Title: Catalogue of trees, shrubs, evergreens and herbaceous plants
Identifier: CAT31284912 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Shady Hill Nursery Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Shady Hill Nursery Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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SHADY HILL NURSERY CO., BOSTON. 115 ANTH EM IS — Chamomile. Of easy cultivation. It is a profuse bloomer with good foliage. The best of the group is — A. tinctoria. 2 to 3 ft. June to August. Flowers deep lemon-yellow. Excellent for cutting. 15 cents; $1.50 per dozen. A. var. Kelwayii. Deeper yellow ...w.*'f% flowers and fine foiiage. A choice plant. 25 cents. ANTHERICUM - Bruno's Lily. St.
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A splendid and showy perennial, rarely grown. We offer the true A. Hliastrum major. This is a gi- gantic form of the type, bearing spikes of pure white flowers, about 2 ft. in height, issuing from tufts of long, nar- row, grass-like foliage. The flowers are about 2 ins. in length, and exceedingly fragrant; one of the most beautiful of our late spring-flowering perennials. No collection can afford to be without it. It is perfectly hardy. 25 cents. See cut on page 116. APIOS —Ground Nut. A. tuberosa. July and August. A native climber of vigorous habit, and adapted to the rapid covering of bare, unsightly spaces. Flowers fragrant, of curious combination of chocolate and red tints. 15 cents; $1.25 per dozen. AQUILEGI A —Colum- bine. One of the most deservedly popular groups of hardy plants, and one in which every variety has an individual grace and beauty, which never fails to elicit admira- tion. Besides the types described below, there are many hybrid seedlings, all of which are exceptionally fine and distinct, and which we can offer in quantity. A. Canadensis. The wild honeysuckle. Scarlet and yellow flowers. 15 cents. A. cserulea. 1 ft.* April to July. The Rocky Mountain Columbine. An elegant erect bush about 1 ft. in height, composed of handsome, much-divided foliage, and large, erect, soft violet-blue flowers, with white petals ; grows freely in any light, sandy soil, and can be highly recommended. 35 and 20 cents each, according to size. See cut on page 117. A. chrysantha. 3 ft. May and August. Numerous golden-yellow flowers with long, slender spurs; one of the most distinct of this family; fragrant and showy. 25 cents. A. forinosa or Californica. 2 to 3 ft. May to September. A distinct form; sepals and petals yellowish, tinged orange and orange-red spurs; foliage unusually broad and ornamental. 35 cents. A. cserulea hybrida. This is a strain of almost unparalleled beauty; it is a cross between"^. Ccerulea and A- Chrysantha, having similar shaped flowers, but much laager than either of the parent species, and very distinct in color, varying in almost every shade imaginable, from creamy white to intense blue and rosy purple. 25 cents. A. glandulosa. 12 ins. April and May. A Siberian species and one of the most exquisite of all hardy perennials. Flowers large, of a rich, deep blue with a pure white corolla, rendering the plant very conspicuous. Likes well-drained soil. 25 cents. A. Skinnerii. 3 ft. June to September. A magnificent species with crimson sepals, lined with light green and light green petals, and long, straight crimson spurs. 30 cents. A. vulgaris. 3 to 4 ft. April to June. A variable species, with flowers in all shades of blue, white, red, and purple, of strong, vigorous habit of growth. An effective border plant. 20 cents; $2.00 per dozen. A. vulgaris alba. Munstead White. Large, pure white flowers. Of great value for cutting, and most showy. 25 cents. A. vulgaris fi. pi. Double flowers in various shades. 25 cents; $2.50 per dozen.

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