HARDY ORNAMENTALS, HERBACEOUS PLANTS, ETC. 
ALYSSUM saxatile compactum (Gold Dust). A fine spring-blooming perennial, useful for bedding, 
massing or rock-work, io cts. each. cr. 
*A. Wiersbeckii. A native of Asia Minor, which grows about iS inches high, bearing a racemose 
corymb of yellow flowers. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per dozen, c. 
AM IANTHIU M muscaetoxicum (Fly Poison). A North American plant, growing in open woods, 
bearing a handsome raceme of white flowers, turning greenish with age. 10c. each, $1 per doz. c. 
ANCHUSA Italica. Flowers bright blue or purple, in panicled racemes. 3 to 4 feet high. 
15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. c. 
A. ochroleuca. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. d. 
A. incarnata. This is a variety of A. officinalis, with flesh-colored flowers. 10 cts. each. c. 
ANEMONE montan a. 10 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. A 
A. nemorosa (Wind-Flower). A low-growing little native plant, with white flowers. Needs a 
little shade and a light, sandy soil. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. a. 
A. nemorosa rubra. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. a. 
A. pulsatilla. A fine British species, well suited for the open border or rock-work. Flowers 
generally violet. Grows 6 to 10 inches high ; needs dry situation and well-drained soil. 
15 cts. each. b. 
A. Pennsylvania. Pretty white flowers. 15 cts. each, $1 per dozen, b. 
A. vernalis. Flowers violet inside, whitish outside, and covered with silky down. Not a ver 
strong species. Thrives best in peat and loam compost. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. b. 
ANEMONELLA Thalictroides ( Thalictrum Anemonoides). 6 to pinches high, from a clusterey 
thickened root-stalk. Flowers in umbels, 
white, very early ; fine for shady situa¬ 
tions. 8 cts. each, 60 cts per dozen, a. 
”ANTHEMIS orbilica (Chamomile). Pretty 
daisy-like flowers in great abundance. 
12 cts. each. d. 
*A. tinctoria. An English species, about 
15 inches high. Flowers bright yellow. 
15 cts. each. c. 
ANTHERICUM liliago (St. Bernard’s Lily). 
Flowers pure white, i]A inches wide; 
plant about 15 inches high. A very free- 
blooming native of Southern Europe. 
20 cts. each. d. 
AQUILEGIA (Columbine). It would be diffi¬ 
cult to say too much in favor of this genus 
of plants. They generally prefer moist 
and sandy situations, with free sunlight. 
Ordinary garden soil will answer for most 
species, but a few of the more delicate 
species need sand and leaf-mold. 
*A. atropurpurea (Siberian Columbine). 
Flowers dark purple or bluish violet; 
plant 'i 1 /?. feet high. A border plant. 
10 cts. each, $1 per doz. d. 
A. caerulea. A somewhat tender Rocky 
Mountain species, which needs protec¬ 
tion in winter. Very handsome. 20c. each, 
2 for 35 cts. d. The Anemones belong to the order Ranuncu - 
A. caerulea lutea. 15 cts. each, 2 for lacccc, and constitute an extensive genusof very or- 
25 cts. d. namental hardy perennials. They delight in a rich, 
A.Canadensis (CommonWild Columbine), sandy loam, but most varieties will thrive in ordinary 
g to 18 inches high, bearing red and yel- garden soil. Some are suitable for borders, while 
low flowers an inch long. A charming others thrive best on the rockery, most of them pre¬ 
wild flower; fine for the rockery or ferring a damp and partially shady situation. They 
border. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. d. also make admirable pot plants if given light, rich soil. 
