING HEART, see Dicentra. 
BLUEBELLS, see Campanula. „ 
*B0CCONTA CORDATA (Tree Calamdine). 5 to 8 feet. August and September. Spikes 
of feathered white. 
Very strong grower and effective, either in a mass, or in a group with other plants 
or shrubs. 
*B0LTONIA ASTEROIDES. 6 to 8 feet. August and September. 
Tall-growing plant, producing great masses of aster-like flowers, white with yellow 
center. 
*B0LT()N1A LATISQUAMAE. 6 to 8 feet. August and September. 
Similar to above excepting color of bloom which is light lavender, deep yellow center. 
BUTTERCUP, see Ranunculus. 
BUTTERFLY WEED, see Asclepias. 
CAMPANULA CARPATICA VAR. ALBA. / 2 to 1 foot. June to October. 
Like the other Campanulas, the flowers are bell-shaped. In this species they are 
produced singly on delicate wiry stems, and are deep blue. One of the best dwarf border 
plants. 
CAMPANULA CARPATICA VAR. ALBA ^ to 1 foot. June to October. 
Similar to preceding otherwise than the color of the flowers, which are white. 
CAMPANULA MEDIA (Canterbury Bells). 1 to 3 feet. Blue and white. May and June. 
A familiar old garden plant. 
CAMPANULA PERSICI FOLIA. June to October. 
This species produces its flowers on stems 2 to 3 feet high. The flowers are in loose 
clusters, and are very effective. n 
CAMPANULA PERSICIFOLIA VAR. ALBA. June to October. 
CAMPANULA PERSICIFOLTA VAR. FL. PL. ALiiA. . 
A double white form and especially fine for cutting. Originated at the nursery. 
CAMPANULA PYRAMIDALIS. June to October. Known as the Chimney Campanula. 
Flowers blue and produced on branching flower stems 3 to 4 feet tall. _ 
'CAMPANULA ROTUNDIFOLIA (Bluebells of Scotland). ^ to 2 feet. June to October. 
CANDYTUFT, see Iberis. 
CAMOMILE, se Anthemus. .„ _ . 
CENTRANTHUS RUBER (Red Valerian). 1 to 3 feet All summer. Crimson. 
CHRISTMAS-ROSE, see Heleborus. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM LEUCANTHEMUM. 
HYBRIDUM (Burbank's Shasta Daisy), see page 29. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMU ULIGINOSUM. 4 to 5 feet. July to September. The Giant Daisy. 
Its height and attractive blooms make it a desirable garden plant. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM HARDY GARDEN VARIETIES, see page 23 
CLEMATIS HERACLAEFOLIA VAR. DAVIDIANA. 3 to 4 feet. Sept. and Oct. Blue, 
fragrant. 
CLEMATIS RECTA. 2 to 3 feet. June and July. t> a „,v„i a t n 
Great masses of white bloom on erect stems, closely resembling Clematis Pamculata 
in appearance in a bush form. A splendid garden plant. 
Other Clematis, see page 22 and Hardy Vines. 
COLUMBINE, see Aquilegia. 
C0NEFLOWER, see Rudbeckia and Echinacea. , rprv 
CONVALLARIA MAJALIS (Lily of Vallev). 4 to 6 inches. April and May White, very 
,„ fragrant. Also single pips, 5 cents each; 40 cents per 10; « no p*r V* $20.00 per 1,000. 
COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA (Tickseed). 1 to 2 feet. June to October. 
One of the best golden yellow flowers for the garden. Star-like blooms produced on 
wiry stems. Srlendid for cutting. 
See page i for terms and special discounts. 
