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HERBACEOUS AND ALPINE PLANTS ARE SPECIALTIES WITH US. 
Achillea Mh.i.efolia Rosea. 
ACHILLEA (The Yarrow), prettily cut often 
silver foliage, with clusters of small 
flowers, from early Summer to Autumn, 
the smaller species make delightful 
rockery plants, the others are excellent 
for herbaceous borders. 
26 aegyptica, ij ft., bright pale yellow 
flowers and hcaulifully cut silver-grey 
foliage ; excellent for cutting, vi ix. 4d. 
27 Boule d’Argent, li ft., one of the love- 
liest, pure white single flowers, large 
heads, very free, excellent for cutting, 
vi- x. .pi. each ; 3/'- per dozen. 
28 Clavennoe, 6 in., beaulifnl silverj- leaves 
and white flowers, vi-vii. 6d. 
30 Eupatorlum, 4 ft., a noble plant, richest 
golden-yellow flowers, occasionally 6 
in. across, vi-ix. 4d. 
3 1 millefolia rosea, i J ft , a bright rose- 
coloured form of tlie common Yarrow 
(see illustration), vii-i.x. 3,''- per doz., 
4d. each. j 
33 mongolica, ij ft., flowers large, pure 
white, on fall elegant stems ; greatly 
valued for cutting, v-vi. 4d. 
35 Ptarmica fl. pL, flowers very freely, splen- 
did for cutting ; hardy, smoke-resist- 
ing, vii ix. 3/- per doz ; 4d. each. 
36 “ The Pearl,” 2 ft., similar to No. 
35, with all its good points, bnt with 
flowers double the size and purer, 
vii- x. 3/- doz. ; 4d. each, 
48 “ W. B. Child,” 2 ft. ])ure white 
flowers produced with the utmost 
freedom, in large heads, throughout 
the Summer. 61I. 
33 rupestris, 3 in., dense tufts of narrow 
dark-green leaves, with trusses of 
white flowers, deliglUful rockery plant, 
v-ix. 6(1. 
40 santolinoides, i ft., with greyisli-white 
foliage and large clusters of white 
flower heads, vii-viii. 4d. 
42 serrata 11. pi., 2 ft., not so double as 
No. 35, hut purer white and earlier ; 
excellent for cutting, vii-i.x. 4<1. 
ACHILLEA— continued. 
44 tomentosa, i ft., forms a dense carpet, 
flowers rich bright yellow ; free ; likes- 
a dry gravelly soil, vi-viii. 4tl. 
46 umbellata, q in., dense coat of silvery 
tomentum ; flowers white, vi-ix. 3,' 
doz., 4d. each. 
9 distinct varieties of Achilleas, our 
selection, 2/6. 
ACONITUM (Monkshood), handsome late 
Summer-flowering plants, long bold 
spikes of helmet-shaped flowers ; ex- 
cellent for borders, shrubberies, sides 
of streams, copses, woodland walks, 
and the drier parts of a bog. 
51 Anthora, 2-4 ft., pale yellow flowers, 
a pretty and effective species, vi- 
viii. 6(1. 
52 autumnale (japonicum), 3 ft., rich 
bluish- purple, vii-ix. 6d. 
^4 callfornicum, most effective, very free. 
6d. 
56 lycoctonum, 5 ft., creamy sulphur ; 
vigorous, vii-viii. 4(1. 
57 Napellus (Common Monkshood), 4 ft.. 
violet-blue, vi-viii. 4d. 
5,8 album, 4 ft., fine white form, vi- 
viii. 4(1. 
5() bicolor, 4 ft., white and blue ; very 
beautiful, vi-viii. 46. 
62 pyrenaicum, 2I ft., large pale yellow 
flowers in dense spikes, vi-vii. 46. 
65 strictum, 4 ft., similar in colour to 
Napellus but more robu-it and a later 
bloomer, vii. 46. 
ACORUS (Siveet Flag). See Aquatic Plants. 
page 7. 
ACT® (Bane Berry). 
68 spicata fructo rubra, 3 ft., loose heads. 
rhalictrum-lik(' flowers succeeded by 
red berries ; very pretty, vi-viii. 6d. 
ADENOPHORA (Gland' Bellflower), closely 
resembling the Campanula, easily 
grown and very useful border plants. 
6(j lilifolia, i ft., blue flowers, in loose 
panicles, sweetly scented, vii-viii. 6d. 
70 Striefa, 2 ft., a Ja])anese species pro- 
ducing large blue flowers, vii. pel. 
