FRED’K H. HORS FORD, CHARLOTTE, VERMONT. 
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A8ARUM virginicum. The leaves of this are evergreen, smooth and shiny, Each Doz. Each Doz. 
round heart-shaped; flowers purple, not conspicuous.$o 15 $1 20 $0 18 §1 40 
ASCLEPIAS incarnata. Water, or Swami* Milkweed. Although this plant 
is natural to wet, swampv ground, it will grow in ordinary garden soil. It 
attains a height of 2 or 3 ieet. Flowers rose-purple, in good-sized umbels, in 
summer.15 20 
A. tuberosa. Swallow-wort, Butterfly-weed. A very attractive plant 
when in flower; about 18 inches high, bearing in July and August large umbels 
of orange yellow flowers. These are followed by the long and curious pods. 
Nice for sunny portions of rockwork, or any well drained soil in full sun . . . 
..Seeds, 8 cts. per pkt. .12 1 00 15 1 20 
ASPERULA galioides (A. glauca). Fine for bouquets. 12 15 
A. hexaphylla.12 15 
ASPHODELINE lutea {Asphodelits luleus). Asphodel of the ancient Greeks. 
The yellow flowers are fragrant, massed in a dense and lo«*g raceme, coming 
in summer. It is a native of Sicily and attains a height of 3 feet. Though 
not very showy, it is a useful plant for massing among other tall perennials . . 20 22 
Beilis perenois (English Daisy). 
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ASTER cordifolius. One to 2 feet; stems branched : pale blue flowers in autumn. 
A. Iievls. Attains a height of 3 to 4 feet and bears profusely handsome sky- 
blue flowers in autumn . 
A. macrophyllus. LARGE¬ 
LY aved Aster. Flow¬ 
ers nearly} white; suited 
to partial shade; blooms 
in August and Septem¬ 
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A. Novae - Anglise. New 
England Aster. One 
of the finest of our wild 
species, with stout, hairy 
stems 3 to 6 feet high, 
according to soil. The 
violet - purple Dower- 
heads are borne in large 
corymbs i n September 
and October. 
. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. . 
A. —, var rosea. A very 
pretty form of this spe¬ 
cies, with rosy flowers . 
patens. I his species grows 011 drier soil than some sorts; grows from 1 to 
3 feet high, and bears at the terminus of its spreading branches showy deep 
blue purple flowers in autumn. 
A8TILBE Jnponica. False Goat’.s-heakd. This plant blooms the latter part 
of June, bearing in branching umbels its pure white flowers. Native to Japan, 
bill quite hardy, and attains a height of 1 to 2 feet [Spires a fa pome a of 
Makoy and some horticulturists, but not of Linnaeus.].’. 
BAPTI8IA alba. False Wild Indigo .Seeds, 10 cts, per pkt . 
, australis. A tall, branching, hardy perennial of the Pea family, 3 to 5 feet 
high, with mdigo-blue flowers and dark green foliage. Blooms about the mid¬ 
dle of June. . . .. . . Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. . 
BELLI8 poronnls. English Daisy. A charming little plant, blooming almost 
constantly from June until frost Flowers of various colors—white, pink, rose- 
purple, etc,, on short stalks .. 
BOCCO NIA cordatn (/? joponir.a). Plume Poppy. Large, terminal panicles 
ol bufl colored flowers in summer, followed by the almost equally ornamental 
Ijiiit often attains a height of 8 feet; fine for planting among shrubs, or in 
the angle of a wall . 7 ..... . ..... 
BOLTONIA astoroldos. Two to 8 feet high. Heads in loosely flowered corymbs 
September and October... 
B. Intlsqunmn. Heads larger than in preceding. A very charming aster-like 
plant of late autumn.. 
B °T, K ! r °T dif0lln - B Innt of tl,e Saxifrage family ; a little more than a 
foot high, with rose purple flowers and dark green foliage. 
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