RARE PERENNIALS, ALPINE PLANTS 
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GENTIAN A —Continued. 
but dwarfer and with larger flowers, blue 
with white throats, more or less spotted 
with brown or black. It requires plenty 
of water at the roots, in a peaty soil. 
50c and 75c each. 
*calycosa — Oregon’s most beautiful Gen¬ 
tian, and one of the most beautiful of all 
Gentians. The stems are clothed with 
dainty rounded leaves and each crowned 
with a large, open, bell-like flower of 
deep velvety blue with a white throat. 
Does well either in the moraine or in a 
well-drained pocket in the alpine garden. 
Blooms from July to Sept., and from 6 to 
12 inches high. 75c and $1.00 each. 
*cruciata — Another species which likes 
some lime. Not as showy as some, but 
very easy of cultivation. Clusters of 
medium size blue flowers on 10 to 15 inch 
stems, July to Sept. 50c each. 
*farreri — Of semi-prostrate growth and 
grassy foliage, when once established it 
will produce hundreds of its glor'ous 
flowers of a wonderful shade of sky blue, 
with white throats. It requires a cool 
limy, gritty soil. 50c and $1.00 each. 
*freyniana —Quite low growing, with short, 
trailing stems, set with pairs of glossy 
leaves and ending in two or three large 
bells of bright blue. 50c each. 
*ingrami —A native of Oregon with shiny, 
dark green leaves and 2 to 5 large dark 
blue flowers on 8 to 15 inch stems, from 
June to August. The lobes of the flowers 
are speckled with greenish white spots. 
75c each. 
*lagodechiana— A dwarf form of G. sep- 
temfida, with large flowers of blue, being 
somewhat variable in color. Semi-pros¬ 
trate habit and can stand full sun. 50c 
each. 
*linearis —Another bog native of the east¬ 
ern states. From 3 to 5 blue flowers, on 
12 to 15 inch stems. Likes a cool, moist 
soil, rich in humus, in shade. 50c each. 
*macaulayi, Wells Variety — Hybrid be¬ 
tween farreri and sino ornata. The large 
open trumpets are of an ethereal blue, 
the outside being striped with sea green 
and dusky blue. In habit it is much 
stronger in growth than farreri and more 
compact than sino ornata. It truly is a 
most wonderful novelty. Blooms from 
Aug. to Oct., under same conditions fav¬ 
orable to farreri. Stock very limited. 
$1.00 and $1.50 each. 
menziesi — A dwarf Oregon native with 
small, semi-open flowers of blue on 6 to 
12 inch stems. Leaf mold and good loam, 
in shade. 35c and 50c each. 
*newberryi— A very rare Oregonian. Makes 
compact clumps, somewhat on the order 
of G. acaulis, with large blue flowers, 
white inside, with greenish spots. Leaf 
mold, silt and sun, with water at the 
roots. $1.00 each. 
*oregana — As the name indicates, from 
Oregon. Broadly funnel-shaped blue flow¬ 
ers on 12 to 18 inch stems. 75c each. 
"orfor'di —A very dwarf growing Oregonian 
from exposed points on the coast. Nice 
blue flowers on 6 to 10 inch stems, which 
trail along the ground. Rare. 50c and 
75c each. 
*parryi —Our stock comes from the Colo¬ 
rado Rockies. Large, showy flowers of 
deepest blue, 2 to 5 on stems 12 to 15 
inches high. Peat, leaf mold and silt, in 
light shade. 75c each. 
*purdomi —A beautiful species from Tibet. 
Narrow, dark green leaves and large 
trumpets of bright blue, on long trailing 
stems. Aug. to Oct. Easy in a limy soil 
in light shade, although it can stand full 
sun if given plenty of root moisture. 50c 
and 75c each. 
sceptrum —A native with semi-open flow¬ 
ers of deep blue on 2 to 3 foot stems. 
Very easy in a peaty soil and half shade. 
35c each. 
*septemfida —Of easy culture in any good 
garden loam and some peat, full sun or 
light shade. Heads of sapphire blue flow¬ 
ers, somewhat variable, on 8 to 12 inch 
stems, during July and Aug. 50c each. 
*septemfida, variety hascombensis — An 
improved form, with large flowers of a 
deeper blue. 75c each. 
*sino ornata — Semi-prostrate habit and 
grassy foliage, with immense dark blue 
flowers, with a white line running 
through the divisions, from July to Sept. 
Likes a cool light soil, in light shade. 
35c and 50c each. 
*veitchiorum —A beautiful species which 
is proving a most satisfactory rock plant. 
It is quite prostrate, resembling farreri 
and sino ornata in habit and foliage, but 
with flowers of a sapphire blue; deeper 
than farreri and lighter than sino ornata. 
Much easier than either. 75c and $1.00 
each. 
*verna —A beautiful little Gentian, making 
mats of small foliage and covered with 
small flowers of dark blue during April 
and May, on stems not over 2 inches 
high. Likes a mixture of leaf mold and 
grit, with water underground, in full sun 
or light shade. Stock limited. $1.00 and 
$1.25 each. 
