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ELLWANGER & BARRY'S CATALOGUE. 
Achillea macrophylla. White; attractive foliage. 
A. Millefolium rosea. Rose-flowered Yarrow. Rosy lilac flowers; 
16 inches. June to August. 
A. Millefolium rubra. Red-flowered Yarrow. Deep red flowers* 
ornamental foliage; 2 feet. June to August. 
A. Ptarmica var. 11. pi. Double-flowering Sneezewort. Of dwarf 
spreading habit, with small pure white double daisy-like flowers; profuse bloomer- 
invaluable for cutting. One of the most useful border plants. August. 
ACONITUM. Monkshood, or Wolfsbane. 
yellowteh ^r°white ^ ant ‘ s ’ P a l mate *y divided foliage. Flowers in racemes, blue, purple, 
Californicum. California Monkshood. Pale blue, veined with pur¬ 
ple ; robust; 2 to 3 feet. September to October. 
A. Napellus. Common Monkshood. Pale azure, tipped with yellow* • 18 
inches. June. 
A. tenuifolium. Deep azure; 12 inches. July. 
ACORUS. Sword-Grass. 
Marshy plants of easy culture. 
A. graminea variegata. Variegated Sword-Grass. Foliage distinctly 
striped with white. 
ADONIS. 
ADONIS. 
A. vernalis. One of the finest early spring- 
flow’ering plants, with finely divided leaves, and 
growing about six inches high. Flowers bright 
yellow, about two inches in diameter. May. 50 
cents. 
A IRA. 
A. foliis variegatis. A distinct yellow 
striped grass. One of the finest hardy grasses ; use¬ 
ful for edging. 
AJUGA. Bugle. 
Pretty dwarf plants, with flowers in whorls in the 
axils of the leaves. 
A. pyramidalis. Fine blue flowers, 3 inches. 
May and June. 
A. reptans var. rubra. Red-leaved Bugle. Flowers blue, foliage 
purple; spreading. May. 
A. reptans var. fl. alba. White flowers. May. 
ALSTIUEMERIA. Peruvian Lily. 
A vigorous species, flow r ering in summer and autumn, in 
umbels. Flowers lily-like, orange ; 2 to 4 feet. 
