Veronicas 
Lychnis 
Monardas 
Aquilegias 
ASTILBES 
color glistening with scarlet blood-red. Those who like showy 
colors will find it in this Phlox. Bjinstroom is a beautiful clear 
pink with immense trusses and flowers as large as a silver dollar, 
a very fine addition to the list of new Phloxes. Loki is salmon- 
pink with a dark carmine eye. Sigrid Arnoldson is a fiery 
carmine-red with a dark centre, among the best of the newer 
sorts. Tapis Blanc is a very dwarf variety with large panicles 
of immense white flowers. It only attains the height of 6-8 
inches but is the best Phlox for edging beds of the taller varieties. 
Veronicas. With Amethyst ina and Longifolia sub-sessilis, we 
have a recent introduction to form a trio which will comprise 
all the worth while members of the group for garden decoration. 
Blue Ridge, the name of the new-comer, has flowers of the 
deepest blue and a free-blooming habit and is considered by 
some, superior to Longifolia. It is fall flowering and if used 
in conjunction with Amethystina in the spring, it will cover 
a long blooming period. 
In Lychnis a new cross between L. Chalcedonia and 
L. Haageana has been offered under the name of L. Arkwrightii. 
The flowers are of a deep rich shade and come up to what is 
expected of them ; stock is scarce at present. 
Monarda, a new Oswego Tea, Cambridge-scarlet, will appeal 
to those who prize this plant. The flowers are bright deep red, 
fully as brilliant as the Cardinal-flower. 
Aquilegias, the new Erskine Park Hybrids, get their name 
from a famous estate in Lenox, Massachusetts, and are the result 
of numerous crosses between the best American and European 
varieties. They will flower from seed the first year if sown in 
March but probably the better plan would be to sow them in 
June to flower the following year. The colors include blues, 
lavenders, whites, yellows, scarlets and pinks. 
The newer varieties of Astilbes are truly superb and a great 
improvement over the very desirable existing varieties. The 
Arendsii hybrids are very beautiful when planted in mass. All 
are more or less semi-aquatic and may be planted in places about 
ponds, etc. Arendsii Avalanche is a new variety with an 
abundance of pure white flowers on long spikes. Gloria has 
dense feathery plumes of a brilliant dark pink, shaded in lilac. 
Marguerite Graven Van Bechtern Limpurg is a new one with 
a long name and has flowers with stems extra long, making a 
handsome plume about 2 feet long of a bright red tinged with 
dark blue flowers. Marie Graven Van Limb erg Stirum grows 6 
feet high with very large flowers of a creamy-white color. 
Salland is a cross of A. Davidii and has quite the same habit 
and foliage. The flowers are borne on rigid stems of a fine red 
color not yet existing in Astilbes. Height 6 feet. Astilbe 
Davidii has been recently introduced from China, has elegant 
foliage and graceful flower-spikes of reddish-purple and stems 
6 feet high. 20g H. Gibson. 
