HARDY PERENNIALS 
Anthemis, Yellow Marguerite 
Tinctoria. Finely cut foliage, and golden yellow flowers 
produced all summer. Succeeds in the poorest soil. 
^Antirrhinum 
Sempervirens. White with purple lip, trailing. 
Aquilegia, Columbine 
Canadensis. Bright red and yellow. 
Chrysantha. Golden yellow. 
Chrysantha alba. White. 
Coerulea, Rocky Mountain Columbine. Deservedly popular. 
Farquhar’s Pink. A long-spurred pink. 
Fong-Spurred Hybrids. Mixture. Rainbow Blend. 
Mrs. Scott Elliott Hybrids. 
Arabis, Rock Cress 
*Alpina. Pure white flowers produced in dense masses; fine 
rock plant. 
*Alpina compacta. Compact-growing type. 
*Alpina flore pleno. Same as above but with double white 
flowers; not persistent here. 
*Aubretioides. Purple-lilac flowers. 
*Arenaria, Sandwort 
Montana, Forms a close dense green mat with tiny white 
starry flowers. Very lovely in the rock garden. 
Asclepias Tuberosa likes a peaty soil. 
Armeria, Thrift 
*Eaueheana. Bright rosy red. 3-6 inches. 
*Maritima (Cushion Pink). 3-6 inches. May and June. 
Flowers pale pink. 
Artemisia, Lace Flower 
Eactiflora. Tall, feathery, creamy white heads of flowers 
on four-foot stems. Finely cut foliage. 
Silver King (Ghost Plant). New. 2-3 feet, forming compact, 
symmetrical globe with effect of frosted silver. May 
be dried for winter use. 
See our list of native plants for other artemisias. 
Asclepias, Butterfly Weed 
Tuberosa. July and August, 1% to 2 feet high. Bright 
orange. An excellent cut flower. 
Aster, Hardy 
Alpinus. Forms low, dense mat large blue daisies. 
Alpinus albus. White of above. 
Amellus, King George. Large bluish violet flowers, 18 
inches high. 
Canbyi. Clear pink, dwarf, native. 
Climax. Large, light lavender-blue flowers; very free 
bloomer; 5 feet. 
Climax, White. Clear white form of above. 
Feltham Blue. A pretty aniline blue. 
Hybridus luteus. Like a yellow gypsophila. R. H. S. 
award of merit. 
Lil Far dell. A brilliant purple-pink. 
*Mauve Cushion. 9 inches in height; delicate mauve. 
Novae-angliae roseum superbum. Bright rose pink. 
Perry’s White. The finest white Michaelmas Daisy. 
Pink Button. Round, pink button in bud. 
Ryecroft. Purple. 
Robert Parker. Pale heliotrope. 4 feet. 
Sub-Coeruleus. Himalayan Daisy. Large, lavender-blue, 
orange center. May and June. Splendid cut flower. 
Perennial Asters are good after frost has taken 
the rest of the garden. 
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