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A FEW FLOWERS 
[General Collection of Hardy Plants—Continued.] 
well - form¬ 
ed flowers. 
One of the 
most lovely 
plants of 
this family. 
4octs.each. 
Anemone 
Palmata. 
A very dis¬ 
tinct kind, 
with leath- 
e r y, k i d - 
ney-shaped 
slightly lo- 
bed leaves, 
and large 
handsome 
flowers of a glossy golden yellow, 
only opening to meet the sun. A 
native of North Africa and Spain 
and other places on the shores of 
the Mediterranean. It is especially 
a rock-work gem. 25 cents each; 
$2.50 per dozen. 
Anemone Pennsylvanica. (Na¬ 
tive.) Flowers white; a vigorous 
grower; valuable for growing 
among shrubs, or for the wild gar¬ 
den. 15 cents each; $1.50 per 
dozen. 
Anemone Triloba. (Hcpatica.) 
A native Anemone, producing blue 
flowers very abundantly in early spring ; the foliage is evergreen 
and handsome at all times of the year; requires shade. 15 cents 
each ; $1.50 per dozen. 
Anemone Japonica Hybrida. Similar in general appearance 
to Anemone Japonica, but having large, well-formed flowers of a 
soft rose color, and wonderfully free blooming. 25 cents each; 
HARDY ASTKRS. 
$2.50 per dozen. 
Antirrhinum. (Snapdragon.) One of the showiest and most 
beautiful of garden flowers ; our collection is the finest in America. 
15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen. 
Aquilegia Ccerulia. (Rocky Mountain Columbine.) Beautiful 
blue and white flowers in early spring. 25 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Aquilegia Glandulosa. One of the most beautiful of this ge¬ 
nus, and one of the most exquisite of all hardy perennials; flowers 
rich deep blue with pure white corolla. 25 cents each. 
Aquilegia Alpina. Blue flowers. 20 cents each ; $2.00 per dozen. 
Aquilegia Canadensis. A native species, quite dwarf, with very 
pretty yellow and red flowers; fine for naturalizing in the grass or 
edge of shrubbery. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Aquilegia Olympica. Red and yellow flower. 20 cents each; 
$2 per dozen. 
Aquilegia Skinnerii. A distinct and elegant kind ; the flowers 
arc on long, slender stems, the sepals being greenish colored, and 
the petals small and yellow ; the spurs arc nearly two inches long, 
of a bright orange red, and attenuated into a club-shaped extrem¬ 
ity. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Aquilegia Vulgaris. The common garden variety; all colors, 
single and double. 15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen. 
Aquilegia Folis Variegata. A beautiful sort, with yellow foli¬ 
age ; very distinct. 25 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Aquilegia Chrysanthia. Grows two and a half feet high, form¬ 
ing a bush two to three feet across, which is covered for two months 
with golden-yellow flowers with long spurs; one of the most distinct 
of the family. 30 cents each ; $3 per dozen. 
Aquilegia Californica. A California species, growing two and 
a half feet high, bearing a profusion of bright scarlet flowers. 
25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Aconitum Napellus. (Monkshood.) Spikes of blue, helmet¬ 
shaped flowers ; a stately-growing plant, five to six feet high ; does 
well in partial shade. 30 cents each ; $3 per dozen. 
Achillea Millifolium Roseum. (Rose-flowered Yarrow.) Rosy 
flowers in large heads; blooms freely all summer; fifteen to 
eighteen inches high. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Achillea Egyptica. (Golden Yarrow.) Similar to the above, 
but golden yellow ; handsome white foliage ; eighteen inches high. 
20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Achillea Ptarmica FI. PI. (Mill-flower.) One of the prettiest 
and most useful of our border perennials, with prostrate stems six 
inches high ; pure white flowers, exceedingly double, and invalu¬ 
able for cutting purpose. 15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen. 
Agrostemma Coronaria. (Rose Campion.) Flowers rich deep 
crimson, remaining in bloom a long time ; one of the brightest and 
most distinct of the hardy perennials, with white downy foliage ; 
two feet. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Agrostemma Flos Jovis. Forms a pretty symmetrical bush 
two feet high, having soft downy foliage and clustered heads of 
bright rose-colored flowers, continuing in blossom a long time; a 
first-class plant for cutting. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Anthericum Liliastrum. (St. Bruno’s Lily.) Spikes of large 
pure white flowers, about two feet in height, issuing from tufts of 
long, narrow grass-like foliage. The flowers are about two inches 
in length, and exceedingly fragrant; one of the most beautiful of 
the late spring-flowering perennials. 30 cents each ; $3 per dozen. 
Anthericum Liliastrum Major. A gigantic form of preced¬ 
ing, spikes of flowers eighteen inches in length; on stems three 
feet in height. The individuals are very long, pure white, pro¬ 
duced in great abundance, and exceedingly effective. A first-class 
border perennial, and one that can be grown in any ordinary soil, 
and thoroughly hardy. 50 cents each. 
Armeria Maratima Splendens. (Thrift, or Sea Pink.) A very 
pretty dwarf perennial, with rose-colored flowers. 15 cents each ; 
$1.50 per dozen. 
Armeria Cephalotus Rubra. (Giant Thrift.) Large heads of 
deep rose-colored flowers ; one of the best of this family. 25 cents 
each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Allium Platycaule. (Native Wild Onion.) Flowers bright 
rose, in large dense heads, six inches high. 20 cents each ; $2 per 
dozen. 
Allium Cernuum. (Native.) Ten to fifteen inches high; 
flowers light pink. 15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen. 
Allium Azureum. Sky blue; handsome. 20 cents each; $2 
per dozen. 
Arenaria Balearica. Evergreen foliage, crowned with numer¬ 
ous small white flowers; fine for carpeting on the rocks or shady 
places, to cents each ; $t per dozen. 
Anchusa Gigantea. A strong-growing perennial, forming a 
branching pyramid three feet or more in height, which is covered 
the whole summer with innumerable sky-blue flowers. 20 cents 
each. 
Asparagus Verticcilatus. A fine climbing sort; grows about 
ten feet high. 30 cents each. 
Arundinaria Folis Variegata. (Ribbon Grass.) Foliage 
striped white ; twelve to eighteen inches high. 20 cents each ; $2 
per dozen. 
Aster Novae Angliae. (New England Star Wort.) When we 
speak of Asters we are apt to associate the name with the annual 
kind popularly known as China Asters, and are thus led to over¬ 
look the rightful owners of the name—those hardy flowers, liter¬ 
ally stars of the earth, which shine out all the brighter owing to 
the time of the year during which they are in perfection. When 
our gardens are nearly devoid of bright color, and when hardy 
flowers of nearly all kinds are at their lowest ebb. Star Wort will 
bloom bravely during the last days of autumn. They are not quite 
so showy as Chrysanthemums at a distance, but when closely ex¬ 
amined they are more beautiful; flowers large, bluish purple; 
height five to six feet. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Aster Chapmanii. Numerous heads of small flowers of light 
clear blue. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Aster Encodes. White with yellow centres, late; small but 
very elegant. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Aster Formosissimus. A distinct and beautiful species; 
height four feet; flowers rosy purple ; large, and exceedingly free- 
blooming. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
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