E. W. REID’S CATALOGUE OP SMALL FRUITS, ETC. 
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Hardy Perennial Plants. 
A valuable class of hardy plants for permanent borders or gardens, and should be planted 
in much larger numbers than they are. When once established they increase in beauty 
from year to year and require much less care than tender bedding-plants. 
ANEMONE JAPONICA. 
A beautiful class of hardy herbaceous 
plants, and a finer bed of flowers can hardly 
beimagined than these Japanese anemones, 
which commence to bloom in August and 
continue to increase in beauty until the end 
of autumn. They thrive best in light, rich, 
somewhat moist soil, and should not be 
transplanted more than is necessary to di- 
vide them when they become too thick. A 
covering of leaves, straw or long manure is 
sufficient for our most severe winters. 
Alba. Pure white, yellow center, 15c.: 
large, 25c. 
Rubra. Deep rose, yellow center, 15c. ; 
large, 25c. 
ASTILBE JAPONICA. 
(Spiraea Japonica.) 
One of the finest of hardy garden-plants ; 
when in flower the plants are from twelve 
to eighteen inches high. The flowers are 
white, borne on feather-like spikes; used 
with other flowers in bouquets or vases they 
are really beautiful. Much used for winter 
forcing by florists. 20c. ; large, 30c. 
EULALIA GRACILIS UNIVITTATA. 
The most beautiful and useful of all the 
Eulalias. Narrow green leaves, with a sil- 
very white midrib. This plant is of most 
graceful habit and is very useful for decor- 
ative purposes and the center of vases, as 
well as making an attractive lawn-plant. 
Perfectly hardy, standing our most severe 
winters withoutprotection. 20c. ;large, 30c. 
HYACINTHUS CANDICANS. 
1.IL1UM AURATUM. 
HYACINTHUS CANDICANS. 
A magnificent yucca-like plant, produc- 
ing in Juiy and August a flower-stem three 
to four feet high, covered with from twenty 
to thirty pure white pendent bell-shaped 
flowers. Thisplantis rapidly gaining well- 
deserved popularity, and should find a place 
in every collection. It is hardy in most sec- 
tions of the country, but north of this it 
would be better to protect it with leaves or 
long manure. 15c. : large, 25c. 
LILIUM. 
Auratum. Gold-banded Japanese. This 
superb lily has flowers 10 to 12 inches in 
diameter, composed of six white petals, 
thickly studded with rich chocolate-crim- 
son spots, and a bright golden band 
through the center of each petal ; exqui- 
site vanilla-like perfume. As the bulbs 
acquire age and strength, the flowers ob- 
tain their maximum size and number. 
Upwardsof 12 flowers have been produced 
on a single stem. It is perfectly hardy in 
dry soil, also admirably adapted for pot- 
culture. 25 cts. ; large, 30 cts. 
Batemanni. A Japanese lily, growing 
three to four feet high, producing bright 
apricot-tinted flowers; blooms in July. 
25c. ; large, 35c. 
