iKELSEY^I HARDY AMEFstClAN PLANTS 
J^rohn in the Carolina jyTountains atsSooJeetelel^ation 
HARDY NATIVE HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS, continued 
GENTIANA ANDREWSII. CLOSED GENTIAN. 1 to 2 ft. Bright 
blue closed flowers 1 inch long in September. 
GERANIUM maculatum. Alim Root. 1 to 2 ft. Larfje showy perennial 
witli cut kiivets. April to July. Light purple. 
GEUMradiatum. Mountain Avens. 6 in. to 2 ft. June. Yellow. Showy 
rock plant. 
HELENIUM autumnale. Swamp Sunflower. 2 to 0 ft. Handsome fall 
perennial. .\ lila/.e of gold. August and Septeniher. 
HELIANTHUS strumosus. Wood Sunfloweu. 3 to 7 ft. Yellow. One 
of our l>est single Suntlowers. 
HEP ATICA acuta. Shakp-Lobed Hefatica. C to 9 in. White and purple, 
early I^Iarch. 
hepatica. 1{<)i'ni>-Lohi;i> Hkpatica. G to 9 in. Blue, purplish or nearly 
white flowers in early spring. 
HEUCHERA americana. Ai.um Root. 2 to .■! ft. Large lobed leaves, 
pubescens. Ddwnv HErcHKHA. 1 to 3 ft. June and July, 
sanguinea. (.'ojiAi. Bells. 1 to IX ft. Bright scarlet flowers all sununer. 
.\ very siiowy plant. 
viUosa. Haikv Hei'cheua. Good rockery plant, giving effect all summer. 
.Vuffust to September. 
HIBISCUS, "Crimson Eye." 3 to 5 ft. White with crimson center, 
militaris rossus. Variety wiili rose-colored Howers. 
moscheutos. Swamp Rose Mal- 
low. 4 to 7 ft. Handsomest, with 
crimson eye. Grows well in wet 
places. All the Hibiscus are very 
showy. Liglit rose-color or while. 
HOUSTONIA purpurea. Large 
Hoi sToNiA. 4 to 18 in. MnytoJuly. 
Tnfte)! clumps with purple flowers, 
tennifolia. Si.enker - Leaved 
llOlSTdNIA. (i in. lo I fl. I,it;lll, 
blue. Kockei-y worli. 
HYDRASTIS canadensis, (ioi- 
DEN Seal. 1ft. Greenish wiiile. 
Early spring. A medicinal lierl) 
of great value. 
IRIS CRIST AT A. CRESTED 
Dwarf Iris. 1 to 3 in. May 
Bright blue flowers, beautifully 
crested. 
missouriensis. 12 to 18 in. Lilac- 
purple. ,\ pretty s|iecies. 
VERNA. Dwarf Iris. 1 to 
3 in. Very fragrant, bright 
blue flowers in early April. 
LACINARIA i^LUitrU) cjrlin- 
dracea. Blazino Star. 1 lo 
2K ft. Handsome rose -purple 
tlower heatis. August, 
pycnostachya. Button Snake- 
KDOT. 2 to 4 ft. Long spikes of 
rose-purple tlower heads. August 
and September, 
scariosa. 3 to (i ft. Stem stout, 
dower heads large, purple, 
spicata. Devil's Bit. 2 to (i ft. 
Purple tlower heads in long spikes. 
August. 
spicata pumila. 1 to 2 ft. Very 
showy mountain variety. July 
and August. 
LEPTANDRA virgiiiica. Cri. 
VKn's Root. 2 to 7 ft. I'anicled 
spikes of very showy, nearly while 
llowers. July and Augu.st. 
LEWISIA rediviva. I^ewisia. 4 
to K in. Very hardy. Pacific 
coa<t perennial, suited to dry soil 
*n- rockery work. Showy. 
LEUCOCRINUM montanum. 
Sanii IjIlv. Bulbous plant from 
(Colorado. Clusters of pure white, 
fragrant flowers in early spring. 
Dainty spikes of Loptandra 
virginica 
I'lioiogr.Tphe(l at lii^lil.nids Nursery 
Lacinaria spicata 
From a photograph taken at Highlands Nursery 
fringed flowers of Silene 
Stellata (See patje 36) 
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