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AQUILECIA chrysantha (Golden-spurred Columbine). A hardy species'-Not 
from the Rocky Mountains. Vigorous in habit and a long time in flower. Each 
One of the best. The plant is bushy and attains a height of 2 V* feet. Sum¬ 
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A. oxysepala. With me this has been the first to bloom and is one of the most 
attractive, though not so long in flower as some. Flowers large, blue, yellow 
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A. viridiflora is a tall kind, with light pinkish purple flowers. 
A. vulgaris, var. lilac-flowered. A form with lilac flowers; c 
suited to any good soil.Seeds, 1 
ARABIS albida. One of the first spring flowers. Its blossoms are pure white 
and very pretty. Grows 3 or 4 inches 
high and forms dense masses of green 
foliage covered in spring with white 
bloom. Native to Taurea and the 
Caucasus . . Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. . 
A. mural is (A. rosea). A species from 
Calabria, with rose-colored flowers 
in June. 
ARENARIA csespitosa. Grows in 
dense tufts, which at flowering time 
are covered with small white flow¬ 
ers. It forms solid cushions of deep 
green foliage, which is always fresh. 
Nice for rocky places if not too dry . 
ARIS/EMA Dracontium (Green Drag¬ 
on, or Dragon-root). A much rarer 
species and less showy than A. tri- 
phyllum. It attains a large size in 
suitable soil, and will thrive in shade. 
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A. triphyllum (Indian Turnip, or Jack- 
in-the-pulpit). One of the interest¬ 
ing hardy bulbous plants ; suited to 
shade, or rockwork if moisture is 
given it. It selects a rich, moist soil. 
May. 
ARMERIA laucheana (Thrift, or Sea Pink). Intense pink flowers on stems a 
foot high ..Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. . 
A. maritima (Common Thrift). Grows 6 to 12 inches high, with flowers vary¬ 
ing from rosy red to pale pink or lilac. A good border plant. Blooms in 
June • . .... . Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. . 
A. plantaginea. Taller than the others. Flowers in close, round heads in 
June ; color light pink or white ; stems long and naked, from a thick grass like 
tuft of leaves at base.Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. . 
ASARUM canadense (Wild Ginger-root). Only 3 to 5 inches high ; large, dark 
green, kidney-shaped leaves; flowers very early, hidden among the leaves. 
Nice for shady corner or shaded rockwork. 
A. caudatum. An Oregon species, somewhat like A. canadense , blooming 
in spring. 
A. virginicum. The leaves of this are evergreen, smooth and shiny, round 
heart shaped ; flowers purple, not conspicuous. 
ASCLEP!AS incarnata (Water or Swamp Milkweed). Although this plant is 
natural to wet, swampy ground, it will grow in ordinary garden soil. It attains 
a height of 2 or 3 feet. Flowers rose purple, in good-sized umbels, in summer 
A. mexicana (A. fascicularis) .^ 
A. tuberosa (Butterfly Weed). A very attractive plant when in flower ; about 
18 inches high, bearing in July and August large umbels of orange-yellow 
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Arabis albida. 
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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, 8c. per pkt. . 
ASPERULA galioides (A. glanca) 
A. hexaphylla. . 
A. odorata (Sweet Woodruff). Pure white terminal corymbs of flowers in 
May and June. . Scentless when green,but the dried leaves and stems are fra¬ 
grant. It will live in more shade than most plants of its class.12 
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