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NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PLANTS 
with larger flowers than the type; not surpassed by any other, the 
large umbels of clear rose are beautifully poised on arching stems. 3, 
35c. dozen, $1.25; 100, $8.00. 
A. Sibericum. $ Resembling Chives, but larger. Very showy umbels 
of lavender-lilac or rosy pink, on ten-inch stems, forming very flori- 
ferous clumps. Separate colors, 35 cents. 
A. stellatum. $ Bright rose umbels on 12-inch stems, late flowering; 
middle U. S. 30c; dozen, $2.00. 
A. striatum. (Syn. Nothoscordium). * 6 inches; straw-yellow, 
fragrant, early, and often in autum. 30c; dozen, $2.00. 
A. textile. * 6 inches; a white flowered species for very dry soil. 
30c; dozen, $1.50. 
A. Thibeticum. $ On the order of Purdomii, but taller, to 12 inches. 
30c; dozen, $2.00. 
ANCHUSA. Boraginaceae. Common soil; best with light shade. 
A. myosotidifiora. $ To 15 inches; sprays of Forget-me-not flowers 
in April and May, from a rosette of broad foliage. 40c. 3, $1.00; dozen, 
$3.00. 
ANEMONE. Ranunculaceae. Good peaty soil, light shade. 
A. Pulsatilla. $ European Pasqueflower. A very dependable and at¬ 
tractive rock plant for partial shade; large blossoms of bluish or deep 
lavender, early spring. 30c; dozen, $2.50. 
A. Pulsatilla rubra. A fine maroon-red form of the European 
Pasqueflower, hardy and floriferous. 30c; dozen, $2.50. 
A. sylvestris. $ Snowdrop Anemone. Flowers large, pure white, 
fragrant. 50c each, 3 for $1.25. 
AQUILEGIA. Ranunculacae. The mountain types require a peaty 
soil with light shade; a slightly moist moraine with the moisture quite 
uniform is ideal. The Rainbow hybrids are best in full sun. 
A. coerulea. * Rocky Mt. Columbine; Colorado State Flower. A 
marvel with its 4-inch blossoms; petals white, calyx blue; long- 
spurred. Shipments made from a fine block of flowering size plants, 
grown from wild seed which assures large size and purity of color¬ 
ing. Medium size flowering roots, 2 for 35c; dozen, $1.50; 25 for 
$2.75. 
Seeds 25 cents per packet, % ounce, $1.00. Seeds from Rainbow 
Blend, same price. 
A. Hybrida, Rainbow Blend. Rainbow Columbine. The most color¬ 
ful and brilliant of all hybrid columbines. The present unsurpassed 
strain is the result of scientific breeding and selection for nearly a 
score of years. Not a mixture, but a balanced blend; noteworthy for 
its clear, vivid colors, particularly deep pink and rose, scarlet, Ver¬ 
million and crimson-reds; all of largest size and with long spurs. White, 
yellow and pale tints are reduced to a proper minimum. In mixture 
only; 2 for 35c; dozen, $1.50; per 100, $10.00. 
ARTEMISIA. Compositae. Dry soil, full sun. A few tiny shrubs 
with silvery foliage which help to solve the problem of diminutive 
shrubs for the rock garden. They are strictly non-weedy, yet easily 
grown, and are not to be confused with the rank-growing herbaceous 
species. See also Tanicetum capitatum. 
A. arbuscula. * A tiny shrub, low-branched and very dwarf, 4-6 
inches. Foliage minute, three-lobed, silvery. The flowering sprays are 
not attractive and are best removed. Easily grown, evergreen, and 
does not crowd its neighbors. A new offering; 50c; 3 for $1.25. 
