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Thohc flower profusely throughout the season, thriving in flower garden, window boxen 
vases, etc.; also well adapted for ribbon lines and edgings; very fragrant, annual. (Nee cut.) 
Sweet Alyssum. White. % foot. Per ounce, 25c. 
Tom Thumb Sweet Alyssum. 
ABUTILON, 
KKW HYBRIDS. 
flLtYSSUjVI. 
ABUTILON. Largo bell-like flowers, 
red, white, rose, orange, etc., riehly vein¬ 
ed ; strong growers, flowering continual¬ 
ly ; suitable for house in winter and gar¬ 
den in summer, a to 4 feet. Tender per¬ 
ennial. Mixed Colors./-it. 10 
Abutilon, New Hybrids, Mixed. The 
plants are of compact growth, producing 
much larger flowers than the old types—the 
range of colors is also greater, including 
white, straw, yellow, rose, carmine, crimson, 
orange, and many beautifully striped varie¬ 
ties. {See cut) ... Pkt. 25 
ABRONIA UMBELLATA. Charming annual 
trailers for vases, rock-work,etc.,succeeding well 
in the garden border; bearing largetrussesof fra¬ 
grant rosy pink flowers. % foot. Pkt. 5 
ACACIA, Decorative greenhouse shrubs with ele¬ 
gant foliage; flowers, yellow, white, red. 3 to 6 
feet. Perennial. Mixed Varieties. Pkt. 10 
ACHILLEA. PTARMICAEL.pl. Double white flowers, 
borne profusely summer and autumn; fine for cutting; useful 
border plant. 1 to 2 feet. Hardy perennial. Pkt. 10 
ACROCLINIUM. Double-flowering, Mixed. Free sum¬ 
mer-flowering annual plants for garden decoration; the flow¬ 
ers dr.v as "everlastings” for winter bouquets. 1 foot..Pkt. r> 
ADLUMIA. CIRRHOSA (“Mountain Fringe" or "Alle¬ 
gheny Vine"). Charming hardy biennial climber; feathery 
foliage, rose-colored flowers. 15 feet. Pkt 10 
ADONIS. JESTIVALIS (“ Flos Adonis"). Ornamental gar- 
den annual, of easy culture, flowering freely; graceful feathery 
foliage. Crimson. 1 foot. Pkt. 6 
nnrTln/T Annuals, bearing In profusion clusters 
■** A • of feathery flowers; suitable for pot cul¬ 
ture in winter or bedding out in summer; flowering continually and 
profusely. 2 feet high. 
Blue. Pkt. 5 White. Pkt. 5 
TOM THUMB VARIETIES. Splendid very dwarf varieties for edg¬ 
ings and ribbon lines; covered with large trusses of flowers until frost. 
Height, foot. 
Tom Thumb. Blue Perfection. .. 5 Tom Thumb. White. 
— —— K-ose. A beautiful variety..1 0-Yellow. Delicate chamois yellow..10 
Eittle Dorrit. Compact oval bushes, 6 inches high and a foot through ; a mass of blue flowers 
AJUGA METALiLiICA Cl^ISPA. 
Very dwarf, regular, compact habit with curious ami beautiful curly dark green leaves with a metallic 
gloss, short flower-stalk closely set with small flowers of a beautiful ultramarine-blue, give a charming appear¬ 
ance to the plant. Wonderful effects are obtained with this novelty in forming carpet-beds, borders, etc., 
especially when in bloom. Height of plant and flower-stalk about 4 to 5 inches. The seed is sown In pots or 
In the frame, the seedlings transferred to small pots, and later on planted in the garden at a distance of from 
o to 4 inches apart. Comes quite true from seed. (See cut.) . Pkt. 15 
HARDY ALYSSUM. Dwarf spreading hardy perennial plants about a foot liiirii verv 
showy for permanent borders and beds. ® J 
Wiersbecki. Summer blooming; yellow. - 
Saxatile Compacta. Spring blooming; dwarf, golden yeiiow.%foot."!!!."].!!!!..].".5 
AJVIA^AJSlTHUS. 
Ornamental foliage and flowering annuals of 
striking effect; they are of rapid growth, easy cul¬ 
ture and very showy, with flower spikes or richly 
colored foliage. For semi-tropical gardening they 
are unique and effective. 
Caudatus. (Love-lies-bleeding.) Long, dark 
red drooping flower spikes. Pkt. 5 
Firebrand. (A. Superbus.) Attains a height 
of six feet and a breadth of four to five feet; 
well furnished with large, gorgeously colored' 
leaves of a blood-red color, bordered with 
bright yellow.. 
Henaeri. Beautiful drooping foliage of 
rosy carmine, orange, buff, golden yellow 
and olive green. 2 feet.5 
Salicifolius. (Fountain Plant.) Grace¬ 
fully drooping,willow-shaped leaves,bril¬ 
liantly banded and tipped with orange, 
carmine and bronze.5 
Tricolor. (Joseph's Coat.) Leaves 
red, yellow and green. 3 feet.5 
Brilliant. A beautiful hybrid, grows 
in columnar form, 4 to 6 feet high, 
almost covered with carmine, rose and yel¬ 
low variegated leaves without branches..10 
AIWPELOPSIS VEITCHII. 
Bostonor Japan Ivy.”) Valuablehardy 
perennial climber; clinging to walls of 
wood, brick or stone; foifage dense, of 
glossy green,changing to red and yel¬ 
low in autumn. 80 feet. Pkt. 10 
“ST. BRIGID” ANEMONES. 
1 hese beautiful Irish Poppy-flow¬ 
ered varieties produce in abun¬ 
dance large, single, semi-double 
and double flowers 3 to 5 inches 
across, of an endless variety of 
colors, from maroon and bright¬ 
est scarlet to flesh pink, and from 
lilac to purple. Some are mottled, 
striped, ringed,etc. 
v or cutting they 
are unsurpassed, 
Ef «nd in the garden 
they flower until 
after frost. Pkt. \ 0 
AJUGA METALLICA CRIHI’A. 
