ORNAMENTAL TREES , SHRUBS , # 777 . 
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ANCHUSA. Alkanet. 
A. Italica. A fine species, with rough leaves and stems, and fine blue flowers; 
4 to five feet. June, July and August. 
ANEMONE. Wind-flower. 
A. Japonica. A distinct and beautiful species, with trifoliate leaves; flowers 
inches in diameter; bright purplish rose, with golden yellow centers, borne in 
great profusion from September to November. Height 2£ feet; habit neat and com¬ 
pact ; very desirable and effective as a pot plant, and in lines or masses in beds or 
mixed borders. 30 cents. 
var. alba. ( Honorine Jobert.) A distinct and beautiful variety of the 
preceding; flowers 2} inches in diameter; pure white, center golden yellow, borne in 
great profusion from September to November; height 2£ feet; habit neat and com¬ 
pact; very desirable and effective as a pot plant, and in lines or masses in beds or 
mixed borders. 30 cents. 
A. inultifida. A small flowered species from the Rocky Mountains. Flowers 
varying in color; distinct and rather pleasing. 
ANTENNARIA. Cat’s-Ear. 
A. dioica. Mountain Everlasting. A dwarf plant with creeping stems, 
and silvery foliage, producing small, white flowers in summer, on stems six inches 
high. 
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. 
A. ramosum. White flowers; 18 inches. June. 
AQUILEGIA. Columbine. 
A. alpina. A native of the higher parts of the European Alps. Stems 9 to 18 
inches high, bearing showy blue flowers. 50 cents. 
A. Canadensis. Our well-known native species, with scarlet sepals and 
bright yellow petals; easily cultivated. 
A. Olympica. Flowers red and yellow. 
ARABIS. Rock-Cress. 
Dwarf, early, free-flowering perennials. 
A. alpina. Alpine Rock-Cress. Flowers white, in small racemes in early 
spring; 6 to 8 inches. 
var. variegata. Of low habit and finely variegated foliage. Very or¬ 
namental in rockwork. 
ARMERIA. Thrift, Sea-Pink. 
A. dianthoifles. White; fine. 
A. formosum. Narrow grass-like leaves; white flowers in heads on long 
stems. 
