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Title: Ornamental trees & plants : no. 2
Identifier: CAT31285174 (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Maple Avenue Nurseries; Hoopes, Brother & Thomas; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Pennsylvania West Chester Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania West Chester Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs
Publisher: West Chester, Pa. : Maple Avenue Nurseries
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Aquilegia Canadensis. HARDY PERENNIALS Under this heading we group a choice collection of hardy plants, any of which will be sure to give entire satisfaction to all lovers of flowers. Good light garden soil is sufficient for the majority of the species, and a slight coat of long straw)- manure during winter will be all the protection they need. Many species show to great advantage on a rockery, and all make a beautiful show when grouped together in a bed. Achillea Millefolium rubrum. Reddish flowers. A. serrata, "The Pearl." Charming double white flowers. A. (omentosa. Dense wpolly foliage and yellow flow- ers. Althaea rosea. Hollyhocks. Fine double varieties. All colors. A. rosea var. Allegheny Hollyhocks. A new strain, with very large fringed flowers. Several colors. Double. Amsonia salicifolia. Bright blue flowers in terminal clusters. Anthemis tinctoria. Chamomile. Pale yellow flow- ers; blooms all the season. Anthericum liliastrum. St. Bruno's Lily. Fragrant white flowers; narrow leaves. Aquilegia Canadensis. Native species, with red flowers. A. chrysantha. Large yellow flowers, with long spurs. A. coerulea. Large; blue and white, with long spurs. A. glandulosa. Blue, with white tips. Siberia. Arenaria stricta. Small dwarf plant; pure white; for rockwork. Aruncus Aruncus (Syn., Spinea Aruncus). Goat's Beard. Tall, with white flowers in long, loose panicles. Asclepias tuberosa. Butterfly Weed. Bright orange bloom. A. incarnata. Beautiful flesh-colored bloom. Aster. A choice assortment. Blooms in autumn; very showy; mostly blue. Astilbe Japonica. Numerous panicles of pure white flowers. ! Campanula. Several distinct species. Hardy and very attractive; white and blue bells. Cassia Marylandica. Wild Senna. Three to four feet high, shrub-like, with yellow flowers. Cerastium oblongifolium. Flowers pure white; fine for rockwork. Chrysanthemums. One of the finest of florist's flow- ers. Our collection is very rich in the three classes of Pompone, Chinese and Japanese varieties. Coreopsis. Two species. Tall plants, with golden bloom. Delphinium. Larkspur. Several beautiful varieties. Dianthus Barbatus. Snueet William. All colors mixed. D. hortensis. Garden Pink, Her Majesty. Double, pure white. Dicentra eximia. A rare native species, with pink bloom. D. spectabilis. Tall, early, rosy pink flowers; very fine. Dictamnus fraxinella. i to 2 feet high. Pale purple flowers in early summer. Digitalis purpurea. Foxgloves. White and pink colors. Euphorbia corollata. Flowers small, white and prettv. Funkia. Four distinct species, different colors. Gaillardia grandiflora. Beautiful red and yellow bloom. Geranium sanguineum. Bright red flowers; fine. Helianthus. Sunflowers. Two species: yellow flowers. Heliopsis Pitcheriana. Has deep yellow blooms all summer. - Hemerocallis. Several elegant species. Yellow and

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