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ELLIOTT NURSERY COMPANY, PITTSBURG, PA. 
WALLED GARDEN OF HARDY PLANTS (From English “ Country Life ”) 
Some Notable Hardy Plants 
Elsewhere will be found a very complete list of hardy plants, but the following varieties are especially desirable, and I am in a posi¬ 
tion to furnish them in quantity at very low prices. 
AQUILEGIAS 
All of the single long-spurred Aquilegias, or Columbines, are ex¬ 
tremely beautiful, and a collection of them should be a feature in I 
every garden. Foremost among these choice plants are our native 
Aquilegias. If these and other choice hardy plants were as well 
known as bedding plants, the day of geraniums, coleus and other 
commonplace plants would soon be over. The flowers of these Aqui¬ 
legias are most lovely and delicate, ranging from white to crimson, j 
including shades of blue and yellow. The exquisite Rocky Moun¬ 
tain Columbine, Aquilegia cwrulea, is one of the loveliest flowers in 
cultivation; and it and Aquilegia Canadensis , which grows wild so 
plentifully in many localities, are both fine for naturalizing and will 
thrive if planted in the grass of meadows and allowed to take care 
of themselves. That they are also fine for the formal garden is 
shown by our illustration. Assorted varieties, 15 cts. each, $1.25 j 
per doz., $0 per 100. For complete list of varieties, see general 
list of hardy plants. 
ARMERIA (Thrift) 
Attractive dwarf plants that will succeed in any soil, forming ever¬ 
green tufts of bright green foliage, from which innumerable flowers 
appear in dense heads, on stiff, wiry stems about 9 inches high. 
They flower more or less continuously from early spring until late in 
the fall. \ ery effective in the rockery and indispensable in the 
border. 
Formosa. Pink, 
Cephalotus. Bright rosy pink flowers. 
15 cts. each, Si.50 per doz., $10 per ICO 
ARABIS (Rock-Cress) 
Alpina. One of the most desirable of the very early spring-flowering 
plants that is especially adapted for the rock-garden, but which 
succeeds equally well in the border, where it forms a dense car¬ 
pet, which is completely covered early in the season with pure 
white flowers. 
Alpina compacta nana. A distinct and pretty dwarf form of the 
above. 
15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
AREN ARIA BALEARICA (Sandwort) 
Close-growing evergreen plants, forming dense carpets of verdure, 
and especially desirable for roekwork. Flowers pure white, prettily 
studding the dense, moss-like foliage during tile spring months. 
This plant will grow in very moist and shady locations. 15 ets. each, 
$1.50 per doz., $8 per 100. 
STOKESIA CYANEA 
(The Cornflower, or Stokes’ Aster) 
A most charming and beautiful native hardy plant, which for the 
past few seasons has been the most, admired flower on our grounds. 
The plant grows from 18 to 24 inches high, bearing freely, from early 
in July until late in October, its handsome lavender-blue centaurea- 
like blossoms, which measure from 4 to 5 inches across. It is of the 
easiest culture, succeeding in any open, sunny position, and not only 
is it desirable as a single plant in the hardy border, but it can also 
he used with fine effect in masses or beds of any size. 15 cts each, 
$1.50 per doz., $8 per 100. 
