EDWARD GILLETT’S CATALOGUE. 
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ASARl M Canadensis (Wild Ginger)— A low perennial, with kidney¬ 
shaped leaves 3 to 5 inches wide, and a single purplish flower close to the 
ground. 10 cents each, §1 per dozen. 
caudatum (Tailed Snakeroot)—From the Western coast; leaves similar to the 
last; flowers small, purplish. 15 cents each. $1.25 per dozen, 
arimfolium —From the Southern states. Leaves with the lower lobes pointed, 
flowers longer-necked than in the above. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen. 
Virginicum (Heart Snakeroot)—About the same height as the former, only 
smaller; leaves shiny and beautifully mottled. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen. 
ASCLEPIAS incarnata (Swamp Milkweed)— 2 to 3 feet high, with showy 
rose-purple flowers. Grows in wet places and along the banks of streams and 
ponds. 20 cents each, $1.25 per dozen. 
tuberosa (Butterfly Weed or Pleurisy Boot)—One of the most beautiful and 
easily grown of our wild flowers. It grows from 1 to 2 feet, and has numerous 
umbels of bright orange colored flowers; hardy. 1 have a tine stock of nursery- 
grown plants at 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen, $6 per hundred, 
virticiliata (Whorled Milkweed)—Flower small, greenish white. 15 cents each. 
$1.25 per dozen. 
ASTER— The wild 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 frosts. They are easily grown, and deserve more attention from 
lovers of wild flowers. Those named are among the most showy of the genus, 
ericoides— Extra fine in cultivation. The graceful, 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. 15 cents each, $1.00 per doz. 
1 tv vis — A beautiful species with sky-blue flowers. Grows 
in dry woodlands. 10 cents each, $1.00 per dozen, 
multiflorus — 1 to 2 feet high, branches covered with 
small white flowers. Fine for dry open places. 10 
cents each, SI.25 per dozen. 
Novma Angliae— Stout. 3 to 8 feet high. Flowers 
violet and purple. Moist ground. 20 cents each, $1.25 
per dozen. Extra fine plants, 
patens —Grows 1 to 3 feet high with wide spreading 
branches. Flowers deep purple. Grows on dry ground 
15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen. 
Tradescanti— Similar to A. multiflorus. 15 cents each. 
$1.25 per dozen. 
aster xov.ica AXGi.i/R. BAPTISIA tillCtOI’Ul (Wild Indigo) — A bushy plant 
with yellow flowers. Found in sandy soils. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen 
BELLIS perennis (English Daisy) — Charming little border plants, m 
shades of color from white to rose. 
B. Snowball — Double white. 10 
cents each, $1.00 per dozen. 
Longfellow — Double rose. 10 
cents each. $1.00 per dozen. 
CA1LIRRH0E imoliicrata 
(Crimson Oallirrhoe) — A very 
beautiful prostrate spreading 
perennial from Texas, with 
large, showy crimson flowers 
all summer. Fine for the open 
border or tor planting in a dry 
barren soil. 20 c. each, $1.50 doz. 
CAMPANULA Carpatliiea —a 
foot high, with bright blue flow¬ 
ers; indispensable. 10 cents each, $1.00 per dozen. 
Carpathica alba — Pure white, very choice. 10 cents each. 
glomeratum var. Dahurica — 2 feet, with dense heads of purple flowers. 15 
cents each, $1.25 per dozen. 
medium (Canterbury Bell) — Large flowered. 10 cents each. 
