gfJCELSEY’S HARDY AMERICAN PLANTS 
(Etrolvn in the Carolina fountains at 3800 feet elehation 
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Hardy Native Herbaceous Perennials 
In thin list will be found a variety of Hardy Herbaceous plants that will give a showy succession of bloom 
from early spring to late autumn. Nearly all are of easiest culture. We have endeavored to give a short, accu¬ 
rate description of each, with color of flower, height as found in a wild state, 
and time of blossoming. Most of these herbaceous plants will often reach 
the maximum size given, under cultivation. 
The sizes following the names indicate the variation in heights usually 
attained by the plants in their wild state. 
ACONITUM reclinatum. Trailing Wolfsbane. 2 to 8 ft. 
Very rare Alleghany species. August. White, 
uncinatum. Wild Monk’s Hood. 2 to4 ft. Smooth vine-like 
stern, flowers making a brilliant display. June to August. Blue. 
ACTAEA alba. White Baneberry. 1 to 2 ft. Compound 
leaves 1 foot across. White flowers and berries. Flower-stalk 
red. May. 
rubra. Red Baneberry. 1 to 2 ft. April and May. 
Berries cherry-red. 
ADOPOGON MONTANA. MOUNTAIN DANDELION. 
6 to 12 in. Bright yellow flowers, June to August. 
Very showy. 
AMSONIA amsonia. Amsonia. 2 to 4 ft. Panicled cymes 
of pale blue flowers. A good border plant. May and 
June. Bluish. 
ANGELICA curtisii. Angelica. 2 to 3K ft. Tall plant 
with fine cut foliage. August. White or greenish. 
AQUILEGIA canadensis. Wild Columbine. 1 to 2 ft. 
•Showy cut leaves, useful for rockery. April and June. 
Scar 1 e t-ye How insi d e. 
APOCYNUM androsaemi- 
folium. Honey Bloom. 
1 to 4 ft. Forking, open 
branches. Quite showy. 
June and July. Pale rose 
color. 
ARALIA nudicaulis. Vir¬ 
ginian Sarsaparilla. 9 to 
18 in. Bears umbels of 
green flowers in June. 
Fruit black or dark purple, 
racemosa. A m e u 1 0 a n 
Spikenard. 3 to G ft. 
Widely branched, smooth 
stem, and large, decompound 
leaves. Umbels of white panicled 
flowers. Striking plant. July. 
ARCHANGELICA hirsuta. 2 to 
8 ft. Medicinal plant with large, 
showy cut leaves. 
ARTEMISIA gracilis. Wormwood 
•Sage. 10 to 20 in. Especially valuable 
for its fine silvery foliage. Yellow or 
purplish. 
ARUNCUS ( Spiraea) ARUNCUS. 
Goat’s Beard. 3 to 7 ft. Fine 
herbaceous plant, with panicles of white flowers and sharply cut 
leaves in May and June. 
ASARUM ouniidonso. Wild (Iingek Root. Purple prostrate flowers in April 
and May. 
inuoraiithuni. Small Heart Leaf. 3 to 5 in. Curious brown purplish 
flowers in June. Thick fragrant leaves, often mottled white. __ 
ASCLEPIAS inoarnata. Swamp Milkweed. 2 to I ft. Very showy. June 
and July. Roso-purplo. 
tuborosa. Butterfly Weed. 1 to 2 ft. Brilliant orange or red. One of our 
showiest herbaceous plants. 
ASTER oordlfollus. Blue Wood Aster. 1 to 5 ft. Profuse bloomer. Pale 
blue or nearly while. 
novno-niiRlino. New England Aster. 2 to 8 ft. One of the best and 
finest blooming sorts. Showy. Violet-purple, 
uovao-angliao rosea. 3 to 0 ft. Variety with rose-colored flowers. 
BAP l ISI A australis. Blue Wild Indigo. *1 to 0 ft. Very conspicuous. July. 
Indigo him*. 
tinotorla. Yellow Indigo. 2to4ft. Yellow. Abundant flowers in June. Showv. 
The flowering and fruiting cymes of 
Arohangolioa hirsuta 
From photograph tnkon at llluhlumh Nursery 
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ChamaBlirium luteum 
(Blazing Star) 
(See opposite page) 
