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Arabis Alpina flore pleno 
AQUILEGIA—Continued 
Dobbie's Imperial Hybrids Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
These new long-spurred Columbines ore unequaled for their range of 
colors and sturdiness. They hove received a great deal of attention 
abroad and are considered in England the best mixture ottered today. 
'-Flabellota nono alba Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
A delightfully dwarf variety for the rock garden, perfect foliage and 
ivory-white flowers. The whole plant not over 8 to I'O inches high. A 
quaint Japanese, species. 
Hensol Harebell Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
A vivid blue species of medium height, tree flowering. Most attractive 
in the border, may also be used in the rockery. 
Scott Elliott Long-Spurred Hybrids Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18,00 
Wonderful colors with very long-spurred flowers. Our stock is from seed 
from this breeder, absolutely true strain. 
Sutton's Long-Spurred Hybrids Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
A mixture of lovely long-spurred Columbines from which all harsh tones 
ond interior forms have been removed. 
Nivea grondiflora Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
A fine white, robust variety; profuse bloomer. 
Skinneri Three $0,85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
Excellent in shady places where its greenish yellow and scarlet flowers 
show off to great advantage. 
Wayside Pink Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
A beautiful strain of clear pink colors, with long spurs. Wo do not think 
that they can be surpassed. 
ARABIS--White Rock-Cress 
Useful plants, suitable for forming edgings to beds and borders, and 
tine for rockery or dry wall. 
Culture. Any good, ordinory soil that is not too damp will suit the 
Arabis. Plant 6 inches apart in autumn or spring. After the flowers have 
faded cut the straggling shoots back moderately to encourage o new 
tufted growth. Do well in either shade or full sun. 
■' Alpina Three $0.85, Doz. $2.50, 100 $18.00 
Pure white flowers produced in dense mosses, splendid for border and 
rockery work, and last quite some time when cut. 
Alpina flore pleno Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
Some as above but with double white flowers; very fine rock plant and 
tine for cutting. Really a lovely thing when combined with other small 
flowers. 
'■'Alpina rosea Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Similar in habit to the above. The flowers ore a delicote pale pink, 
'■■^Proeurens Three $1.35, Doz. $3.85, 100 $28.00 
A prostrate, creeping plont with glossy evergreen leoves which form a 
dense carpet on the ground. The flowers ore white on upright, slender 
stems in April and May. Best grown in rock garden or rock wall. Does 
well in shade. 
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ARENARIA — Sondwort 
All of dwarf-growing or creeping habit. Splendid plants for the rock 
garden and for planting in flagstone wolks or tcrroces. Montano espe¬ 
cially is a very lovely plant for lorge masses in the rock garden. 
Culture. All require a well drained, sandy soil, not too rich, and they pre¬ 
fer a sunny location in the rock garden or rock-wall. Plant in fall or 
early spring, 4 to G inches apart. 
'■''■Balcarica Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
An emerald mantle for shady rocks. Myriads of white, fairy, starlike 
flowers in May, one-half inch high. 
' Grondiflora Three $1.00, Doz, $3.00, 1 00 $20.00 
From the Pyrenees Mountains. Covers itself with pure, snow-white, star- 
like flowers. One of the best of all rock plants. May flowering. 
■'’Montano Throe $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Close tufts, profusely covered with small, silvery white flowers quite 
early in the season. Excellent as an edging plant in formal gardens and 
tor rockeries in sunny places. The flowers in Moy resemble small, white, 
upturned morning glories. 
'■■•■Verna coespitoso Three $1.10, Doz. $3.25, 100 $22.50 
A prostrate growing plant creeping low over the ground and boTween 
cracks m stones. Excellent tor planting between flagstones, on terraces 
or walks. 
ARMERIA - Thrift or Sea-Pink 
Dwarf-growing perennials with grassy leaves and a tufted hobit of 
growth. The flowers ore borne in globular heads'from Moy until the end 
of July, plants are suitable for edgings to borders, beds and form lovely 
clumps in the rock garden. 
Culture. Grow in dry, sandy soil and sunny position. Plant 6 to 8 inches 
apart in autumn or spring. 
'■Xepholotcs rubro Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
8 to 10 inches; deep pink flowers freely produced from a neat cushion- 
like plant. 
'^Louchcona Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Bright rosy rod, 3 to 6 inches. Moy-June. Very free flowering. Evergreen 
foliage. 
'•Morifimo Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
3 to 6 inches. May and June. Voluablo for edging; flowers polo pink; 
foliage grass-like, evergreen. 
''Moritimo alba Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
3 to 6 inches.. May and June. Tufts of deep green foliage; white flowers; 
evergreen folioge 
'=Waysidc Gardens Tall Hybrids Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
18 to 24 inches. June to October. Lorge flowers of delightful white, rose 
ond pink shades. Very useful for edging and cutting. 
ARTEMISIA - Southernwood; Sage Brush 
Shrubby, sagelike plants suitoble for the hardy border. They have more 
or less hairy, finely cut leaves and yellow or white flowers, borne in 
panicles. Only about three are worth growing. 
Culture. Ordinary soil and a dry, sunny border for Silver King and o moist 
one, but well drained, for Lactitlora. Plant in outumn or spring, 8 to 10 
.inches apart. 
''Abrotanum Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Dwarf plant with silvery gray, highly aromatic foliage; yellow flowers 
in July; good for margins of the border or bold groups in the rockery. 
Loctifloro Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $ 1 8.00 
A toll-growing plant of fine foliage and heads of small, white flowers 
in August and September, which till the garden with fragrance. 
Silver King Three $1 .00, Doz. $3.00, 1 00 $20.00 
A striking whitc-leoved contrast plant. A beautiful "mist" for setting 
off bouquets and floral combinations. The entire color effect bright 
frosted silver. Three feet high. Sprays may be cut to mix with winter 
bouquets. 
ASCLEPIAS - Butterfly Weed 
To this genus belong mony species, most of them not worth while tor 
the flower garden. Some may be used in the wild garden, but there arc 
more worth-while plants even for that. Tuberosa is the only one consid¬ 
ered 
Culture. Tuberosa requires a sandy soil while oil the rest do best in o 
moist, peaty soil. Requires sun. Plant in autumn or corly spring, 6 to 8 
inches apart. 
Tuberosa Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
Attractive plants, flowering during July ond August ond growing CDouf 
1 Vi feet high. Produces umbels of varying orange colored flowers which 
are lovely to cut and last a long time. 
ASPERULA- Woodruff 
Pretty dwarf, white-flowered percnniols. They have long, creeping 
stems, whorled leoves, and four-lobed flowers. Excellent plants for shody 
positions under shrubs, trees, or in shody place in rockery or woods. 
Culture. Will thrive in ordinary soil in shady positions. Plant in autumn 
or spring, 6 to 8 inches oport. They soon spread into bold masses. 
■^-Odorata Three $1.20, Doz. $3,50, 100 $25.00 
6 to 8 inches high. Increases rapidly and is used for carpeting shady 
places and in the woods. Heods of small white flowers oppear just obove 
the foliage in May. A fine, scented herb reminding one of new mown 
hay. A grand plant for hordy shady places in woods or rock garden. 
