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The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners. 
PLANTS SUITABLE FOR ROCKWORK. 
Hocked Wall gukokig * ThoSSow S«Smm^bo S garden wfuTd JlttmTogt 
Where! See Si ve^chaS effects may often be obtained by forming a rockery, and if care is exercised in planting it a continual show of 
bl °^£udS^ be introduced in positions where very often little else will grow, as the labour entailed in the 
upkeep of a fo?ke“ifsm™d an inSate effect is produced. We strongly recommend this branch of gardening to our customers. 
AC/ENA BUCHANANI. Beautiful glaucous 
foliage. II- each. 10 6 per doz. 
ACANTHOLIMON GLUMACEUM. The prickly 
thrift. Flowers rose-pink. 1 - each. 10 6 doz. 
ACHILLEA ARGENTEA. Silvery fragrant 
foliage. Flowers white. 0 in. If- each. 
AGROSTEMMA ATRO-S ANGUINE A. Crimson 
purple, effective. 1/- each, 10f6 per doz. 
ALYSSUM SAXATILE COMPACTUM. Dwarf 
yellow. Sd. each, 8/- per doz. 
„ FL. PL. Golden yellow. II- each. 
10 6 per doz. 
ANDROSACE CHUMBYI. Woolly foliage, rose 
flowers. 1 3 each, 12,6 per doz. 
... SARMENTOSA. Large rosettes of woolly 
foliage, yellow flowers. II- each, 10 6 per doz. 
ANEMONE SYLVESTR1S. White (Snowdrop 
Anemone), il- each, 10/6 per doz. 
ANTENNARIA TOMENTOSA. Silvery foliage, 
whitish flowers. 9d. each, 8/- per doz. 
ANTHEMIS AIZOON. White flowers, silvery 
' foliage. II- each, 10/6 per doz. 
ARABIS ALB1DA FL. PL Invaluable rock 
plant. 9d. each, 8/- per doz. 
ARTEMISIA VILLARSI1. Finely cut silvery 
grev foliage. 1 1- each. 10/6 per doz. 
ASPERULA ODORATA. White flowers with 
silvery foUage. II- each, 10/6 per doz. 
ASTER, ALPINUS SUPERBUS. Purplish blue. 
If- each, 10/8 per doz. 
PEREGR1NUS. Largo violet blue, distinct. 
“ 11- each, 10/6 per doz. 
SUB. CCERULEUS. Light blue, gold centre. 
If- each, 10/6 per doz. 
AUBR1ETIA ANTILABANI. White, compact 
grower. If- each. 10/6 per doz 
DELTOIDES VARIEGATA. Distinct variety. 
* l - each, 10/8 per doz. , , 
„ DR. MtlLES. Dark violet. 1/- each, 10/8 
HENDERSONII. Rich violet purple. l/-cach, 
LLO^D r EDWARDS. Glowing violet purple. 
" 11- each, 10/8 per doz. 
„ PERK1NSII. Large, deep violet. II- each. 
10.6 per doz. _ _ .. 
BETONICA SPICATA ROSEA. Spikes of rose- 
coloured flowers. 1 ft. it- each. 
CALAM1NTHA GRANDIFLORA. Pretty rosy 
pink flowers. 1 f3 each, 12/6 per doz. 
CAMPANULA CARPATICA. Neat growing, blue 
2 0 WCTS T irn B ?N ATA .° WhlteStar. Charming. 
GARGAflICA 6 PC HIRSUTA. Distinct, light 
blue. II- each. 10/6 per doz. 
PORTENSCHLAGIANA. Pale blue, free. 
II- each, 10/6 per doz. _ 
PUM1LA ALBA. Fine companion to Pumila. 
1 - each, 10/6 per doz. 
CARDAMINE TRIFOLIATA. A compact plant 
with pure white flowers. 1/- each, 10/6 doz. 
CERASTIUM TOMENTOSUM. Stems and loaves 
silverv white. 9d. each, 8 !- per doz. 
CHEIRANTHUS ALPINUS. Dense heads of pale 
vellow. 1/- each. 10/6 per doz. 
DIANTHUS CCESIUS. Glaucous foliage, pink 
flowers. If- each, 10/6 per doz. 
DELTOIDEA ALBA. Flowers white with 
’’ narrow ring of crimson. II- each, 10.6 per 
GALLICUS. Pretty ruby flowers, late. II- 
“ each 10/6 per doz. 
EPIMED1UM ALPINUM. Crimson and yellow. 
II- each. 10 '6 per doz. 
COCCINEUM. Ornamental foUage, yellow 
" flowers. 1 1- each, 10/8 per doz. 
NIVEUM. White. 1/- each, 10/6 per doz. 
e’rIGERON MUCRONATUS. Pink and white 
daisv like flowers. 1/- each, 10/6 per doz. 
EUPHORBIA CYPARRISSIAS. a pretty plant 
with yellow flowers. II- each, 10/8 per doz. 
