PERENNIALS AND CALIFORNIA BULBS 
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is rare. Naturally it grows 
in wet places or along st ream- 
banks and can stand in 
water. The orange-colored 
flowers stand up boldly on 
long stems and are very 
showy. One great merit lies 
in the fact that the flower- 
ing season is midsummer 
after other species have 
passed their prime. I have 
fine, strong plants. The 
two California!! sorts, 15 
cts. each, $1.25 per doz., 
$7.50 per 100. Very heavy 
plants of all Columbines at 
25 cts. each. 
ANTHERICUM or St. 
Bruno Lilies are strong- 
growing plants with large 
numbers of small white 
flowers. Rather rare. PL, 
fall or winter. Prop., divis- 
ions. SiL, sun. Soil, good 
garden loam. 25 cts. each. 
ARAB IS albida or Snow- 
on-the-Mountain is a most 
excellent tufted plant re- 
lated to alyssum and au- 
brictia. The foliage is a 
pleasant gray-green and 
forms close mats a foot or 
more across. No better 
plant for rockwork or bor- 
ders exists. In winter or 
very early spring it is a 
mass of white. PL, fall to 
spring. Sit., sun and heat. 
Prop., seeds or plants. Soil, 
any. 10 cts. each, $1 per 
doz. 
A. mollis differs in hav- 
ing a closer and greener 
foliage, and making a low, 
dense ground-covering. 15 
cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
ASARUMS are Ginger 
Root or Virginia Snake- 
Root and are among the very finest of ground-covers for heavy to light shades, especially 
where a little moist. A creeping rootstock sends up large single leaves which are ever- 
green and like large violet leaves in form. They are 5 inches across on stems 8 to 10 
inches high. They make a complete cover through which, however, bulbous plants will 
grow. The plant has a spicy fragrance. Excellent plant under large ferns. I } L, fall to 
spring. Lay roots flat and cover lightly. Soil, a loam with leaf-mold best, but any will 
do. Prop., runners. SiL, shade. I have two species. A. caudatum is as described, with 
green leaves, while A. Lemmonii does not creep fast and has very beautiful green leaves 
veined with white. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz., $5 per 100. 
ASTERS of the fall-flowering sorts arc known as Michaelmas Daisies. See that 
title, page 22. 
BELLFLOWERS. See Campanula, page 6. 
*BALM {Melissa officinalis), is one of the old pot herbs, but, next to lemon verbena 
the sweetest thing in the garden. The foliage is green. 20 cts. each. 
*BELLIUM minutum is a gem. Its dense basal tuft of leaves is not an inch in height 
while the stems of this miniature plant are not over 3 inches high. The little white 
The dainty Aquilegias or Columbines she 
in every hardy garden 
uld have a place 
