Tritoma Pfitzerii. red-hot poker plant 
This startling plant has a tall spike of tubular waxy flowers of brilliant rose-scarlet, 
shooting up from a bed of long, limp, lily-like leaves All summer. 3 to 4 feet. 20 cts. 
each, $1.75 for 10. 
Trollius Europaeus 
MOUNTAIN GLOBE FLOWER 
This is a valuable member of 
the Crowfoot family, has a small 
tuft of large buttercup leaves and 
numerous lemon - yellow, double 
flowers about an inch across. A 
very good plant for clumps in the 
border and is rather partial to a 
cool, moist subsoil, though a dress- 
ing of manure will compensate it if 
in dry soil. April to June. 6 to 9 
inches. 20 cts. each, $1.50 for 10. 
Tunica Saxifraga 
This small plant has a tuft of 
low leaves and wiry stems on 
which are borne numerous little 
rosy flowers of great brilliancy. 
Its native home in the Alps is in 
stony, barren places, so that it is 
well suited for such situations. 6 
Veronica incana. hoary speedwell 
An attractive plant with woolly leaves and slender spikes of blue flowers ; good for 
the border, rockery or for formal work. July to September. 12 to 18 inches. 15 cts. 
each, $1.25 for 10. 
Veronica montana. mountain speedwell 
A low plant with slender, hairy stems of trailing habit and slender spikes of blue 
flowers, much like those of the preceding species. A moist situation is best suited for 
these plants. 15 cts. each, $1.25 for 10. 
Veronica spicata. spiked veronica 
In this species, too, the stems are slender but upright ; the racemes are long and 
slender, from 2 to 4 feet tall ; the flowers usually a clear blue, but often pink ; a lover of 
sunlight. June to August. 2 to 4 feet. 15 cts. each, f 1.25 for 10. 
Veronica Virginica. great Virginian speedwell 
A tall plant with erect stems and large pubescent leaves in whorls of five or six. 
The white or pale blue flowers are borne in tall, dense, terminal racemes during late 
summer. August to September. 2 to 6 feet. 15 cts. each, $1.25 for 10. 
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The flowers of the Red-hot Poker Plant add a brilliant bit of 
color to the late summer garden 
to 10 inches. 15 cts. each, $1.25 for 10. 
