Hardy Herbaceous Plants 
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Hardy Herbaceous and Rock-Plants. General List 
All plants marked with ® are suitable for rock-gardening but, of course, can also be used in 
the perennial border 
Prices, unless noted, 85 cts. for 3, $2.30 for 10, $20 per 100 
ACHILLEA. Yarrow; Milfoil. The Achilleas are 
good subjects for dry soils and sunny places. 
A. filipendulina, Parker’s Variety. Tall plant with 
big, clear yellow flower-heads. Prefers a dry 
location. Very fine for cutting. 2p2 to 3 ft. June- 
Sept. 
A. Millefolium roseum. Finely cut, rich green 
leaves. Pink flowers in compact heads. Good for 
cutting. 2 ft. June—Sept. 
A. Ptarmica, The Pearl. Double, pure white flowers 
in great profusion on strong, erect stems. Good 
cut-flower. 2 ft. June—Sept. 
® A. tomentosa. Yellow creeper. June. 
ACONITUM. Monkshood. When the delphiniums 
are past their best, the Monkshoods may be 
relied on to furnish the desirable blue in the 
garden. They are shade-loving plants, and some 
of them bloom so late that they provide an excel¬ 
lent foil for the earlier chrysanthemums. They 
are better after they have been planted several 
years, as they resent interference. 
A. Fischeri. Dark blue. 2 to 3 ft. Sept., Oct. 
A. Fischeri Wilsoni. A tall variety from China, 
with violet-blue flowers. 5 to 6 ft. Sept. $1.20 
for 3, $3.50 for 10, $30 per 100. 
A. Napellus, Spark’s Variety. Blue. 5 to 6 ft. July, 
Aug. $1.20 for 3, $3.50 for 10, $30 per 100. 
AJUGA Brockbanki. Dark blue flowers. 6 in. 
® May, June. 
A. genevensis. Geneva Bugle. A creeping rock- 
® garden or border plant. Deep blue flowers. 6 in. 
May, June. 
A. hybrida Tottenhami. Low-growing plant with 
@ bronze foliage and purplish red flowers. 6 in. 
June, July. $1 for 3, $2.50 for 10, $22 per 100. 
A. reptans. Carpet Bugle. Blue flowers. Compact 
® growth. 6 in. May, June. 
A. reptans foliis multicoloris. Blue flowers. Foliage 
® bronze, veined with yellow, brown, and red in 
fall. 6 in. May, June. 
ALTHv'EA rosea. See Hollyhocks. 
Armeria cephalotes, Bees’ Ruby 
Anchusa myosotidiflora 
ALYSSUM argenteum. Yellow-Tuft. Yellow. 1 ft. 
© June. 
A. montanum. Low, compact. Small gray leaves. 
® Yellow flowers. Good rock-plant. 6 in. 
A. saxatile compactum. Rock Madwort; Golden 
©Tuft. Large, compact masses of showy and 
attractive yellow flowers in early spring. 1 ft. 
April, May. 
AMSONIA Tabernaemontana. Willow Amsonia. 
Blue. 2 ft. May, June. 
ANCHUSA italica, Dropmore. Italian Bugloss. A 
rather coarse, erect plant with clusters of large, 
gentian-blue flowers, excellent for cutting. 4 to 
5 ft. If not allowed to go to seed, will bloom from 
June to September. 
A. italica, Morning-Glory. Strong, branched stems 
with very dark blue flowers. Free flowering. 
4 to 5 ft. June-Sept. 
A. italica, Opal. Pale blue. 4 ft. May, June. 
A. italica, Picotee. Lovely blue and white flowers. 
Free flowering; strong grower. 4 to 5 ft. June- 
Sept. 
A. italica, Pride of Dover. The finest heavenly blue 
color. 3 to 5 ft. June-Sept. 
A. myosotidiflora. Siberian Bugloss. Low plants 
® with large, heart-shaped leaves and slender stems 
bearing graceful panicles of bright blue flowers 
like forget-me-nots. Enjoys partial shade. 1 to 
l }/2 ft. April, May. 
ANTHEMIS tinctoria, Perry’s Variety. Large, well¬ 
shaped, bright golden yellow flowers. Delicate, 
fern-like foliage. Valuable cut-flower. 15 to 18 in. 
J une—Sept. 
ANTHERICUM (Paradisea) Liliastrum major. St. 
® Bruno’s Lily. Small, white flowers, like little 
lilies, on an erect spike surrounded by narrow, 
grass-like foliage. Charming in border and rock¬ 
ery; also good for cutting. \ x /i ft. May, June. 
$1.20 for 3, $3.50 for 10, $30 per 100. 
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