All Good Rock-Plants Are Not Necessarily Sedums 
DIANTHUS, continued 
Deltoides. Bright green trailer, with bril¬ 
liant dark pink flowers on 6-inch stems. 
June, July. $3 per doz. 
Furst Bismarck. Large, double, bright red 
blooms, with unusual fragrance. 1 foot. 
June, August. $4 per doz. 
Dicentra 
Eximia. Fern-like foliage and drooping 
racemes of rose-colored flowers all summer. 
Shady places. 1 foot. $4 per doz. 
Erinus 
Alpinus. Purple flowers in sprays. 3 inches. 
April to June. $4 per doz. 
Alpinus albus. White-flowered form. $4 
per doz. 
Erysimum 
Pulchellum. A fleshy plant with tufts of 
light sulphur-yellow flowers. 10 inches. 
$3 per doz. 
Hardy Ferns 
Adiantum pedatum (Maidenhair). Grace¬ 
ful, feathery foliage. 12 to 15 inches. 
Moist, shady places. 
Cryptogramma acrostichoides. Small; 
evergreen. Fine for edging shady borders. 
6 inches. 
Dryopteris Goldieana. Stately Fern with 
fronds 4 feet long and 1 }/% feet wide, for 
shady, moist places. 
Osmunda cinnamomea. Enormous, 
whorled fronds with large, woolly “fiddle- 
heads.” Rich, moist, soil. 3 to 5 feet. 
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas 
Fern). Dull, hardy, evergreen foliage. 
Shady places. 1 foot. 
Pteretis nodulosa. Large, feathery fronds, 
10 inches wide, for backgrounds. Good 
moist soil in sun or shade. 4 feet. 
Any of the above varieties, $4 per doz. 
Geum 
Lady Stratheden. Deeply crimped, semi¬ 
double, pure golden yellow flowers. 2 feet. 
July, August. $4 per doz. 
Gypsophila 
Cerastioides. Woolly mats of gray foliage, 
with large lilac flowers, veined pink. 
$4 per doz. 
Repens. Trailing green foliage with tiny 
white flowers in June and July. 6 inches. 
$3 per doz. 
Helianthemum 
Sudbury Gem. A beautiful, silvery gray 
variety with large, single rose-pink flowers. 
6 to 8 inches. June-August. $4 per doz. 
Iberis 
Gibraltarica. Compact, circular plants with 
dark foliage, covered in May and June 
with white flowers tinged lavender-rose. 
1 foot. $4 per doz. 
Sempervirens. Loose, wiry plants, covered 
in May with enormous quantities of pure 
white flowers. 1 foot. $4 per doz. 
Leontopodium 
Alpinum (Edelweiss). Grayish plants with 
woolly, silvery flowers on 6-inch stems. 
$4.50 per doz. 
Linaria 
Cymbalaria (Kenilworth Ivy). A flat, 
vigorously creeping plant with ivy-like 
foliage and tiny lavender flowers. $4 per 
doz. 
Nepeta 
Mussini. A rapid-growing, gray-leaved, 
aromatic plant with lavender-blue flowers. 
1 foot. July, August. $3.50 per doz. 
Souv. d’Andre Chaudron. Large, light 
lavender-blue flowers on long, wiry stems. 
1 Yl to 2 feet. July-September. $6 per doz. 
Phlox 
T unica 
Amcena. Slender trailers with clusters of 
bright pink flowers. 4 to 5 inches. April, 
May. $4 per doz. 
Divaricata. Sprays of large, fragrant, blue- 
lilac flowers in May and June. Shady 
places. 10 inches. $4 per doz. 
Subulata. A mossy, vigorous-growing 
creeper covered with brilliant pink flowers 
in April and May. 4 inches. $3.50 per doz. 
Subulata alba. The white-flowered form. 
$3.50 per doz. 
Subulata, Vivid. Clearest bright pink. 
