16 Hardy Perennial Plants 
The STORRS & HARRISON CO, 
SEMPER VIVUM 
[House Leek} 
A most interesting group of small succulents ; 
ideally fitted for use in the crevices of wall and 
rock garden. The leaves are thick and rubbery, 
arranged in usually tight rosettes; expansion 
being by a surrounding colony of exact replicas 
even in their tiniest stage. 
Araclinoidenm minus (Small Cobweb House 
Leek). Four inches. Small, dense rosettes in 
close root-association. The tips of leaves are 
laced together by a cobweb of silvery threads ; 
the short-stemmed flowers are bright red in 
loose panicles. 
G-lobiferum. Flattened rosettes 2 to 3 inches 
across; the broad, uncrowded leaves gray- 
green lightly tipped brown, %-inch yellow 
flowers in densely hairy panicles a foot high. 
Tectorum (“Hen-and-Chickens”). The central 
rosettes average 3 to 4 inches across, with 
long, up-curving, pale green leaves having 
purple pointed tips; the flowers pale red. 
Hovering snugly all around and even peeping 
up between the wings are the brood of tiny 
little “chicks.” 
House Leek Set SOc 
TEUCRIUM^ 
Canadense (American Germander). Six-inch spikes of 
rosy purple flowers. July and August. The attractive 
dark, toothed foliage makes a spreading ground cover. 
Chamaedrys. Used as an evergreen shrub with densely 
ascending stems. Small flower whorls in loose spikes, 
bright rose with white and red spots. The valuable foli¬ 
age is dense, small, round, dark, glossy,—closely resem¬ 
bling dwarf Boxwood for which less hardy item it is 
often substituted. Can be clipped to any desired height 
up to 12 inches. 
Both: 3, 85c; doz., $3.00; 100, $15.00. 
THAIiICTKTTM (Meadow Rue). “Mist” plants, fine cut 
foliage and spreading heads of tiny flowers. 
—aquileg‘ifolium.<$> 1 to 3 feet. Scalloped Columbine foli¬ 
age; white flower balls. May to July. 
— —^purpureum. Purple flowers in June. 
, —dipterocarpum. 4 feet. Fine cut foliage, lilac-mauve flow¬ 
er sprays. August and September. 
—g’laucum. 3 to 4 feet. Finely cut blue-gray leaves ; fra¬ 
grant flower heads of Chinese yellow. July. 
All: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
THERllXOFSIS carollniana. 3 feet. Looks very much like 
a yellow Lupine; with attractive foliage like Clover, and 
tall spikes of pea-shaped yellow flowers in June and July. 
3, 85c; doz., $3.00. 
ThyretUS^ (Thyme). The charming Mountain Thymes 
’ -■ make a dense, perfect carpet of foliage, of 
great value for covering dry banks where grass will not 
easily persist, giving out a pleasing fragrance under the 
hot sun. They are very useful in rockeries, and provide a 
rich carpet for blocks of spring-flowering bulbs ; their early 
bloom all-covering. 
— citriodorus (Creeping Thyme). Lemon scented; golden 
yellow. 
— serpyllum album (White Mountain Thyme). Dense mats 
of dark green foliage, with clouds of tiny white flowers. 
— —coccineum. Crimson-scarlet bloom in dense sheets. 
Price: 3, 60c; doz., $2.25; 100, $12.00. 
TRADESCANTIA virginlca (Spiderwort). 2 to 2% feet. 
Broad, grasslike foliage; clustered blossoms all summer. 
An excellent filler for moist bottomlands ; among the semi¬ 
shading trees at base of ravines. 
Blue or White. 3, 40c; doz., $1.50; 100, $8.00. 
S. & H. Tritoma Pfitzeri (Red Hot Poker). Semi- 
■ tropical and showiest of all 
garden plants in bloom. Rushlike foliage with thick flower 
stalks a yard long, a single fiery cone at top. Brilliant 
scarlet, lower petals rimmed with orange. Blooms July to 
October. A magnificent cut flower. Use heavy winter mulch. 