FERNS. Hardy, choice named varieties. o 
f-aoh 27/6 per doz. 
GENTIANA ACAUL1S. Bell-shaped, Intense blue 
flowers. 1/- each, 10/8 per doz. 
GERANIUM GRANDIFLORUM. Fine plant 
with large deep violet flowers, lb each, 
10/6 per doz. 
MACRORRHIZUM. Rosy purple, flowers 
in profusion. II- each. 10/6 per doz. 
PRATENSE STRIATUM. Branching stems 
” bearing a profusion of white and blue blooms. 
18 in. 1 1- each. 
SANGUINEUM. Showy ruby crimson flowers, 
"if. each. 10 6 per doz. 
GNAPHAL1UM LEONTOPODIUM. (The Swiss 
Edelweiss) Creamy white. Easily grown. 
If- each. 10/8 doz. _ 
GYPSOPH1LA PROSTRATA ROSEA. Very 
pretty, il- each, 10/8 per doz. 
ARABIS. 
Pure 
GYPSOPHILA REPENS MONSTROSA. 
white, free. 1/- each, 10/6 per doz. 
HELIANTHEMUMS (Rock or Sun Roses). 
An exceedingly beautiful class of evergreen 
trailing Alpine Perennials. The flowers are 
produced in such profusion that the plants 
are a literal sheet of bloom for a very long 
period. It ia surpassed by no other for 
modest beauty and grace when trailing over 
stones and banks. Namod varieties. l/-each, 
10/6 per doz. 
HEPATICAS. In separate colours. 1/3 each. 
12/6 per doz. 
HORMINUM PYRENAICUM. Blue, and hkes to 
bo in crevices. II- each. 
HOUSTONIA SERPYLLIFOLIA. White. l/-each, 
10/6 per doz. 
HYPERICUM COR IS. A graceful plant, with 
glaucous foliage, yellow flowers. II- each, 
10/6 per doz. 
„ REPTANS. Starry yellow flowers. II- each, 
10/6 per doz. _ 
IBERIS SEMPERVIRENS. Little Gem. Compact, 
pure white, il - each, 10/6 per doz. 
„ „ SNOWFLAKE. Snow white, charming. 
10/6 per doz. 
JUNIPERUS H1BERNICA PYRAMIDALIS 
EXCELSA. 6 — 8 inches. In pots. 3/6 and 
L1THOSPERMUM PROSTRATUM. Dark blue 
flowers. 1/6 each, 16/- per doz. 
„ Heavenly Blue Charming sky blue. 
" 1/6 each, 16/- per doz. 
LYSIMACHIA NUMMULARIA (Creeping Jenny). 
Yellow. 9d. each, 8 1- per doz. 
N1EREMBERG1A RIVULARIS. Dainty creeper, 
large creamv white flowers. 1 1- each, 10/6 doz. 
CENOTHERA RIPARIA. Golden yellow. Free 
flowering. 1 ft. 1- each. 
OROBUS VERNUS. The spring Veitch. Blue 
and purple. 1/6 each. 
PHLOX MOERHEIMII. White flowers. II- each, 
10/6 per doz. 
SUBULATA. Rich pink. 1/- each, 10/6 doz. 
** „ FRONDOSA. Rose, prostrate tufts. 
” II- each, 10/6 per doz. 
LILACINA. Lovely Hlao blue, very 
" free 1 /- each, 10/6 per doz. 
NEWRY SEEDLING. Pretty starch 
" blue flower. II- each, 10/8 per doz. 
„ NIVALIS. Purest white of all. 1/6 
POLYGONUM '' 'bRUNONIS. Spreading plant, 
rosy flowers in late summer. II- each, 10/6 
POTENTILLA ATRO-SANGUINEA. Bright 
scarlet flowers. 1/- each, 10/8 per doz. 
„ MINIMA. Creeping habit, yellow flowers. 
1 J m ftp 
PRIMULA PULVERULENTA. Crimson, orange 
centre. 2 1- each, 21/- per doz. 
BULLEYANA. Lovely orange. Bloom spikes 
” covered with a white meal. 2/- each. 
JAPONICA. Mixed Hybrids. 21- each. 
” JULICE. A carpet of rosy-purplo flowers in 
” »nrU and May. 1/3 each. 
SAXIFRAGA AIZOON. Panicles of white 
flowers. 1 1- each. 10/6 per doz. 
„ APICULATA. Sulphur yellow. II- each, 
BATHONIENSIS. Scarlet crimson, large 
"flowers. 1/- each, 10/6 per doz. 
CLIBRAN1. Fine, deep crimson. II- each, 
’ 10/6 per doz. 
SAXIFRAGA ELIZABETHS. Clear sulphur 
flowers. 1 6 each, 15 - per doz. 
„ HOSTII. Silvery leaves, white, spotted 
purple, il- each, 10/6 per doz. 
