COLUMBINES IN TALL GRASS. 
General Collection of Hardy Plants. 
With few exceptions the plants in the following list are grown in pots, so that they can be safely transported at any 
season. Our aim is to offer only the very best of each class, and every season we test large numbers of new or scarce 
kinds and discard those not sufficiently distinct. Many new and hitherto scarce plants have been added to our collection 
in the past year, not as costly novelties, but at prices which put them within the reach of all. 
Those desiring to plant hardy plants extensively should send a list for estimate, as we can make lower prices than those 
quoted when plants are wanted by the hundred. 
Winter Protection.—While all the plants offered in this list are perfectly hardy, it is always well to give them 
some slight protection by using leaves or litter with which to partially cover them. It is especially advantageous to do this 
the first winter after they have been transplanted. All plants are somewhat protected in their native habitat by the roots 
of trees, fallen leaves, grass or sod, and in our gardens, after many of them have become strong, by their own foliage 
and stems. 
The following collections will contain a good assortment of varieties. In ordering them, if there are any varieties 
which customers already have, or do not want, they should be named : 
Collections at Reduced Prices. 
12 Hardy Plants, my choice .... $ 2.00 50 Hardy Plants, my choice .... $ 7.00 
25 “ “ “ .... 4.00 100 “ “ “ .... 12.00 
Acanthus. A stately group of hardy plants, remarkable for 
their robust and vigorous growth, for their leathery and beautiful 
foliage, and for the numerous spikes of flowers they produce. 
They are all hardy, and make fine subjects isolated on the lawn or 
border. 
Acanthus Latifolius. The most valuable kind ; will grow 
from three to six feet. 40 cents each. 
Acorus Japonica Variegata. A splendid ornamental plant, 
with yellow variegated foliage. 35 cents each. 
Anemone. (Wind Flowers.) Perhaps there are no plants among 
hardy ones more important than the Anemones. They flourish 
almost in any location, whether naturalized in the long grass, a 
sunny bushy bank, or wild in the shrubbery. The Japan Anem¬ 
ones grow strongly, 'and will care for themselves, even among 
brushwood and brambles. It is so easy to grow them, and more 
beautiful flowers do not adorn this world of ours. 
Anemone Japonica Alba. (Honorine Jobart.) Few are more 
lovely than this while Wind Flower, so beautiful in the garden 
and perfectly charming in the shrubbery, the wild garden, natural¬ 
ized in the grass, or half shady places ; height two feet; white, and 
bloom in late summer and autumn. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per 
dozen. 
Anemone Japonica. Rose-colored flowers two inches across, 
flowering freely in late summer and fall; very beautiful; height 
two feet. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Anemone Alpina. (Alpine Wind Flower.) This is almost too 
stately to be classed with the dwarf plants we usually term Alpine. 
But high on nearly every great mountain range in Northern and 
temperate climes it is one of the most frequent and well-marked 
plants. The interior of the flower is white, the outside being fre¬ 
quently tinted with pale purplish blue; height of plant four to 
eighteen inches. Succeeds well in the rock garden and in the bor¬ 
der where the soil is good. 35 cents each. 
Anemone Apennina. (Apennine Wind Flower.) Has erect 
flowers of bright sky blue. These star-like flowers arc paler on 
the outside than within. The plants grow in dense tufts, and the 
flowers arc thickly scattered over the low cushion of soft green 
leaves. Succeeds well in rockery, shrubbery and border. 30 cents 
each ; $3 per dozen. 
Anemone Robinsoniana. Flowers of rich sky blue ; large and 
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