3, 66c; doz., $2.00; 100, $12.00. 
—^lartiniana. A thick stalked variety, blooming late in 
May with flower cones 10 to 12 inches long. Orange-red at 
ti -T, but yellow bottom half as bloom matures. 
3, lOc; doz., $2.50 
TROEEnrS^^ europaeus (Globeflower). 2 feet. Foliage 
like Larkspur; 1)4- to 2-inch bloom on long stems. May 
and June. Flowers are glorified Buttercups, waxy lemon- 
yellow. Each, 60c; 3, $1.25 ; doz., $4.00. 
TUNICA<$> saxifrag'a. Tufted hair-fine grass plant; tiny 
pink flowers all summer; for rockery or border. 
3, 40c; doz., $1.50; 100, $8.00. 
VAEERIANA Officinalis (Hardy Heliotrope). 3 to 4 feet. 
Thick spikes of white flowers, slightly rosette, with strong 
heliotrope scent. June and July. 
3, 56c; doz., $2.00; 100, $12.00. 
VERBASeuxe, Phoeniceum Hybrids. 18 inches. An in¬ 
teresting form of Mullein hybridized in England. Rather 
large woolly leaves and branched flower spikes. The flowers 
come variously in white, pink, rose, purple, bronze, and 
brown,—but can be offered as Mixed only. Planted in well- 
drained, light, warm soil, they will colonize and reproduce 
annually from their seed. 3, 85c; doz., $3.00. 
'V’£RONICA<^ (Speedwell). Blue flowers, varying in size 
and shade, for borders and rockeries. 
—incana. 1 foot. Silver foliage; violet-blue flowers. July 
and August. 
—loug'ifolia subsessills (Bluebird Flower). 2 feet. Long 
bronze-green leaves, deep indigo-blue flowers. July to Sep¬ 
tember. 
—Tupestris nana. 1 to 2 inches. Creeping plants with 
small, dark leaves. Gentian-blue flowers. April and May. 
All Veronicas: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00; 100, $12.00. 
VINCA lJlinor<^ (Hardy Myrtle). A trailing evergreen for 
carpeting where it is too shady for grass ; on sloping banks 
not too dry, a bordering for shaded pools ; as a setting for 
other plants such as Daffodils, Bluebells, Plumbago, certain 
Lilies and Ferns ; and as a filler in large shaded rockeries. 
2 year, field-grown: 3, 40c; doz., $1.50 ; 100, $10.00 ; 1000, 
$80.00. 
214 -incb pot plants, thrifty, stocky—ready any time; 3,-SOc ; 
doz., $1.80 ; 100, $12.00 ; 1000. $90.00. 
VIOEA<$> (Tufted Pansy). Dwarf edging plant, hybrids of 
Alpine Violet and Garden Pansy; blooms 8 months if 
sheared often. Brilliant color spots in the rockery. 
— Admiration. Velvety wine-purple. 
—Blue Perfection, Golden Yellow, White Perfection. 
■—Jersey Gem. Dwarf, bushy and continuous in bloom; 
pure, rich violet; slightly perfumed. 
All above five: 3, 50c; doz., $1.80; 100, $10.00. 
— Sutton’s Apricot. A new, rich apricot color much in de¬ 
mand. 3, 70c; doz., $2.50; 100, $15.00. 
YUCCA 
FilsrnentOSS (Spanish Bayonet). Swordlike evergreen 
■ foliage; pendent clustered white bells along 
thick, 3- to 6-ft. spikes. 
1 yr.: Each, 20c; 3, 46c; doz., $1.60. 
2 yr.: Each, 25c ; 3, 60c ; doz., $2.00. 
4 yr.: Each, 40c ; 3, $1.00, by express. 
Variegated Leaf similar to above, but the leaves are 
■■■■ ■ bronzy green, striped and the outer 
edge widely bordered with yellow. Keeps its striking foliage 
all winter. 
1 yr.: Each, 25c ; 3, 60c ; doz., $2.00. 
4 yr.: Each, 60c ; 3, $1.50, by express. 
