HUGH B. BARCLAY, Narberth, Pa. 
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General List of Plants 
ACHILLEA Ageratum. Sweet Yarrow. 3 to 4 in. 
^ Europe. Foliage light shining green, forming 
evergreen rosettes from which arise slightly leafy, 
1-foot stems bearing good bright yellow flower 
clusters from June to August. Perfectly hardy. 
Suitable for low masses, rockery, and roadsides. 
Field-plants.$2 for 10; $15 per 100 
A. filipendulina. Fernleaf Yarrow. 3 ft. Orient. A 
sturdy plant with fernlike foliage almost to the 
bright yellow, dense heads of flowers. June to 
September. A fine plant for large masses. 
Field-plants.$1.50 for 10; $12 per 100 
A. Millefolium roseum. Rosy Milfoil. Garden 
<§> variety of the common Yarrow, not quite so 
sturdy in growth. Foliage very finely cut, fernlike, 
mainly about the base of the plant, deep green. 
Flower-stems about 15 inches high, bearing a 
profusion of rosy pink flowers in flat heads during 
June and in less numbers throughout the summer. 
Suitable for massing, rockery, and roadsides. 
Field-plants.$1.50 for 10; $12 per 100 
234-in- pot-plants.$1.25 for 10; $10 per 100 
A. Ptarmica, Boule de Neige. Sneezewort. An 
4c improved, double-flowered garden variety. Leaves 
<§> small, dark green and undivided, mainly disposed 
about the base of the plant, forming a mat about 
3 inches high from which the flower-stems rise to 
about 15 inches. The pure white, double flowers 
are borne in open clusters during June, July, and 
occasionally later. A good cut-flower. Suited for 
low masses, bank-planting, and rockery. Any 
soil. Endures shade, but needs sun for flowers. 
Field-plants.$1.50 for 10; $12 per 100 
A. sericea. From Lebanon. Rather new to garden 
T lists. Foliage gray and silky, cut but not finely 
<§> divided, disposed mainly as a mat about 6 inches 
high from which the flowering stems ascend 15 to 
18 inches. Flowers bright yellow, in dense heads 
from May to September. Perfectly hardy and 
easy of cultivation. Good cut-flower. Suited to 
masses, bank-planting, and rockery. 
Field-plants.$2 for 10; $12 per 100 
A. tomentosa. Woolly Yarrow. Southern Europe. 
4c Foliage finely divided, more or less woolly, green, 
<§> forming attractive mats about 2 inches high. 
Bright yellow heads of flowers on about 6-inch 
stems during June and in less numbers later. 
Suited for low masses, rockery, and roadsides. 
For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
Field-plants.$1 50 $12 00 $100 00 
Ajuga reptans 
Aconitum Napellus 
ACONITUM Fischeri. Azure Monkshood. North 
America, Asia. Attractive, large, three-parted 
and cut foliage borne mainly on the 2 to 4-foot 
stems which terminate in a panicle of odd-shaped, 
large blue flowers during September. Give deep, 
rich soil. They enjoy some shade, but not dry 
soil. Suited for rear of perennial borders, in 
broad-leaved evergreen plantings and woodland 
borders. Poisonous to eat. 
Field-plants.$2 for 10; $15 per 100 
A. Napellus, Spark’s Variety. Aconite. Foliage 
divided and cleft into linear lobes and borne on 
stiff stems 3 to 4 feet high. Flowers deep blue, in 
a terminal spike during July and August. Culture 
and uses similar to the preceding species. 
Field-plants.$3 for 10; $25 per 100 
/ETHIONEMA persicum. Persian Stonecress. 9 in. 
<§> Iberis-Iikc plants, dwarf, shrubby. Flowers 
showy, in terminal racemes, deep rose. Open soil 
and sun. 
Field-plants.$2 for 10; $18 per 100 
AGROSTEMMA Coronaria. See Lychnis, page 23. 
AJUGA genevensis. Similar to A. reptans except 
4c that the flowers are bright blue, in June, and are 
carried on stems 6 to 8 inches high. The mature 
foliage takes on a variegated form. 
For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
Small field-plants. $150 $8 00 $65 00 
234-in. pot-plants. 2 00 10 00 85 00 
A. reptans. Bugle. 3 to 4 in. A useful plant in full 
4c sun or in shady positions; spreading in habit. Flat 
leaves, almost evergreen. Flowers purplish blue, 
in May. Use on steep embankments and in ground- 
cover work. For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
Small field-plants.$1 50 $8 00 $65 00 
234-in- pot-plants. 2 00 10 00 85 00 
