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The Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, Conn. 
HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
AQUILEG1A CHKYSANTHA. 2 to 3 feet. May to September. 
Another Rocky Mountain Columbine with long yellow spurs, equally desirahl 
gardens. D e I 
AQU1LEGIA CHRYSANTHA VAR. ALBA. 2 to 3 feet. May to August. 
A light or white form of the preceding. 
AQUILEG1A VULGARIS (European Columbine). 1 to 3 feet. June to August R 
blue, white. ' ™ )st , 
These are popular old garden plants. 
’ARABIS ALBIDA (Rock Cress). to 1 foot. 
A beautiful low-growing plant with velvety foliage which is evergreen. Beco 
mass of snow-white in April, making it one of the earliest of our garden plants tn t? es ! 
’ARABIS ALBIDA FL. PL. (new). See page 35. bloo "> 
ARENARIA GRANDIi-LURA (Sandwort). 
Close-growing evergreen plant, forming a carpet of verdure. Very desirable for 
work. Flowers pure white, standing well above the foliage in early spring. ' r)c ^ 
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. Att 
tive dwarf plants that will succeed in any soil, forming evergreen tufts of bright era ' 
foliage, from which innumerable flowers appear in dense heads, on stiff, wiry stem™ 
Very effective in the rockery and indispensable in the border. 
•ARUN'CUS SYLVESTER (Spiraea Aruncus). 5 to 6 feet. May and June. Creamy whit 
A desirable, strong-growing plant, either for the border or for the shrubbery ™ 
ARUNDU DONAX (Giant Reed). 8 to 20 feet. 
Very decorative tall grass or weed. 
•ASCLEPIAS INCARNATA (Milkweed). 2 to 3 feet. July and August. Kose-purpletonint 
‘ASCLEPIAS TUBERUSA (Butterfly Milkweed). 2 to 3 feet. July and August. Oranee t' 
flame. ' 8 0 
ASPERULA ODORATA (Sweet Woodruff). 6 to 8 inches. May and June. White and 
fragrant. 
’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 greatest 
profusion. Color, clear rosy red with rich golden center. Will grow almost anywhere and 
is especially desirable on account of its late blooming time. 
•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). ’ 
ASTILBE. Also see Ulmaria. 
BABY’S BREATH, see Gypsophila. 
•BAPTIS! A AUSTRALIS (False Indigo). 4 to 6 feet. June and July. Clear blue 
BEARD TONGE, see Penstemon. 
BEE BALM, see Monarda, and page 39. 
BEE LARKSPUR, see Delphinium. 
*BELEMCANDA CHINENSIS (Blackberry Lily). 2 to 3 feet. June and July. Yellow, 
spotted red. 
BELL FLOWER, see Platycodon and Campanula. 
BELLIS PERENNIS FL. PL. (Double English Daisy). 2 to 4 inches. March to May, 
Pink, white and rose. 
BERGAMOT, see Monarda, and page 39. 
BLACKBERRY LILY, see Belemcanda. 
BLANKET FLOWER, see Gaillardia. 
BLEEDING HEART, see Dicentra. 
BLUEBELLS, see Campanula. 
*BOCCONIA CORDA1A (Tree Lalamdine). 5 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 plants 
or shrubs. 
■*BOLTONIA ASTEROIDES. 6 to 8 feet. August and September. 
Tall-growing plant, producing great masses of aster-like flowers, white with yellow 
center. 
■"BOLTON1A LATISQUAMAE. 6 to 8 feet. August and September. 
Similar to above excepting color of bloom which is light lavender, deep yellow center. 
BUTTERCUP, see Ranunculus. 
BUTTERFLY WEED, see Asciepias. 
CAMPANULA CARPATICA l /z 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 ^ to 1 foot. June to October. 
Similar to preceding otherwise than the color of the flowers, which are white. 
•CAMPANULA PERSIC1FOLIA. 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 PERSIC 11* O LI A VA R. ALBA. June to October. 
•CAMPANULA PERSIC1FOLIA VAR. FL. PL. ALuA. 
double white form and especially fine for cutting. Originated at the nursery. 
CAMPANULA PYRAMI DALIS. June to October. Known as the Chimney Campanula. 
Flowers blue and produced on branching flower stems 3 to 4 feet tall. 
^-LOMERA'JL A. Yi to 2 feet. June to October. 
CANDYTUFT, see Iberis. 
CAMOMILE, see A nth emus. 
CENIRAN1HUS RUBER (Red Valerian). 1 to 3 feet. All summer. Crimson. 
CERASTIUM TOMENTOSUM (Snow in Summer.) 6 inches. 
V,silvery foliage, grows m dry places, splendid rockeries. 
CEN 1AUREA GYMNOCARPA (Dusty Miller). 1 to 2 feet. 
rHnicTii?? white fern-like, fine for borders and foregrounds. 
CHRISTMAS-ROSE, see Heleborus. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM LEUCANTHEMUM. 
HYBRIDUM (llurbank’s Shasta Daisy), see page 41 r, - ev 
CHRYSANTHEMUM ULC TNOSUM. 4 to 5 feet. * July to September. The Giant Daisy. 
runvc a an< ^ attractive blooms make it a desirable garden plant. 
r?^Tr S ^-r, T c H ^V M HA R D Y GARDEN VARl ETIES, see page 37. , „ , Blue . 
CLEMATIS HERACLAEFOLIA VAR. DAVIDIANA. 3 to 4 feet. Sept, and Oct. B 
fragrant. 
CLEMATIS RECTA. 2 to 3 feet. June an/ July. . p an iculat» 
Great masses of white bloom on erect stems, closely resembling Clematis 
in appearance in a bush form. A splendid garden plant. 
ITMDI .H' /ler Clematis, see page 33 and Hardy Vines. 
COLUMBINE, see Aquilegia. 
see Rutlbeckia and Echinacea. 
CONVALI.ARIA MAJALIS (Lily of the Valley), see page 43 
SEE PAGE 34 FOR PRICES. 
FOR SPECIAL DISCOUNTS SEE INSIDE FRONT COVER PAGE. 
