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PHLOX SUBULATA—Moss or Mountain Pinks VARIOUS PHLOX SPECIES 
An early spring-flowering type with pretty, mosslike, 
evergreen foliage, which, during the flowering season, 
in April and May, is hidden under the masses of bloom. 
An excellent plant for the rockery, the border, and in¬ 
valuable for carpeting the ground or* covering graves. 
Culture. All Phlox Subulata should be grown in full 
sun. In shade they will die within a year. The soil 
should be dry and sandy and not too rich. Dig and 
replant every fourth year to prevent them from getting 
weedy. Plant in fall or early spring, 8 inches apart. 
♦Alba Three $0.85, Doz. $2.50, 100 $18.00 
Pure white flowers completely covering the neat com¬ 
pact plant in May; a lovely thing for the rock garden. 
♦Atropurpurea Three $0.85, Doz. $2.50, 100 $18.00 
The same habit of growth as the well known Phlox 
Subulata Rosea. The flowers of this variety are a deep 
carmine-red making a most brilliant display. 
♦Fairy Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
Pale blue with dark purple eye; a beautiful little rock 
plant. Same habit as Vivid. Slow growing, neat in 
habit, with compact foliage, not spreading like Lilacina. 
♦Lilacina Three $0.85, Doz. $2.50, 100 $18.00 
A strong growing, creeping variety suitable for bold 
masses in the rockery; completely covered with pale 
blue flowers in May; the foliage is lovely in winter. 
♦Rosea Three $0.85, Doz. $2.50, 100 $18.00 
Rose-pink. Fine for covering banks; thrives in hot, 
dry situations, and blooms profusely. 
♦ ♦Vivid Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
Bright pink with dark pink eye. We would say that 
this is the choicest and lovliest dwarf Phlox in exist¬ 
ence. 
The species offered below are most satisfactory for rock 
garden use. 
Culture. Amoena requires a dry, sunny location in the 
rock garden. Divaricata is best grown in open woods in 
drifts of twenty-five or more, or a shady, moist place 
in the rockery. Maculata and Carolina love poor soil 
and a sunny place. All may be planted in fall or early 
spring, 6 to 8 inches apart. 
♦Amoena Three $0.85, Doz. $2.50, 100 $18.00 
This is one of the best varieties for carpeting the 
ground, the rockery or the border. It grows but 4 
inches high, and in the spring is a sheet of rich bright 
pink flowers. 
♦Divaricata canadensis Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
One of our native species, which is worthy of extensive 
planting, commencing to bloom early in April, and con¬ 
tinuing through May, with large, fragrant, lavender 
flowers on stems 10 inches high. In spring this plant 
is sold in pots to insure best results; in fall field-grown 
plants are best to use. 
♦Ovata Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
(Carolina). Bright rosy red flowers in great quantities 
on 12-inch stems during June and July, good for the 
rockery. 
♦Arendsi Louise Three $1.60, Doz. $4.50, 100 $35.00 
Phlox Arendsi are a result of crossing Phlox Divari¬ 
cata and Phlox Paniculata. The most remarkable re¬ 
sult is that they flower from early spring until late in 
the autumn. There are several varieties all more or 
less alike. Louise, offered here, is a bright lilac with 
lilac-carmine eye. About 20 inches high, suited for front 
of the border in light shade or sun. 
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PLUMBAGO—Leadwort 
Should be really called Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, 
but so well known under the first mentioned name that 
we prefer to offer it that way. Lovely low-growing 
plants with leathery, small, heart-shaped leaves of 
bronzy green color. The flowers are a deep peacock 
blue borne in small clusters just above the foliage. 
Culture. They require a sandy loam which is well 
drained and not too rich. Do well in the rock garden 
in full sun or light shade. May be used also as an 
edging to beds or garden paths and is lovely when 
planted together with Vinca minor as a ground cover, 
using two-thirds Vinca minor and one-third Plumbago. 
Their brilliant blue flowers are most attractive in late 
summer and early fall. Plant in fall or spring, 6 to 8 
inches apart; cover lightly during winter in exposed 
places. 
♦Larpentae Three $1.10, Doz. $3.25, 100 $22.50 
One of the most desirable border and rock plants. It 
is of dwarf, spreading habit, growing 6 to 8 inches 
high, covered with deep blue flowers during late summer 
and fall. 
POLEMONIUM—Jacob's Ladder or Greek Valerian 
Free flowering, hardy perennials. They have graceful, 
pinnate leaves, and bear their flowers in loose heads. 
Showy plants for a sunny place in the border. 
Culture. They require a light, well drained, ordinary 
soil and a sunny position. Best grown in groups of six 
or more. Not adapted for damp or heavy soils. Rep- 
tans does well in a shady location under trees. Plant 
in autumn or early spring about a foot apart. Divide 
and replant every third year. 
Richardsonl, Album Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
A white variety of coeruleum. 
Richardsonl, Coeruleum, Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Krect stems of skyblue flowers. 1 to 1% feet in June 
and July. A very fine plant in the sunny border. 
♦Reptans Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00. 100 $20.00 
Dwarf, bushy plant of graceful growth. Showy blue 
flowers, 6 inches high in early spring. Should be used 
in the rock garden and border, in shady places; foliage 
very good all summer. 
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POLYGONATUM—Solomon's Seal 
Popular and easly grown herbaceous plants, producing 
arching stems furnished with narrow leaves on each 
side, and from the axils of which drooping flowers are 
produced. Excellent plants for shady borders. 
Culture. They will thrive in any ordinary good soil 
containing plenty of humus or vegetable matter. May 
be grown under the shade of deciduous trees, in the 
shady border, or naturalized in woodland gardens. 
Plant in autumn or early spring, 6 inches apart. 
Multiflorum major Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00,100 $20.00 
Pendent sprays of white flowers borne on long, 2-foot 
stems in May, followed in autumn with black or purple 
berries. A grand plant for a shady position, where it 
has plenty of room to show its pendulous sprays of 
bells. 
POTENTILLA—Cinquefoil 
Perennials for culture in sunny borders, and are most 
useful for cutting. They have strawberry-like leaves 
and showy, single or double flowers of varying rich 
shades of color. 
Culture. They should be grown in light, ordinary or 
sandy soil and on the margins of sunny borders. Heavy, 
damp soils are not suitable. Plant in autumn or spring, 
12 inches apart. They must have a full sunny position. 
When the plants get overcrowded, divide and replant 
in spring. 
Uatsumurae Three $1.40, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
A lovely dwarf for the rock garden, growing not over 
5 inches high. Richly covered with yellow flowers. The 
foliage, like that of all Potentillas, is most attractive. 
♦Nepalensls, Miss Wlllmott 
Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
This is the improved salmon-pink “formosa." Very free 
flowering. A good border plant for midsummer bloom. 
Warrensl Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
A lovely new plant for the sunny hardy border, offered 
for the first time. Reaches a height of about two feet 
and is covered with large, pure yellow blossoms all 
summer long. Suitable for cutting. 
♦Mixed Colors of Double Varieties 
Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
This mixture contains various shades of orange and 
coppery red; they are especialy suited for in front of 
sunny borders or for bold masses in the rock wall or 
rock garden. 
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