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NEW AND RARE HARDY PLANTS. 
ANEMONE LORD ARDILAUN — A gigantic J/onurine Juubcrt, perhai)s a little taller 
sii ouger stems, larger foliage, and of great texture ; has also a double row of petals. All desiring a 
splendid border plant should have this. 2s. (k/. each. 
ANEMONE PULSATILIiA ALBA — Flowers white, produced in great profusion on short 
steins; easily grown, and well adapted for the rockery and front row of the border. 3s. Gd. each. 
ANEMONE SYLVESTBIS EL. PL.— F lowers perfectly double and pure white, are large 
and resembling Chrysanthemums. A most beautiful aud useful herbaceous plant, well adapted for 
cutting, mixed borders, and margins of shrubbery. 3.v. Gd. 
AQIJTLEGIA STTJARTI — Very dwarf flowers, large and much expanded ; the sepals of a 
deep rich blue with a pure white corolla. A finer plant than .1. Glundulosu, and easier grown. 
Is. Gd. 
ASTER PUBPUBIMUS — Dwarf, compact habit, forming complete bouquets of deep purple 
flowers, blooming early in autumn. Is. 
COBEMA COURADI — A distinct and beautiful shrub ; it forms a much branched, spreading 
bush, 2 ft. high, having dense, short, needle-like foliage ; the flowers are of a pleasing shade of 
purple, early in spring. 2s. Gd. 
ASTILBE CHINENSIS — Distinct from all others of this family ; erect branching stems, 
terminating with pretty feathery plumes of pink flowers: fond of a moist situation. ft. 3s. 6</. 
ACTINELLA GRANDIPLORA — Close growing lanceolate leaves, forming rosettes ami 
large yellow flowers on short stems ; easily grown, quite hardy. 2s. Gd. 
ADONIS WALZIANA — Flowers large, yellow, in early spring. 2-3 ft. 3s. Gd. 
ANEMONOPSIS MACROPHYLLA-^Flowers produced in loose racemes, and are large, 
exterior sepals purple, interior sepals lilac, summer-flowering; prefers shaded position in loamy or 
peaty soil. 3.s. 6</. 
CIMICIPtJGA JAPONICA — Large ornamental foliage, and long compound racemes of 
white flowers. 3-4 ft. l.s. Gtd. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM MAXIMUM (G. H. SAGE) —One of the most distinct hardy 
Marguerites ; flowers large and abundant, pure white ; florets deeply notched ; habit good. 2^ ft. 
2s. 
DENDROMECON RIGIDUM — A very interesting and pretty Californian plant of shrubby 
habit, belonging to the Poppy family ; flowers large and very strong, of a bright yellow colour ; 
Slimmer blooming. 2^-3 ft. 7s. (k/. 
GERANIUM SANGUINEUM ALBUM — A fac-simile of the ordinary (J. iSunyitineuiii, but 
with pure white flowers; prostrate growing; dense ma<,s of foliage literally covered with white 
flowers ; very free growing. 2s. Gd. 
GEUM HELDRECHI — Large, rich, orange-coloured flowers in late spring, growing vigorously 
iu almost any soil or situation. 1 ft. Is. 
GERBEBA JAMESON! — Although not quite hardy, it may be grown as a pot plant ; flowers 
are of a bright orange-scarlet colour, and produced in great profusion. ft. 5s. 
GNAPHALIUM GRANDICEPS— (Aast™ Hail Edel ireias ') — A remarkable and beautiful 
plant, one of the’ treasures of New Zealand Alpines : silvery leaves, aud forming a neat bush. ;[ ft. 
HEMEROCALLIS AUBANTIACA MAJOR— Maguiticent new species; one of the 
tiiiesb plants for ordinary garden culture introduced for jnany years. The habit of the plant is very 
vigorous, the foliage rises to a height of 2 ft., and is of a deep green, the flower spikes are strong, 
bearing as many as 12 flowers in succession, which are very large, some 7 to 8 in. across, of a rich 
orange yellow, quite distinct. The plant is perfectly hardy, and we have every confidence in 
recommending it. The plant is described and figured in the Gardener's Chronicle for July 20th, 1895, 
where on page 62, Trofessor Baker states that it “is the finest Heraerocallis I have seen.” 
First-Class Certificate, Koval Horticultural Society. Jls. Of/, each. 
HBDYSARTTM MULTUtTGUM— The most beautiful of the family; preity pea-shaped 
flov/ers of a br'ght crimson-])urple colour ; quite hardy and perennial. l.s. 6i/. 
HYPERICUM MOSERIANUM TRICOLOR— A very handsome shrubby plant; 
leaves greenish yellow on green ground; margined reddish yellow flowers with scarlet stamens. 3s. 
IBEBIS SEMPEB.VIRENS oar. “LITTLE GEM”— Of close compact habit; 
flowers white; well adapted for planting in sunny parts of the rockery. ^ It. Is, 
IHCARVILLEA DELAVAYI— Flowers are produced in long spikes, trumpet shaped, 
rewenibUng those of Allamanda ; of a bright rose colour, 2 inches across ; u splendid iutroductioa. 
ft. os. 
LOBELIA, LORD ARDILAUH— The finest yet raised, and the most richly coloured ; a 
glistening crimson-scarlet. 3 to 3^ ft. Is, 6d. 
