Hardy Perennials 
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AGROSTEMMA. See Lychnis. 
ALLIUM cernuum. Nodding Wild Onion. White or 
pale pink. Will do in shade or full sun. N., 6 
cts. each, 50 cts. per doz.; P., 7 cts. each, 55 cts. 
|per doz. 
ALTHAEA rosea ( Single Hollyhocks). More perma¬ 
nent and hardy than the double and when planted 
with a deep green background, such as arbor- 
vitse hedge, they afford a most striking effect. 
Pine among shrubbery and will last for years 
when once established. Summer. 
Separate colors of the following, as long as stocks 
last: Single Pink, Single Red=Rose, Single White 
Fringed, Single Sulphur-Yellow, Single White. N., 
10 cts. each, $1 per doz.; P., 12 cts. each, $1.15 
_per doz. 
Single mixed plants. N., 75]cts. per doz.; P., 90 cts. 
per doz. 
Single mixed seed.^8'cts. per pkt. 
ALTHAEA rosea fl. pi. (Double Hollyhocks). In fol¬ 
lowing colors at the same rate as single as long 
as stocks last: Dwarf Double White and Purple, 
Double Sulphur-Yellow, Double Salmon-Red, Semi- 
Double Black, Semi-Double Sulphur-Yellow. 
Mixed Double. Same as mixed single. Seeds, 8 
cts. per pkt. 
ALYSSUM. Madwort. Those below named are 
perennial, of easy culture in any ordinary soil. 
Useful for rockwork or the border. 
A. argenteum. A fine species, compact in growth, 
a foot or more high. Flowers yellow, in clustered 
heads in summer. N., 15 cts. each; P., 20 cts. 
each. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. 
A. rostratum (A. Wierzbickii ). Flowers in closer 
corymbose heads, deep yellow. June. Asia 
Minor. N., 15 cts. each; P., 20 cts. each. Seeds, 
5 cts. per pkt., 20 cts. per %oz. 
A. saxatile, var. compacta. Handsome masses of 
bright yellow flowers in May. Grows about a 
foot high ; lasts from year to year and will thrive 
in any good garden soil. N., 12 cts. each; P., 
15 cts. each. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. 
AMS0NIA Tabernaemontana is an interesting border 
plant with alternate leaves and terminal panicled 
cymes of pale blue flowers in early summer. 
Permanent when once established. N., 15 cts. 
each; P., 20 cts. each. 
ANCHUSA Italica. 3 to 4 feet high; flowers blue or 
purple, in June. It makes an interesting border 
plant, or is good to plant among shrubs. N., 15 
cts. each, $1.15 per doz.; P.,20 cts. each, $1.35 
per doz. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. 
ANEMONE. Wind-flower. Belongs to the natural 
order of Pamtnculacect , or Crowfoot family, 
constituting an extensive genus, many of which 
are very attractive, hardy perennials for culti¬ 
vation. A rich, sandy loam, moist but well 
drained, is what they like; yet, for these, any 
good garden soil seems to suit. The border is 
the most suitable place, or some may be used 
about rockwork to good advantage. They also 
make good pot-plants, giving brilliant flowers in 
midwinter. 
Anemone Japonica. 
Anemone Canadensis (A. Pennsylvanica ). Flowers 
white or pale rose in June. N., 10 cts. each, $1 
per doz.; P., 12 cts. each, $1.15 per doz. 
A. hortensis (A. stellata). Flowers rose-purple or 
red. May. N., G cts. each, 50 cts. per doz.; P., 
7 cts. each, 55 cts. per doz. 
A. Japonica, var. “Honorine Joubert.” A fine white- 
flowered form of easy culture. N., 15 cts. each, 
$1.35 per doz.; P., 18 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
A. —, var. rubra. N., 12 cts. each, $1.25 per doz.; 
P., 15 cts. each, $1.40 per doz. 
A. —, var. rosea superba. N., 15 cts. each, $1.50 
per doz.; P., 18 cts. each, $1.75 per doz. 
A. —, var. “Lady Ardilaun.” N., 15 cts. each, $1.50 
per doz.; P., 18 cts. each, $1.75 per doz. 
A —, var. “Whirlwind. ” N., 15 cts. each, $1.50 per 
doz.; P., 18 cts. each, $1.75 per doz. 
A. nemorosa. Common Wind-flower, Wood 
Anemone. A little low perennial with white or 
tinged with purple outside. Likes partial shade, 
or will do in full sun in well-drained situations. 
Flowers about an inch wide in April and May. 
N., 15 cts. each; P., 10 cts. each. 
N . preceding the prices indicates^ not prepaid; P. indicates prepaid. 