„ LINDSAYANA. One ol the best whites. 
II- each, 10/6 per doz. , 
,. LONG1FOLIA. Queen of encrusted varieties, 
1/6 oach, 15/- per doz. 
,, MAWEANA. Flowers white, on short stems 
il- each, 10/6 per doz. „ _ . 
MUSCOIDES ATROPURPUREA. Red 
(lowers, il- each, 10/6 per doz; 
, NEPALENSE. Red stems, white flowers. 
1/3 each, 12/6 per doz. , , 
„ OPPOSITIFOLIA. Prostrate habit, ross 
flowers, il - each, 10/6 per doz. 
„ „ ALBA. II- each, 10/6 per doz. 
„ PYRAMIDALIS (Cotyledon). Giant spikes, 
white flowers. 1/3 each, 12/6 per doz. 
„ RECTA. White flowers, close habit, il- eaoh, 
10/6 per doz. . . , 
,. ROSULARIS. White flowers, spotted pink, 
incurved rosettes. 1 - each, 10 6 per doz. 
„ SANCTA. Yellow, early to bloom, il- each, 
10/6 per doz. . . 
.. SANGUINEA SUPERBA. The best red. 
1/3 each, 12/6 per doz. 
„ STANS FIELD I. White, robust grower. 
il- each, 10/6 per doz. 
„ UMBROSA. Pink, il- each. 10 6 per do*. 
„ WARES CRIMSON. Intense crimson, il- 
each, 10/6 per doz. 
SCABIOSA ALPINA. Mauve, very pretty. 
il- each, 10/6 per doz. _ 
SEDUM ACRE AUREUM. Very effective In 
Spring. II- each, 10/6 per doz. 
„ ALBUM. White flowers, bronzy foUage. 
9d. each. 8/- per doz. . „ ... 
„ DASYPHYLLUM. Glaucous foUage, white 
flowers, il- each. 10/6 per doz. 
„ GLAUCUM. Pinkish white flowers. 9d. each, 
HY^RIDUM. Creeping red margined leaves, 
vellow flowers, il- each. 10/6 per doz. 
„ KAMTSCHATICUM FL. VAR. Good. 
II- each, 10/6 nor doz. . , 
„ LYDIUM. White, spreading carpet. 1/- each. 
10/6 per doz. , . 
„ MONSTROSUM. Resembling a cockscomb 
ingrowth. 1- each, 10 6 per doz. 
„ RUPESTRIS. Yellow, bronzy red foUage. 
il- each, 10/6 per doz. 
„ SPATHULCEFOLIUM. 
each, 12/6 per doz. 
SPURIUM. Pink and white. 1/3 each, 12/8 
per doz. , „ , . 
„ SPECTABILE. Pink, erect grower. 1/- each, 
10/6 per doz. 
„ TELEPHIUM. Erect leafy stems, flowers 
pink, il- each, 10/6 per doz. 
SEMPERVIVUM ARACHNOIDEUM (Cobweb 
House Leek). II- each, 10/6 per doz. 
„ FAUCONNETI. Reddish star-like flowers. 
9d. oach. . 
„ FIMBRIATUM. Red flowers. 9d. each, 
8/- per doz. „ , , 
„ TECTORUM (Common House Leek). 98. 
each, 8/- per doz. 
SILENE ALPESTRIS. Starry white flowers. 
il- each, 10/6 per doz. 
„ SCHAFTJE. Bright pink flowers, il- each. 
SISYrTnCHIUM ANCEPS. Grasslike foliage. 
pale blue flowers, il- each, 10,6 per doz. 
STACHYS LANATA. Woolly leaves, il- each. 
THYMUS ° r C IT R I O D O R US ARGENTEUS. 
Foliage variegated white, il- each, 10 6 doi. 
LANUGINOSUS. Woolly leaved, good rock 
' plant, il- each. 10/6 per doz. 
SERPYLLUM ALBUM. Fine for carpeting. 
il- eaoh, 10/6 per doz. 
COCCINEUM. Very effective, 
each, 10/6 per doz. 
TIARELLA CORDIFOLIA 
Yellow flowers. 1 It 
il- 
Foam like flovrers. 
l7”each, 1 0/6 per doz. , , „ 
VERBENA VENOSA. Hardy species, deep 
violet flowers, il- each, 10/8 per doz. 
VERONICA RUPESTRIS. Sheets of blue flowers. 
II- eaoh, 10/6 per doz. 
VIOLETTA CORNUTA, MAUVE ’ QUEEN. 
Blue-mauve. 6d. each. 5 - per doz. 
„ „ PURPUREA. Light purple. 6d. each, 
SI- per doz. . .... 
,, GRACILIS. Rich purple. 6d. each, 5 - doz. 
VIOLETTAS. In six distinct colours, our 
selection. SI- per doz. 
Our Own Seleotion, 10/- per doz. ; 76/- per I00< 
All the above are grown In pota. 
