Cooling’s Bulb and Hardy Plant List for 1912 
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HARDY BORDER AND ROCK PLANTS-continued. 
Each — s. d. 
LINUM alpinum, exceedingly pretty sky-blue 
flowers ... ... 09 
flavum, a neat evergreen bush a foot high, 
covered with innumerable golden yellow flowers o 6 
narbonense, the finest blue herbaceous species, 
with numerous large pale blue flowers, half- 
shrubby ... ... ... ... ... ... o 6 
LITHOSPERMUM prostratum, pretty dwarf 
growing plant, flowers gentian-blue ... ... o 6 
purpurea coerulea, rich ultramarine blue, I J ft. o 9 
LOTUS corniculatus fl. pi. (Double Yellow Birdls 
Foot Trefoil) ... ... ... ... ... o 6 
LYCHNIS alpina, bright rose, a pretty Alpine 
for rockwork ... ... ... ... ... o 6 
Lagascse, a beautiful little Alpine species, 
covered with large bright rose-coloured flowers, 
charming on rockwork ... ... ... ... o 9 
LYSIMACHIA dahurica, yellow spikes, 2 ft. ... o 6 
MAIANTHEMUM bifolium, rare British plant, 
allied to the Lily of the Valley, producing in 
early summer racemes of small white fragrant 
flowers, suitable for shady places ... ... o 6 
MECONOPSIS Cambrica (The Welsh Poppy), 
grows about i foot high with yellow flowers ... o 9 
MERTENSIA virginica (Virginian Cowslip), 
clusters of purple flowers, prefers a moist 
position ... ... o 9 
MORISIA hypogaea, a charming Alpine for shady 
nooks and crevices on rockwork, flowers bright 
golden, If-inches diameter ... ... ... i o 
MYOSOTIS dissitiflora, pretty spring flowering 
Forget-me-not, the earliest and most lasting 
variety )ier doz. 3/- o 4 
NEPETA Mussini, an old garden favourite, 
producing clouds of light blue flowers throughout 
summer and autumn ... ... per doz. 5/- o 6 
hederacea variegata, invaluable for shady 
corners, under trees, &c., where other plants 
refuse to grow ... ... ... ... ... o 6 
NIEREMBERGIA rivularis, an exceedingly 
pretty dwarf plant for rockwork, with trailing 
stems and cup-shaped creamy white flowers ij 
to 2 inches diameter ... ... o 6 
CENOTHERA macrocarpa (Evening Primrose), 
a trailing variety with bright yellow flowers ... o 6 
marginata, very dwarf species, 9 inches high, 
with white flowers 3 to 4 inches across, rare 
and beautiful, sweet-scented ... ... ... i o 
taraxacifolia alba, dwarf growing variety, 
with large white flowers ... ., ... ... o 6 
Youngi, bright yellow, very showy, i ft. ... o 6 
OMPHALOIDES verna, early spring flowering, 
rich blue, resembling a Forget-me-not doz. 4/- o 6 
alba, a very pretty white-flowered variety of 
the above per doz. 4/- o 6 
ONOSMA tauricum (Golden Drop), a charming 
plant for dry sunny positions, producing clusters 
of drooping tubular yellow flowers deliciously 
almond scented ... ... i o 
coccinea, scarlet o 9 
PAPAVER nudicaule (Iceland Poppy), one of 
the most showy and useful of all hardy flowers 
for cutting, yellow, white, and orange scarlet, 
flowering clumps, per doz. 4/- o 6 
Each — s. d. 
PENTSTEMON glaber, a lovely dwarf species, 
6 to 9 inches high, suitable for rockwork, with 
handsome racemes of pure blue flowers ... o 6 
PHLOX amoena, dwarf growing, pretty bright 
pink flowers, early flowering, excellent for rock- 
work .. ... ... ... ... ... 06 
tanadense, bluish grey, very fine May-flower- 
ing species ... ... ... ... ... ... o 6 
Wilsonii, sheets of mauve flowers o 9 
Stellaria, a valuable variety with linear foliage 
and star - like flowers of lovely silver - grey 
colour ... o 6 
Collection of 12 distinct and beautiful varie- 
ties to name, 6/. 
PLATYCODON autumnale, rare, late-flowered 
species ... 1 o 
grandiflorum, deep rich blue 06 
PLUMBAGO Larpentae, flowers in September, 
of a bright cobalt-blue changing to purple ... o 9 
POLYGONUM affine, producing dense spikes of 
rosy flowers ; its spreading deep green foliage 
changes with winter into a bronzy crimson ... o 6 
vaccinifolium, a pretty little creeping Alpine, 
with dense spikes of pink flowers in autumn ... o 9 
POTENTILLA, Alpine varieties to name ... o 6 
Alpestris, pretty small growing species with 
golden yellow flowers ... ... . ..06 
nepalensis, a charming plant continuously in 
flower, of bright cherry colour 06 
Nitida, silvery leaves with delicate pink flowers, 
a beautiful dwarf Alpine species.. . .. ... o 9 
PRIMROSE BLUE, the feature of the.se Prim- 
roses is the remarkable colour, which is developed 
into many shades of blue... ... per doz. 6/- o 9 
PRIMULA cortusoides, clusters of deep rose- 
coloured flowers, very pretty 06 
amoena, rosy purple, with large white eye o 6 
Cockburniana, a hardy species from Western 
China, flowers of bright orange scarlet... ... o 9 
Munroi, umbels of creamy white flowers, 
3-ft o 9 
Alpine species, in variety ... o 9 
RAMONDIA pyrenaica, a lovely Alpine ol easy 
culture in shady and partial damp situations 
with northern aspect ; grows luxuriantly in 
damp crevices and fissures of overhanging rocks, 
throwing up beautiful brilliant lilac-blue flowers 
in spring and summer ... ... ... •• o 9 
RANUNCULUS aconitifolius plenus (Fair 
Maids of France), pure white, good for cutting 
per doz. 7/6 o 9 
amplexicaulis, one of the prettiest of the 
Alpine species, pure white flowers, glaucous 
foliage per doz. 7/6 o 9 
gramineus, golden yellow flowers with bluish- 
grey foliage, a lovely species ... ... ... o 9 
Wallaceii, a general favourite, large sweet- 
scented white flowers, valuable for cutting, 
flinches per doz. 5/ ■ o 6 
SAPONARIA caespitosa, a charming dwarf 
.-\lpine species from the Pyrenees, producing 
clusters of pink flowers ... i 6 
ocymoides, producing sheets of rosy crimson 
flowers in early summer ; a good rock plant, 
J-ft. per doz. 5/6 o 6 
We shall be pleased to quote for any variety of Hardy Plant required which we do not catalogue. 
