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ELLWANGER # BARRY'S 
ALYSSUM. Madwort 
Fine for rockwork and edges of borders. Favorites for the garden. 
A. argenteum. Yellow flowers in clusters; early summer; dwarf; silvery foliage; 1 foot. 23c. 
A. saxatile. Clear golden yellow flowers, fragrant and very showy; one of the choicest perennials. 
May. 1 foot. 23c. 
var. compactum. Similar to the preceding, except that the plant is dwarfer, flowers more freely 
and is, if anything, more beautiful. May. 1 foot. 23c. 
AMSONIA 
Valuable because of its color. 
A. salicifolia. Willow-leaved Amsonia. Large, smooth foliage; fine blue flowers. May. 2 feet. 23c. 
A. I abernaemontana. Pale blue flowers, in cymes. May and June. 2 feet. 23c. 
ANCHUSA. Alkanet 
A. Italica. A fine species, with rough leaves and stems, and fine blue flowers; 4 to 3 feet. June, July 
and August. 23c. 
ANEMONE. Wind Flower 
A. Japonica. A distinct and beautiful species; flowers 2>£ inches in diameter; bright purplish rose, 
with golden yellow centers, borne in great profusion from September to November. Height 
2K feet; habit neat and compact; very desirable and effective as a pot plant, and in lines or 
masses, in beds or mixed borders. 23c. 
var. alba. (Honorine Jobert.) A distinct and beautiful variety of the preceding; flowers 2^ 
inches in diameter; pure white, center golden yellow, borne in great profusion from September to 
November; very desirable and effective as a pot plant, and in lines or masses in beds or mixed 
borders. 23c. 
var. Queen Charlotte. A novelty which we have no hesitation in recommending as one of the 
best of recent years. Flowers very large, well-formed, semi-double, and of a beautiful rosy flesh 
color on the upper side and of darker shade underneath. They are produced on strong stems in 
great profusion in autumn. The plant is vigorous, with large, luxuriant foliage and very orna¬ 
mental. 23c. . 
var. Whirlwind. A variety producing double white flowers in great profusion in the autumn. 
One of the finest fall-flowering perennials. Hardy. 25c. 
ANTENNARIA. Cat’s-Ear 
A. dioica. Mountain Everlasting. A dwarf plant with creeping stems and silvery foliage, producing 
small white flowers in summer, on stems six inches high. 25c. 
ANTHEMIS. Chamomile 
A. tinctoria. Yellow Chamomile. Hardy Golden Marguerite. Flowers golden yellow, one to two 
inches across, from July to November. A good border plant. 18 inches. 25c. 
ANTHERICUM. St. Bruno’s Lily 
A pretty genus with white flowers. 
A. liliastrum. St. Bruno’s Lily. A beautiful plant, with narrow, grass-like foliage, and spikes of 
small, white, fragrant, lily-like flowers; valuable. May to August. 25c. 
AQUILEGIA. Columbine 
A. alpina. A native of the higher parts of the European Alps. Stems 9 to 18 inches high bearing 
showy blue flowers. 50c. * h 
A. caerulea. Flowers large, blue sepals, white petals, long recurved spurs. One of the choicest* 2 
feet. June and July. 25c. ’ 
A. canadensis. Wild Columbine. Our well-known native species, with scarlet sepals and bright yel¬ 
low petals; easily cultivated. June and July. 25c. fo 
A. glandulosa. A Siberian species with large deep blue flowers with a white corolla; very prettv* 12 
inches. April and May. 25c. * 1 * 9 
A. Skinnerii. Mexican Columbine. Crimson sepals lined with light green; light green petals and long 
straight crimson spurs; 3 feet. June to September. 50c. h 
ARABIS. Rock-Cress 
Dwarf, early, free-flowering perennials, well adapted for rockwork and general culture. 
A. alpina. Alpine Rock-Cress. White Alyssum. Flowers white, in small racemes in early spring* 
6 to 8 inches. 25c. * 1 
