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ASPHODELINE lutea (Yellow Asphodel). This plant has been wrongly called <— 
Asphodelus luteus , to which genus it is closely allied. The yellow flowers 
are fragrant, massed in a dense and long raceme, coming in summer. It is 
a native of Sicily and at¬ 
tains a height of 3 feet. 
Though not very showy 
it is a useful plant for 
massing among other 
tall perennials.$c 
ASTER cordifolius- One to 
2 feet; stems branched ; 
pale blue flowers in autumn 
A. Isevis. Attains a height 
of 3 to 4 feet and bears 
profusely handsome sky- 
blue flowers in autumn . . 
A. macrophyllus (Large- 
leaved Aster). Flowers 
nearly white; suited to 
partial shade; blooms in 
August and September . . 
A. novae-angliae. The New 
England Aster is one of the 
finest of our wild species, 
with stout, hairy stems 3 to 
6 feet high, according to 
soil. The violet-purple 
flower-heads are borne in 
large corymbs in Septem¬ 
ber and October ..... 
A. patens- This species 
grows on 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. 
ASTI LBE Japonica. This plant blooms the later part of June, bearing in branch¬ 
ing umbels its pure white flowers. Native to Japan, but quite hardy, and 
attains a height of 1 to 2 feet. [Spircza Japonica of Makoy and some horti¬ 
culturists, but not of LinnaeusJ. 
AUBRIETIA rivularis. Two to 4 inches high ; purple flowers in May. 
BAPTISIA alba. 
B. australis. A tall, branching, hardy perennial of the Pea family, 3 to 5 feet 
high, with indigo-blue flowers and dark green foliage. Blooms about the mid¬ 
dle of June .Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. . 
BELLIS perennis (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. 
BOCCONIA cordata (B . japonica ). Large terminal panicles of buff-colored 
flowers in summer, followed by the almost equally ornamental fruit. Often 
attains a height of 8 feet; fine for olanting among shrubs, or in the angle of 
a wall.~. 
BOLTON IA asteroides. Two to 8 feet high. Heads in loosely flowered corymbs. 
September and October.'. 
B. latisquama. I leads larger than in preceding. A very charming aster-like 
plant of late autumn. 
BOYKINIA rotundifolia- A plant of the Saxifrage family ; a little more than a 
toot high, with rose-purple flowers and dark green foliage. 
BUPHTHALMUM salicifolium. Quite a pretty plant, with daisy-like flowers of 
a trifle darker yellow than those of Coreopsis lanceolala. About 18 inches 
high. June ...Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. . 
■ speciosum ( B . cordifolium ). This is rather a coarse plant, better suited 
to some back corner or among shrubs. Its flowers and foliage somewhat 
resemble the wild elecampane (Itmla Helenium ). Summer. 
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