. Artemisia Lactiflora Dreer's Long-spurred Aquilegia or Columbine Armeria (Sea Pink or Thrift) Attractive dwarf plants that will succeed in any soil, forming evergreen tufts of bright green foliage, from which innumerable flowers appear in dense heads, on stiff wiry stems, from 9 to 12 inches high. They flower more or less continuously from early spring until late in fall. Very useful in the rockery as well as in the border. Cephalotes Rubra. Large heads of crimson red flowers on stout stems. Laucheana. Bright rose. Maritima Alba. A pretty pure white. Price- 30 cts. each; $ per doz.; $18.
. Artemisia Lactiflora Dreer's Long-spurred Aquilegia or Columbine Armeria (Sea Pink or Thrift) Attractive dwarf plants that will succeed in any soil, forming evergreen tufts of bright green foliage, from which innumerable flowers appear in dense heads, on stiff wiry stems, from 9 to 12 inches high. They flower more or less continuously from early spring until late in fall. Very useful in the rockery as well as in the border. Cephalotes Rubra. Large heads of crimson red flowers on stout stems. Laucheana. Bright rose. Maritima Alba. A pretty pure white. Price- 30 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Artemisia A most useful class of plants, either for the border or for filling in within the shrubbery. Lactiflora {Hawthorne Scented Mugwort). A most desirable and effective plant either for the border or to plant among shrubbery; it is of strong free-growth with erect stems i\ to 4| feet high, terminated with great panicles of Astilbe-like, Hawthorne- scented creamy white flowers produced from the latter part of August to the end of September, particularly valuable, being unlike any other plant in bloom at that time. Silver King (Ghost Plant). A very showy white-leaved contrast plant growing 3 feet high and maturing its beautiful mist-like foliage early in summer. Long sprays may be cut to mix with winter bouquets. Stelleriana (Old Woman). Deeply-cut silvery white foliage; much used in carpet bedding, 18 inches. 25 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. AsclepiaS (Butterfly Weed) Tuberosa. Very showy native plants, about 2 J feet high, producing flowers of brilliant orange-scarlet during July and August. 25 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. Aspemla (Sweet Woodruff) Odorata. A sweetly scented herb growing from 6 to 8 inches high with terminal clusters of white flowers in May. A useful plant for a shady spot in the garden or rockery or for carpeting the ground in a shady position. The dried leaves have a delightful fragrance like new-mown hay. 30 cts. ea
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