THE JOSEPH F. MARTIN COMPAIVY, PAINESVILLE, OHIO 
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Their informal elegance and stately, striking beauty reserve for the 
Aquilegia (Columbine) a position among plants that they shall never re¬ 
linquish. Aside from their fine utility as a cut flower, they are without 
parallel when one desires to arrive at a mild yet captivating display in the 
hardy garden. 
AiioliuNa Myosotidifloru 
ANCHUSA 
Sea Bugloss 
A race of intensely blue flowering 
plants. Invaluable for the border. 
Grows in common soil. 
AFFINIS. The most graceful Anchusa of 
the peiennial species. Uncurling racemes 
set with white-centered stars of imperial 
violet. Grows to a height of some forty 
inches. 
Per 10, $1.50 ( Per 100, $10.00 
AVALON HYBRIDS. Gracefully irregular, 
with crosier-sprays of mellow cream, soft 
primrose, palest blue suffusions, azure, 
indigo, rose, pink, even carmine in re¬ 
starring. Scarcely two with flowers alike. 
Per 10. $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
ITALICA DROPMORE. An interesting 
border plant 3 to 4 feet high, with pretty 
gentian blue flowers in Spring. A favor¬ 
ite with all who see it. One of the best 
blue perennials. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per lOO, $10.00 
ITALICA FELTHAM I'RlDE. Very fine 
new strain, much more dwarf and com¬ 
pact than other varieties. Excellent for 
massing in the border. Height 2 to 3 feet. 
Blue flowers. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
ITALICA LISSADEL. Clear blue flowers 
produced on four to five feet stems. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
ITALICA MORNING GLORY. One of the 
finest of this showy genus. Stout, much- 
branched stems smothered with large 
brilliant rich blue flowers. May to June; 
5 ft. 
Per 10, $1.75; Per 100, $12.50 
ITALICA OPAL. Light blue, 3-4 ft. 
Per 10, $1.75; Per 100, $12.50 
ITALICA PICOTEE. Blue and white 
flowers. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per lOO, $10.00 
MYOSOTIDIFLORA (Forget Me Not 
Flowered Bugloss). Height 1^4 feet when 
in bloom, during April and May, making a 
tidy, compact plant, entirely lacking of 
the coarseness of the taller Anchusas, 
forming a mound of dainty blue flowers 
resembling the forget-me-not, but borne 
in branchy sprays. Foliage is robust and 
has a healthy, attractive appearance 
throughout the entire season. An effec¬ 
tive rock plant for shady places. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
ALPINA. Grows about a foot high, hav¬ 
ing dark blue flowers. A beautiful short 
spurred form. Very rare. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
ALPINA BLUE, TRUE DWARF STRAIN. 
One of the very few good dwarf Aquile- 
gias. Only 9 to 10 inches high with 
dainty blue short spurred flowers. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per lOO, $10.00 
CALIFORNICA HYBRIDA. Fine strain of 
hybrid, red spurs and yellow mouth. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per lOO, $7.00 
CANADENSIS. (American Wild Colum¬ 
bine; Honeysuckle). It flowers early, 
next after the oxysepela, and few of our 
wild flowers are better suited to the 
rock garden than this. Flowers an inch 
or more long, red and yellow are borne 
in abundance. Very graceful and attrac¬ 
tive plant. It seems to do well in any 
garden soil both in sun and shade. 18 to 
24 inches. 
I*er 10, $1.00; Per lOO, $7.00 
CHRYSANTHA (Golden Columbine). Very 
slender, dainty, long-spurred Columbine 
of a golden yellow color, blooming later 
than the long-spurred hybrids. Late June 
and July. Attains a height of 2*4 to 
3 feet. While we do not guarantee the 
color a large percentage comes true to 
form. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
CHRYSANTH.U ALBA. A white form of 
the above. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per lOO, $7.00 
CHRYSANTHA SILVER RUEEN. Improv¬ 
ed long spurred white. The best pure 
white. 
I’er 10, $1.54»; Per 100, $10.(H) 
COERULEA. Violet blue and white, long 
spurs, the finest species. Rocky Moun¬ 
tain blue Columbine. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $R).00 
COERULEA CTTRINA LE.MON RUEEN. 
Long spurs belonging to the fine strains 
of Coerulea, color a beautiful shade of 
lemon yellow. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
COERULEA HYBRIDS. A very desirable 
range of colors of Coerulea types. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
COERULEA MRS. M. NICHOLLS. An im¬ 
proved Coerulea Blue, a stronger grower 
with larger long spurred blooms. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per lOO, $10.00 
CRIMSON STAR. This is an entirely new 
Aquilegia. It is by far the most striking 
crimson with white corolia. Because of 
its bright color, we believe that our cus¬ 
tomers wili find this variety of great 
value either in border plantings or for 
cut flower use. 
Per 10, $1.75; Per 100, $12.00 
DOBBIE’S IMPERIAL HYBRIDS. A very 
fine assortment by a European hybridizer 
which will be sure to charm you by its 
beauty. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
HENSOL HAREBELL. A beautiful free 
flowering, long lived variety. A splendid 
grower and rich bloomer. The cool blue 
pendulant flowers with curved spurs are 
outstanding and abundantly produced. One 
of the best blues. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
LACTIFLORA. Grows to a height of 18 to 
24 inches, produces white flowers. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
LONGISSIMA. Noted for its unusually 
long slender spurs, 4 to 5 inches long, 
giving the pale yellow flowers an excep¬ 
tionally graceful effect. Does well in hot, 
dry places in the garden. Flowers in June. 
Height 18 inches. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
LONG SPURRED BLUE SHADES. This is 
a variation of blue shades, colors running 
practically all shades of blue. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per lOO, $7.00 
LONG SPURRED ORANGE & SCARLET. 
This is a fine strain of hybrids, colors 
varying from scarlet to orange. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per lOO, $7.00 
LONG SPURRED PINK SHADES. Special¬ 
ly selected pink shades of this popular 
long-spurred type. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
LONG SPl'RRED ROSE RUEEN. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.<M» 
LONG SPURRED SNOW RUEEN, 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
Martin's Own Strain 
LONG SPURRED HYBRIDS. We offer an 
unusually choice strain of these lovely 
hybrids, ranging in color tones from 
creamy white and yellow to bronze red 
and blue shades. No two plants resemble 
each 'other In color, and the combination 
of shades found in this selection defies 
description. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
MRS. SCOTT ELLIOTT HYBRIDS, There 
is not a better mixture grown in the 
world. Wonderful colors and color com¬ 
binations, with very long spurred fiow- 
ers. Colors range through shades of 
lavenders, mauves, blues, purples, whites, 
creams, yellows, pinks, reds, etc. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per lOO, $10.(K) 
SKINNERl. Crimson red with green 
mouth. Very distinct and desirable. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
Dwarf Varieties For The 
Rock Garden 
All Aqulleglas are suitable rock garden 
subjects but the following varieties are 
perhaps the best for that purpose. They 
are, of course, for border plantings as 
well. 
EDELWEISS NANA COMPACTA. New 
erect growing variety with large snow 
white flowers. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
RED RIDING HOOD. New double variety 
with calyx of old rose over a pure white 
double corolla. Very attractive. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
