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Aral»i» Alpina. Rock Cress. One of the earliest 
and sweetest of Spring: flowers, Its spreading tufts covered 
with pretty white blossoms as soon as the snow goes. For 
rockeries and edgings it is especially nice. 
Nana Compact:! Multiflora. Very dwarf. 
Aristolocliia SiipBio. Dutchman’s Pipe. Hardy 
Vine. A rapid and vigorous climber bearing singular 
brownish colored flowers, shaped like a true Dutchman’s 
Pipe, that arc curious, but the plant is grown on account 
of its large , heart-shaped, light green leaves that keep 
their fresh, attractive color all Summer. 
Armcria. Thrift, or Sea Pink. Dwarf. Succeeds 
anywhere. Evergreen tults of bright green foliage, with 
dense heads of innumerable flowers, on wiry stems, from 
nine to twelve inches high. 
Your choice, Wliilc, Rose or Mixed Colors. 
Asclcpias Tubcrosa. “Butterfly Weed.” Very 
showy, medium high Perennial with a mass of reddish 
gold flowers from July till frost. 
Curasavica. A variety for Winter window grow¬ 
ing, and out-door gardening in Summer, and very desir¬ 
able. Grows 18 inches high, bearing continuously flue 
clusters of elegant scarlet-crimson flowers. 
Perennial, or Hardy Aster, Michaelmas 
Daisies, or Ntartivui'ks. One of the ten most indis¬ 
pensable of all tall Perennials judged from hardiness, 
color, and profusion of bloom during the late Autumn and 
until frost. They grow freely in any soil, should be 
planted to form clumps, and the flowers are pretty, single 
and innumerable. 
Two colors, White and Purplish Blue, or Mixed. 
Aubi-ctia. Trailing. Perennial. Low, trailing, 
hardy Perennial that covers the ground with a sheet of 
lovely, purplish flowers early in Spring. Well adapted for 
the crevices of rocks, for rockeries and edgings. 
Deltoidcs. PurpleEock Cress. Very free blooming. 
Grreca. Very dwarf, purple. 
Purperca. Intense purple. 
Auricula. Primula Auricula. A favorite, half- 
hardy Perennial, about 6 Inches high; very beautiful. Our 
seed Is very flue, saved from a Prize Strain, in all colors , 
I Packet 15 cts 
Boccouia Cordota. “Plume Poppy-” A stately 
hardy plant with lip-like foliage and large, creamy flowers. 
Grows from 4 to 8 feet tall and is effective for the back of 
Perennial beds, or in groups on the lawn. 
Beilis. English Daisy. Perennial aud for Pot grow¬ 
ing. The loveliest, dearest little Perennial in the whole 
list, and one interwoven with the history of the human 
race. Elegant for borders, edgings and low beds. Easily 
grown from seed and winters well with just a little litter 
thrown over it where it is very cold, and in the early 
Spring the delightful little white and pink flowers shoot 
up and continue to bloom profusely all Spring They 
bloom again in the Fall, and make delightful pot p'lantsfor 
blooming in the house during the Winter. 
White. Large double flowers. 
Ked. Quilled and intensely double. 
Mixed. Both shades combined. 
Beilis Moustrosa. a very beautiful strain of 
strong, robust habit, the flowers extra largo and unusu¬ 
ally floe. In two colors only, white and very deep red- 
r08e - Each per pkt., 15 cts. 
Buphtlialmum. Cordifolium. Hardy, Ornamen¬ 
tal. A great, tall, coarse-growing Perennial, about 8 feet 
high, with tall, leafy stalks and showy leaves surmounted 
with large, golden flowers, in the Autumn. Used chiefly 
as a back ground lor Perennials. 
