Botanical Name

English Name

1 Deciduous

2 Evergreen

3 Vine

4 Herbaceous

Perennial

Ultimate Height in feet

Color

Time of Bloom

Remarks

Alnus incana var. pinnatifida

Cut-leaved Alder

1

15

5. A rather pretty, coarse shrub with finely cut foliage. Very open in growth. A. D.F.

Alstroemeria aurantiaca

Peruvian Lily

4

2

Orange

July to Sept.

Tuberous rooted. Requires a deep, warm soil. The exceedingly attractive, showy flowers, resembling lilies, are produced in large umbels. B. C. I.

Althaea

See Hibiscus syriacus

Althaea rosea

Hollyhock

4

3-7

Various

A well-known garden favorite, excellent in rows along garden-walls, in clumps back of borders or planted among dwarf shrubs. Flowers double or single, in shades of white, pink, deep red, almost black, orange and yellow. The Alleghany variety is semi-double and has flowers with fringed petalsof the most lovely tints. If planted in the fall Hollyhocks should be heavily mulched with strawy manure, or leaves. They require rich soil, and as they are subject to rust Bordeaux mixture should be ap-pliedtwo or three times during the growing season. C.

Alyssum gemonense

Austrian Mad wort

4

1

Lemon-yellow

April & May

Shrubby and dense in growth with numerous flowers in clusters. A good plant for the rockery or for edging flower beds. A. G.

Alyssum saxatile

Madwort or Goldentuft

4

1

Yellow

April

A good edging plant of easy culture. Foliage velvety gray. Flowers fragrant, in numerous small clusters. A.G.

Amaryllis

See Lycoris

Amelanchier botryapium

Dwarf Shad-bush or June-berry

1

5

White

May

S. An attractive and very free flowering shrub with numerous flowers in early spring in small racemes. Fruits purplish, ornamental and edible. Effective if planted in masses with other shrubs. A. G.

Amelanchier canadensis

Common Shad-bush

1

10-15

White

May

S. Much like the preceding, but taller in growth. A.G.

Amelanchier spicata

Spike-flowering Juneberry

1

2-3

S: Foliage large and oval. Flowers in large terminal racemes. A.G.

Amorpha canescens

Lead-plant

1

2-3

Blue

June

S. Dense in growth and free-flowering. Flowers in handsome spikes on slender pendulous branches. A. G.

Amorpha fruticosa

Bastard Indigo

1

8-10

Violet-purple

June

S. Very ornamental. Large spikes of pea-shaped flowers in narrow, drooping clusters. A. D.G.