PURPLE TO LILAC MAY 
Color English ol a Height Time of 
Name Syaonini idiotic Situation | Bloor 
“Purple” | WALL Campanula Plant generally erect. Bell-shaped | 6-8in. |May, 
48 HAIRBELL |Porten- flowers. Suitable for rock-garden. |Sun June 
schlagiana Prop. by seed, division or cuttings. i 
C. muralis Rich well-drained loam. Dalmatia. 
“Rosy |BEAR’S EAR Cortisa See page 44. Apr., 
purple” |SANICLE Matthioli May 
39 
“Pur- j|RAM’S HEAD|*Cypripédium) Solitary white flowers, veined with | 8-12 in. |Late 
plish” /[LADY’S arietinum purple, on leafy stems. Winter pro- |Shade May to 
effect 43 SLIPPER tection necessary. Rock or wild gar- Aug. 
den plant. Prop. by division. Porous 
moist peaty soil. Northern N. Amer. 
“Rosy |COMMON *Dodecatheon| Umbels of drooping flowers of vary-| 9-24 in. |May, 
purple” |OR Méadia ing colors, with recurved petals and |Half June 
39 |EASTERN protruding stamens. Flower-stems |shade 
SHOOTING naked. Leaves in anerect tuft. Plant jor shade 
STAR, in clumps in the rock-garden. Prop. 
AMERICAN by seed just gathered, or preferably 
COWSLIP by division. Rich well-drained moist 
loam. Southern U.S.A. See Plate, 
page 130. 
“Pur- |BLACK- Empétrum Low heath-like bush. Insignificant | 9-12 in. |May 
plish” 27/BERRIED nigrum flowers succeeded by black edible ber- |Sun 
purpler |HEATH, ties. Evergreen foliage. Associate 
OR CROW- with Heaths, etc., in rock-garden. 
BERRY Prop. by cuttings. Preferably moist 
soil of sand or peat. Northern Hem- 
isphere. 
“Pur- (BLUE OR _ |Erigeron Aster-like flowers in clusters sur-| t-1$ft |Mid. 
plish” 50|/BITTER Acris mount branching stalks. Foliage |Sun May to 
FLEABANE rough. Mass in wild spots. Prop. by earlv 
seed and division. Any ordinary soil. June 
Europe; N. Asia; Western N. Amer. 
“Purple”/THRIFT- *Erigeron Tufted plant. Large yellow-centred | 1-14 ft. jLate 
43 LEAVED armerie- aster-like flowers borne in racemes. jHalj May, 
FLEABANE (fdlius Mass in wild garden or margin of |shade June 
border. Prop. by seed or division. 
Any ordinary soil. N. Asia; Western 
U.S.A. 
“Bluish [ROBIN’S Erigeron Downy tufted plant.  Aster-like| ft. /Mid. 
purple” PLANTAIN, |bellidifdlius | yellow-centred_flowers. Clump_ in |Half May to 
43 deep [ROSE E. pulchéllus | wild garden. Prop. by seed and divi- |shade July 
& bluer [PETTY sion. Eastern N. Amer. See Plate, 
page 133. 
“Pur- (ROUGH *Erigeron Aster-like flowers. Color varies to | 6-15 in. |Late 
plish” 32/ERIGERON |glabéllus white. Plant in clumps in wild garden |Half May, 
or border. Prop. by seed and division. |shade June 
Ordinary garden soil. Minn.; West. 
“Violet” [BEACH *Erigeron Flowers resemble small single China| 1 ft. sf 
50 dull /ASTER glaicus Asters. Pale foliage in a tuft. A |Half 
pretty plant for the border. Prop. by |shade 
seed and division. Easily cultivated 
in any garden soil. Pacific Coast. 
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