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Polemonium 



(Jacob's Ladder) 



Useful border plants, about 12 inch- 

 es high, succeeding best in a partial- 

 ly shaded position; deep green, finely 

 cut foliage, and spikes of showy flowers. 



Carneum. Large attractive rose 

 colored flowers from June to Sep- 

 tember. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



Reptans. Dwarf variety with very 

 showy deep blue flowers in May and 

 June. 



Richardsoni. Sky blue flowers with 

 golden anthers. June and July. 



Price. Except where noted, 30 cts. 

 each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



PHYSOSTEGIA 



(False Dragon Head, or The Obedient Plant) 



Physostegias, of which we illustrated the improved variety Vivid in colors 

 in our Garden Book of 1930, are among the most appreciated and popular 

 summer and fall flowering plants of our gardens; not only for garden display 

 but their long spikes of heather-like flowers render them very valuable also as 

 cut flowers. 



Physostegias will succeed in almost any position where they will have a 

 fair amount of sunshine; they are attractive in growth ami foliage from the time 

 they start into growth in early spring until they finish flowering in the autumn. 



The name "Obedient Plant" has been bestowed upon the Physostegia due 

 to the curious fact that the individual flowers can be turned to any angle or 

 position on the stem in which they will remain just as placed. 

 Virginica. Bright but soft pink. 3 to 5 feet. 



— Alba. Very fine pure white. 



— Grandiflora Vivid. A new variety growing from 18 to 24 inches high 

 with flowers much larger than the type and of a bright violet mauve. 



Price. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. The set of 3 varieties for 

 75 cts. 



Platycodon 



(Balloon Flower or Japanese 

 Bell Flower) 



The Platycodons are closely allied 

 to the Campanula and form neat, 

 branched bushes of upright habit, 2 

 to 2-| feet high,, producing their at- 

 tractive blue or White flowers from 

 July to October. . 

 Grandiflorum. Blue. 

 — album. White. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; 

 $15.00 per 100. 



Plumbago (Lead Wort) 



Larpentae. One of the most de- 

 sirable border and rock plants; it 

 is of dwarf, spreading habit, grow- 

 ing 6 to 8 inches high; covered with 

 deep blue flowers during the sum- 

 mer and fall months. 25 cts. 

 each; $2. 50 per doz. ; $ 1 8.00 per 1 00. 



Polygonatum 



(Solomon's Seal) 

 Ma jus. Exceedingly ornamental 

 both in foliage and flowers;- grows 3 

 feet high and bears pendant, 

 creamy-white flowers in May and 

 June. Should be grown in a shady 

 or half-shady place for best re- 

 sults. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; 

 $25.00 per 100. 



Physostegia 



Hardy Primulas (Primroses) 



These are among the most beautiful and interesting of our early spring flowers. Plant 

 them in rich, well-drained soil in the border or in a sheltered nook in the rockery; if 

 possible, in a half shady place. 



Cashmeriana. Large globular heads of a pleasing shade of purplish blue; prefers a 



moist shaded position. 8 to 12 inches. June. 

 Cortusoides. A distinct Siberian species with a profusion of deep rose colored flowers 



in early summer. 6 to 10 inches. 

 Veris (English Cowslip). Plants grown from a select strain of seed, and embrace a fine 



range of mixed colors; 6 to 9 inches. 



— Queen of Heaven. A very unusual and rare variety with large blue flowers on 

 6 to 8 inch stems. $1.00 each. 



Vulgaris (English Primrose). An old favorite, and should be found in every garden; 

 one of the earliest spring flowers; of bright canary-yellow; very fragrant. 6 to 8 inches. 



— Lilacina Plena. A gem. A double flowering form of the English Primrose, the 

 flowers reminding one in form of miniature double Roses. In color it is a delicate clear 

 pinkish lavender. 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Price. Except where noted, 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



Primula Vulgaris Lil. 



The New Hybrid-Tea Rose Olympiad is an Outstanding Novelty of the Season. See page 127 



