Hardy P«r«rjrjials. 
ACHILLEA Eupatorium (Yarrow). A noble plant from the shores of the Caspian Sea. Usually 2 to 3 
feet high, with large, flat heads of bright yellow flowers. It is fine for the back border or shrubbery 
border and good for massing. It may be increased by division or 
from seed. 20 cts. each, #1.60 per doz. e . 4 
A. ptarmica fl. pleno. Native to England. Is a vigorous, hardy 
plant a foot or two high. One of the best white border plants. It 
is durable and useful for cutting. 12 cts. each, $1 per doz. e. 
A., “The Pearl.” This is a charming form of A. ptarmica , with 
fuller flowers, but the plant is not quite so vigorous in its growth 
nor so strict in habit. Quite hardy. 12 cts. each, $1.10 per doz. d . 
ACOXITU 3 I (Monk’s-Hood). The Monk’s-Hoods constitute a very 
charming group of plants, but most of them are so poisonous that 
great care should be exercised not to plant them near any edible 
or garden vegetables. Any ordinary garden soil suits most of them. 
They are also useful to plant in the shade of trees. 
A. Napellus. One of the best as well as most poisonous. Flowers 
in a terminal raceme, large blue. The plant attains a height of 
3 or 4 feet in a rich and congenial soil. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. c. 
A autumnale. One of the best, having large, dark blue flowers; 
later in blooming. 15 cts. each. 
A. lycoctonum (True Wolfs Bane). A European species, 4 to 6 
feet high ; light blue flowers. 15 cts. each. b. 
A. uncinatnra. The wild Monk’s-Hood of the Carolinas; has 
smooth stems; almost climbing in habit; flowers of good size, light 
blue. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. b. 
ADONIS vernalis. One of the most attractive early blooming plants. 
Flowers bright yellow, 2 or 3 inches wide. It forms tufls 8 to 12 
inches high, and has finely divided and attractive foliage. Likes a 
light, sandy soil, where it should be left undisturbed when once 
established. 15 cts. each, $1.35 per doz. d. 
ADTHIONEMA corUlifolium (Corris-leaved). A little low perennial, 
from Asia Minor, with rosy lilac flowers in terminal dense, rounded^ 
racemes. 15 cts. each. d. 
2 E. Persica. 15 cts. each. d. 
AGAPANTHUS uinbcllatus (African Lily). This fine plant from 
the Cape of Good Hope is not very hardy unless covered with leaves 
or cocoanut fiber in winter. Flowers funnel-shaped, bright blue. 
2 to 3 feet high. 20 cts. each. e. 
Aeon it ton Napellus. 
AGROSTEMMA coronaria (Mullein Pink, or Rose Campion). I have found this plant to be 
biennial here except when cq£back soon after flowering. Then it has continued to grow the second 
year. Flowers red and white, showy. 12 cts. each, $1 per doz. e. 
A. Flos-Jovis. This species is not very unlike the preceding in many ways, but is perennial and a 
permanent plant when well established. Any good garden soil will suit it. 12 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
e. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. 
ALETRIS farinosa (American Star Grass). Flowers white, borne in a long spike on a naked stem 2 
to 3 feet high, from a clustered tuft of lance-shaped leaves. A native of grassy woods. 15c. each, d . 
ALLIUM stramineum. This species of Siberian Wild Onion grows about 2 feet high, increasing very 
rapidly by division, soon forming good-sized clumps and bearing many globular heads of light rose 
flowers. It is a pretty plant when growing, but its stems are so strong of the onion scent as to be of 
no use for cutting. 6 cts. each, 50 cts. per aoz. a. 
A. cernuum. A native of similar habit, of about the same height, and having much paler or nearly 
white flowers. Strongly scented. 6 cts. each, 50 cts. per doz. a. 
ALYSSUM (Madwort). The following are perennial, of easy culture, and thrive in any ordinary gar¬ 
den soil. They are nice for the rockery or front border. 
A. Alpestre ( A . arjrcn/cum). Tufted, 3 to 6 inches high; yellow flowers. A native of South Europe. 
12 cts. each, ti. 10 per doz. c. 
A saxattle (Golden Tuft). One of the best. A fine spring plant nearly a foot high, bright yellow 
flowers in close corymbose heads. Eastern Europe. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. c. 
