Rare Plant Bargains 
I have many other rarely good items but not in sufficient quan¬ 
tity to be sure of filling all orders—and I know how disappointed 
I am when the best items are left out of an order. 
All plants 20c each postpaid unless otherwise noted. 
Twelve plants for price of 10. Quantities of 100 priced on re¬ 
quest, some as low as $5 per 100. 
Long lived plants are my ideal and all here named do well year 
after year. 
ACHILLEA NANA—A fine green leaved 2 in. creeper 
that can be walked on as it is so dense and tough. 
Fills crevices nicely. Shade or sun. 
ACTINEA HERBACEA—A foot high, large sunflower 
shaped bloom in early summer. A neglected American 
native. Tolerates drought and hot sun. 
AREN ARIA GRANDIFLORA — A selected form from 
cuttings of a long blooming kind of this 6 in. grassy 
leaved plant. Mother plant had 600 white blooms in 
June, and intermittently until frost. Winter foliage 
looks like a small phlox subulata. Stands drought. Sun 
or shade. 
ARENARIA VERNA—Creeping low over the ground 
and between cracks in stones. Excellent for the rock 
garden and between flagstones. For cracks and crevices, 
not an inch high, dampness and tolerate shade. Very 
green foliage and white flowers. 
A golden leaved variety of above that tolerates more 
sun. New from Europe. Same price. 
ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA (Fringed wormwood) — Foot 
high mass of fragrant fine silvery lace foliage. Poor 
soil, sun. 
ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA (Butterflyweed) — Grows 
about two feet high. This beautiful orange milkweed 
attracts butterflies. It will not complain of drought as 
it sends its tuberous roots deep in a sandy soil and it 
will increase in size and beauty each year. Small plants 
bloom first year and larger ones wait a few years. Best 
planted in threes 18 inches apart. 3 for 50c. 
DWARF variety of above also in stock. Seed of either 
25c. 
ASTER BABY’S BREATH — Popular for garden and 
cut flower. Round clumps 15 inches high. The foliage 
is dark green. Its flowering period, which is exception¬ 
ally long, begins about August. As an alternative for 
Gypsophila for filling in cut flower work, it is being ex¬ 
tensively used. It is also considered one of the best rock 
garden and perennial plants introduced in recent years. 
The half inch flowers are pure white in color. 
ASTER ACRIS NANA—Similar to above but lavender 
in color and only eight inches high. 
ASTER PLEIADES—Similar to above but taller. 
ASTER FRICARTI—This hardy aster has been called 
“Wonder of Staefa.” It is a hybrid between Thomsoni 
and Amellus. Frikart was the originator’s name and 
Staefa his home town in Switzerland. Likes rich, damp 
soil. Plant is very branching, so that it makes a large 
showing. Large flowers are a charming shade of blue, 
borne in profusion between late July and October. They 
last when cut and bloom first year. Two feet high. 
BUDDLEIA ALTERNIFOLIA—Once in a lifetime do 
we find a new shrub of so outstanding merit as this. 
Whilst other Buddleias freeze down this wonderful new 
Buddleia does not freeze down. It is very distinct in 
bloom, with its long arching or pendulous branches cov¬ 
ered with clusters of lilac-purple flowers from mid-sum¬ 
mer until late fall. Reaches eight feet, stands sunny, 
dry soil. Deep tap root makes it hard to move in large 
sizes. Potted plants 75c. 
CHICKORY—A pink form of the blue wild plant so 
often seen by roadside. Sunny, dry loam, 3 foot pink 
spikes blooming for three months. Bloom first year. 
New, from England. 
CARY OPTERIS MONGOLIENSIS — Compact grey 
leaved shrubby 2 foot perennial, with blue flowers in 
late summer. A new shrub that roots as it slowly creeps, 
a very fine rockery and bedding plant, lasts well when 
cut. Aromatic scented leaves, in fact, it is like a sage¬ 
brush of our western prairies with blue flowers. Likes 
dry, poor, sunny place. Blooms first year. 50c. Seed 25c. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM AMELIA—A foot high and ab¬ 
solutely a mound of large pink mums in late August. 
Freest flowering one I have ever seen, blooms from 
ground line up. Most outdoor mums here bloom too late 
to be usable. This August and September bloomer is a 
“find.” 
CYDONIA SINENSIS PYGMAE—Related to the blood 
red Japanese Quince or “Japonica” that blooms in May. 
This variety is dwarf, wider than tall, with apple-like 
salmon or pink blooms followed by inch diameter fruit. 
Never before offered in America. A shrub two feet high 
and probably four feet wide, when mature. Any sunny 
soil. 75c. Seed 50c. 
ERYNGIUM JEWELL—New from England. Steel 
blue leaves and stems, and dark blue round flower heads 
in July. Much superior to seedlings. This has to be di¬ 
vided as seed does not come true. Three feet, long- 
lived. $1.00. 
