The fall'blooming Anemones are beautiful flowers 
Anemone japonica, Margarets 
* Alyssum 
Argenteum. A dwarf-growing plant with 
silvery green foliage and clusters of canary- 
yellow flowers throughout the summer. 
Rostratum. Bright golden yellow flowers in 
June and July. 1 ft. 
Saxatile compactum. An excellent, low, 
spreading plant for rockery or border, 
growing about 10 inches high and produc¬ 
ing, in May, masses of golden yellow 
flowers. 
Saxatile compactum fl.-pl. A double¬ 
flowering form of the well-known Basket 
of Gold. 35c. each; doz. $3.50. 
All Alyssums, except where noted, 25c. each; 
doz. $2.50; $4.50 for 25 
Anchusa • Sea Bugloss 
Italica, Dropmore. Plants of pyramidal 
shape, 4 feet high, branch freely, and are 
loaded with bright blue, forget-me-not-like 
flowers in June. Very showy and valuable. 
25c. each; doz. $2.50. 
Myosotidiflora. A distinct dwarf variety 
from the Caucasus Mountains, with 
clusters of pretty blue, forget-me-not-like 
flowers in May. 1 ft. 30c. each; doz. $3.00; 
$20.00 per lOO. See color illustration op¬ 
posite page 89. 
Anemone • Windflower 
Anemone, continued 
Japonica, September Charm. Flowers 
delicate silvery pink, shaded with rose and 
mauve, 2 inches or more across. Very free 
flowering. 2 ft. Sept. See color illustra¬ 
tion opposite page 89. 
Japonica, Whirlwind. Large, semi-double, 
pure white flowers. Very free. 
Japonica rubra. Lovely rosy red flowers 
with bright yellow stamens. 
-^Pulsatilla. Pasque Flower. An interest¬ 
ing plant for the rockery or border, pro¬ 
ducing violet or purple flowers during April 
and May. 9 to 12 in. 
Sylvestris. Snowdrop Windflower. Large, 
nodding, sweet-scented, lavender flowers, 
tinted white, borne singly or two together 
on 6- to 8-inch stems. Pretty drooping 
buds and finely cut foliage. Prefers semi¬ 
shade. April, May. 
All Anemones, except where noted, 30c. each; 
doz. $3.00; $5.50 for 25 
Anthemis • Marguerite 
Perry’s Variety. Improved Golden Mar¬ 
guerite. A wonderful improvement over 
the well-known Antbemis tinctoria. Large, 
well-shaped flowers, nearly 3 inches across, 
from June to October. The well-propor¬ 
tioned plants, with delicate, fern-like 
foliage, are most attractive and become 
covered with bright golden yellow flowers 
which are valuable for cutting. 15 to 18 
in. 25c. each; doz. $2.50; $4.50 for 25. 
Aquilegia • Columbine 
These are invaluable for spring bloom, 
producing their graceful, spurred flowers on 
stems rising 2 feet above their attractive 
foliage, during May and June. 
Michell’s Long-spurred Hybrids, Mixed. 
The plants are of strong, thrifty growth 
and the flowers of the largest size. Can be 
supplied in separate shades: Blue, Pink, 
and Red and Orange. 
Canadensis. Common American Colum¬ 
bine. Native bright red and yellow variety. 
One of the brightest. 
Chrysantha. Golden Columbine. Bright 
yellow, long-spurred flowers. 
Coerulea. Rocky Mountain Columbine. 
Bright blue and white, long-spurred 
flowers. 
Mrs. Scott Elliott’s Hybrids, Mixed. The 
most famous of these beautiful flowers. 
Wonderful colors; very long spurs. 
Rose Queen. A new variety with long- 
spurred flowers of a pleasing shade of 
delicate pink. 
Snow Queen. Pure white, long-spurred type. 
