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Apennina Aurea, 6 in., yellow; pretty. 
Calabra, 8 in., yellow flowers; hardy 
PRIMULA Auricula, 6 in., handsome free- 
blooming perennial; masses of varied 
bloom in spring. 
Garden Pink, Double and Semi-double 
Cashmeriana, 1 ft., bears heads of lilac flow¬ 
ers very early in spring; hardy per. 
Frondosa, 1 ft., hardy plant with silvery fol¬ 
iage, producing lovely rosy-lilac flowers 
Rosea Grandiflora, 4 in., flowers bright rosy 
carmine with golden eye; nearly 1 in. 
Veltchii, 9 in., from China; like Cortusoides 
but larger and handsomer ; rich rose. 
Vulgaris, the early yellow Primrose; hardy 
very showy and beautiful; seeds tardy 
PYRETHRUM Selaginoides, 6 in., fe^n-leaved 
tufts of golden foliage ; a good edging . 
Tehihatcliewii, 6 in., hardy perennial with 
numerous white flowers with gold disk; in 
early summer handsome, the plant f >rming 
dense tufts; sow in pots and transplant; 
thrives on d-y slopes, shade or in other 
conditions unfavorable to most plants. 
Ranunculus Queen Ann’s Thimble 
PINK, 1 ft., very sweet, profuse, double. 
QUEEN Ann’s Thimble, 1 ft., blue firs. ; in 
clusters; fine for bouquets. 
RANUNCULU < Claremont Hybrids, 2 ft. First 
offer of seeds of the new Claremont Hy¬ 
brids, the finest Ranunculus known ; start 
readily from seeds; the big 5 in. double 
flowers showing a glorious riot of color, 
so numerous as to literally hide the plant. 
RANUNCULUS Giant Florentine, 2ft. Large 
flowers cf the most varied colors held on 
long stems; a great improvement 
RANUNCULUS Gramineus, 9 in., an easily 
grown hardy perennial with long narrow 
silvery foliage and large golden buttercup 
Aslatieus Superbissimus, 1 ft., very vigorous, 
handsome plants easily grown from seeds. 
SANVITALIA Procumbens fl. pl„ a trailing an¬ 
nual bearing golden button-like flowers. 
SAPONARIA Ocymoides Tplendens, an elegant 
trailing perennial with rose colored flowers 
SAXIFRAGA, Encrusted Sorts, 8 in., a fine 
mixture of these handsome rock plants 
Bedding Queen, 8 in., deep carmine clusters • 
Mossy Sorts, 8 in., lovely varieties, with 
mossy foliage and numerous pretty flow- 
Decipiens, Grandiflora Hybrida, 1 ft., charm¬ 
ing hybrids, the flowers campanulate. 
large, cf many shades from white to rosy 
crimson ; plants dense, tufted. 
SEDUM Coeruleum, 3 in., a charming half- 
hardy annual; pale blue flowers, freely 
Acre, 3 in., Stone-crop ; low spreading hardy 
perennial; golden flowers in three-parted 
Middendorfii, 6 in., an excellent rock plant; 
fleshy brown foliage and golden flowers in 
summer; thrives under the most adverse 
conditions. 
Spectabile, 1 ft., hardy perennial; numerous 
pink flowers in flat-topped clusters during 
September; a robust, free-blooming species. 
Sedum Spurium Cocclneum, 6 in., large 
umbellate cymes ; color brilliant deep rose; 
blooms in Autumn or late Summer. 
SEMPERVIVUM, Mixed Hardy Species—These 
are admirably adapted for rockeries or to 
cover old walls; succulents. 
SILENE Alpestris, 6 in., a hardy perennial of 
easy culture; shining white flowers in 
large panicles; May to July; likes shade. 
Scliafta, 6 in., a beautiful little hardy peren¬ 
nial, the branches gradually becoming cov¬ 
ered with rosy-purple flowers . 
Asterias Grandiflora, 18 in., hardy perennial; 
large, globular, crimson-scarlet heads. 
SOLDINELLA Alpina, 3 in., hardy perennial; 
leaves roundish, radical; flowers pale blue, 
fringed, drooping, four clustered 
SPERGULA Pillfera Aurea, 2 in., a charming 
little plant for edging and rock-work; fol¬ 
iage golden yellow; flowers small, white. 
STELLARIA GRA3IINEA Aurea, 6 in., hardy 
perennial; flowers white, numerous . 
Sweet William Dwarf Viola Boanlaca 
SWEET WM„ New Dwarf, 9 in., large firs. 
VTOLA BOSNIACA, 4 in., hardy, free-bloom. 
Cyclops, 6 in., hardy; deep purplish violet 
with large, showy white eye; compact, 
free-blooming, and ever-blooming. 
Viola Gracilis Pumle Robe, 6 in., deep pur¬ 
ple-violet ; very free-flowering; charming 
rock or border snecies; tufted habit; soring. 
Papilio, 8 in., ha-dy; the Butterfly Violet; 
finwerg bi-colored, bhie and white ; profuse. 
Tb”Wugia, 8 in., ha-dy; flowers rich blue 
with f ! ne contrasting white center. 
Bine Gem, or Jersev Gem, 8 in., hardy violet 
bill": c^mnact; continuous-blooming. 
WAPLENBERGIA Grandiflora Mariesi, 1 ft. 
dwarf, the p’ants blooming freely the first 
season ; Cowers blue and white. 
SCUTELLARIA Baicalensis Coelestina, 18 in., 
hardy; dense btishy habit; very free and 
long b’o^mmg; fine for beds and cut flow- 
TUNICA Sn'-ifraga, 6 in., hardy perennial cov- 
pned with starry pink flowers. 
TRIFO T TUM Renens, 6 in., da^k red leaves, 
poods of bloom ; hardv; handsome. 
TRADESOANnA Virginlca, 18 in., hardy, 
f’o-o-e-s brio-ht h’ue in clusters; fine per- 
VALERIANA, Pretty Betsy, 1 ft, clusters of 
red, vHte a-'d sea-let flowers, sweet- 
UROSPERVUM Delecbainpi, a magnificent 
rook r’ant with doub'e golden flowers . 
VERBENA Verosa, 1 ft-, a handsome hardy 
perennial producing purple flowers 
VERONICA Rentans, 2 in., hardy perennial ; 
the p’ants compact mats of p-ppu, studded 
in spring with pretty azure flowers. 
Prostrata, prostrate perennial; compact, be¬ 
coming a sheet of lovely blue flowers 
Tciicrium. Royal Blue, 1 ft., hardy peren^ 
rial, the f’owe-s clear blue in long spikes”; 
PERENNIAL Species—Mixed in great variety. 
ZINNIA. Double Lillput, 1 ft., button-like lit¬ 
tle flowers; very double; colors . 
