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AQUILEGIA. Columbine. 
A. alpina. A native of the higher parts of the European Alps. Stems 9 to iS inches high, bearing showy 
blue flowers. 50c. J 
A. caerulea. Flowers large, blue sepals, white petals, long recurved spurs. One of the choicest; 1 
foot. June and July. 50c. 
A. canadensis. Wild Columbine. Our well-known native species, with scarlet sepals and bright yellow 
petals; easily cultivated. June and July. 25c. 
A. chrysantha. Bright golden yellow flowers with long spurs; 3 feet. 25c. 
A. Olympica. Flowers red and yellow. 25c. 
A. formosa hybrida, syn. Californica hybrida. The sepals and petals yellowish, tinged orange and orange 
red spurs; 2 to 4 feet. May to September. 50c. 
A. glandulosa. A Siberian species with large white flowers, with sepals bright lilac-blue and petals white- 
very pretty; 12 inches. April and May. 25c. 
A. Skinnerii. Mexican Columbine. Crimson sepals lined with light green; light green petals and long 
straight crimson spurs; 3 feet. June to September. 50c. 
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. J b ’ 
var. variegata. Of low habit and finely variegated foliage. Very ornamental in rockwork; blooms 
in early spring. 25c. 
ARENARIA. Sandwort. 
A. caespitosa. A handsome little Alpine plant, growing in dense masses; moss-like foliage; flowers starry- 
white, all summer; 3 inches. May. 25c. 7 
ARMERIA. Thrift, Sea Pink. 
A. argentea. Small white flowers; narrow foliage. 4 inches. July and August. 25c. 
A. dianthoides. White; fine. 25c. 
A. formosa. Narrow, grass-like leaves; white flowers in heads on long stems. 25c. 
A. maritima. Cushion Pink. Common Thrift. Rosy-lilac; one of the best for edging; 6 inches 
June and July. 25c. 0 & 
ARTEMISIA. Wormwood. 
A. pontica. An interesting plant, with handsome silvery foliage. 25c. 
A. vulgaris. Common Wormwood. Mugwort. 25c. 
ARUM. Cuckoo Plant. 
Erect, or dwarf perennials, with tuber-like roots, and pedate or hastate leaves. Flowers clustered on a 
spadix, surrounded by a large spat fie, as in the Caladium, Calla, etc. 
A. Dracunculus. Stems covered with dark purplish blotches. Spathe green outside and purplish within. 
May. r root. 50c. 
A. Itahcum. Attains 12 to 18 inches in height; leaves sagittate, striped with yellow. June. 50c. 
ARUNDINARIA. Ribbon-Grass. 
A follls re X A, ^' GATED Ribbon -GRASS. One of the prettiest hardy grasses, with handsomely 
ARUNDO. The Reed. 
L11 valuable for creating tropical aspects in a garden. 
A. Donax. Great Reed. A handsome Reed, growing from 10 to 15 feet high. Its attractive foliage 
renders it very effective on lawns. 25c. 5 
vax. foHis vanegatis. Variegated Arundo. A magnificent variety of the preceding; leaves 
beautfully striped with white; 6 to 8 feet. 81.00. 
