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HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS 
Cactus, Opuntia polyantha. Very showy, with long 
white, brown, and purple spines. 
Opuntia Rafinesquii. Flowers large, sulphur-yellow. 
All Cactus, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
CALIMERIS incisa. Stanvorl. An attractive aster¬ 
like plant, with pale blue flowers. 2 ft. July, 
Aug. 
CALLIRHOE involucrata. Poppy Mallow. A good 
rock-garden plant of prostrate habit with rosy 
crimson, cup-shaped flowers, blooming from 
June to Sept. 
CALTHA palustris. Marsh Marigold. A low-grow¬ 
ing plant, with bright yellow flowers, requiring 
a moist position. 9 in. May, June, 
palustris fl.-pl. A double form of the preceding. 
CAMPANULA. Bellflower, Hairbell. A large and 
beautiful family of the greatest value for general 
garden decoration. Found in every quarter of 
the globe, they vary from dainty dwarf species, 
a few inches high, to strong-growing kinds which 
attain a height of 6 to 8 feet. With few excep¬ 
tions they are of the easiest culture, thriving in 
any ordinary well-drained soil. The following 
list contains a number of species and varieties 
offered for the first time in America, 
alliarisefolia. Creamy white flowers. 2 ft. July, 
carpatica. A dwarf plant for the rock-garden, 
covered during July and August with large 
blue cup-shaped flowers. 9 in. 
carpatica alba. A white variety of the preceding, 
glomerata. A robust grower and very floriferous. 
Clusters of tubular violet-purple L lIowers on 
erect stems. 18 inches high. June to Aug. 
grandis. A highly desirable species for the border. 
The flower-stems issue from a tuft of rich green 
foliage and attain a height of 2 to 3 feet. They 
are covered nearly the whole length with flat, 
pale blue flowers. July, Aug. 25 cts. each, 
$2.50 per doz. 
latifolia macrantha. Large, deep purple flowers. 
2>2 ft. July, Aug. 
latifolia Van Houttei. A distinct and attractive 
variety. Drooping, deep blue, tubular flowers 
are freely borne on graceful slender stems. 
2 ft. June to Aug. 35 cts. each, $3.50 per doz. 
Medium. Canterbury Bells. Well-known and 
popular favorites. Invaluable for making a 
bright display during June. 2 ft. Can be 
supplied in blue, white, and pink, 
persicifolia. Large blue flowers. 2 ft. June, July, 
persicifolia alba. White variety of the above, 
persicifolia alba grandiflora. A much improved 
variety. Enormous white, cup-shaped flowers 
are freely produced on robust stems, growing to 
the height of 3 to 3 yi feet. June, July. 25 cts. 
each, $2.50 per doz. 
persicifolia Mcerheimi. A first-class novelty. 
Similar to the preceding, except that the flowers 
are semi-double. A useful plant for cutting, the 
flowers lasting well in water. 25 cts. each, 
$2.50 per doz. 
punctata. White, nodding, bell-shaped flowers, 
spotted with rose, ft. June, 
pulla. A dainty little rock plant, forming a dense 
carpet of fresh green foliage and studded dur¬ 
ing July with solitary dark purple, tubular 
flowers, borne on wiry stems. 6 inches high. 
35 c ts. each, $3.50 per doz. 
Campanula pusilla alba. Another first-class rock 
plant. During June ana July the satiny white 
flowers entirely hide the foliage. 6 in. 35 cts. 
each, $3.50 per doz. 
pusilla, Miss Willmott. One of the most sensa¬ 
tional introductions of recent years. The flowers 
are cup-shaped and slightly reflexed at the 
mouth, about one inch in length and half an 
inch across, and are borne on a multitude of 
stems 6 to 8 inches in height. The color is 
pale luminous blue. For massing on the rock- 
garden or Iront of the border, it has few equals. 
50 cts. each, $5 per doz. 
Perennial Border 
All 
Herbaceous Perennials, unless otherwise noted, 15 cts- each, $1.50 per doz. 
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