Cnllihoe. Involucrata. Trailing Hollyhock, or 
Poppy Mai low. A showy, hardy, trailing variety that has 
lobecl leaves and is a free bloomer, all Summer-and Au- 
tumn, the flowers large, saucer-like, reddish purple with 
white throat. 
t. Looks best on the rockery, but also 
of the hardy border. 
effect- 
Packet 10 cts 
Calycanthus Floridus. Sweet Shrub, or Straw- 
berry Shrub. Ad attractive, much loved Shrub; hardv. 
Beais iu the Spring Quantities of dull, mahogany colored 
flowers that give off a wonderfully‘sweet, Strawberry- 
Apple odor. The twips also are aromatic all Winter long. 
Our Southern friends are particularly fond of the “Sweet 
Shrub.” 
CAMPANULA—Bellflower 
Perendial and Biennal. So beloved by every one that 
it has been given a great many rather local names, such 
as Hare Bell,” “Canterbury Bell,” “Blue Bell,” “Cup 
and Saucer,” otc., and is to be found among Perennials in 
almost every garden. There are many varieties, differ¬ 
ing chiefly in the form and size of the flower. Campanula 
Medium and Calycanthema are Biennial, the rest are Per- 
ennuil. Protect all Campanulas slightly during the Win¬ 
ter, because otherwise they are apt to freeze out. 
Campanula Medium— Canterbury Bells. 
The old fashioned Canterbury Beil, that grows from 2 to 3 
feet high, and during June and July Is covered with its 
great, wonderful Bellflowers. A Biennial variety, seed of 
which should be sown from June until Labor Day. When 
CAMPANULA 
the little plants are strong enough they should be trans¬ 
planted where they are to remain, 6 in. apart. They bloom 
the following early Summer then die out unless protected 
through the Winter with leaves or straw. Colors are won¬ 
derful and clear, and very effective combinations can be 
made. All solid colored flowers are single. 
White, Blue, Rose, Reddish Purple, Striped, Mixed, 
Double Striped, Double Mixed Choice Mixture of both 
Double and Single. 
Calycanthema—Cnp and Saucer Canter- 
bury Bell. So-called, because under the great, flaring, 
Chalice cup is a wide saucer. Our seed is from special 
strains producing very large flowers for weeks In early 
Summer. Some of the cups are as much as 3 to 4 Inches 
across. 
Rose Blue Lilac White Mixed 
All 10 cts each; 3 pkts for 25 cts. 
Pyramidalis Chimney Bellflower. The 
great, tall, stately Campanula, one of the tallest of all, 3 
leet, each plant bearing hundreds of lovely cup-shaped 
llowers, in August. A Perennial variety that is grown In 
pots indoors as well as in tire garden. 
Light Blue, or Mixed, your choice. 
. , ®“ r *? a ‘ ica - A low growing variety, attaining a 
height of about g inehes and much used for borders. 
Blooms all summer long and is very attractive. Two 
colors only. Blue, White, and Mixed. 
Special Mixture of all varieties. 
CARNATION 
Marguerite. Half-hardy Perennials, and if given 
slight protection through the Winter, with leaves, coarse 
straw or pine boughs, they will bloom profusely nextSum- 
mer. They are so lovely in the garden, with their many 
varied colors, many of them of such exquisite, clove-llke 
fragrance, borne on such good, long, stiff stalks, that they 
are indispensable for cutting, looking wonderfully well in 
vases and bouquets, and they keep fresh so very long. We 
con id not get along without them in greenhouse, or pots 
in the house, for Winter blooming. 
Giant, Marguerite. Very large flowers, usually 
very double. The very best variety for summer garden 
blooming, and one of the choicest for pot-growing in the 
house during the Winter. 
Pink. A lovely Salmon-Pink. 
Yellow. A very handsome yellow Carnation. 
Giant Mixture. Choice mixture of all the Giant- 
flowering Marguerite Carnations. 
Improved Early-Flowering Mixed. Bloom 
froely until after hard frost. 
Cerastium. A low-growing plant, with silver foli¬ 
age and pretty little flowers, useful for borders, carpetlDg 
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