. Catalogue of hardy ornamental trees, shrubs, and vines, hardy flowers and large and small fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Catalogue of Reading" Nursery, Mass.—J. W. Manning, Proprietor. 89 A. cephalotes. [Great T.] 1 ft., 6-7. Eur. Light pink flowers in showy heads on stems 10 to 18 inches long. Foliage broad and tufted. 25 ets. A. maritima (vulgaris). [Cushion 9 in., 6-9. Eng. A dense tufted plant with deep-
. Catalogue of hardy ornamental trees, shrubs, and vines, hardy flowers and large and small fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Catalogue of Reading" Nursery, Mass.—J. W. Manning, Proprietor. 89 A. cephalotes. [Great T.] 1 ft., 6-7. Eur. Light pink flowers in showy heads on stems 10 to 18 inches long. Foliage broad and tufted. 25 ets. A. maritima (vulgaris). [Cushion 9 in., 6-9. Eng. A dense tufted plant with deep-green, grass-like foliage, studded at intervals throughout the summer with rich purple flowers in dense heads on clean stems. For the front of the border or rock-work, and often used as an edging plant in place of the less hardy Box edging. 20 cents; $ dozen; $ per hundred. var. alba. Flowers pure white. Very distinct. 2;") cents. var. Lauchiana. Bright-crimson flowers. Extremely pretty. 25 cents. A. plantaginea. [Plantain T.] 18 in., 6-9. Italy. Flow- ers varying from pure white to deep red. Very constant bloomer. 25 cents. var. formosa. A very rich and effective variety, with deepest crimson flowers, and when planted in groups they are Armeria cephalotes. seldom out of bloom from early spring until hard frost. Its clean stems and charming color render it one of the choicest of plants for flower effeet in the gar- den. Choice for cutting purposes. 25 cents. A. undulata. 9 in., 6-8. Switz. A rare species, with very long, wavy foliage and showy heads of pure white flowers. 50 cents. ARNEBIA — Prophet-Flower. (Boraginacece.) One of the rarest of hardy plants. A native of Persia and Afghanistan. Quite hardy, and pro- ducing large clusters of yellow flowers spotted with purple, the spots gradually fading away, leaving the flower entirely yellow. Succeeds well in ordinary borders in light soil, preferring partial shade. Very effective as a rockery plant. A. echioid
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