KELSEY^ HARDY AMERICAN PLANT^ 
Grohn in the Carolina J\fountains at 3800 ^et elel^atw^^% 
July to 
Square-Stemmed Moskey Flower. 1 to 3 ft. Liglit blue, ^ood bog plant. Jul}- and 
I to 3 
Thrives 
ft. 
in 
HARDY NATIVE HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS, continued 
LOBELIA cardinalis. Cauuisal Flower. 2 to 4K ft. Sliowy, close mcenies of scarlet flowers. 
fSfplcinber. 
syphilitica. Blmk Cardinal Flower. 1 to 3 ft. Strong-growing species with large blue flowers. 
MELANTHIUM virginicum. Bunch Flower. 2K to 5 ft. Panicles of showy cream-colored flowers. 
MERTENSIA virginica. Blue Bells. I to 2 ft. May; rich i>urple-blue. 
MIMDLUS ringens 
Sfptcjiitier. 
mONARDA DIDYMA. OsWEGO Tea. 
Bright scarlet and extremely showy. 
moist or dry soil. July and August, 
clinopodia. 1 to 3 ft. Fk-sh-culored. 
fistulosa. I to .'! t't. Liluc. 
PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUM. Ginseng. 8 to 15 in. 
Well known as the great Chinese medicinal herb, now 
becoming rare and local. The roots enormously val- 
uable under cultivation for export. Special price-list 
and illustrated circular on the subject on request. 
Flowers white or greenish. Fruit bright red. July. 
PARNASSIA ASARIFOLIA. Kidney-Leaved Grass 
OH Parnassus. 10 to 20 in. White and greenish or 
yellowish veins. Damp places along streams. 
PEDICULARIS canadensis. \Vooi> Betonv. 5 to 12 in. 
(ireeiiisli yellow or purplish flowers in dense spike. Hairy 
leaves. 
PARONYCHIA argyrocoma. 2 to 3 in. A tufted little rock 
plant, Willi silvery foliage and (lowers. Rare. 
PHLOX macniata. Wild Sweet William. V-A to 3 ft. June 
and July. Pink-purple, 
pilosa. liowNV Phlox. 1 to 2 ft. May and June. Pink- 
purple or rose color; rarely white, 
subulata. See under Creepers, 
subulata alba. See under Creepers. 
PHYSOSTEGIA virginiana. Lion's Heart. 2 to 4 ft. June, 
virginiana var. alba. White Variety. 2 to 4 ft. 
PODOPHYLLUM peltatum. May Apple. 1 to 2K ft. White. 
POLYGONATUM biflorum, 
and J une. 
COMMUTATUM. SOLOMON'S SEAL 
long stems. 
PORTERANTHUS STIPULATUS. AMERICAN Ipecac. 1 to 2 ft. Handsome cut foliage and 
flowers pure white or rose-tinted. One of the finest of our native 
plants to mass. Blossoms in early summer. 
POTENTILLA tridentata. Thuee-Toothed Cixquefoil. 1 to 12 in. 
>r hrijclit purple; white flowers. July and August. Rockery. 
PYROLA rotnndifolia. Round 
Sanguinaria canadensis. Bloodroot 
Rose or flesh color, variegated, with pnrple. 
Very large peltate leaves. Shady situation. 
Haiuy Solomon's Seal. Sin. to 3 ft. Nearly white, with curved stems. May 
■2 to 8 ft. Panicled racemes of drooping flowers on very 
f 
Leaves 
Leaved 
White. 
1 to \)4 
MonardaS in variety. I-rom a pliologtaph of masb plantiiiy taken at Hifflttands Nursery 
Wintergkeen. G to 20 in. July. 
RHEXIA virginica. Deer Grass. 
ft. Brigiit purple. Easily grown. 
RUDBECKIA fulgida. Oranoe Conb 
l''i.owEK. 1 to 3 ft. Orauge-yellow, in late 
summer. Very showy. 
SANGUINARIA canadensis. Bloodroot. 
4 to 10 in. A beautiful perennial, with large 
pure wliile flowers in very early spring. 
S.4.XIFRAGA michauxii. Alpine Saxi- 
frage. () to 20 ill. White flowers spotted 
with yellow, bright pink anthers. Rare, 
micranthidifolia. Lettuce Saxifrage. 
1 to 3 ft. White. Damp locations or bog. 
SCROPHULARIA marUandica. 
iMarvland Figwoht. 3 to 10 ft. 
Greenish purple. 
SEDUM telephioides. American 
Oupine. () to 12 ill. June. Flesh 
color. Rockery or damp places. 
Very fleshy leaves, 
telephium. Orpine. 6 to 10 in. 
July. Purple, 
ternatum. Wild Stonbcrop. 3 to 
8 in. June. White. 
3S 
