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more tender sorts may need 3 indies of forest leaves under the hay, but these are not necessary except lor 
tender sorts. For the exclusion of all frost for species that will not bear freezing, G to 10 inches of the 
leaves under the hay will be required. 
ACHILLEA, Yarrow, Milfoil. 
A. filipendulina (A. JtJupatoriiim) . A fine plant 
from the shores of the Caspian Sea. Two or 
three feet high; flowers in large flat heads, 
bright yellow, in July and August. Useful for 
back border, shrubbery or massing. N., 20 cts. 
each, $1.40 per doz.; P., 25c. each, $1.60 per doz. 
A. Millefolium, var. roseum. This handsome form 
of the common Yarrow has deep rose or almost 
red flowers in August. One of the best. N., 
12 cts. each, $1.15 per doz.; P., 15 cts. each, 
$1.25 per doz. 
A. Ptarmica. Sneezewort. A vigorous, hardy na¬ 
tive of England, 1 to 2 feet high. Flowers 
white, in loose corymbs. Durable for cutting, 
and lasts over a longer period than the next. 
August. N., 12 cts. each, $L per doz.; P., 15 cts. 
each, $1.15 per doz. 
A. Ptarmica, var. “ The Pearl.** Has full double 
flowers, white, much used for cutting and in 
cemeteries. It is a very popular hardy flower. 
Summer. N., 12 cts. each, $1 per doz.; P., 
15 cts. each, $1.10 per doz. 
A. tomentosa. A low, woolly plant, 8 to 10 inches 
high, with yellow flowers. Nice for rockeries. 
N., 15 cts. each; P., 18 cts. each. 
AC0NITUM. Monk’s-hood, Wolf’s-bane. A most 
charming group of plants, but the roots are very 
poisonous if eaten, and it is dangerous to plant 
near vegetables, or where children are liable to 
get them. Common garden soil suits them, and 
they also do well in shade of deciduous trees. 
A. autumnale. This species blooms much later; in 
fact is often in flower at the time the ground 
freezes here in November. Flowers blue. N., 
15 cts. each; P., 18 cts. each. 
A. Lycoctonum. Wolf’s-bane. Grows 3 to 5 feet 
high, with pale yellow flowers in summer. N., 
20 cts. each; P., 23 cts. each. 
JV. preceding the prices indicates 
Aconitum Napellus. Probably the best and most re¬ 
liable Monk’s-hood, blooming the last of June. It 
is the most poisonous species. Flowers blue or 
nearly white. N., 15 cts. each, $1.15 per doz.; 
1\, 18 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. Seeds, 5 cts. 
per pkt. 
A. unciatum. American Wolf’s-bane. Wild in 
low grounds South. It is inclined to climb. 
Blooms in July, bearing an abundance of pale 
blue flowers. One of the best. N., 15 cts. 
each; P., 18 cts. each. 
ADONIS Pyrenaica. Flowers yellow, smaller than the 
next. N., 25 cts. each; i\, 28 cts. each. 
A. vernalis. Pheasant’s-eye. One of the most 
attractive early-blooming plants. Flowers 
bright yellow, 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, where it should be left undisturbed when 
once established. N., 15 cts. each, $1.40 per 
doz.; P., 18 cts. each, $1.65 per doz. Seeds, 
6 cts. per pkt. 
AGR0STEMMA. 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. 
ALETRIS farinosa. 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 
at the base. Likes a good loamy soil. A native 
of grassy woods. Flowers in July and August. 
N., 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz.; P., 18 cts. each, 
$1.40 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- 
vitaa hedge, they afford a most striking effect. 
Fine among shrubbery and will last for years 
when once established. Summer. 
Single Mixed Plants. N., 75cts. per doz.; P., 90 cts. 
per doz. 
Single Mixed Seed. 8 cts. per pkt., 60 cts. per oz. 
Mixed Double. Same as mixed single. Seeds, S 
cts. per pkt. 
ALYSSUM. Madwort. Those below named are 
perennials, of easy culture in any ordinary soil. 
Useful for rock work 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. 
t prepaid; P . indicates prepaid. 
