PAINESVILLE, OHIO 
Hardy Perenniar Plants 49 
Aquilegia. 
Achillea, Boule de Neige. 
Anemone Japonica. 
ACHII^I^XIA. Delightful cut flowers and garden units, espe¬ 
cially valuable because of long blooming season. 
— Boule de Neigfe (Ball of Snow). 18 inches. The best white- 
flowered edging plant; erect, stiff stems and comipact clus¬ 
ters, fully double, rounded, pure white florets. June to 
September. 
—^millefolium. Cerise Queen (Rosy Milfoil). Fine cut, 
decorative foliage on spreading bushes 18 inches high. Bril¬ 
liant cerise-red flowers continuous all summer, in flat um¬ 
bels. This with foliage, is a dainty bowl-cutflower. 
—Pewy’s Wllite. 2% feet. Takes the place of The Pearl, 
giving height maintained by rigid, upright stems. Extremely 
free, with clustered double white flowers, excellent for cut¬ 
ting. June and July. 
—tonientosa<$> (Woolly Yarrow), A low mat of leaves, 
bright with flat heads of yellow flowers in June and later. 
1 foot. 
All Achilleas: 3, 40c; doz.. $1.50; 100, $8.00. 
ACONITUlld Fischeri (Monkshood). 2 to 3 feet. September 
and October. Valuable for either sun or shade, and very 
hardy. The foliage is attractive, and the bloom abundant in 
long, dense spikes of hood-shaped flowers; dark blue. 
Each, 25c; 3. 60c; doz., $2.00; 100, $12.00. 
AJT7GA<$> reptans rubra (Bugle). 3 to 4 inches. Deep pur¬ 
plish blue. Excellent carpeting plants for grass, bare spots 
in border, beneath trees or in rockery, in either sun or par¬ 
tial shade ; blooming freely May and Juna 
3, 60c; doz., $1.80; 100, $10.00. 
AltTSSinA^ arg'euteum. 15 inches. Dense growth. Leaves 
silvery beneath, flowers yellow in clustered heads all sum¬ 
mer. 3, 40c; doz., $1.50; 100, $8.00. 
—saxatile compactum (Golden Tuft). A useful, flat, spread¬ 
ing edging and rockery plant, growing not over 12 inches 
high; covered with enveloping flat clusters of bright golden 
yellow flowers early in summer. 
3, 55c; doz., $2.00; 100, $10.00. 
ANCHUSA Dropmore. A bold, broad-leaved growth with 
flower stems 3 to 5 feet high, bearing a continuous show of 
deep blue flowers from spring until late summer. The stools 
are quite dense and bushy, each stem nearly covered full 
length with double, inch-wide flowers of the deepest cobalt 
blue. 3, 40c; doz., $1.50; 100, $8.00. 
— (myosotidiflora.<^ 1 foot. A beautiful dwarf border and 
rockery plant, best in sand. Its foliage is broad on spreading 
stools, but the vivid crop of May flowers are almost identical 
with Forget-Me-Not, a rich gentian-blue. 
Each, 25c; 3. 70c; doz., $2.50; 100, $12.00. 
ANEMONE [Windflower] 
AITE'MOI7B<^ bupebensis. A miniature Japonica, 10 to 12 
inches, in profuse bloom from August on, with 1%-inch 
single flowers colored bright mauve-rose. 
ANEMONE JAPONICA. A most valuable class of hardy 
plants suitable for edging, massing or single specimens. 
They grow rapidly 2 to 3 feet and are profuse in bloom, 
gaining strength and beauty each year. The blooming period 
extends from August till mid-November. 
— —alba. Glistening, pure white, with yellow center. 
—' —Queen Charlotte. Flower semi-double, broad and per¬ 
fectly formed, the pleasing “La France” shade of pink. 
— - —Bicbard Abrends. Large, single. Shell-pink with slight 
lilac hue. 
- rub ra. Brilliant rose-red; yellow center. 
— ■'Wbirlwind. Excellent large, double white flowers. 
All Anemones: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00; 100, $10.00. 
ANTEEMIS Kelwayl (Hardy Marguerite). An excellent 
perennial for cutting; golden yellow, daisy-like flowers in 
profusion, nearly all summer. 
