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ACHILLEA. Yarrow, Milfoil. 
A. fillpendulina (A . Eupalorium). A noble plant from shores of the Caspian 
Sea. Two or three feet high, with large, flat heads of bright yellow flowers 
in July and August. Nice for back bor¬ 
der, shrubbery or massing. Increased 
by division or seed. 
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A. Millefolium, var. roseum. A very 
handsome form of common Yarrow, 
having deep rose flowers in August . . 
A. Ptarmica, var. fl. pi. A vigorous, 
hardy native of England, a foot or two 
high. A fine border plant, with white 
flowers in August. Durable for cutting. 
A. —, var. “The Pearl.” Charming form 
of A. Ptarmica , fuller flowered in 
August, but not so vigorous. Quite 
hardy. 
ACONITUM. Monk’s-hood, Wolf’s- 
bane. The Monk’s-hoods constitute a 
very charming group of plants, but most 
of them are so poisonous that great care 
should be taken not to plant them near 
any edible or garden vegetables. Any 
ordinary garden soil suits most of them. 
Thev are also useful to plant in the 
shade of trees. 
A. Lycoctonum. European Wolfs’- 
bane. A European plant, 3 to 5 feet 
high, with yellowish green flowers . . . 
A. Napellus. One of the best as well as 
most poisonous. Flowers large blue, 
in a terminal raceme about the last of 
June. Height about 3 feet in good soil. 
A. unclnatum. American Wolf’s-bane. 
The Wild Monk’s-hood of the Carolinas. 
Has smooth stems, almost climbing in 
habit; flowers of good size, light blue, 
Aconitum Wapellue. in July. 
ACTAEA 
white, in terminal racemes ; fruit white. A 
A. splcatu, var rubra. Much like preceding, but has cherry red fruit. Shade 
orsun . 
ADENOPHORA Lamarckll. Bell-flower. Blue, funnel-shaped flowers in 
compound, elongated racemes. Plant 1 to 2 feet high. Eastern Europe . . . 
ADONIS vornalls. Pheasant’s-kye. One of the most attractive early bloom¬ 
ing plants. Flowers bright yellow, r 2 or 3 inches wide. It forms tufts 8 to 
12 inches high, and has finely divided and attractive foliage. Likes a light 
sandy soil, wheie it should be left undisturbed when once established . . . ! 
/ETHIONEMA porsica. A little low perennial from Asia Minor, with terminal 
racemes of rosy lilac flowers. 
AGROSTEMMA. See Lychnis. 
ALETRI8 farlnosa. Star Grass, Colic-root. Flowers white, in a long 
spike on a naked stem 2 to 3 feet high, in July; leaves in a clustered rosette 
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