Geo. Cooling & Son, Seed Merchants, Bath. 
HARDY BORDER AND ROCK PLANTS— continued. 
DODECATHEON integrifolium, bright crimson 
flowers springing from a yellow cup ... ... o 
Jejffreyanum, more vigorous, otherwise similar 
to the former ... ... ... ... ... i 
Meadia, capital border flower for light soil, 
pale lilac ... ... ... ... ... ... o 
splendidum, Cyclamen-shaped crimson flowers 
with yellow ring ... ... ... ... ... o 
DRABA azoides, forming compact prostrate 
masses covered with yellow flowers ... ... o 
DRYAS octopetala, a creeping evergreen Alpine, 
with large white Anemone-like flowers... ... o 
EPIMEDIUM Alpina, curious flowers with neat 
and pretty leaves, persistent in winter ... ... o 
Hlacinum, charming soft lilac flowers ... ... o 
macranthum, foliage handsomely marked with 
crimson-bronze ... ... ... ... ... o 
— Roseum, neat dwarf habit ... ... ... o 
rubrum superbum, flowers deep crimson, in- 
valuable for cutting ... ... ... ... o 
EREMURUS robustus, the strong stems attain 
a height of 8 to 12 feet, and produce large soft 
rose flowers ... ... ... 2/6 to 3 
ERICA, Hardy Heaths, in variety ... gd. to l 
ERIGERON alpinus, similar to Aster alpinus, 
with large purple flowers 
aurantiacus, a beautiful rich orange coloured 
flower 
Mueronatus, white, changing to pink 
Philadelphicus, very pretty, pale purple 
— Roylei, dwarf growing plant with Daisy-like 
flowers of dark lavender, 6 inches 
ERINUS alpinus, charming bright purple flowers 
albus, pretty little snow-white flowers ... 
carmineus, dainty rose-coloured flowers 
ERODIUM macradenum, flowers pale lilac, 
veined and blotched with dark purple ... 
Manescavi, large rosy crimson flowers, i to i J 
inches across, and 7 to 15 on each spike 
Reichardi, a very dwarf Alpine for select part 
of rock garden ; it grows only 2 to 3 inches high, 
flowers white 
FUNKIA, the hardy Plantain Lilies are handsome 
ornamental foliage plants, producing in summer 
and autumn elegant spikes of Lily-like flowers. 
Named varieties 
Mixed varieties 
GAULTHERIA procumbens, a neat dwarf ever- 
green shrub with prostrate stems and white 
flowers ; well adapted for such parts of rockwork 
as are in the shade of trees 
GENISTA prostrata, a very dwarf shrub, suit- 
able for rockwork, with bright yellow flowers ... 
Hispanica pumila {Dwarf Spanish Corse), 
golden-yellow flowers in early summer, i J ft. ... 
sagittalis, an easily grown creeping variety 
with golden yellow flowers 
tinctoria fl. pi., bright yellow flowers, suitable 
for large rockworks 
GENTIANA acaulis, charming bright blue, glossy 
foliage, one of the most beautiful and easiest 
grown of Alpine plants ... 
alpina, charming blue flowers, height 3 in. ; 
plant firmly in good stiff loam ... per doz. 7/6 
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GENTIANA verna, the dwarf Swiss Gentian, 
lovely clear blue, but not quite so free in growth 
as the preceding ... ... ... ... ... o 
GLOBULARIA cordifolia, compact neat ever- 
green, only a few inches high, bluish flowers ... o 
nana, forms a dense mass of Thyme • like 
foliage, dotted with compact heads of bluish- 
white flowers ... ... ... ... ... I 
nudicaulis, very neat small blue flowers ... o 
GYPSOPHILAcerastioides, compact Himalayan 
Alpine ... ... ... ... o 
repens inonstrosa, continuous bloomer, while 
flowers ... ... ... ... ... ... o 
HELIANTHEMUM {Sun Roses), a very pretty 
family of little dwarf evergreen shrubs, covered 
throughout summer with large flowers of the 
most brilliant and varied colours. Valuable for 
dry sunny situations. 
12 in 12 beautiful and distinct named varieties, 5/6 
6 in 6 beautiful and distinct named varieties, 3/- 
HELLEBORUS. See page 20. 
HELONIAS bullata, a handsome subject for rock- 
gardens or damp borders, spikes of bright rose- 
pink flowers 
HEPATIC AS, blue, double, rare... 
single per doz. 4/- 
red, double ... ,, 4/- 
single 
white, single 
HEUCHERA sanguinea, light coral - scarlet, 
excellent for cutting, one of our best hardy 
garden plants 
alba, a beautiful and distinct white 
variety 
HIPPOCREPIS comosa, charming prostrate 
rapid-growing Alpine with yellow flowers 
HUTCHINSIA alpina, a charming Alpine of 
easy culture, bearing in spring snow - white 
flowers, height 2 in. ; it likes a dry sunny posi- 
tion ... ... ... 
HYPERICUM calycinum {St fohn's Wort) 
Moserianum, a dwarf neat shrubby plant, with 
large golden yellow flowers and red anthers ... 
tricolor, foliage yellow clearly bordered 
with rose, flowers clear yellow ... 
IBERIS corraefolia {Evergreen Candytuft), fine 
for dry soils, pure white ... 
Little Gem, of dwarf compact habit, pure 
white, flowering from spring to autumn 
sempervirens “Snowflake,” a new variety 
with extra large flowers of snowy white colour 
stylosa, dwarfest and earliest of all Iberis, a 
charming variety with pale blue flowers 
IRIS, in variety, see page 14. 
LEONTOPODIUM alpinum {The Edelweiss), 
this well-known beautiful Alpine grows freely on 
rockwork or any exposed sunny spots in the 
flower border, height J ft. 
LINARIA alpina, a very dwarf neat trailing plant, 
flowers bluish violet with a very distinct orange- 
coloured centre, excellent for chinks on the 
sunny side of a rockwork ... per doz. 4/- 
hepaticaefolia, tiny violet flowers, a gem for 
covering rockwork ... ... per doz. 4/- 
pallida, another dwarf species with paler 
flowers, spreads very quickly ... per doz. 4/- 
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VIOLET ROOTS.— We grow a representative collection, and can supply 30 strong roots in 
10 double and single distinct kinds for los. 6d. 
