WM. BORSCH & SON 
Maplewood, Oregon 
Each 
^Mezereum—Makes a shrub, deciduous, from 2 to 4 feet high. The frag¬ 
rant, lilac-purple flowers, silky outside, appear long before the 
foliage. February to April. Stock limited.50 to 1.50 
*Odora—The sweetest of all fragrant flowering shrubs. Glossy evergreen 
foliage, slightly variegated, yellow edged. Clusters of light pink, 
waxy flowers early in the Spring. Small plants, 50c; large specimens 1.50 
^DELPHINIUM—Our most popular blue cut flower. 
Belladonna “Cliveden Beauty”—Improved form of this popular variety. 
Free flowering azure blue. -.25 
Bellamosum —Dark blue flowering form of preceding. 25 
Brunonianum —Large and rounded hairy flowers of blue or pale blue on 
12-inch stems. The plant, particularly the leaves, are musk-scented.50 
Chinensis —Very dwarf; feathery foliage and intense gentian blue flowers .25 
Gold Medal Hybrids —Mixture of blues. 25 
$Nudicaule —Brilliant scarlet flowers on 12 to 18-inch stems, June to Aug¬ 
ust. Well-drained, sandy soil, full sun. 25 
Tatsienense —Large deep azure blue flowers, with long spurs, on branch¬ 
ing stems, 12 to 18 inches high. .35 
Wrexham Strain Hybrids— Mixture of singles and doubles, shades of 
blue, often with pinkish tinge, etc. All very large flowered. 50 
Wrexham Marked Plants —Marked as to color, whether single, double or 
semi-double, color of eye or bee, etc. (Advise if we may substitute if 
we are out of particular color or shade you wish.). 1.00 
$DIANTHUS (Alpine Varieties)—Indispensable for dry, sunny places or 
walls and with very few exceptions great lime lovers. Like a poor 
stony soil, but care should be exercised that soil is not too loose or 
sandy. While they require a well-drained soil, if too loose or sandy 
there is a tendency for roots of small plants burning during the hot 
days of midsummer. A dressing of small stone chips in Fall is 
beneficial. 
Allwoodi-Alpinus—A new perpetual flowering hybrid. Large flowers of 
bright pink shades on 6 to 10-inch stems. Loam with some lime. 
Summer ..35 
Alpinus—Very dwarf. Dark shining foliage; large flowers of deep rose 
with darker ring around the eye, on 2 to 3-inch stems. Prefers a little 
shade during hottest part of Summer. June to August...35 
^Alpinus Carmineus—Beautiful, large deep crimson flowers with deep 
carmine eye .50 
Arvenensis—A wonderful carpeting variety. Spreading mats of grey- 
green, covered with small, sweet pink flowers from May to July; 
2 to 3 inches.25 
^Caesius (Cheddar Pink)—Blue-grey foliage and fringed rosy flowers 
on 6-inch stems.25 
Deltoides—Great trailing mats of glossy green; small pink blossoms 
speckled with crimson, on 6 to 8-inch stems. May to July.25 
Furst Bismarck—A Hybrid Hardy Pink with large flowers of bright 
crimson-pink on 12 to 15-inch stems. From May to November. No 
seedlings . 35 
*Inodorus (Sylvestris)—Dense grassy tufts from which spray arching 
stems carrying big clear pink flowers.35 
*Inodorus Frigidus—A compact and dwarf form of preceding, formerly 
listed as Inodorus. 35 
Knappi—An excellent plant for high in the rockery, or the top of rock 
wall, in order that foliage and flowers may be kept clean. Of strag¬ 
gling growth, with large heads of clear yellow flowers from June to 
August. The only yellow Dianthus known; 12 to 18 inches.25 
Neglectus—The most beautiful of all Alpine Pinks in cultivation. Neat 
little grassy tufts, studded with bright pink flowers, with a buff 
reverse, on 6-inch stems. Poor, stony soil. June and again in Sept.25 
t Bock Plants. 
* Cut Flowers. 
Dicentra Oregana; another worthy Oregon Native. Try it. 
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