EDWARD GILLETT, SOUTHWICK, MASSACHUSETTS 
HARDY PERENNIALS 
AQUILEGIA (Columbine). Quite showy plants, with many varieties oi color; some 
have been grown for years and are well known in old gardens. They may be 
used to advantage in the border or rock garden. 
A. alpina. From Switzerland. Flowers blue, large and quite showy. May and June, 
i foot. 15 cts. each, $1.35 per doz. 
A. alpina alba. Pure waxy white. A good stiong grower. Selected pGnts, 20 cts. 
A. caerulea. From the Rocky Mountains. Flowers large, wv ; te, tinted with blue in 
May ; rather tender. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
A. Canadensis. One of our prettiest wild Mowers ; S to 20 inches high, with yellow 
and red flowers an inch long. Very desirable for rockeries. Many desire this for 
the national flower. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
A. chrysantha (Golden-spurred Columbine). Flowers large, golden yellow, with long 
spurs. A fine stock. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
A. glandulosa caerulea. A most beautiful hybrid, with large, light blue flowers having 
white centers. Easily cultivated. 15 cts. 
A. Skinneri. This, although a Mexican plant, does quite well here in a sunny place, 
soil well drained; flowering from July to September; flowers yellow, with 
long red spurs. 20 cts. each. 
A vulgaris. From Europe. Flowers violet. 15 cts. each. $ 1.25 per doz. 
ARISiEMA triphyllum (Indian, or Wild Turnip). A peculiar-shaped flower ; greenish 
or often variegated ; found in moist, rich woodlands. 12 cts. each, fi. 10 per doz. 
ASARUM Canadensis (Wild (linger). A 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. 10 cts. each, f\ per doz. 
ARABIS albida (White Rock Cress). A low plant no more than 3 or 4 inches high, 
yet forming nice clumps, with quantities of small white flow'ers in early spring ; 
will adapt itself to almost any situation not too w'et ; quite hardy. 20 cts. 
ASCLEPIAS incarnata (Swamp Milkweed). Two to 3 feet high, with showy rose- 
purple flowers. Grows in wet places and along the banks of streams and ponds. 
20 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
A. tuberosa (Butterfly Weed, or Pleurisy Root). One of the most beautiful and easily 
grown of our wild flowers. It grows from 1 to 2 feet high, and has numerous 
umbels of bright orange flowers. Plant in open sun, 
in well-drained soil. Hardy. 15c. each, $1.25 per doz. 
A. verticillata. One to 2 feet. Found in dry soils, blow ¬ 
ers small, greenish white ; quite pretty. 15 cts. 
ASTER. The w ild Asters are among our prettiest native 
flowers. They come late in the season, when most 
other plants are past their bloom, and last until killed 
by frost. They are easily grown, and deserve more 
attention from lovers of wild flowers. Those 
named are among the most show y of the genus. 
A. alpinus. About 6 inches high, forming little 
clumps. Flowers large, violet; quite pretty ; 
open border. 20 cts. 
A. ericoides. Extra fine in cultivation. The grace¬ 
ful, wand-like, spreading branches are literally 
covered with fine green or purple leaves, and 
dotted here and there with large white flowers. 
Plant in dry, sandy soil. 15c. each, #r per doz. 
A. lasvis. A beautiful species with sky-blue flow¬ 
ers. Grows in dry woodland. 10 cts. each, 
#1 per doz. 
A. multiflorus. One to 2 feet high ; branches cov¬ 
ered with small white flowers. Fine for dry, 
open places. 10 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
A. Novge-Angliae. Stout, 3 to 8 feet high. Flowers 
violet and purple. Moist ground. 20 cts. each, 
$1.25 per doz. aris*:ma triphyllum. 
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