GENERAL CATALOG UE. 
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AIKA. Hair-Grass. 
V. foil is variegatis. A distinct yellow striped grass. One of the finest hardy 
grasses; useful for edging. 25c. 
AJUGA. Bugle. 
Pretty dwarf plants, with flowers in whorls in the axils of the leaves. 
V. reptans var. rubra. Red-leaved Bugle. Flowers blue, foliage purple; 
spreading. May. 25c. 
V. reptans var. fl. alba. White flowers. May. 25c. 
ALSTIKKMEKIA, Peruvian Lily. 
V. aurantiaca. A vigorous species, flowering in summer and autumn, in um¬ 
bels. Flowers lily-like, orange; 2 to 4 feet. 25c. 
Auon ’ is - A3I SONIA. 
A. sallcifolla. Willow-leaved Amsonia. Large, smooth foliage; fine blue flowers. May. 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. 
ANEMONE. Wind-flower. 
A. Japonica. A distinct and beautiful species; flow¬ 
ers 2£ inches in diameter; bright purplish rose, 
with golden yellow centers, borne in great 
profusion from September to November. 
Height, 2f feet; habit neat and compact; very 
desirable and effective as a pot plant, aud in 
lines or masses iu beds or mixed borders. 30c. 
var. alba. (Honorine Jobert.) A distinct and 
beautiful variety of the preceding; flowers 21 
inches in diameter; pure white, center golden 
yellow, borne iu great profusion from Sep¬ 
tember to November; very desirable and ef¬ 
fective as a pot plant, and in lines or masses 
in beds or mixed borders. 30c. 
ANTENNARIA. Cat’s-Ear. 
A. dioica. MOUNTAIN EVERLASTING. A dwarf plant 
with creeping stems, and silvery foliage, pro¬ 
ducing small white flowers in summer, on 
stems six inches high. 2oc. 
ANTHEMIS. 
a. tinctoria. Yellow Chamomile. Flowers golden yellow, one to two inches across, from July to November; 
valuable. 12 to 18 inches. 25c. 
ANTHEEICUM. 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. 
var. major. Giant St. Bruno’s Lily. Longspikesof pure white, lily-like, fragrant flowers; fine. 25c. 
A. ramosum. White flowers; 18 inches. June. 25c. 
AQUILEGIA. Columbine. 
A. alpina. A native of the higher parts of the European Alps. Stems 9 to 18 inches high, bearing showy blue 
flowers. 50c. 
A. Canadensis. Our well-known native species, with scarlet sepals and bright yellow petals; easily cultivated. 25c. 
A. Olympica. Flowers rod and yellow. 25c. 
A. forniosa 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. 25. 
A. Skinnerii. Crimson sepals lined with light green; light green petals and long straight crimson spurs ; 3 feet. 
June to September. 50c. 
