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B EGINNERS in rock-gardening should rely on easy, dependable plants such as are offered in the Special 
■ Collection on this page. These plants are all tried and true and will provide colorful flowers all season and 
make a quiet background of foliage even when out of bloom. Plants such as these will insure success in the 
rock-garden from the start, but as experience develops it is well to reach into the interesting material found on 
pages 87 and 88 for greater variety and beauty, and the owner of the large rock-garden will find valuable ma¬ 
terial among the dwarfer types of evergreen trees and shrubs. See pages 105 to 111. 
Further information about rock-gardens will be found on page 102. 
May we call special attention to the offer of the eight Tried-and-True Rock-Plants pictured and described below. 
Arabis alpina 
Aster, Mauve Cushion 
Tried-and-True Rock-Plants 
Arabis alpina. An excellent, 
prostrate plant from which 
short-stemmed clusters of daz¬ 
zling white flowers ascend 6 to 
8 inches high, making a showy 
white mass of bloom of snowy 
purity. 
Aster, Mauve Cushion. This 
is a sturdy, tufted little plant 
which, in Autumn, suddenly 
bespangles itself with hundreds 
of pinkish flowery stars which 
completely cover the plant. 
Campanula garganica. A 
quick-growing, extremely de¬ 
pendable plant with small, holly- 
like foliage borne in compact 
tufts. In late Spring the plant 
spreads rapidly into a broad, 
wheel-like mass completely 
buried in a profusion of soft 
lavender, star-shaped flowers. 
Helianthemum, Fire Ball. 
This is a wiry little evergreen 
shrub with pretty, dull, gray- 
green foliage which is practi¬ 
cally evergreen throughout the 
year. Beginning in early Sum¬ 
mer it produces a dazzling 
mass of fiery little silk-petaled 
flowers which continue in 
bloom on and off throughout 
the entire season. 
Iberis sempervirens. Hardy 
Candytuft is an extremely 
useful half-shrubby plant. In 
Spring its thousands of tiny 
white flowers lie like belated 
snowdrifts caught among the 
rocks. It is one of the hardiest 
and most dependable rock- 
garden plants for any situation. 
Iris cristata. A charming 
little plant of spreading habit, 
scarcely more than 3 inches 
high, which bears unbelievably 
lovely light blue flowers that 
have all the grace and charm 
of dainty exotic orchids. It 
grows happily on any sunny, 
well-drained bank. 
Phlox subulata. A quick¬ 
growing, moss-like plant which 
creeps rapidly over bare ground 
and rocks, covering itself with 
myriads of enamel-like flowers 
in innumerable shades of pink 
in early Spring. 
Thymus Serpyllum lanu- 
ginosus. The woolly Thyme is 
a soft, velvety foliaged creeper, 
gray and downy throughout 
the Summer but exceedingly 
attractive in lavender and dull 
purple shades during the 
Winter. 
SPECIAL OFFER: 
1 each of the 8 Tried-and-True Rock-Garden Plants de¬ 
scribed above for $1.50; 2 each (16 plants in all) 
for $2.75. Carriage extra. 
Thymus Serpyllum lanuginosus 
Phlox subulata 
Campanula garganica 
Helianthemum, Fire Ball 
Iberis sempervirens 
Iris cristata 
