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PLANTS FOR GROUND-COVERS AND BORDERS 
ANTHEMIS tinctoria, Kelway’s Variety. Camomile. 
Large, golden yellow flowers, produced all sum¬ 
mer on 2-foot stems. Excellent for cutting. Grows ' 
in poor soil. 
Fieid-piants.$1.25 for 10; $10 per 100 
AQUILEGIA alpina. Alpine Columbine. A species 
<e> Irom Switzerland, growing only a foot or less high, 
with large, rich blue flowers. May and June. 
Fieid-piants.$1.50 for 10; $12 per 100 
A. canadensis. American Columbine. North Amer- 
<§> ica. The graceful native species with red and yellow 
flowers during May and June. Endures shade, but 
cannot abide a heavy leaf-mulch. 
Field-plants.$1.50 for 10; $12 per 100 
A. cHrysantha. Golden Columbine. Southwestern 
<8> United States. A stronger growing species, usually 
about 2 feet high, with yellow flowers from June 
to August. Not as shade-enduring as A. canadensis. 
Garden groups. 
Field-plants.$1-50 for 10; $12 per 100 
A., Crimson Star. 15 to 18 in. Spurs and sepals red; 
white petals. May and June. 
Field-plants.$2.50 for 10; $18 per 100 
A., Farquhar’s Pink. IV 2 ft. A strain of long-spurred 
hybrid Columbines selected to bright pink shades. 
May to August. Border. 
Field-plants.$2 for 10; $15 per 100 
A. lucida. IV 2 to 2 ft. Dark purple, double flowers 
in May and June. 
Field-plants.$1.50 for 10; $12 per 100 
A., Mrs. Scott Elliott’s Hybrids. A strain of long- 
spurred hybrids in a large number of colors—reds, 
blues, whites, and yellows in various combinat'ons. 
Blooms from May to August. Our plants are from 
seed taken from selected labeled flowers and con¬ 
tain a large assortment of colors without a prepon¬ 
derance of any one shade. Somewhat stronger in 
growth than Farquhar’s Pink, reaching IV 2 to 2 
feet. Suitable for groups and rockery. 
Field-plants.$2 for 10; $15 per 100 
A. Skinneri. Scarlet and yellow flowers. Full bloom 
in May and June. Suitable for shady places. 
Field-plants.$1.50 for 10; $12 per 100 
ARABIS alpina. Alpine Rockcress. Europe. 4 to 6 
<§> in. Masses of pure white flowers very early in the 
spring. Sun, not particular as to soil. Excellent for 
rockery. 
Field-plants.$1.50 for 10; $12 per 100 
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS Uva-ursi. Bearberry. One 
★ of the best ground-covers. Thrives equally weh 
in sandy and loamy soils, forming a dense, low 
mat of evergreen foliage. Fine for covering rocky 
slopes and banks, sandy places, and seashore plant¬ 
ings. Small white flowers tinged with red followed 
by large red berries. 
3-in. pot-plants.$3.50 for 10; $30 per 100 
ARENARIA balearica. Creeping Sandwort. A dense- 
★ growing, creeping plant, useful for clothing bare 
rocks or stones near the waterside. If planted on 
the shady side, in any small chink, it rapidly spreads | 
its mosslike foliage and is sprinkled in summer with 
tiny white starlike flowers. 
Field-plants.$2.50 for 10; $18 per 100 
A. montana. Mountain Sandwort. Europe. Tufts of 
★ dark green foliage 3 to 4 inches high. Flowers pure 
'<$> white, large and conspicuous. May to August. 
Excellent for rockery. Light sun and half shade. : 
2V4'in. pot-plants.$2.50 for 10; $18 per 100 ! 
Arenaria verna caespitosa. Moss Sandwort. Europe 
★ and Rocky Mountains, norms dense, mossnke 
V mats of evergreen toiiage. Flowers wnite, smail, 
not much above the foliage. Not parcicuiar as lO 
soil. Shade and half-shade. Fine lor rockery or 
between stepping-stones. 
2 1 /4-in. pot-planes.$2.50 for 10; $18 per 100 
ARMERIA Laucheana. Thrift. 3 to 6 in. Excellent 
rock-plant. Very free flowering; bright rosy pink 
flowers in May and June. Excellent for seashore 
plantings as it likes dry, sunny situations. Foliage 
Iorms dense grasslike cushions. 
Field-plants.$1.25 for 10; $10 per 100 
A. maiitima. 3 to 6 in. This makes a good edging 
plant. Foliage is grasslike. Flowers pale pink, in 
May and June. 
Field-plants.$1.50 for 10; $12 per 100 
A. maritima alba. White-flowering form of the pre¬ 
ceding. 
Field-plants.$1.50 for 10; $12 per 100 
ARTEMISIA frigida. Fringed Wormwood. Rocky 
<§> Mountains. Foliage very finely cut, of a dark sil¬ 
very green, forming a mat about 6 inches high, 
evergreen. Flower-bearing stems to about IV 2 feet, 
with similarly colored leaves and yellow flowers. 
Valuable for its distinct foliage color. Perfectly 
hardy. Rockery in full sun. 
Field-plants.$2.50 for 10; $20 per 100 
A. Silver King. 2 1 /2 to 3 ft. Foliage silver-colored. 
One of the best decorative plants without doubt, for 
border, basket arrangement, bouquets, or as a 
general filler unequaled. 
Field-plants.$2 for 10; $15 per 100 
ASARUM canadense. Wild Ginger. North America. 
★ A shade-loving plant with large, kidney-shaped, 
deciduous leaves rising about 6 inches from a creep¬ 
ing underground stem, and chocolate-colored flow¬ 
ers near the ground. A satisfactory plant for a 
ground-cover in rich, shady woods. Good com¬ 
panion for trilliums. Should not receive a heavy 
leaf-mulch. 
For 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
Field-plants.$2.00 $12.00 $85.00 
ASCLEPIAS incarnata. Swamp Milkweed. 3 ft. 
Native. A branching plant with good glabrous 
green foliage. Attractive pink flowers in July. 
Strong, established plants cut down after flowering 
will bloom again in the fall. Suitable for roadside 
planting in masses in moist positions in full sun. 
Strong, field-plants.$2 for 10; $12 per 100 
A. tuberosa. Butterfly-weed, l 1 ^ to 2 ft. Native. 
Small, dark green foliage. Flowers orange to orange- 
red, very showy, July and August. Give deep, 
well-drained to dry soil in full sun. 
3-yr. field-plants.$1.50 for 10; $12 per 100 
ASTER alpinus. Rock Aster. Europe, Asia, North 
<$> America. A dwarf Aster with the foliage in a 
cluster about the base of the plant and a solitary 
flower 3 to 4 inches across, borne on a 10-inch 
stem. The flowers vary from white to pink and 
violet. May, June. Easy of cultivation. 
Field-plants.$2 for 10; $15 per 100 
A., Mauve Cushion. Japanese Fiardy Aster. A dis- 
★ tinct species forming circular, cushion-like plants 
D /2 feet across and 9 inches high. Flowers delicate 
soft mauve, over 1V 4 inches in diameter, completely 
cover the plant in October and November. Excel¬ 
lent for steep terrace planting combined whh 
thymes and J\[epeta Mussini. 
Field-plants.$2 for 10; $15 per 100 
