Fall Anemone. 
AQUILEGIA, Columbine. These remarkably beautiful and 
graceful plants with most charming flowers are so well 
known as to need little description. With handsome foli¬ 
age, fine flowers and ease of culture, few flowers satisfy 
so many needs. Then, too, they harmonize with most 
anything and are particularly beautiful with ferns and 
woodsy things. They give color effects in deepest shade 
where it is so valuable. Cult: Sun or shade, but are finer 
and last much longer in shade. Soil, any, but finest re¬ 
sults obtained with a rich, well drained loam. PL, fall to 
spring. Prop., seeds. Use large groups. 
Chrysantha, is strong growing with long spurred flowers of 
light yellow. None better. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
Scott-Elliott Long Spur Hybrids. Wonderfully large and 
fine flowers in lovely soft shades, mixed only. 30 cts. 
each; 3 for 75 cts. 
WEST AMERICAN COLUMBINES 
:i! AQUILEGIA truncata. Lovely woodland species with rather 
short spurred flowers, red outside and yellow at center. 
Pine for woodsy corners. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts.; $2.00 
per doz. 
"AQUILEGIA exirrea. A delightful large flowered Colum¬ 
bine that flowers in mid-summer, the flowers, scarlet 
with yellow center. It loves a cool wet place, sun or 
shade. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
*AQUILEGIA or COLUMBINE is a little large for the small 
rock garden but in the medium to large one produces 
delightful effects. 
*ARABIS albida nana compacta is a most useful plant for 
edgings in the border and is fine for rock garden or dry 
wall. The low dense masses of bright green foliage are 
smothered with sheets of white flowers in early spring. 
Cult: Soil, any, well drained. PL, fall to spring. Prop., 
seeds. 25c each; 3 for 60 cts.; $2 per dozen. 
ARALIA Californica, the California Spikenard. A large and 
stately plant with pinnate leaves 3 to 4 ft. long and its 
creamy flowering spikes 5 to 6 feet. A marvelous back¬ 
ground plant in moist situations in either sun or shade. 
Large roots, 75 cts. 
*AREN ARIA gives us some of our very finest dwarf grow¬ 
ing, creeping plants. Splendid in the rock garden and 
the finest of plants between flagging or stepping stones. 
Cult: Sit., sun. Soil, any not too wet. Pl., fall to spring. 
Prop., div. 
*Balearica (Baby Tears). An emerald mat V 2 in. high of tiny 
emerald green rounded leaves with myriads of tiny white 
star-like flowers in May. A lovely carpet between or over 
rocks. Must have shade and constant moisture. 25 cts. 
each; 3 for 65 cts.; $2.50 per doz. 
*Caespitosa, often called Japanese or Iris Moss, is x / 2 inch 
high and makes a dense, moss-like carpet and is often 
mistaken for moss. Tiny white flowers in summer. Its 
vivid green is most satisfying as a ground cover, in pock¬ 
ets in the rock garden or between flagging. 25 cts. each; 
3 for 65 cts. 12-in. square which will make many small 
divisions for $3. 
*Grandiflora is quite different. It, too, has bright green 
needle-like leaves to make a fine cushion, the mass of 
foliage is 6 to 8 in. high and it will often make a dense 
mound to 2 ft. across. Its white flowers are borne in 
great profusion in May and at intervals throughout the 
summer. One of the best of rock plants. 30 cts. each; 3 
for 75 cts.; $2.50 per doz. 
*Montana is again different. Close tufts of deep green ovate 
leaves with masses of silvery white flowers April to May. 
Wonderful to drape over the crest of a rock. I rate it 
among the 12 finest rock plants. 30 cts. each; 3 for 75 cts. 
*Pinifolia. A slightly stronger edition of Caespitosa, a little 
more open foliage with a golden tint. A fine plant. (Also 
called Spergula Pilifera.) 30 cts. each; 3 for 75 cts. 
ARUNCUS Sylvestris, Goats Beard. Splendid strong grow¬ 
ing Wlestern native plant allied to Astilbes and Spirea. 
3 to 6 ft. much branched, with handsome pinnate leaves 
and stout stems, crowned in July with a fleecy mass of 
cream flowers. Admirable for the shaded spot with ferns 
and fine as a background in the open border. Cult: Sun 
or shade. Soil, any loam but responds to ample moisture. 
PL, fall or spring. Prop., div. 40 cts. each; 3 for $1. 
ASARUM, Ginger Root or Snake Root. Fine Californian 
woodland creepers or ground covers, thriving in deepest 
shade. They have very large heart-shaped leaves of deep 
green. The flowers appearing under the leaves in spring 
are queer long-tailed affairs resembling a snake’s head 
and are reddish brown. The plant has a strong ginger 
odor. They combine well with ferns and other woodland 
plants. 
Caudatum. Its many branches root at the joints so that it 
soon makes a broad spreading not too dense ground 
cover like a bed of giant violets. 15 cts. each; $1.50 doz. 
*Hartweggii. More compact clumps and the leaves faintly 
mottled with silver. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65c. 
*Lemmonii. Compact clumps at first, gradually spreading 
by runners, with fewer and larger silver mottled leaves. 
Handsome. 25 cts. each; 3 for 75 cts. 
ASCLEPIAS tuberosa, Butterfly Weed. A most attractive 
many-branched plant 2 to 3 feet high, crowned in mid¬ 
summer with umbels of brilliant orange flowers. Most 
noticeable. Cult: Sun, sandy loam, and stands drouth. 
PL, fall to spring. Prop., seeds. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
ASPERULA, Woodruff. 
"Cyananthina. Unusual and strictly fine, it makes a dense 
mass 10 in. high composed of slender branches covered 
with light green slender leaves and for weeks in summer 
is crowned with a filmy mass of tiny white flowers. Sit., 
sun or light shade. Soil., any. Moisture desirable for 
finest effect. A delight throughout the summer and neat. 
25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
*Odorata (Sweet Woodruff or Waldmeister). Grows to 8 in. 
and spread underground to make an open carpet. A de¬ 
lightful ground cover especially with such plants as 
Columbines, Heucheras and like heights. Foliage is a 
delightful bright green and the small white flowers 
dainty. Loved by everyone. Cult: Sit., light to deepest 
shade. Compact in sun, but keep moist. Pl., fall to spring. 
Prop., div. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
*ASTERS (A. Alpinus group and like low sorts). All of these 
are fine and make leafy mats 3 to 4 in. high and to 8 in. 
across. The very many flowering stems, each bear a 
handsome flower often 1% in. broad. They flower in 
May and June and all are lovely. Indispensable for rock 
garden or border. Cult: Do best in moist mellow loam 
but will thrive in any good loam. Sit., sun. PL, fall to 
spring. Prop., div. 
*Alpinus Goliath. Showy bluish violet flower, the largest and 
finest of all. 30 cts. each; 3 for 75 cts. 
*Forrestii has the habit of the Alpinus but more compact. 
The 6 in. stems bear large purple violet flowers with 
orange centers. May to June. Very lovely. 50 cts. each: 
3 for $1.25. 
The above prices are postpaid to your door. 
* Indicates plants well suited to rock gardens. 
** Indicates plants suited to the rock garden only. 
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