All Aquilegias, 25c. each; doz. $2.50; $4.50 for 25 
As a last greeting of autumn, these gay 
flowers appear in wondrous brilliancy and 
produce a wealth of bloom until cut down 
by hard frost. Plants vary from 2 to 3 feet 
high, and are ideal for cutting. The flowers 
appear in August and remain till frost. They 
require winter protection with leaves, straw, 
or long manure, which amply repays one for 
the extra trouble taken. 
-AHupehensis. A native of central China, 
resembling Japonica in a miniature way. 
The plant grows 10 to 12 inches high and 
is wonderfully free flowering from early 
August until late autumn. Flowers a 
pleasing mauve-rose in color. 
Japonica, Margarete. A double, dark 
rose-flowered Anemone, tall-growing and a 
good companion to Whirlwind and Queen 
Charlotte. Flowers about one week earlier 
than these varieties. 50c. each; doz. $5.00. 
Japonica, Queen Charlotte. Very large, 
semi-double flowers of La-France-pink, a 
color that is rare among hardy plants. 
*Arabis • Rock-Cress 
Alpina. One of the most desirable of the 
very early spring-flowering plants that is 
especially adapted for edging and for the 
rock-garden, but does equally well in the 
border, forming a dense carpet, completely 
covered with pure white flowers. 25c. each; 
doz. $2.50. 
Alpina fl.-pl. The double white Rock- 
Cress, flowering from April until June. 
35c. each; doz. $3.50. 
Alpina rosea. Single; delicate soft pink 
flowers. 35c. each; doz. $3.50. 
*Arenaria • Sandwort 
Montana. Very desirable creeping plant, 
forming a dense carpet of foliage, covered 
with attractive white flowers in spring. 
Excellent for the rockery. 25c. each; 
doz. $2.50. 
*Armeria • Sea Pink; Thrift 
Attractive, dwarf plants that will succeed 
in any soil, forming evergreen tufts of bright 
green foliage, from which appear innumer¬ 
able dense heads of flowers on stiff, wiry 
stems, from 9 to 12 inches high. 
Caespitosa Hybrids. Knots of spiny cush¬ 
ions, studded with heads of delicate pink 
flowers. 2 to 3 in. 35c. each; doz. $3.50. 
Cephalotes, Bees’ Ruby. Stout stems 
with large, globular heads of brilliant ruby- 
red flowers. 50c. each; doz. $5.00. 
Cephalotes rubra. Large heads of crimson- 
red flowers on stout stems. 30c. each; 
doz. $3.00. 
Laucheana rosea. Bright rose. 30c. each; 
doz. $3.00. 
Artemisia 
A most useful class of plants, either for the 
border or for filling in within the shrubbery. 
With the exception of Lactiflora, they are 
not remarkable for their flowers but the 
foliage of the sorts offered is very ornamental. 
Abrotanum. Old Man; Southernwood. 
Dark green, finely cut foliage, with pleasant 
aromatic odor. 2 ft. 
Frigida. Fringed Wormwood. A shrubby 
little plant growing from 8 to 12 inches 
high, with finely cut silvery foliage. Fine 
border plant. 
Lactiflora. White Mugwort. A variety of 
great merit. White, very fragrant flowers 
in much-branched panicles. Plant in 
fertile, moist soil. 4 ft. Aug., Sept. 
Pedemontana. Handsome variety with 
finely cut silvery foliage. 
Silver King. A new variety with beautiful, 
bright silvery foliage, which, when cut and 
dried, retains its silver color all winter. 
Stelleriana. Old Woman. Deeply cut 
silvery foliage. Much used in carpet bed¬ 
ding. 1 Yi ft. 
All Artemisias, 30c. each; doz. $3.00 
Asclepias • Butterfly Weed 
Tuberosa. Very showy native plants, about 
2 feet high, producing their flowers of bril¬ 
liant orange-scarlet during July and 
August. 25c. each; doz. $2.50. 
Anchusa myosotidiflora 
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