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WORTHY OF GENERAL CULTURE. 
[General Collection of Hardy Plants—Continued.] 
Aster Lsevigatus. Flowers in close panicles of a lovely sky 
blue. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Aster Pollyphyllus. Medium size; white flowers; very abun¬ 
dant in August; height four feet. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Alyssum Saxatile Compactum. A charming little plant, 
with golden-yellow flowers. 10 cents each ; $1 per dozen. 
Alyssum Argentia. Silvery foliage ; yellow flowers. 10 cents 
each ; $1 per dozen. 
Astilbe Japonica. (Hoteia Jap.) Also known as Spiraea Ja- 
ponica. Beautiful feathery white flowers and fine foliage ; about 
twelve inches high; blooms in early summer. 20 cents each; 
$2 per dozen. 
Asclepias Tuberosa. Brilliant orange red; flowers on stems 
two feet high, each producing several heads of flowers, lasting in 
bloom for a considerable time ; is one of the showiest of our au¬ 
tumnal flowers, deserving extensive cultivation. 25 cents each; 
$2.50 per dozen. 
Asclepias Incarnata. Flesh-colored flowers. 25 cents each; 
$2.50 per dozen. 
Arundo Donax. A handsome reed, growing from ten to fifteen 
feet high ; splendid for tropical effect. 50 cents each. 
Arundo Folis Variegata. A magnificent variegated variety 
of the preceding. 75 cents each. 
Aubretia Deltoides. A very dwarf plant, with purple flowers, 
produced very freely in April and May. 20 cents each ; $1.50 per 
dozen. 
Aubretia Purpurea. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Aubretia Bougainville. A remarkably neat, low-growing 
plant, densely covered with blue flowers in spring ; fine for rock 
work or carpeting. 15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen. 
Alstromeria Chilensis. A lovely group of tuberous-rooted 
plants, producing large and elegant heads of bloom in various 
shades of white, rose, orange and lilac. It is a rapid grower, 
flowers freely, and is very valuable for cutting. In this latitude 
the tubers should be planted six to eight inches deep, and protected 
in severe weather with fallen leaves or other coarse litter. 
25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Asphodelus Luteus. (Asphodel.) An ornamental perennial, 
growing from three to four feet in height, producing spikes of 
bright yellow flowers, continuing in bloom for a considerable time. 
20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Aethionema Grandiflora. An elegant plant of the Arabis fam¬ 
ily, having wiry stems and light glaucous foliage. It forms a 
spreading bush about one foot high from which spring numerous 
racemes of lilac and pink flowers. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Barbarea Aurea Variegata. (Winter Cress or Yellow Rocket.) 
Forms a vigorous tuft twelve to eighteen inches in diameter, leaves 
deep green profusely blotched with golden yellow, flowers yellow. 
Very showy. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Beilis Perennis. This is the old double Daisy, white and 
pink varieties. 
10 cents each; 
$1 per dozen; 
$6 per hundred. 
B o c c o n i a 
Cordata. This 
is one of the 
finest of our 
hardy foliage 
plants, admir¬ 
ably adapted 
for planting 
among shrubs, 
or in isolated 
positions on the 
lawn. It is per¬ 
fectly hardy, 
growing from 
six to eight feet, 
having terminal 
panicles of pe¬ 
culiar brownish 
CAMPANULA TURB 1 NATA. flowers, and is 
sometimes 
called the 
Plumed Pop¬ 
py. 25 cents 
each; $2.50 
per dozen. 
Baptissa 
Australis. 
A strong¬ 
growing 
perennial, form¬ 
ing bushy tufts 
from three to five 
fcethigh,withsea- 
green trifoliate 
leaves; the flow¬ 
ers are delicate 
blue and brown, 
in long, erect 
spikes. 20 cents 
each ; $2.00 per 
dozen. 
Calystegia 
Dahurica. (Bind¬ 
weed.) A superb 
hardy Convolvu¬ 
lus ; fine for nat¬ 
uralizing in tall grass, or for 
growing over rocks and shrub¬ 
bery. 20 cents each; $2 per 
dozen. 
Calystegia Pubescens. \ 
double variety of the above. *0 
cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Campanula Media. (Can¬ 
terbury Bell.) Double and 
single varieties. 20 cents each; 
$2 per dozen. 
Campanula Macrantha. As 
a strong-growing border plant 
there are few in our collection 
to equal this ; it forms an erect 
pyramidal bush, three to four 
feet high, composed of numer¬ 
ous stems bearing numbers of 
large purplish - blue flowers, 
nearly as large as the old Can¬ 
terbury Bell. It can be highly 
recommended for the back row 
of the herbaceous border, 
among shrubs or for naturaliz¬ 
ing. 25 cents each; $2.50 per 
dozen. 
Campanula Pyramidalus. 
A noble plant for back of the 
herbaceous border, forming a 
pyramid composed of numer¬ 
ous stems, four to five feet in 
height,each stem being crowded 
with salver-like blue flowers. 
20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Campanula Pyramidalis Alba. Similar to the above, 
with white flowers. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Campanula Turbinata. A dwarf compact-growing plant; the 
flowers are borne singly on naked stems about six inches long, of a 
deep shade of blue and fully one and a half inches across, and 
bloom all summer ; perhaps the most desirable of all the dwarf 
Campanulas. A native of the mountains of Transylvania, and is 
perfectly hardy. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Campanula Barbata Alba. One of the sweet white flowers 
that abound in the rich green meadows of Alpine France and 
Switzerland, and readily known by the long beard at the 
mouth of its pretty flowers, which are nearly one and a 
TALL CAMPANULA. 
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