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CATALOGUE OF THE HIGHLANDS NURSERY. 
Each Six 
0 VAOCINIUM macrooarpum (Cranberry). This small evergreen 
is prized mostly for its friiil, but it is a very pretty addition to tlie 
small list of bog plants. Plant it in growing sphagnum moss, over 
a muddy or sandy bottom. 6 to I2 inches |o lo $o 40 
Plants for setting, per 100, $2.50 ; per 1,000, $8.50. 
Herbaceous Pereivmi al Plants. 
Those marked with a (*) are Evergreen. 
Each Six 
^^ALBTRIS aurea (Star Grass). Stemless herb, from which rises" a 
tall, wand-like raceme of yellow bell-shaped flowers in May and 
June $0 20 |o 75 
ARIS.ffiMA triphyllum (Indian Turnip). Grows best in damp 
rich soil, where it becomes a tall plant 2 to 3 feet high, with large 
lobed leaves, and peculiar shaped flowers, often variegated 15 50 
>ASARUM arifolium (Heart Leaf, Wild Ginger). Thick, heart- 
shaped, mottled evergreen leaves, and pitcher-like flowers, purple 
within 15 50 
^SOLEPIAS phytolaccoides (Poke Milk-weed). Stem tall, 2 to 
5 feet high ; flowers thick drooping clusters, white ; leaves coloring 
bright yellow, in early fall 10 50 
LMIANTHIUM muscaetoxicum (Crow Poison). Forms clumps of 
long grass-like leaves, wliich send up a tall stalk, with a long 
dense head of while flowers 20 75 
ASTERS. The Asters together with the Golden-rods, are the stand- 
bys for fall bloom. They are hardy, easily grown and deserve a 
permanent place in every garden. We can furnish a good selec- 
tion of showy species. A. puniceus is one of the finest, and if 
given a wet boggy situation will make a magnificent display with 
its profusion of violet purple flowers. Good selection, per ico, f6. . 15 50 
BOTRYOHIUM limaroides (Moon-Wort). A low fern, with peculiar 
^ — thick fronds, 3 to 10 inches high 15 50 
jCAMPANULA Americana. Two to four feet high, the bright 
f blue bell -shaped flowers in a long spike 20 60 
yG. divaricata (Bell-Flower). A delicate little plant, with blue bell- 
^ shaped flowers 15 50 
*OAMPTOSORXJS rhizophyllus (Walking-Leaf Fern). A very 
peculiar and interesting plant; receives its name from its strange 
habit of forming little plants at the tips of its fronds (leaves) which 
bend over, take root, grow, and in their turn form plantlets at the 
tips of their fronds, thus forming a complete carpet of ferns 20 75 
^OHELONB Lyoni (Snake-head). Tall, i to 5 feet, bearing irregular 
/ purple flowers in a loose spike 15 50 
C. glabra. Species with white flowers and denser spike. Does 
well in the bog -. 15 50 
CHIMAPHILA maculata (Spotted Wintergreen). A beautiful little 
perennial with dark green leaves, spotted with white, and one to 
five fragrant drooping flowers on a stem 3 to 6 inches high 15 50 
OIMICIFUGA raoemosa (Black Snake-root). Large divided 
/ leaves and tall stem, with white flowers in long slender racemes. . 20 75 
ClilNTONIA Borealis. From our highest mountains. The clus- 
ters of showy greenish-yellow flowers rise from a whorl of thick 
glossy leaves 15 60 
/O. umbellata (Southern Clintonia). A whorl of rather large ob- 
/ long leaves close to the ground, sending up a scape 4 to 6 inches 
high, bearing an umbel of beautiful white flowers, speckled with 
green or purplish dots. Blooms through June 15 50 
CLEMATIS. See under Vines. 