3, 40c; doz., $1.60; 100, $8.00. 
AQUILEGIA [Columldiie] 
Distinct, deeply cut foliage and delicate arrangement of col¬ 
ors in the pendent flowers. Dainty, showy and desirable as cut 
flowers, available for Memorial Day; especially suitable for 
rockwork, at the base of foundation walls and under trees. 
Bloom in early spring into July; preferring partial shade. 
CSGmleS Immense broad flowers, sky-blue with full white 
■ corolla and gilded stamens. 
Cbrysantba. All over pure bright yellow, late blooming. 
Crimson Star An English novelty. Tall, vigorous and 
productive; its large uniquely colored, 
long-spurred flowers extremely showy in the garden as well 
as in bouquets. Spurs and sepals blood-red, the petals pure 
white. 3, 70c; doz., $3.00, 
Bobbie’s Imperial Hybrids. A recent English triumph fol¬ 
lowing many years of crossing and selection; notable for 
size and sturdiness, long spurs, and the most extensive range 
of strong colors. Mixed. 
Bong' Spur Blue Shades. Selected from the best long-spur 
hybrids; nothing* but various blue tones. 
Mrs. Scott Elliott’s Bong-Spurred Hybrids. A choice old 
English strain; free-blooming, with long stems and ex¬ 
tremely long, shiny spurs. The colors run to pastel shades 
of rose, blue, and yellow in many delightful combinations. 
Mixed. 
Except as noted: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00; lOO, $12.00. 
ABABIS<|> alpina (Rock Cress). Low growing plants espe¬ 
cially suited to rockwork, flowering in small white terminal 
racemes. Bloom in May and continue a long time. 
3, 55c; doz., $2.00; 100, $12.00. 
AHENABIA (Sandwort)<$> montana. 4-inch. Close tufts, 
profusely covered in May with small silvery white “morn¬ 
ing-glory” flowers. Makes a fine, formal edging plant, or as 
a filler among sunny rocks. 3, 65c; doz., $2.00; 100, $12.00. 
ABMEBIA<$> (Thrift; Sea Pink). Interesting small plants 
with rosettes of narrow evergreen leaves on the ground, 
from which arise many slender, naked stems crowned by a 
compactly round flower. Excellent rock plants, and useful 
in bordering walks or for any continuous low edging, bloom¬ 
ing in early summer. 
—Baucbeaixa. About 8 inches; in liberal bloom from June 
to August; good sized globular flowers of rosy crimson. 
—maritima spend'ens (Cushion Pink). 6 to 10 inches. Fine 
grassy, evergreen mounds, stems rigid, and little flower 
balls a deep coral rose. 
Both: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00; 100, $12.00. 
ARTEMISIA lactiflora. Deep green, cleft foliage and com¬ 
pact bush shape, attractive throughout the summer. During 
August and September the creamy white flowers, which re¬ 
semble herbaceous Spireas and are sweetly scented, are 
borne in large terminal panicles on erect stems 3* to 4^ 
feet tall. 3, 40c; doz., $1.60; 100, $8.00. 
—Silver King*. A beautiful “mist” for setting off bouquets 
and floral combinations. Vigorous, quick growing, with a 
close network of branches, fine stemmed and slender leaved. 
The opening leaf buds gleam like tiny beads, the entire color 
effect bright frosted silver. 3 foot, compact pyramids. 
3, 55c; doz., $2.00; 100, $10.00. 
ASCBEFIAS tuberoaa (Butterfly Flower). 2% feet. A fa¬ 
miliar field flower; the cultivated form making a delightful 
show of orange flowers during early summer. 
3, 40c; doz., $1.60; 100, $10.00. 
AT7BBIETXA<$> (Rainbow Rock Cress). 
— gfraeca. Essentially a rock plant, but equally pretty and 
useful as an edging to any dwarf perennial border. The foli¬ 
age is a fine mass of silver green, in spring and early 
summer concealed by a sheet of light purple flowers. 
— ^Beichtlini. Dwarf, compact; bright pink flowers. 
Both: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00; 100, $12.00. 