Makes a very bright and pretty showing. 
3 inches. $5 per doz. 
Saxifraga 
Crassifolia. Showy, spreading plants with 
large leaves and drooping sprays of pink 
flowers. 15 inches. $4 per doz. 
Sedum 
Acre. Spreading, fleshy plants with light 
green leaves and masses of yellow flowers. 
2 inches. $3 per doz. 
Album. A creeping variety with tiny foliage 
and minute white flowers on pink stems. 
$3 per doz. 
Kamtschaticum. Deep green foliage. 
Orange-yellow flowers. 6 inches. $3 per 
doz. 
Thymus 
Serpyllum. Creeping, evergreen, odorifer¬ 
ous plants for rocks, crevices, and edging. 
$3 per doz. 
Saxifraga. Tufted, grassy plant, covered 
most of the summer with pale pink and 
white flowers on delicate stems. 6 inches. 
$3 per doz. 
Veronica 
Teucrium rupestris. A fine creeping plant, 
making dense mats covered with spikes of 
blue flowers in May and June. $4 per doz. 
Herbs 
The Elizabethan Collection: We are 
pleased to ofFer for the first time this Collec¬ 
tion of Herbs. Books have been written con¬ 
cerning the virtues and legends of Herbs, and 
there is quite a demand for these plants 
We suggest a small planting on every estate. 
Alpine Savory 
Anise 
Balm of Gilead 
Big Betony 
Calamintha 
Camomile 
Catnip 
Chive 
Citron Thyme 
Common Balm 
Common Clary 
Common Thyme 
Common Wormwood 
Coriander 
Creeping Mint 
Dill 
Fennel 
Garden Sage 
Strong plants of any of 
$3 per 
Germander 
Hoarhound 
Hyssop 
Peppermint 
Rosemary 
Roman Wormwood 
Rue 
Southernwood 
Spearmint 
Sweet Basil 
Sweet Marjoram 
Sweet Woodruff 
Tansy 
Tarragon 
True Lavender 
Water-Cress 
Wild Senna 
Winter Savory 
the above, 35 cts. each 
dozen 
Ground-Cover Plants 
Ajuga reptans. Useful herbaceous ground- 
cover plants for full sun or shady positions. 
Flat leaves, almost evergreen. Flowers 
purplish. Quick creeper. 4 inches. May. 
2J4-in. pot plants, $4 per doz., $20 per 100. 
English Ivy. An outstanding ground-cover 
plant for use in all semi-sun and shady 
places. Best results are obtained by using 
small plants, and lots of them, which 
readily cover all the bare soil. pot 
plants, $4 per doz.; $20 per 100. 
Euonymus radicans. One of the best of 
our low-spreading evergreen ground-covers. 
Leaves measure inch wide and 1 inch 
long, and they are almost oval in shape. 
Also useful for rockeries. 2-yr. field-grown 
plants, $4.50 per doz.; $22.50 per 100. 
Pachysandra terminalis. For bare areas 
in dense shade and for use amongst rhodo¬ 
dendrons and azaleas, it has no equal. Does 
especially well under beeches, maples, and 
oaks, and, strange to say, under pines and 
other evergreens where very few other 
plants exist. 1-yr. field-grown plants, $2 
per doz., $12 per 100; 2-yr. field-grown 
plants, $3 per doz., $17.50 per 100; 2J4-in. 
pot-plants, $4 per doz., $20 per 100. 
Vinca minor (Periwinkle; Myrtle). Per¬ 
haps the next plant in importance for 
ground-cover to Pachysandra. The singu¬ 
lar, deep green color of the leaves presents 
a fine contrast when planted on banks, 
terraces, etc. 2-yr. field-grown plants, 
$3 per doz., $17.50 per 100 2J^-in. pot- 
plants, $4 per doz., $20 per 100. 
Pachysandra terminalis 
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WILLIAM M. HUNT & CO., Inc., NEW YORK 
