FOR QUALITV 
WAYSIDE GARDEIMS 
Houstonia - Bluet or Lady’s Cushion 
Three Doz. 100 
*Coerulea. A lovely little plant for the rock 
garden, where it will self-seed and estab¬ 
lish itself freely. Plant in fall or very 
early spring .$0.65 $1.70 $12.00 
Iberis - Candytuft 
*Little Gem. Dwarf, pure white flowers in 
June. Its uniform, neat .habit makes it one 
of our best rock or edging plants; per¬ 
fectly hardy.75 
*Sempervirens. Covered with a sheet of white 
flowers in spring, completely covering its 
rich dark green foliage; a particularly fine 
rock plant .55. 
Incarvillea - Trumpet Flower 
*Delavayi. Rose-pink flowers produced in 
large trusses on stiff, 18-inch stems.75 
Grandiflora brevipes. This is the best sort for 
rock gardens, about 8 inches high with 
large crimson-purple flowers. A splendid 
rock plant.85 
Iris Species 
Some very interesting sorts are here listed and described; 
many of them splendid for naturalizing and large, permanent 
plantings. 
2.00 15.00 
1.50 10.00 
2.00 15.00 
2.50 18.00 
Iberis Sempervirens. 
Three 
*Cristata (Evansia). A dainty native creep¬ 
ing species, only 3 inches in height; flow¬ 
ers rich amethyst-blue in May; a gem for 
a shady spot in the rock garden or an ex¬ 
cellent ground cover under trees when it 
will form a solid carpet covered with flow¬ 
ers which are very lovely to behold.$0.65 
*Tectorum. A beautiful species from the 
Orient with delicately crested blue flowers, 
12 inches high, in June. This is the Roof 
Iris of Japan where it is grown on the 
thatched roofs of the cottages. Lovely in 
the rock garden . 
Iris Pumila - Miniature Flag 
These beautiful little Irises do not grow 
and bloom in April and May. They are fine f< 
beds or planting in the rock garden. 
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Atroviolacea. Wine colored; very dwarf....! 
*Excelsa. A splendid pale lemon-yellow . 
*Fairy. Pale blue; very dwarf . 
♦Sambo. Dark violet-blue . 
*Schneecuppe. A large, showy, pure white . . . 
Jasione - Sheep’s Scabious 
*Ferennis. Like a very dainty lavender-blue 
Scabiosa, about 6 inches high, flowering in 
Doz. 
100 
$1.70 $12.00 
Lewisias 
DECIDUOUS LEWISIAS 
Oppositifolia has spatulate leaves and a very 
pretty starry white flower. A few inches 
high. Plant in full sun.. 
Rediviva, deciduous, is a small plant with 
large, satiny pink flowers of great beauty. 
Plant in full sun . 
EVERGREEN LEWISIAS 
Columbiana has a rosette of short leaves 
and rosy flowers with dark lines down the 
midrib .,.. 
Finchi is one of the largest and finest of the 
group. The broad bright green leaves are 
1 y 2 inches wide by 3 inches or more long 
and make a close rosette flat on,the ground. 
Four or five slender scapes, 15-12 inches 
high, each bear from 20 to 30 very hand 
some soft pink flowers margined with a 
broad white band. A good plant in flower 
is a solid bouquet . 
Howelli, with beautifully crested leaves and 
pink flowers . 
Leana, with slender, pine-like leaves and 
many smaller magenta flowers. It forms 
.65 
1.70 
12.00 
1.00 
3.00 
20.00 
over 
4 inches high 
or bordering flower 
Hiree 
Doz. 
100 
$0.75 
$2.00 
$15.00 
.75 
2.00 
15.00 
.85 
2.50 
18.00 
.55 
1.50 
10.00 
.75 
2.00 
15.00 
.85 
2.50 
18.00 
1.10 
3.25 
22.50 
1.10 
3.25 
22.50 
1 .10' 
3.25 
22.50 
1.20 
3.50 
25.00 
1.10 
l 
3.25 
22.50 
! 1.10 
3.25 
22.50 
Incarvilla Grandiflora Brevipes. 
Iris Pumila. 
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