14 'E.dlvard Qillett, Southlvick, Mass.—Hardy Terennials 
ARABIS albida (White Rock Cress).A A low plant, no 
more than 3 or 4 inches hiph, yet forming nice 
clumjis, with quantities of small, white flowers in 
early spring; will adapt itself to almost any situation 
not too wet; quite hardy. 20 cts. 
ASARUM Canadense (Wild Ginger, or Canada Snake- 
root).O low perennial, with kidney-shaped leaves, 
3 to 5 inches wide, and a single purplish flower close 
to the ground. Plant in the shady corner with your 
ferns. 'Phe roots, dried, are aromatic and pleasant to 
the taste. 10 cts. each, Si per doz. 
A. Virginicum (Virginia Snakcroot).a Smaller than the 
above, with shining, round leaves, green to bronze 
color, mottled with white; rich, shady hillsides. North 
Carolina. 20 cts. 
ASCLEPIAS incarnata (Swamp Milkweed). CA 2 to 3 
feet high, with showy, rose-purple flowers. Grows 
in wet places and along the banks of streams and 
ponds. 20 cts. each. Si.25 per doz.; seeds, 5 cts. 
A. tuberosa (Butterfly Weed, or Pleurisy Root). A One 
of the most beautiful and easily grown of our wild 
flowers. It grows from i to 2 feet high, and has 
numerous umbels of bright orange flowers. Plant in 
open sun, in Bollonia asleroides at GilleU’s 
well-drained (seepage 15 ) 
soil. Hardy. 15 
cts. each. Si.25 per doz.; seeds, 5 cts. 
ASTER. The wild Asters are among our jireltiest 
native flowers. They come late in the sca.son, when 
most other plants are past their bloom, and last until 
killed by frost. I'hey arc easily grown, and deserve 
more attention from lovers of wild flowers. 'Phosc 
named are among the most showy of the genus. 
A. alpinus.A About 6 inches high, forming little 
clumps. Flowers large, violet; quite pretty; open 
border. 20 cts.; seed, 5 cts. 
A. corymbosus.X i to 2 feet, with white flowers; a pro¬ 
minent Aster of our dry New England woods in late 
autumn. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz.; seed, 5 cts. 
A. ericoides.□ A Extra fine in cultivation. These grace¬ 
ful, wand-like, spreading branches are literally 
covered with fine green or purple leaves, and doited 
here and there with large, while (lowers. Plant in 
dry, sandy soil. 15c. each, $i per doz.; seeds, 8 cts. 
A. laevis.D AX A beautiful species, with sky-blue flow¬ 
ers. Grows in dry woodland. 15 cts. each. Si.25 
per doz.; seeds, 8 cts. 
A. multiflorus.A i to 2 feet high; branches covered 
with small, while flowers. Fine for dry, open 
places. 10 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
A. Novse-Anglise.A Stout, 3 to 8 feet high. Flowers 
violet and purple. Moist ground. 20 cts. each, 
Si. 25 per doz.; seeds, 5 cts. 
A. Novse-Angliae, var. roseus.A A form with rose-pur¬ 
ple flowers. 20 cts. 
A. Novi-Belgii. O 2 to 3 feet liigh, with large, pale 
blue flowers. A wet, open bank is best suited for 
its growth. 20 cts.; seeds, 8 cts. 
A. patens.X A A foot high, with rough, clasping leaves 
and large, showy, deep pur])le flowers in autumn, 
found on dry banks, both in ojien sun and shade. 
15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz.; seeds, 8 cts. 
A. undulatus.X One of the most showy of our wild 
.'\sters, growing about 2 feet high, with liright blue 
flowers; delights in dry, shady place; flowers in late 
autumn. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz.; seeds, 5 cts. 
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