ADONIS 
BED OF SWEET ALYSSUM 
ALYSSUM 
Every garden should have plenty of Sweet Alyssum ; its small white flowers, borne in great pro¬ 
fusion, are delicately fragrant and valuable for cutting. It is a good basket and pot plant, and valuable 
for carpet bedding. In the border sow thickly, so as to make a mass. It is desirable to sow the seeds 
early in spring, or even in the previous autumn. To prepare a basket for winter blooming, sow the 
seeds about the last of August. If the plants come up thickly, thin them out; a dozen plants arc enough 
for a good-sized basket. When out of bloom cut back, and they will produce another crop of flowers. 
Sweet. Hardy annual. Flowers small and sweet. Ounce, 25 cents. 5 
Benthami compactum (Little Gem). A dwarf, compact*, annual variety, not over six inches 
high, bearing its pure white fragrant flowers in the greatest profusion during the entire summer. 
Ounce, 50 cents. 5 
Carpet of Snow. Only two or three inches high. A profuse bloomer, showing as many as 300 
heads of snow-white flowers at one time on one plant. Annual.. 
Saxatile compactum. Perennial, ten inches high, compact habit, golden yellow flowers. The 
popular name is Goid Dust.' ' . . . 5 
Wierzbecki. Hardy perennial one foot high. Flowers yellow.. 5 
ANTIRRHINUM 
ANTIRRHINUM — Snapdragon 
These showy, half-hardy perennials arc usually treated as annuals. They grow two to three feet 
high, and arc covered with bloom. They arc easily raised from seed sown early in spring in warm dry 
soil. If the plants arc not weakened by blooming too much the first year, they will stand over winter. 
In poor dry soil they will bloom best and last longest. A few leaves scattered over the plants will give a 
little protection in winter. To produce good flowering branches for the second season, cut back a num¬ 
ber of the branches in midsummer about one-half or two-thirds ; then new shoots will start out, which 
will be ready to bloom the following season. 
Brilliant, scarlet and yellow. Carnation Striped, irregularly striped. Firefly, orange and 
scarlet,* with white throat. Galathe, crimson, throat white; Luteum, yellow. Papiliona- 
ceum, bloom red, throat white. White. Seven varieties, each.5 
New Giant-Flowered. Fine large flowers, double the size of ordinary sorts, of a rich velvety 
texture. Yellow and orange ; yellow, with deep carmine stripes; mixed colors, each.10 
Fine Mixed. Ounce, 50 cents.. 5 
Extra Fine Mixed. From selected show flowers.10 
Tom Thumb. Very pretty dwarf plants, about six inches high, and of the usual colors described 
above. Mixed colors. 5 
ALLEGHENY VINE 
Adlumia cirrhosa. Sometimes called Wood Fringe, Mountain Fringe, or Climbing Fumitory. 
This graceful hardy climber deserves a place in every garden. Its delicate feathery foliage somewhat 
resembles that of the Maiden-Hair Fern, and its panicles of drooping flesh-colored flowers completely 
cover the plant. For covering trellises, tree stumps, etc., it is very desirable. It is biennial, but 
re-sows itself, and when once established will remain for years. Sow seed in the spring, in a cool damp 
place, and transplant in autumn.10 
ADONIS 
iEstivalis. Flos Adonis, or Pheasant’s Eye, has finely-cut foliage and brilliant scarlet flowers. It 
will do well in partial shade, and may be used to advantage in any corner of the garden. Twelve 
to eighteen inches in height. It blooms in early summer* Annual. 5 
Vernal is. A handsome perennial border plant, about a foot in height. Prefers a light soil. 
Flowers yellow. 5 
AGROSTEMMA 
Pretty, free-blooming, hardy annuals, of easy culture. Desirable for beds, and useful for cutting. 
The flowers resemble single Pinks. Mixed varieties. . . 5 
ARGEMONE 
The Argemoncs or Prickley Poppies, are among our best hardy annuals for mixed borders; easy to 
grow’, and arc continuous bloomers. Plants grow two to three feet high; large and branching. *1 he 
flowers are of a delicate satiny texture, pure white, and shades of yellow. Mixed varieties .... 5 
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