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Hardy Perennial Plants 
AQUILEGIA (Columbine), New English Improved Long- 
spurred. With their odd shapes and delightful color shadings 
Columbines rank high among the best hardy garden plants. 
They thrive almost anywhere but prefer a partially shady 
and moist position. This strain is, perhaps, the best and 
most beautiful in existence, having flowers with very long 
spurs and most charming colors, including Pink, Blue, 
Lavender, Red, Cream, and White—all decidedly new and 
interesting. 40 cts. each; $1.10 for 3; $3.75 per doz. 
R A. caerulea. The most beautiful of all Columbines, having 
flowers of the clearest, purest ceruleum blue, with long, 
slender, blue-tinted spurs. 30 cts. each; $3 per doz. 
A. canadensis. Wild Columbine. Very pretty bright red and 
yellow flowers. Excellent in sun or shade. 30 cts. each; 
$3 per doz. 
R ARAB IS alpina. Mats of gray-green foliage buried in a snowy 
cloud of pure white flowers. 30 cts. each; $3 per doz. 
R ARMERIA Laucheana. A striking rock-garden plant with red 
flowers in clustered heads on 6- to 10-inch stems. 30 cts. 
each; $3 per doz. 
R ARTEMISIA Abrotanum. Decorative border plant with 
aromatic green foliage and spires of tiny yellowish white 
flowers. 30 cts. each; $3 per doz. 
A., Silver King. Unquestionably one of the best all-round 
decorative plants. Its bright silvery stems and foliage are 
of great value as a filler for bouquets, sprays, baskets, and 
all sorts of floral combinations. By cutting and drying the 
stems it is very valuable in the winter. A very showy border 
plant 30 inches high. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
ASTERS, Hardy. Michaelmas Daisies. The many species, 
widely distinct from each other in habit and form, are, with 
a few exceptions, all native of North America. It is in 
Europe, however, that our Asters have been most highly 
appreciated. Many improvements have been made by 
European growers, and many hybrid forms have been pro¬ 
duced by crossing the diff erent species. 
A., Duckham’s Celestial Queen. A vigorous, well-branched 
M ichaelmas Daisy of medium growth that simply covers 
itself with a cloak of thickly massed, lavender-blue flowers. 
The individual flowers average H/i to 2 inches in diameter 
and form very large flower-heads. A splendid and most 
desirable color for the fall garden or for cutting. 75 cts. 
each; $6 per doz. 
A., Barr’s Pink. A lovely light mallow-pink with stiff petals 
and a brilliant golden center, growing from 3 to 4 feet high. 
A., Blue Gem. Clear blue flowers with large yellow center, 
borne in large trusses. 
A., British Queen. A soft lavender-blue, semi-double, un¬ 
usually large open flower with pale yellow center. Vigorous- 
growing, well-branched plant that comes into bloom early 
in September. Height about 4 feet. Excellent for cutting 
and decorations. 
A., Climax. Plants branching, covered in fall with lovely 
lavender-blue flowers 1 to 2 inches in diameter. 4 to 5 feet. 
August to October. 
A. Frikarti (Wonder of Staefa). Dwarf, summer-blooming 
Aster, 2 to 3 feet high, with flowers, 2 to 2)^ inches across, 
of vivid lavender-blue, with striking orange centers. De¬ 
lightful for cutting. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
A. hybridus luteus. New Hybrid Yellow Aster. Quite a new 
departure in color—a clear yellow shade. Rather small 
flowers gracefully arranged in large, long-stemmed trusses. 
R A., Mauve Cushion. Handsome, very dwarf, compact plant 
covered in autumn with starry pinkish white flowers. 
30 cts. each; $3 per doz. 
A., New Pink. Large, bright rosy pink flowers. Plant of free- 
branching habit. A charming new color in hardy Asters. 
A., Skylands Queen. (New.) Extremely large heads of rich 
blue flowers. Very bushy and compact. Dwarfer tlan 
Celestial Queen. 
ASTER, White Climax. (New.) Like Climax, but pure white. 
4 to 5 feet. August to October. 
All Asters, 35 cts. each; $3 per doz., except where noted 
AUBRIETIA HYBRIDS. Extremely showy, trailing plants 
covered with a mass of brilliant pink, purple, blue, and 
lavender flowers. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
BAPTISIA australis. Vigorous perennial plant of the Pea 
family, with vivid green foliage and drooping spires of 
lupine-like flowers in early summer. A very brilliant 
border plant. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
BOLTONIA latisquama. Flowers resemble large white daisies 
or single asters and are borne in great profusion. 4 to 6 feet. 
July to October. 45 cts. each; $1 for 3; $3.50 per doz. 
BUDDLEIA (Butterfly Bush) Davidi Veitchiana. In mild 
climates this is really a hardy shrub, but it may also be 
classed as herbaceous. Each spring it throws out vigorous 
growths that terminate in fall in tapering spikes of a beau¬ 
tiful lavender-mauve shade. Give it plenty of room. Strong 
roots, 50 cts. each; $1.25 for 3. 
B. , lie de France. (New.) Richest and darkest of its race. 
The flowers are glowing claret-purple, packed into thick 
spikes a foot long. Very vigorous bushes and extremely 
free flowering. See illustration in color on page 17. 75 cts. 
each; $7.50 per doz. 
CAMPANULA (Bellflower). A very important class of plants 
varying in height, all beautiful and easy to cultivate. 
R C. carpatica. Harebell. Makes excellent tufts of beautiful 
foliage and sends up slender stems bearing erect, cup-like, 
bright blue flowers throughout most of the summer. 30 cts. 
each; $3 per doz. 
C. Medium. Canterbury Bells. Old-fashioned, well-known, 
biennial plants of inexpressible loveliness, indispensable in 
every hardy plant border. 2 feet. June, July. Double 
Rose, Single Blue, Lilac, or Double Blue. 65 cts. for 3; 
$2.50 per doz. 
C. persicifolia. Peach-Bell. Broad, single, purple, bell-shaped 
flowers arranged along a tall and very graceful spike. 2 to 
3 feet. June, July. $1 for 3; $3 per doz. 
C. persicifolia alba. White flowers of even greater charm than 
the type. 35 cts. each; $3 per doz. 
C. persicifolia, Lavender Queen. Flowers are exquisite laven¬ 
der-blue. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
CARNATION, Chabaud’s. Very fine, double, fragrant flowers 
of mixed colors. Fine for cutting. Hardy. 35 cts. each; 
$3.50 per doz. 
CARYOPTERIS mastacanthus. Blue Spirea. A handsome 
dwarf shrub about 3 feet high bearing foamy lavender-blue 
flowers in great profusion from early in September until cut 
by frost. 50 cts. each; $5 per doz. 
CENTAUREA montana. Perennial Cornflower. Grows 2 feet 
high, bearing large, violet-blue flowers from July to Sep¬ 
tember. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
Korean Chrysanthemums 
Hebe. See description and colored illustration on page 9. 
Orion. See description and colored illustration on page 9. 
Vulcan. See description and colored illustration on page 9. 
Any of above, 75 cts. each; $7.50 per doz. 
Apollo. See description and colored illustration on page 8. 
Ceres. See description and colored illustration on page 8. 
Mercury. Plant Patent No. 58. See description and colored 
illustration on page 8. 
Diana. See description and colored illustration on page 8. 
Mars. See description and colored illustration on page 8. 
Daphne. See description and colored illustration on page 8. 
Any of above, 50 cts. each; $5 per doz. 
WILLIAM C. DUCKHAM CO., MADISON, N. J. 
