GENERAL CATALOGUE. 
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ALETRIS. Star-Grass. 
A. Japonica. Purple flowers, grass-like foliage; 2 to 3 feet. 25c. 
ALSTRCEMERIA. Peruvian Lily. 
A. aurantiaca. A vigorous species, flowering in summer and autumn, in umbels. Flowers lily-like, orange; 
2 to 4 feet. 25c. 
A. pulchella syn. Simsii. Brilliant yellow flowers with red streaks. June. 25c. 
ALTHEA ROSEA. Hollyhock. 
A collection of fine double sorts, of several colors. 25 cents each. 
ALYSSUM. Madwort. 
Fine for rockwork and edges of borders. 
A. argenteum. \ ellow flowers in clusters; early summer; dwarf; silvery foliage; 1 foot. 25c. 
A. saxatile. Clear golden yellow flowers, fragrant and very showv ; one of the choicest perennials. May. 
1 foot. 25c. 
var. compactum. Similar to the preceding, except that the plant is dwarfer, flowers more freely and 
is, if anything, more beautiful. May. 1 foot. 25c. 
AMSONIA. 
A. salicifolia. Willow-leaved Amsonia. Large, smooth foliage; fine blue flowers. May. 2 feet. 25c. 
A. Tabernaemontana. Pale blue flowers, in cymes. May and June. 2 feet. 25c. 
ANCHUSA. Alkanet. 
A. Italica. A fine species, with rough leaves and stems, and fine blue flowers; 4 to 5 feet. June, July and 
August. 25c. 
ANDROSACE. Rock Jasmine. 
A. sarmentosa. Bright rose with white eye; 4 inches. May and June. 25c. 
ANEMONE. Wind Flower. 
A. Japonica. A distinct and beautiful species; flowers 2*4 inches in diameter; bright purplish rose, with 
golden yellow centers, borne in great profusion from September to November. Height 2 feet; 
habit neat and compact; very desirable and effective as a pot plant, and in lines or masses, in beds 
or mixed borders. 25c. 
var. alba. ( Honorine Jobcrt .) A distinct and beautifuj variety of the preceding; flowers 2*4 inches 
in diameter; pure white, center golden yellow, borne in great profusion from September to Novem¬ 
ber; very desirable and effective as a pot plant, and in lines or masses in beds or mixed borders. 25c. 
vaf. 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 dtfarf 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. TIakdy Golden Marguerite. Flowers golden yellow, one to two 
inches across, from July to November; valuable. 1 2 to 18 inches. 25c. 
var. Kelwayi. Flowers golden yellow. 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. 
A. ramosum. White flowers; 18 inches. June. 25c. 
