MUNCIE, IND. 
ERNST NURSERIES 
EATON, OHIO 
SAFONARIA, Soapwort. 
*Ocymoides alba —A prostrate border or rock¬ 
ery plant, flowers pure white produced in great 
quantities just above foliage in late May and 
early June. 
SCABIOSA, Scabious or Pin Cushion Flower. 
Caueasica (Blue Bonnet)-—-Lovely flowers, a 
soft shade of lavender. Blooms from June to 
Sept, on stems of 18 to 24 in. 
SEBUM —The following are fine rock garden or 
ground cover varieties. Dwarf. 
*Acre (Golden Moss)—Bright yellow flowers, 
slowly spreading plant. 
*Album —White flowers and thick waxy foliage. 
Dwarf and spreading. 
♦Eversi —Foliage glaucous grey; rose colored 
flowers in Oct. Sub trailing habit of growth. 
**Glaucum —Dwarf variety with bluish cast to 
foliage. Very fine plant. 
*Kamtschaticum —Orange yellow flowers with 
prostrate, green foliage, turning golden in aut¬ 
umn. 
*Lydium —Blue green foliage. Grows in pros¬ 
trate form. 
*Pruniatum forsterianum —Yellow flowers with 
glaucous, blue-green foliage. Prostrate habit of 
growth. 
*Sarmentosum —A trailing sort which is exceed¬ 
ingly fine for rock crevices or garden. 
*Sexangulare —Round, succulent, glaucous fo¬ 
liage; bright pink flowers in Sept. The loveliest. 
*Spurium coccineum —Rosy crimson flowered, 
July and Aug. 6 in. high. Very fast spreading. 
Fine for rockery or covering banks. 
*Stolonifera —Flowers purplish pink, evergreen 
foliage. July and Aug. Excellent for rockeries. 
6 in. high. 
Spectabile —Height 18 in., with broad, light 
green foliage and immense heads of beautiful 
rose colored flowers. Bloom late fall. 
Spectabile “Brilliant” —Same as above only- 
bright red bloom. 
SEMPERVIVUM, House Leek; Hen and Chick¬ 
ens. 
A beautiful form of succulent plant. Ideal for 
rock garden, spreading and filling crevices of 
rocks. Also makes a splendid small house plant. 
**Brouni- —Rosette like plant. Leaves bronze, 
with dull red tip, base dull green. 6 in. high. 
**Doellianum —Small, hairy rosettes of pale 
green leaves, tinted red at tips. Panicles of 
bright red flowers, 4 to 6 in. Effective in 
masses. 
**Fauconette —-Similar to Brouni only finer and 
more delicate. 6 in. 
**Funchi —Green tipped brownish rosettes pro¬ 
duced in great numbers. Fine for brown color¬ 
ing. 6 in. 
**Tectorum (Hen and Chickens)—This is the 
common House Leek. Broad rosettes. Flowers 
pale red, one ft. high. 
SILENE, Catclifly or Campion. 
*Schafta (Autumn Catchfly) —4 to 6 in. high, 
with masses of bright pink flowers from July 
to Oct. A charming border or rock plant. 
SPIREA, Astilbe Hybrids. 25c, $2.50 doz. 
Astilbe—Beautiful rosy, white or pink blooms 
on spikes 1J4 to 2 ft. in June. A very delight¬ 
ful and beautiful plant. 
STATICE, Great Sea Lavender. 
*Latifolia—Purplish-blue, minute flower on 
broad heads sometimes 2 ft. across, ll/i ft. high 
and very valuable in border or rockery. 
STOKESIA, Cornflower Aster; Stoke’s Aster. 
Cynea coerulea—Beautiful light blue flowers 
produced profusely in early autumn on 18 in. 
stems. 
TEUCRIUM, Germander, 25c, $2.50 doz. 
*Chamaedrys—Glossy green foliage resembling 
dwarf boxwood. Can be clipped to suit height. 
