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ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD FLOWERS 
ARNICA alpina. N. 8" A gracefully formed little alpine 
plant, with clear, bright yellow flowers, 2 inches across. 
Any well-drained soil in either sun or light shade. 
ARNICA cordifolia. N. 1' The flowers are a beautifu 1 
chrome yellow over 2 inches in diameter. Splendid as a 
cut flower, and one of the finest yellow ray flowers on 
our list. Full sun or light shade. 
ARNICA latifolia. N. 18" A very handsome plant, with 
clear yellow flowers 2 to 3 inches in diameter. Does best 
in light shade. All the arnicas last well as cut flowers. 
ASTER conspicuous. . N. 16" A beautiful mountain plant 
with very large flowers over 2 inches across, suffused with 
rich lavender and violet. This is a great favorite and is 
truly a conspicuous plant, as the name implies. Quite 
rare. 35c each, $3 per dozen, $16 per hundred. 
ASTER geyeri. N. 18" A hardy little plant which is one of 
the earliest of our native asters to bloom, with clear blue 
flowers an inch across. Easily grown in any location. 
ASTER goliath. 8" This little beauty has made its debut 
before an appreciative public in camparatively recent 
years. It is the finest of the early flowering varieties, 
but it continues blooming until freezing weather in autumn. 
It forms a large mat a foot in diameter, and the dainty, 
soft-blue flowers are 2 inches across, with yellow centers. 
Indispensable in the rock garden. 
ASTER n. b. rosea. 2' The clear rose-colored flowers with 
yellow centers are an inch across. Blooms quite early, 
and is a mass of flowers. 
BALSAMORRHIZA sagittata. N. 18" Forms a rosette of 
arrowhead shaped leaves, which are frequently a foot long, 
grayisli-green and with a velvety texture. Flowers 3 to 
4 inches in diameter, brilliant yellow and fragrant. Any 
garden soil, with full sun or light shade seems to be all 
that it requires. 
CAMPANULA petiolata. N. 1' This is our western form of 
blue-bell. The deep, sky-blue bells are about an inch long, 
on wiry stems. Does well in sun or light shade. A rock 
garden favorite. 
CAMPANULA persicaefolia. 3' Large, bell-shaped white flow¬ 
ers, 2 inches across. Very hardy and does well in sun or 
shade. 
CASTILLIJA miniata. Indian Paint Brush. N. 2' This 
conspicuous plant has bright vermilion-red flowers and 
bracts. Grows in the mountain meadows in sun or light 
shade. Acid soil. 
CHIMAPHILA umbellata. Prince’s Pine. N. 8" An evergreen 
plant with white and pink flowers. Shade and acid soil 
suits it. 
