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E. W. Reid’s Catalogue of Small Fruits, Etc. 
Hardy Perennial Plants. 
Hardy plants for permanent borders or gardens should be planted in much larger numbers than they now 
are. When once established they increase in beauty from year to year, and require much less caie than tender 
bedding-plants. . 
ACHItiLiEAptarmicafl.pl. (Double Sneezewort.) Eighteen inches. June to September. A continuous 
succession of very double, pure white flowers in dense 
clusters. Fine for cutting. 20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
A. serrata n. pi. Eighteen inches. June to August. 
Better foliage and more erect habit than the last. 
20 cts. each. 
AGROSTEMMA coronaria. Two feet. June to 
August. Handsome, single white flowers. Silky gray 
foliage. 20 cts. each, $1.75 per dozen. 
ANEMONE J aponlca. Japanese Anemones begin to 
bloom in August, and increase in beauty until the 
end of autumn. They thrive best in light, rich, 
somewhat moist soil, and should not be transplanted 
except when necessary to divide them, as they become 
too thick. A covering of leaves, straw or long manure 
is sufficient Jo keep them through our most severe 
winter's. 
A. allra. Pure white, yellow center ; very showy. 
15 cts. ; large, 25 cts. 
A. rubra. Deep rose, with yellow center, 15 cts. ; 
large, 25 cents. 
ANTHEMIS liuetoria. Two to three feet. June to 
August. Flowers, deyp lemon-yellow in great pro- 
fusion. Very effective, and fine for cutting. 20 cts. 
each, $2 per dozen. 
AQUILEGIA coerulea. One foot. April to July. Anele- 
gant Rocky Mountain species, with broacj flowers, often 
three inches in diameter, the outer sepals deep lilac or blue, the petals white, while the deep blue spur is 
tipped green. A grand species for the border or base of the rockery', or on good, sandy, well-drained loam 
in the border. Light plants, 20 cts. ; strong plants, 35 cts. 
A. chrysantha. Three to four feet. May to August. Flowers of the most intense primrose-yellow through- 
out with long, slender spurs ; fragrant, and exceedingly showy. This is one of the finest perennials foi the 
border ever grown ; of free habit of growth, handsome foliage, and this, surmounted by its many-flowered 
flower-stem, gives a most beautiful effect. 30 cts. 
ARIS.EMA tripliylla. One and one-half feet. June. Broad, trifoliate, dark-green foliage, and peculiar 
flower. A curiosity for damp soils. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
ARUNDO Donax. Twelve feet. Flowers pink. 50 cts. 
A. Donax var. variegata. A beautiful variegated form 
of magnificent effect, its beautiful golden and green foli- 
age being most admirably shown by the habit of the plant. 
50 cts. 
ASPERULA hexaphylla. New. Three feel. June and 
July. An abundance of small, white flowers. Fine for 
cutting. Fragrant. 25 cts. 
A. odorata. Twelve inches. May and June. Snowy- 
white flowers in heads. Fine for bouquet work. 25 cts. 
each, $2.50 per dozen. 
ASTER Nova-Anglaea. (New England Aster.) Six feel. 
September to frost. By far one of tile finest asters grown, 
of vigorous, robust habit, making it an excellent subject 
for the wild garden or the rear of borders, with immense, 
broad clusters of large, deep-purple flowers with orange 
centers. Very effective. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., 
51 2 per 100. 
A. Nova-Anglaea var. rosea. An excellent variety, with 
rosy pink flowers instead of purple. Most showy and 
desirable. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
ASTILBE Japonica (Spircea Japonica). Oneof 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. Much used for winter 
forcing by florists. 20 cts. ; large, 30 cts. 
CAMPANULA Carpathica. (Carpathian Hare-Bell.) 
Nine inches. June. Elegant dark green, toothed, ovate 
foliage, in compact tufts, and an abundance of clear, deep 
blue, shell-shaped flowers of great beauty. 20 cts. each, 
$2 per doz. 
C. Carpathica var. alba. A fine, clear white-flowered 
form. 25 cts. each. $2.50 per doz. 
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