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AGEBATUM. H. B. 
Bears a great many flowers, and keeps in bloom 
a long time, and is, therefore, desirable for bouquet 
making. It is well to start the seed under glass 
transplant. 
Ageratum Conspicum. White-flowered, 
blooms until frost. 18 inches So 
Ageratum Lasseauxl. Very fine rose flowers, 
most valuable for cutting lOo 
Ageratum Mexlcanum. (Little Dorritt.) 
Azure blue, dwarf, splendid for bedding. . . So 
Ageratum Mexlcanum. (Little Dorritt.) 
Albiflorum, white So 
AGROSTEMMA (Bose Campion). 
H. A., 1 to 2 feet. 
Annual, very pretty, free blooming and hardy; 
always makes desirable beds and useful for cutting; 
12 inches in height. 
Agrostemma Coronarla. 
Bed and white Sc 
Astrosanquinea; dark blood-red Sc 
Alba; white Sc 
Finest mixed Sc 
ALYSSUM. H. A., 1 feet. 
Pretty little white flowers, useful in making up 
all kinds of small bouquets. Its fragrance is very 
delicate. The Alyssum grows freely from seed and 
makes a pretty border. 
Alyssum, Sweet, hardy annual, flowers small 
in clusters, 6 inches So 
Wlerczbeckll, hardy perennial, yellow, 1 foot 
high Sc 
Saxatlle Compactum. Yellow compact for 
edgings So 
SerpylUfoUum. Quite dwarf; yellow So 
Procumbens. Very dwarf, white So 
AIONSOA. H. H. A. 
Young plants removed to the house or green- 
house in the autumn, will continue to flower during 
the winter. The flowers are small but of remark- 
ably brilliant colors. 
Alonsoa Grandlflora. Large flowered, scar- 
let, 2 feet in height So 
Alonsoa Albiflora. White So 
AMARANTHUS. H. H. A., 2 to S feet. 
Valuable for their ornamental foliage, the leaves 
of most varieties being highly colored. 
Tricolor (Joseph’s Coat.) Bed, yellow and 
green foliage So 
Melanchollcus Buber, of compact habit, with 
striking blood red foliage; 18 inches So 
Caudatus (Love lies bleeding), long drooping 
“chains” of flowers, pretty for decoration. . So 
Cruentus (Prince’s Feather), flowers some- 
what similar to A. Caudatus, but in erect 
masses So 
Bicolor Buber. Carmine scarlet; splendid. . So 
Tricolor Splendens. Very beautiful; new.. lOo 
AMMOBIUM (Everlasting Flower). 
Ammoblum Alatum Grandiflorum. A large 
flowered white, everlasting; fine for dried 
bouquets with fancy grasses, pick the flow- 
ers in the bud to dry Sc 
AMPEIOPSIS 
(Vetchl, Japan Woodbine, Climber.) 
Very hardy and rapid grower; attaches to build- 
ings, fences, etc., as closely as English Ivy; leaves 
olive green, changing to scarlet, i^sy to cultivate 
and ornamental; SO feet. 
ANAGALIIS. 
Anagallis is remarkable for the beauty of its 
flowers, useful for borders or baskets. Should be 
sown under glass; C inches. 
Anagallis Grandlflora Superba, mixed colors So 
ACBOIINIDM (Everlasting). H. H. P., 1 foot. 
Fine for Winter bouquets; pure white and 
rose colors So 
AcroUnium Flore Plino. Fine double vari- 
eties, mixed lOo 
ADONIS. (Pheasant’s Eye.) H. A., 1 foot. 
The Adonis has pretty, narrow leaves, and are 
very brilliant. It will flourish almost anywhere. 
in the shade or under trees. 
Autumnalis. Autumn; blood red; Ifoot. ... So 
Vernalis. Yellow So 
ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS (Snapdragon.) 
H.A., 2 to 3 ft. 
. One of the very best of our perennials, blooms 
abundantly the first Summer until after frost, and 
flowers well the second Summer and even longer. 
By removing a portion of the flowers, the plants 
will become strong. 
Brilliant, scarlet, golden and white So 
Luteum, yellow 
Striatum, finest striped So 
Majus, fall varieties; fine mixed. So 
Majus Album, pure white So 
Naum (Dwarf varieties). 
Album, pure white So 
Firefly, scarlet So 
Plcturatum, new blotched So 
Dwarf Varieties, fine mixed So 
ARGEMONE. H. H. P.s 2 feet. 
Handsome, large growing plant for flower-beds; 
white and yellow flowers resembling Poppies. 
Hunnemanni, dark yellow flowers So 
Platyceras Grandlflora, large white flowers. So 
AQUIIEGIA. 
Ornamental hardy plants known as (Columbine, 
or Wild Honeysuckle). Showy, and one of the best 
early bloomers; herbaceous; hardy perennial. 
Effective in rookeries. 
Alpine, blue So 
Artica, brick-red and green lOo 
Chrysantha, golden spurred; beautiful, long 
yellow spurred flowers So 
Blcolor, fl. pi. Double blue and white lOo 
Blcolor fl., pi., Rubra, double red lOo 
Vulgaris, fl. pi., fine double varieties, mixed. 10c 
Vulgaris, fl. pi.. Alba, double white lOo 
Single varieties, mixed So 
ASPEBUIA. 
A dwarf plant covered all summer with Cineraria- 
like blossoms; annual, blue, white and mixed 
colors. 
Azurea Letosa, blue, free bloomer, sweet- 
scented Sc 
Adorata (Sweet Woodruff), white So 
