Canadensis ( The American Columbine) (C) Red and yellow. 
Prefers partial shade—i foot high in June. Frail, wiry, and 
dependable, with a wild wood grace. 
Coeruleum (RocMountain) (D) Deep blue and white with 
long spurs, ip2 feet. It, too, likes partial shade. June flower¬ 
ing. It has the distressing habit of flowering for two years 
only and should therefore be treated as a biennial. 
Mrs. Scott Elliott Hybrids (C) True strain of these famous 
long spurred hybrids. Clear tones of white, ivory, pink, 
lavender and blue,—all pleasing and rare colors. 
ARABIS (White roc\ cress) (C) 
When the earliest season of budding comes, then this will 
enchant your rockery. 
Alpina —An early rock plant of clumpy habit, producing 
pearly flowers in largesse. It excells as a ground cover for 
spring bulbs. If you shear it, after flowering, the foliage will 
remain attractive. It will endure no wet but enjoys rather 
meager soil. May and early June. 
ARMERIA (Thrift) 
Mixed Hybrids (E) Growing from ip2 to 2 feet in height, and 
flowering from June to September. Delightful tints—white, 
rose, pink. A graceful cut flower. 
ARTEMESIA (Southernwood) (B) 
Shrubby plants, delightful for the haunting odors of their 
spidery overworn green foliage. 
Abrotanum (Old Man) (B) Woody, aromatic, shrubby. 
Easily propagated, and positively enchanting in the border, 
both for its foliage and piquant odor. (3 feet). 
Stelleriana (Old Woman) (B) Fragrant leaved, silvery, 
finely cut, dwarf. Scarcely one-half as high as Old Man, but 
ideal for sandy, limey soil. Use it for bordering beds, where 
box is not hardy. 
ASTER (D) 
Alpinus Albus —Excellent rock plant—dwarf— 6 in. tall. Perky 
white single flowers in May and June growing in clusters. 
Place in clumps on a sunny bank. 
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