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ASTILBE— Continued 
As til be — Queen Alexandra. 2 ft. New Pink 
Spiraea. Very fine. 
A. — Queen of Holland. 2 y% to 3 ft. Pure white. 
CALTHA. Marsh Marigold 
Galtha palustris. 1 ft. May and June. Valuable 
for marshy places and by the sides of streams and 
ponds. Flowers bright yellow. 
AUBRIETIA 
Aubrietia deltoidea. 2 to 10 in. April and May. 
Flowers showy purple; foliage silvery. Good for 
rock garden, border and edging. 
A. — graeca. 2 to 10 in. May. Flowers dark violet. 
A rock plant of trailing habit, thickly covered with 
flowers. 
BAPTISIA. False Indigo 
Baptisia australis. 4 ft. Late May and June. A 
handsome plant, with deep blue Lupin-like flowers 
in long racemes. Easily cultivated and adapted 
to any garden soil. Fine to plant among shrubs. 
B. tinctoria (Wild Indigo). 2 to 3 ft. July. Bushy 
branched; deep green deeply cut foliage. Showy 
spikes of bright yellow flowers. 
BELLIS. English Daisy 
Bellis perennis (English Daisy). April to June. 
3 to 6 in. Double flowers, red, white and pink, 
Suitable for edging. 
BETONICA. See Stachys 
BOCCONIA. Plume Poppy 
Bocconia cordata. 5 to 8 ft. July and August. 
An attractive plant with large heart-shaped foliage; 
spikes of creamy- white flowers. Wild garden or 
shrubbery; good for sub-tropical effects. 
BOLTONIA. False Chamomile 
Boltonia asteroides. September and October. Stems 
5 to 6 ft., simple below and branching at the top. 
Numerous Aster-like white flowers. One of the 
best late-flowering perennials. 
B. latisquama. 4 ft. July to October. A handsome 
plant with large showy heads of lilac-purple flowers. 
Good for cutting. Attractive in rough places and 
in the border. 
B. — nana. Similar to the type but growing only 
2 ft. high; has beautiful pink flowers. 
B. lavsegata. 6 to 7 ft. October. Flowers pink 
fading to white, in great profusion; strong grower. 
BUPHTHALUM. Ox-Eye 
Buphthalmum salicifolium. 1 J* ft. June and 
July. A showy garden plant of compact habit 
with large clear yellow flowers in profusion. 
CALIMERIS 
Calimeris incisa. 1 to 2 ft. Of easy culture in any 
good soil, making a display throughout July and 
August. Flowers large, purple-rayed to pale 
lavender, yellow center. 
CALLIRHOE. Poppy Mallow 
Callirhoe involucrata. 9 to 12 in. June to August 
A trailing plant of vigorous growth, with rich 
violet-crimson flowers. Border and rock garden. 
CAMPANULA. Bellflower 
Campanula carpatica (Carpathian Harebell). 9 in. 
June to September. Flowers large, deep blue. 
A neat, compact, low-growing species. Valuable 
for border or rock garden. 
C. — alba. White-flowered variety of the above. 
C. glomerata. Height 1 to 2 ft. June and July. 
Flowers bluish purple, in dense heads or glomes, 
grandis (Great Bellflower). 1 H ft. May and 
June. Very showy, large, saucer-shaped flowers, 
rich violet-blue. 
— alba. A white form of the above, 
latifolia macrantha. 3 ft. June and July. 
Very handsome, enormous drooping bells ot fine 
satiny-lilac and deep purplish shades. 
Medium (Canterbury Bell). 2 to 3 ft. Late 
June and July. Flowers blue, white and rose; 
corolla very large and bell-shaped; bright and 
attractive. Colors separate or mixed as desired. 
C. — calycanthema (Cup and Saucer). 2 to 3 ft., 
July. Calyx is colored like the flower, giving a 
cup and saucer effect; flowers white, rose and blue, 
Colors separate or mixed as desired. 
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