Mertensia nutans. Branching, creeping root. 
Stems leafy, 10 inches high. Dense clusters of 
clear blue flowers, pink tubes. Three for 75c. 
M. longiflora. Small bulbous root. 1 or 2 stems 
about 6 in. tall. Pale to deep blue flowers. 
Varied habitat in rather open forests, and brush lands. 
Loamy soil, light shade, fairly moist. Likes hillside slope. 
M. paniculata. (Alpine form.) 12 in. Open clus¬ 
ters of blue flowers. Thin, ovate leaves. 
Alpine meadows. Pool border, bog edge. 
Monardella villosa. Mustang Mint. Numerous 
8 to 12-in. stems with small oval leaves and a 
flower-head, purple to pink on each stem. 
Rocky foothill slopes, among shrubs, and in open spots. 
Good drainage, gritty or sandy soil, sun. Spreads slowly 
by creeping roots, easily controlled. 
Oxalis oregana. Wood Sorrel. Clover-leaf plant 
with creeping roots. Pink to white flowers. 
From Redwoods and conifer forests. A half-hardy, shade 
and acid-soil lover. At its best on damp, decayed logs. 
Paeonia brownii. Wild Peony. Bluish, cut-leaf 
foliage, 12 in., with large, weird, leathery red¬ 
dish and yellow globes. Seeds only, fall, 15c. 
Widely varied habitat. Sandy loam, north side of rock. 
Parnassia californica. Tuft of basal leaves with 
8 in. naked stem and large white flower. 
Bogs and wet meadows. Wet, acid muck, sun or It. shade. 
Parrya menzeisii. Long basal leaves on deep 
taproot. Pink flowers. 8 in. Seeds only, fall, 15c. 
Semi-arid hill lands. Sandy loam, in full sun. 
Pentstemon azureus. Bushy, bluish-leaf plant 
with blue flowers in spikes. 12 in. high. 
P. azureus No. 2. Subalpine form. Smaller. 
P. heterophyllus. Narrow gray-leaved, with 
blue flowers in open raceme. 8 in. alpine form. 
P. roezli. Resembles above, more spread out. 
Hill land species. Spikes of clear blue. 10 in. 
P. species. Ovate gray-green leaves. Flowers 
large, lavender. 10 in. Subalpine, rock plant. 
P. menzeisii. Alpine, rock plant. Light green, 
oblong leaf. Purple flowers. 6 in. 
This group are fairly reliable in any well drained free soil. 
North side of rock for the alpines, others sun or It. shade. 