Never more than 12 in. high. 
*Orientalis—Dwarf, graceful plants, producing 
an abundance of blue flowers in Aug. Good rock¬ 
ery plant. 
THALICTRUM, Meadow Rue. 
*Adiantifolium—Maiden hair fern like foliage. 
Miniature white flowers in June, grows about 
2 ft. high. 
THYMUS, Thyme. 
*Lanuginsus (Wooly-leaved thyme)—-Wooly fo¬ 
liage with bright pink flowers. 
*Serpyllum album (White Mountain Thyme)-— 
Forms dense mats of dark green foliage and 
clouds of white flowers. 
*Serpyllum coccineum—Plants completely cov¬ 
ered with brilliant crimson scarlet flowers. 
TRITOMA, Torch Lily; Flame Flower; Red Hot 
Poker. 
Pfitzeri—Bloom Aug. to Oct. with spikes 3 to 
4 ft. high, and heads of bloom of rich orange 
scarlet. Hardy, but needs slight protection in 
winter. 
VERONICA, Speedwell. 
*Amythystina (Royal Blue)—Spikes of rich gen¬ 
tian blue flowers in June and July. 10 to 12 in. 
high. 
*Incana—A white wooly plant with numerous 
blue flowers. 1 ft. tall. 
Longifolia subsessilis—One of the most beauti¬ 
ful blue flowering plants. Spikes completely 
studded with beautiful blue flowers; 2 ft. high. 
Increase in beauty from year to year. 25c, $2.50 
doz. 
Rupestris—3 to 4 inches high. Thickly matted 
foliage covered with mass of lovely blue flow¬ 
ers in early June. Does well in shade. 
VINCA, Periwinkle or Trailing Myrtle. 
Minor—A trailing evergreen plant, used exten¬ 
sively for carpeting the ground under shrubs or 
trees or on graves, where it is too shady for 
grass. It does well in either shade or sun. 
VIOLAS. 
Admiration—Deep violet flowers in great pro¬ 
fusion throughout summer. 
Bosniaca—Rose magenta flowers all summer. 
4 in. high. 
Apricot—Beautiful rich apricot shades tinged 
with orange toward center. 
Papilio—Blue and white flower throughout sum¬ 
mer. 6 in. high. 
Evergreen Vines and Ground Cover 
EUONYMUS PATENS —Spreading Euonymus. 
Small broadleaf evergreen developing into a lovely 
small shrub. Two or three should be grouped to-, 
gether. 12-15 in. 40c; 15-18 in., 50c. 
EUONYMUS RADICANS — Wintercreeper. A 
dwarf growing, semi erect vine. Makes good ever¬ 
green vine on stone or brick walls. Ideal ever¬ 
green ground cover. 2 yr. 18-24 in. 50c; 3 yr., 
24-30 in. 65c. 
EUONYMUS VEGETUS —Bigleaf Wintercreeper. 
Dark nearly round green leaves; bright red ber¬ 
ries in fall which remain all winter. A vine or 
ground cover. 12-15 in., 40c; 15-18 in., 50c. 
HEDERA HELIX— English Ivy (Large leaf). 
Large dark green leaves, evergreen. Not entirely 
hardy. Plant on north side. 2 yr. field grown 25c. 
HEDERA HELIX GRACILIS —Small leaf Eng¬ 
lish Ivy (hardy). Small dark, cut leaf foliage. Per¬ 
fectly hardy. Makes splendid evergreen vine for 
north and west exposures, also a ground cover. 
2 yr. field grown 25c. 
PACHYSANDRA TERMINALIS — Japanese 
Spurge. Very useful in dry shady places, such 
as under trees where grass will not grow. Com¬ 
pletely covers ground. 2 yr. field grown 15c. 
VINCA MINOR —Myrtle or Periwinkle. Very 
‘dark green foliage. A complete ground cover in 
shady places. 2 yr. field grown 10c. 
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