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The Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven. Conn. 
HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
ARMERIA FORMOSA. 6 to 12 inches. July and August. 
Bright pink. Fine for borders, also effective in rockery. 
ARMERIA MARTIMA SPLENDENS. (Thrift.) 9 inches high. 
They flower more or less continuously from early spring until late in the fall An 
tive dwarf plants that will succeed in any soil, forming evergreen tufts of bright™'' 
foliage, from which innumerable flowers appear in dense heads, on stiff wirvcf^ 61 ’ 
Very effective in the rockery and indispensable in the border. ’ y stems - 
•ARUNCUS SYLVESTER (Spiraea Aruncus). 5 to 6 feet. May and June. Crearnv 
A desirable, strong-growing plant, either for the border or for the shruhher/ Wmte ' 
ARUNDO DONAX (Giant Reed). 8 to 20 feet. ‘ y ' 
4 to 0 feet. June and July. Clear blue. 
Very decorative tall grass or reed. 
•ASCLEPIS INCARNATA (Milkweed). 2 to 3 feet. July and August. Rose-purnle tn , 
•ASCLEPIS TUBEROSA (Butterfly Milkweed). 2 to 3 feet. July and August. Orani? t 
flame. ' ge to 
ASPERULA ODORATA (Sweet Woodruff). 6 to 8 inches. May and June. White 
fragrant. L an< * 
ASTER ALPINA. 6 to 8 inches. _ May to June. Low growing plants; fine for bord 
effective'for rockery. Flowers bright purple, rich yellow center. aer; 
•ASTER NOVAE ANGLIAE VAR. ROSEA. 2 to 4 feet. October and November 
A variety of our native New England aster, with very large flowers in the 
profusion. Color, clear rosy red with rich golden center. Will grow almost anywhe 51 
and is especially desirable on account of its late blooming time. y le 
•ASTILBE CHINENSIS. 2 to 3 feet. June. Pink to rose. Rare. 
A splendid new garden spiraea, and equally good for forcing. 
•ASTILBE JAPONICA VAR. GRANDIFLORA. 1 to 2 feet. May and June. Cream 
white (new). ’ y 
ASTILB-E. Also see Ulmaria. 
BABY'S BREATH, see Gypsophila. 
•BAPTISIA AUSTRALIS (False Indigo). 
BEARD TONOE, see Penstemon. 
BEE BALM, see Monarda. 
BEE LARKSPUR, see Delphinium. 
•BELEMCANDA CHINENSIS (Blackberry Lily). 2 to 3 feet. June and July. Yellow 
spotted red. ' ’ ' 
BELL FLOWER, see Platvcodon and Campanula. 
BELLIS PERENNIS EL. PL. (Double English Daisy). 2 to i inches. March to May 
Pink, white and rose. Assorted. y ' 
BERGAMOT, see Monarda. 
BLACKBERRY LILY, see Belemcanda. 
BLANKET FLOWER, see Gaillardia. 
BLEEDING HEART, sec Dicentra. 
BLUEBELLS, see Campanula. 
•BOCCONIA CORDATA (Tree Calamdine). 6 to 8 feet. August and September. Spikes 
of feathered white. 
Very strong grower and effective, either in a mass, or in a group with other plant 3 
or shrubs. 
“BOLTONIA ASTEROIDES. 0 to 8 feet. August and September. 
Tall-growing plant, producing great masses of aster-like flowers, white with yellow 
center 
*BOLTONIA LATISQUAMAE. 6 to 8 feet. August and September. 
Similar to above excepting color of bloom which is light lavender, deep yellow center. 
BOLTONIA LATISQUAMAE NANA. 12 to 15 inches. August to September. A dwarf 
form of the above. 
BUTTERCUP, see Ranunculus. 
BUTTERFLY WEED, see Asclepias. 
CAMPANULA CARPATICA to 1 foot. June to October. 
Like the other Campanulas, the flowers are bell-shaped. In this species they are 
produced singly on delicate wiry stems, and are deep blue. One of the best dwarf border 
plants. 
CAMPANULA CARPATICA VAR. ALBA 14 to 1 foot. June to October. 
Similar to preceding otherwise than the color of the flowers, v/hich are white. 
CAMPANULA PERSICIFOLIA. June to October. 
This species produces its flowers on stems 2 to 3 feet high. The flowers are in loose 
clusters, and are very effective. Color blue. 
CAMPANULA PERSICIFOLIA VAR. ALBA. June to October. Pure white. 
CAMPANULA PERSICIFOLIA VAR. FL. PL. ALBA. 
A double white form and especially fine for cutting. Originated at the nursery. 
CAMPANULA PYRAMIDALIS. June to October. Known as the Chimney Campanula. 
Flowers blue and produced on branching flower stems 3 to 4 feet tall. 
'CAMPANULA GLOMERATA. V* to 2 feet. June to October. 
CANDYTUFT, see Iberis. 
CAMOMILE, see Anthemus. 
CENTRANTHUS RUBER (Red Valerian). 1 to 3 feet. All summer. Crimson. 
CERASTIUM TOMENTOSUM (Snow in Summer.) 6 inches. 
Low growing, silvery foliage, grows in dry places, splendid for rockeries. 
CENTAUREA GYMNOCARPA (Dusty Miller). 1 to 2 feet. 
w Wte fern-like, fine for borders and foregrounds. 
CHRISTMAS-ROSE, see Heleborus. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM LEUCANTHEMUM HYBRIDUM (Burbank’s Shasta Daisy). 
This wonderful daisy, of which, a great deal has been written in the horticultural 
press the past year, is the work of Mr. Luther Burbank, of California, to whom we are 
indebted for so many fine introductions. Flowers are of the purest glistening' white, of 
enormous size, about four inches in diameter, and are borne on long, strong, sriiT, wiry 
stems, about two feet in length. It is a perfectly hardy perennial, and makes a valu¬ 
able addition to our list of hardy plants. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM ULGINOSUM. 4 to 6 feet. July to September. The Giant Daisy. 
blooms make it a desirable garden plant. 
o A i U / V Jrt IARDY GARDEN VARIETIES, (Pompons), see page 30. 
REOPSIS LANCEOLATA (Tidkseed). 1 to 2 feet. June to October. 
One of the best golden yellow flowers for the garden. Star-like blooms produced on 
r'rvDT??>'n<^ ms ' Splendid for cutting. 
JKEOPSIS ROSEA. 8 to 12 inches. July to September. Dark green cut leaf foliage, 
r-™A e ,T, esting foreground plant. 
CORONILLA VARIA. (Crown Vetch). June to August. 
rampant creeper, with handsome globular heads of showy bright pink and wni ® 
rt?nr-Tic pca_sl,a P e d flowers; a useful plant for covering tough banks for the rockery. 
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