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MICHELL’S ROCK GARDEN PLANTS 
Rock gardens are yearly increasing in popularity, as rockery building is a fascinating pastime, and if one has only a few square 
yards of ground this will be found sufficient to grow quite a variety of plants, affording a great deal of pleasure in caring for them and 
watching the rockery develop. 
One of the most interesting points of the rockery or rock garden is that each of us may build it according to our own ideas, pro¬ 
viding it is correctly built as to drainage and the proper placing of the rocks in order to keep the soil in place. 
The rock garden may be of any size from an unpretentious mound of soil with rocks cropping out here and there, to a miniature 
mountain range or a rock-strewn valley with a small stream running through the center. Before building the rock garden, the location 
should be selected in an open sunny place or one in partial shade, according to the variety of plants desired; some do best in full sun¬ 
light while others require some shade. In either location the ground must be well drained. 
The next step is to plan the rockery as to size and shape. Do not use too much stone, too little is better than too much, and 
use stones of a good size; small stones are of no use except for filling in or drainage. Place the stones so that they will keep the soil 
from washing when watering or during heavy rains. 
Place the plants in the pockets of soil or in the open spaces between the rocks. Be sure, however, that the soil is firm around 
the roots of the plants. 
Below will be found a list of plants we offer suitable for rock 
ACHILLEA—Millefolium Cerise Queen ( Rosy Milfoil). Finely 
cut, deep green foliage; flowers cherry red in dense heads. 
— Ptarmica Boule de Neige ( Ball of Snow). An improvement 
on The Pearl; the flowers are of more perfect form. 
—The Pearl. A mass of double pure white flowers throughout 
the entire Summer; one of the best for cutting. 
—Tomentosa ( Wooley Yarrow). Handsome cut foliage with 
bright yellow flowers. June; 12 inches. 
AETHIONEMA—Persicum ( Lebanon Candytuft). Beautiful 
shrubby alpines of spreading habit. Rose-colored flowers from 
May to August. 3 for $1.00 (by P. P., $1.10); $3.50 per doz. 
ALYSSUM—Saxatile Compactum. Grows about 10 inches 
high and producing in May masses of golden yellow flowers. 
ANCHUSA—Myosotidiflora. A distinct dwarf variety from the 
Caucasian Mountains, with clusters of pretty blue forget-me- 
not-like flowers, in May. 12 inches. 
ANEMONE—Hupehensis. Wonderfully free flowering from 
early August until late Autumn. A pleasing mauve-rose. 
— Pulsatilla. An interesting plant for the rockery or border, 
producing violet or purple flowers, during April and May; 
9 to 12 inches. 
AQUILEGIA—Michell’s Long Spurred Hybrids. The flowers 
of largest size vary in color through charming tones of cream, 
pink, lavender, blue, white, red, etc. 
- —Alpina. A rich blue variety; 2 feet. 
— Canadensis ( Common American Columbine). The native 
bright red and yellow variety, and one of the brightest. 
— Chrysantha ( Golden Columbine). Bright yellow, long-spurred 
flowers. 
— Coerulea ( Rocky Mountain Columbine). Bright blue and white 
long-spurred flowers. 
—Nivea Grandiflora. A fine white, strong growing and very free 
flowering. 
Price, any of the above (except where noted), 4 for ! 
garden planting. 
AQUILEGIA—Rose Queen. A newer variety of a pleasing shade 
of delicate pink, long-spurred flowers. 
ARABIS—Alpina (Rock Cress). One of the most desirable of the 
very early Spring-flowering plants, completely covered with 
pure white flowers. Last for a long time in bloom. 
ARENARIA—Montana (Sandwort). A very desirable creeping 
plant, forming a dense carpet of foliage, covered with attractive 
white flowers in Spring. 
ARMERIA. Attractive dwarf plants forming evergreen tufts 
from which appear innumerable flowers on stiff, wiry stems. 
—Laucheana Rosea. Bright rose. 
ASCLEPIAS—Tuberosa. Very showy native plants, producing 
their flowers of brilliant orange-scarlet during July and August. 
ASTER—Alpinus. Grows 6 to 10 inches high and bears large, 
showy bluish-purple flowers in May and June. 
—Alpinus Albus. Identical to the above, but with pure white 
flowers. 
—Mauve Cushion. It forms a circular cushion-like plant with 
flowers of delicate, soft mauve which are produced in such lavish 
profusion as to completely cover the plant; blooms in October 
and November. 
—Sub-coeruleus. Forms a dense tuft of leaves from which 
spring many leafless stems 12 inches high, bearing in June 
and July large, bluish-violet flowers. 
AUBRIETIA—Deltoides (Rainbow Rock Cress). Neat compact 
plants covered with closely set lilac flowers. 
CAMPANULA—Carpatica (Carpathian Hare-bell). A pretty 
compact growing variety with flowers of clear blue on erect wiry 
stems, from July to October. An ideal edging for the border 
or rockery. 
—Alba. A pure white form of the above. 
—Garganica. Forms a low spreading tuft, covered in June 
with star-shaped light blue flowers with white eyes. 
.00 (by P. P., $1.10); $2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
Iris are inexpensive and increase in size and beauty year after year; see pages 113 and 114 
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