s 
Edward Gillett, SouthwicR, Massachusetts 
HARDY PERENNIALS 
AQUILEGIA Canadensis. One of our prettiest wild Howers; 8 to 20 inches higli, with 
yellow and red Howers an inch long. Very desirable for rockeries. \Iany desire this 
for the national Howcr. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
A. chrysantha ((jolden-Spurred Columbine). Flowers large, golden yellow, with long 
spurs. A Hne stock. 15 cts. each, ^1.25 per doz. 
A. glandulosa caerulea. A most beautiful liybrid, with large, light blue Howers having 
white centers. Easily cultivated. 15 cts. 
A. vulgaris. From Europe. Flowers violet. 15 cts. each. ^1.25 per doz. 
ARISiEMA triphyllum (Indian, or Wild ’Furnip). A peculiar-shaped Hower; greenisli 
or often variegated; found in moist, rich woodlands. 12 cts. each. ;?r.io per doz. 
ASARUM Canadensis (Wild (Jinger). A low perennial, with kidney-shaped leaves 3 to 
5 inches wide and a single purplish Hower close to the ground. Plant in the shadv 
corner witli your ferns, ro cts. each, iii per doz. 
ARABIS albida (White Rock C'ress). A low plant no more than 3 or 4 inches high, yet 
forming nice clumps, with cjuantities of small white Howers in early spring; will adapt 
itself to almost any situation tiot too wet; (juite hardy. 20 cts. 
ASCLEPIAS incarnata ( Swamj> Milkweed). Two to 3 feet higli. with sliowy rose- 
purple Howers. Crrows in wet places and along the banks of streams and ponds. 
20 cts. each, #1.25 per doz. 
A. tuberosa (HutterHy Weed, or Pleurisy Root). One of the most beautiful and easily 
grown of our wild Howers. It grows from i to 2 feet high, and has numerous umbels 
of bright orange Howers. Plant in open sun, in well-drained soil. Ilardv. 15 cts. 
each, $1 .25 per doz. 
A. verticillata. One to 2 feet. Found in drv soils. Flowers small, greenisl) white; 
quite pretty. 15 cts. 
ASTER. I he wild Asters are among our prettiest native Howers. I'hey come late in 
the season, when most other plants are past their bloom, and last until killed by frosts. 
They are easily grown, and deserve more attention from lovers of wild flowers. Those 
named are among the most sliowy of the genus. 
A. ericoides. Extra Hne in cultivation. Plie graceful, wand-like, spreading branches 
are literally covered with fine green or purple leaves, and dotted here and there with 
large white Howers. Plant in 
dry, sandy soil. 15 cts. each, 
5 1 per doz. 
A. laevis. A beautiful s])ecies with 
sky-blue Howers. (tI'ows in dry 
woodland. 10 cts. each, $1 
per doz. 
A. multiflorus. One to 2 feet high ; 
branches covered with small 
white flowers. Fine for dry, open 
places. TO cts. each. $1.25 
per doz. 
A. Novae-Anglae. Stout, 3 to 8 
feet high. Flowers violet and 
purple. Moist ground. 20 cts. 
each, ^1.25 per doz. 
ASTILBE Japonica. One to 2 feet. 
From Japan. Quite hardy here, 
forming large clumps. Flowers 
small, but in white masses in 
June. At home in the open 
border. 25 cts. each. ^1.50 
per doz. 
BELLIS perennis (English Daisy). 
A pretty little plant 3 inches 
high, with large showy flowers, 
wliite, pink or rose. loc. each, 
per doz. 
Aquilegia chrysantha. 
