«CELSEY'S HARI>Y AMERICAN PLANTS 
^roJt^n in the Carolina jyfountains at jSoo^et elel^'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. .-Vi-rM Root. 1 to 2 ft. Large showy perennial 
with cut lt :ivc s. April to July. Light purple. 
GEUM radiatum, Moi ntain A^•ENS. 6 in. to 2 tt. June. Yellow. Showy 
rtK^lv plant. 
HELENIUM autumnale. Swamp SuNFiyOWEU. 2 to 6 ft. Handsome fall 
perennial, A Maze of gold. August and September. 
HELIANTHUS strumosus. Wood StJNFLOWEii. 3 to 7 ft. Yellow. One 
of our best single Sunflowers. 
HEPATICA acuta. Sharp-Lobed Hepatica. 6 to 9 in. White and purple, 
early I\lareh. 
hepatica. KotfNU-LoiJEi) TIkpatica. 6 to 9 in. Blue, purplisli or nearly 
white Howers in early spring. 
HEUCHERA americana. Ai.UM Root. 2 to 3 ft. Large lobed leaves, 
pubescens. Downy 1Iei < heka. 1 to 3 ft. June and .Inly, 
sanguinea. Cokai. Bells. 1 to IK ft. Bright scarlet Howers all summer. 
A vi-ry showy plant, 
villosa. Haikv Hei thkka. Good rookery plant, giving effect all summer. 
.Vugust to September. 
HIBISCUS, "Crimson Eye." 3 to 5 ft. White with crimson center, 
militaris roseus. \'ariety witli rose-colored flowers. 
moscheutos. Swamp Rose Mal- 
low. 4 to 7 ft. Handsomest, with 
crimson eye. Grows well in wet 
places. All the Hibiscus are verv 
showy. Light rose-color or wbit(!. 
HOUSTONIA purpurea. Largt 
HdisiiixiA. 4tol«in. JIaytoJuly. 
Tufted cluin])s with purple flowers, 
tenuifolia. Slemikk - L e a v f. i> 
Hot SToNiA. () ill. to 1 ft, Li^'lit 
blue. Rockery work. 
HYDRASTIS canadensis. Gol- 
den .Seal. 1 ft. Greenish white. 
Karly s|u-ing. A medicinal herb 
of great value. 
IRIS CRISTATA. CRESTED 
Dwarf Iris. 1 to 3 in. May 
Bright blue flowers, beautifully 
crested. 
missouriensis. 12 to 18 in. Lilac- 
l>ur-plc. .V pretty species. 
VERNA. Dwarf Iris. 1 to 
3 in. Very fragrant, bright 
blue flowers in early April. 
LACINARIA ( Lidtrh ) c y I i n - 
dracea. Blazing Star, 1 lo 
2% ft. Handsome rose -purple 
(lower heads. August, 
pycnostachya. Button Snake- 
ROOT. '1 to 4 ft. Long spikes of 
rose-purple Hower heads. August 
juhI September, 
scariosa. 3 to 0 ft. Stem stout, 
tlowei- heads hirge, purple, 
spicata. Devil's Bit. 2 to 6 ft. 
I'urple flower beads in long spikes. 
August. 
spicata pumila. 1 to 2 ft. Very 
showy mountain variety. July 
ati<l August. 
LEPTANDRA virginica. On. 
\ i;n's Root. 2 to 7 ft. Panicled 
spikes of very showy, nearly white 
flowers. July and August.' 
LEWISIA rediviva. Lewista. 4 
lo n in. Very hardy. Pacifii- 
coast peretininl. suited to ilry soil 
oi- rockery w<n'k. Showy. 
LEUCOCRINUM montanum. 
Sand Lilv. Bulbous plant from 
Colorado. Chisters of pure white, The fringed Mowers of Silene 
fragrant flowers in early spring. stellata (.See page 36) 
Dainty spikes of Leptandra 
virginica 
Photographed at Highlands Nursery 
Laclnaria spicata 
rrom a photograph taken at Highlands Nursery 
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