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XXIX. 
M/iRDT Ferenni/il is^ Merb/iceou/ 
Plants. 
Including Alpine Plants and those suited for Rock-work and Borders. 
FOR YEARS this section of plants was neglected in the craze for bedding plants, "mosaic work," and other 
ornamental work of far greater expense and less permanence, and many of the younger generation of horti- 
culturists have grown up in entire ignorance of some of our most beautiful perennials. Latterly, however, 
the tide has been turning, and we are glad to note an increasing interest in these hardy plants. They give us vai-ied 
forms and flowers, from earliest spring to latest autumn, and are ever greeting us with beauty all the more welcome 
because somewhat fleeting. They have the vast advantage of needing little or no attention after a proper planting, 
and continue in beauty for an indefinite period. 
These perennials and herbaceous plants are available for beds and borders, for rockeries and wild gardens, 
as well as for completing the outlines of shrubberies, or making clumps on the backgi-ounds of lawns. The follow- 
ing list contains only the very best sorts, such as have been thoroughly tested and proved most satisfactory. 
ACANTHUS. Stately and ornamental perennials of 
vigorous growth, with most beautiful foliage. They 
are best in rich soil and a sunny situation. 
A. mollis. Fine heart-shaped leaves ; rosy white 
flowers SO 50 
A. latifolius. Very handsome broad leaves . 50 
A. spinosus. Longer but graceful leaves; pur- 
plish flowers; the finest of the species 50 
ACHILLEA. Pretty plants for borders or alpine plant- 
ing; all flower profusely. 
A. millefolia rubra. Red flowers; grows about 
two feet high SO 25 
A. ptarmica fl. pi. A very free flowering plant, 
producing double white flowers all through the 
summer ; very useful 25 
A. grandiflora, "La Perle." A new variety 
with pure white flowers of good size 75 
A. serrata fl. pi. Large clear white flowers ... 85 
A. tomentosa. A dwarf form, with bright yellow 
flowers 25 
ACONITXTM. Monkshood ; very ornamental perennial 
plants with handsome flowers; of rather tall habit, 
and useful in borders. 
A. japonicum. Flesh colored flowers, July to 
Sei)tomber; a superior Japanese sort *0 25 
A. lucidum 25 
A. Napellus. Very pretty blue flowers; a fine 
variety 25 
ABENOFHOBA liliifolia. Pretty sweet-scented 
flowers in panicles ; a flue border plant. 25 cents. 
ADONIS vernalis. A very early flowering dwarf 
plant; flowers very large, yellow; a fine rock plant, 
which should not be disturbed often. 25 cents. 
AGBOSTEMMA coronaria. A fine plant with gray 
leaves and purple flowers. 25 cents. 
ALLIUM. Elegant hardy bulbous plants with neat 
flowers. 
A. moly (luteum). An old favorite; bright yellow flow- 
ers, dwarf habit; beautiful in masses JO 25 
ACHILLEA p. GRANDIFLORA, "LA PERLE." 
