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Snowflake —Pure snow-white; very free. 18 
inches. August and September. 
ANCHUSA (Italica Dropmore) —A great im¬ 
provement on the old Italian Alkanet; gen¬ 
tian-blue flowers that make it one of the 
most desirable perennials. Four to five feet. 
All summer. 
AQUILEGIA (Rocky Mountain Columbine) — 
One foot. July and August. Very large 
flowers, often four inches across with deep 
blue sepals and pure white petals and four 
long recurved spurs. A fine species for the 
border or base of rockery in well drained 
loam; also does well in good garden soil. 
AQUILEGIA - COLUMBINE (Canadensis) -— 
Very pretty scarlet flowers mixed with yel¬ 
low, long straight spurs, styles and stamens 
much protruding. 1 to 2 feet. May to July. 
AQUILEGIA - COLUMBINE (Chrysanthea) — 
Sepals primrose-yellow, spreading horizon¬ 
tally in full expansion, tinted claret at the 
tip; limb of petals deeper yellow; spur 
straight and very slender; stems many-flow¬ 
ered. One of the finest of all hardy perennials 
for the border. 3 to 4 feet. May to July. 
AQUILEGIA-COLUMBINE (Long Spurred Hy¬ 
brid) —A very beautiful hybrid form, with 
the sepals and petals yellowish or tinged with 
orange, while the long, slender spurs are 
orange-red; it is one of the handsomest of 
all. 2 feet. May to July. 
BABY’S BREATH (Gypsophila Paniculata) — 
A most graceful plant, excellent for the bor¬ 
der. Numerous small flowers in feathery 
panicles. Very useful for cutting. Light 
pink. July to August. 2 to 3 feet. 
BLEEDING HEART (Dycentra Spcctabalis) 
—A hardy perennial with heart-shaped, rose- 
colored flowers in drooping spikes. One of 
the best border plants; perfectly hardy and 
easily cultivated; 2 feet high. Flowers in 
April and May. 
BLEEDING HEART (E verblooming) — Cut 
fern-leaf foliage, dark green, retains foliage 
until late in the summer, very beautiful, 
blossoms profusely during the entire sum¬ 
mer. For best results, flowers should be cut 
when through blossoming. 2 to 3 feet. 
CANNA —The canna provides the nearest ap¬ 
proach to the rich tropical effects that the 
north can supply. They grow rapidly and 
bloom for a long season, succeeding in sunny 
positions in almost any kind of soil and re¬ 
sponding quickly to liberal treatment by gor¬ 
geousness of bloom, size of foliage and height 
of stems. 
CANTERBURY BELL (Campanula Medium) 
-—Beautiful garden plants of easy culture. 
Flowers bell-shaped in spreading racemes; 
colors, shades of pink, purple and white, 
sometimes double. 2 to 3 feet. June to July. 
CARDINAL FLOWER —(See Lobelia). 
CARPATICA (Blue Hare-Bell) —A pretty com¬ 
pact species, not exceeding eight inches high, 
flower bells 1 inch in diameter. This is a 
fine border plant. All summer. 
CHINESE LANTERN- —Very much in demand 
because of its wealth of bright, orange-scar¬ 
let, lantern-like fruits in autumn. Very fine 
for winter bouquets. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS — We have a splendid 
assortment of these lovely flowers that are 
so beautiful in late autumn, white, pink or 
yellow. 2 to 3 feet. September to October. 
COREOPSIS (Golden Wave) (Coreopsis Ba- 
salis) —One of the most popular hardy plants. 
The flowers are a rich golden yellow, of 
graceful form, and invaluable for cutting; 
the main crop comes during’ the latter part 
of June, but it continues in bloom the entire 
summer and autumn. It succeeds every¬ 
where. 1 to 2 feet. 
DIGITALIS (Fox-Glove)—From digitale—the 
finger of a glove; in allusion to the resem¬ 
blance the flower bears to the finger of a 
glove. Prof. Bailey says of them in his en¬ 
cyclopedia: “A fine genus of hardy plants, 
famous for their long racemes of inflated 
flowers, which suggest spires or towers of 
bells. They are old-fashioned and dignified, 
clean of growth and wholesome company in 
the choicest garden. The strong vertical lines 
of the flower stalks, rising from rich and lux¬ 
uriant masses of leaves, give always an ap¬ 
pearance of strength to the rambling out¬ 
lines of the usual herbaceous border and for 
the two weeks of their bloom usually domi¬ 
nate the whole border.” Of the easiest cul¬ 
ture and preferring partial shade. 2 to 3 
feet. June or early July. 
FORGET-ME-NOT (M. Palustris) — Very 
dwarf; flowers bright blue with yellow eye. 
6 to 8 inches. May to June. 
FOX-GLOVE—(See Digitalis). 
GAILLARDIA (Blanket Flower)- —-Amongst 
hardy perennial plants, Gaillardias are con¬ 
spicuous for profusion and duration of 
bloom. The striking flowers produce a gor¬ 
geous effect in the border, and are highly 
recommended for cut-flower purposes, last¬ 
ing a long time in water, and being gathered 
with ample, self-supporting stems. 18 inches 
to 3 feet. June to November. 
