EDWARD GILLETT’S CATALOGUE. 
ASARIM Canadensis (Wild Ginger) — A low perennial, with kidney- 
shaped leaves 3 to 5 inches wide, and a single purplish flower close to the 
ground. Plant in the shady corner with your ferns. 10 cts. each, .$1 per doz. 
Virginicum (Heart Snakeroot) — About the same height as the former, only 
smaller; leaves shiny and beautifully mottled. 15 cents each. si.25 per dozen. 
ASCLEPIAS incaniata (Swamp Milkweed) — 2 to 3 feet high, with showy 
rose-purple flowers. Grows in wet places and along the banks of streams and 
ponds. 20 cents each, SI.25 per dozen. 
tuberosa (Butterfly Weed or Pleurisy Hoot) — One of the most beautiful and easily 
grown of our wild flowers. It grows from l to 2 feet, and has numerous umbels 
of bright orange colored flowers; hardy. Plant in open sun, well drained soil. 
15 cents each. SI.25 per dozen. 
ASTER-i lie wild Asters are among our prettiest native flowers. They 
come late in the season, when most other plants are past their bloom, and last 
until killed by frosts. They are easily grown, and deserve more attention from 
lovers of wild flowers. Those named are among the most showy of the genus, 
ericoides —Extra line in cultivation. The graceful, wand-like spreading branches 
are literally covered with line green or purple leaves, and dotted here and there 
with large white flowers. Plant in dry sandy soil. 15 cents each, §1 per dozen. 
lawis —A beautiful species with 
sky-blue flowers. Grows in dry 
woodlands. 10 cents each, $1 
per dozen. 
multiflorus —1 to 2 feet high, 
branches covered with small 
white flowers. Fine for dry open 
places. 10 cents each, §1.25 per 
dozen. 
Novara Anglian —Stout. 3 to 8 
feet high. Flowers violet and 
purple. Moistground. 20 cents 
each, §1.25 per dozen, 
patens —Grows 1 to 3 feet high 
Flowers deep purple. Grows on dry ground. 
cents each. §1.25 per dozen. 
plants. 
HRLLI'S PE REN N IS. 
with wide spreading branches. 
15 cents each, §1.25 per dozen. 
Tradescanti—Similar to A. multiflorus. Id 
BELLI S pc roil ll is (English Daisy) — Charming little border 
shades of color from white to rose 
B. Snowball — Double white. 10 cents each, 81 
per dozen. 
Longfellow — Double rose. 10 cents each. §1 
per dozen. 
CALIJRKII0E iiivolucrata (Crimson Callir- 
rhoe) — A very beautiful prostrate spreading 
perennial from Texas, with large, showy crim¬ 
son flowers all summer. Fine for the open 
border or for planting in a dry barren soil. 20 
cents each. §1.50 per dozen. 
OAMPAM'LA Carpathica— A foot high, with 
bright blue flowers: indispensable. 20 cents 
each, 81 per dozen. 
Carpathica alba — Pure white, very choice. 20 
cents each. 
calycanthema (Cup and Saucer) — A biennial 
sort, with while and blue flowers, resembling 
cup and saucer. Nice plants. 10 cents each, 
§1 per dozen. 
medium (Canterbury Bell) — 1 to 2 feet, flowers large. Open bell shaped in a 
variety of colors. Biennial. 15 cents each, §1 per dozen. 
rotundifolia (Hare Bell)—A slender and graceful little alpine plant, 5 to 15 
inches high, with small bright bine flowers. Valuable for rockeries. 15 cents 
each, §1 per dozen. 
CASSIA M AKILANDICA. 
{See my Lust of Lovely Hardy Ferns. 
