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CLIBKANS' LIST OF HERBACEOUS AND ALPINE PLANTS. 
PHYTEUMA ( Rampion ). 
198 Scheuchzeri, 1 ft., curiously-shaped deep 
purple-blue flowers, forming a globular 
head on a slender naked stalk; free; 
for rockeries and borders, vi.-vii. 6d. 
each. 
PINKS. (See page 75). 
PLATYCODON (Chinese Bell Flower). 
204 grandiflorum, 1J ft., handsome blue 
flowers, often 3 in. across, in clusters 
at the end of the slender branches; 
light soil, exposed position, vii.-ix. 
6d. each, 4/6 doz. 
206 album, l^ft., flowers white. 4d. 
each, 3/6 doz. 
209 Marlesii ( pumilum ), 9 in., flowers 
deep blue ; beautiful for rock or border. 
4d. each, 3/6 doz. 
210 album, 1 ft., the white form. 
6d. each. 
PLUMBAGO (Leadwort). 
214 Larpentx, 9 in., slender zig-zag scaly 
stems, carrying compact clusters of 
rich blue flowers, flushed violet; fine 
for rock, borders, &c., vii.-ix. 6d. each. 
PODOPHYLLUM (Duck's Foot). (See Aquatic 
Plants, page 13.) 
Photo ] Physalis Bunyardii. [Clibrans 
The leaves have been taken oft in order to display 
the bright ornamental calyces. See page 53. 
POLEMONIUM (Jacob's Ladder), pretty 
funnel-shaped flowers in loose showy 
clusters. 
221 confertum melitum, 9 in., pretty variety, 
creamy flowers. 6d. each. 
225 humlle, 1 ft., pale sky-blue flowers in 
charming clusters, v.-ix. 4d. each. 
227 reptans, 6 in., dense creeper, showy 
drooping clusters of slate-blue flowers; 
fine for rock, iv.-vi. 4d. each, 3/6 doz. 
229 Richardsoni, 1 1 ft., flowers large, showy, 
pale blue, v.-vii. 4d. each, 3/- doz. 
230 album, lift., white; free. 4d. 
each, 3/- doz. 
POLYANTHUS. (Seepage 76). 
POLYGONATUM (Solomon's Seal), graceful 
spring-flowering plants, gracefully 
arching stem, and pretty tubular 
flowers in 2’s and 3’s from the axil of 
every leaf; shady nooks, iv.-vi. 
262 japonicum, lift., white, tinged green, 
4d. each. 
266 multiflorum (common Solomon’s Seal. 
David’s Harp), 2 ft., robust and free; 
useful for forcing. 4d. each. 
o267 variegatum, 2 ft., leaves finely 
variegated yellow. 6d. each. 
272 roseum, lift., rose-coloured flowers in 
pairs. 6d. each. 
POLYGONUM (Knot-weed) , a beautiful genus, 
small white or reddish-pink flowers, in 
dense spikes or great feathery plumes; 
the tall forms remarkable for their 
beautiful leaves, and graceful develop- 
ment. 
275 amplexicaule, ft., bright rosy-red 
flowers, viii.-ix. 6d. each. 
279 Baldschuanicum. (See New Plants, page 
8). 
281 Brunonis (syn. affine), 8 in., great pro- 
fusion of dense erect rosy-red spikes; 
fine for masses, vii.-ix. 4d. each. 
285 compactum, 3 ft., erect showy creamy- 
white flower spikes, vii.-ix. 4d. each, 
3/- doz. 
. 289 Sieboldi (cuspidatum) , 8 ft., elegant 
bamboo-like stems, fine drooping 
plumes of creamy-white, vii.-ix. 4d. 
each, 3/- doz. 
o287 Sachalinense, 8 ft., a most picturesque 
addition to the shrubbery, vii.-ix. 4d. 
each. 3/- doz. 
293 vacclnifollum, 6 in., much-branching 
trailer, with leaves like the Whortle- 
berry, bright red stems, spikes of rose 
flowers, vii.-ix. 4d. each. 
Six Polygonums in six varieties, our 
selection, 1/6 
POTENTILLA (Cinque foil), beautiful summer 
flowers thriving in a deep, exposed 
soil. Excellent for rock and border. 
'• 297 ambigua, 3 in., a creeper, carrying a 
sheet of clear yellow flowers; superb 
for rock work, vii.-viii. 4d. each. 
301 Nepalensis (syn. Formosa), 14 ft., lovely 
cherry-coloured flowers produced with 
utmost freedom, vi.-ix. 4d. each. 
