Hardy Plants for Your Rock Garden 
Most of these plants may, be used in the 
front of your flower borders as well as in 
the rock garden. . . 
Achillea nano. A tiny Yarrow with lacinated 
leaves and white flowers. 
Tomentosa. (Woolly Yarrow) Mat-forming with 
yellow umbels on 0 inch stems. July. 20c 3 
for 50c. 
Alyssum serpyllifolium. Very dwarf and pros¬ 
trate. Yellow. Hoary leaves. May and June. 
Arabis albida. (Rock Cress) One of the earliest 
spring bloomers — April. White masses. 0 
inches. 
albida variegata. Green foliage, intermingled 
with yellow. 35c each. 
Arenaria grandiliora. Choice. Pretty white flow¬ 
ers from May to September. 4 inches, 
montana. (Sandwort) Mounds 4-0 inches high, 
covered with large white flowers in May and 
June. 
Arm erica I.aueheana. (Thrift) Tufted growths. 
Bright rosy-red globular flowers on 0 inch 
stems all summer. 
Artemisia frigida. A selected form. Beautiful 
silvery feathery foliage. 
Aster alpinus. (Rock Aster) Blue, white, or pink 
daisies (Your choice) on 0 inch stems. May 
and June. 
Mauve Cushion. Round cushion-like plants 
completely covered with mauve-colored asters 
in October. 6-8 inches. 
Carnation Crimson King. The best hardy, large- 
flowering carnation, ever introduced. Blooms 
all summer. 
Caryopteris mongoliensis. Grey leaved shrubs, 
111 inches high, with unusual delicate blue 
fringed flowers in August. 50c each. 
Dianthus Allwoodi Selected. Lovely, strongly 
scented pink flowers all summer. 8 inches, 
arvernensis fimbriatus. A broad cushion as 
much as 18 inches across, with glaucous leaves 
and pink flowers. 
Beatrix. A hardy fragrant Pink with very 
delicate bright, baby-pink, double flowers all 
summer. 10 inches. 
eaesius. (Cheddar Pink) Blue-grey foliage. 
Pink flowers. 6 inches. 20c each, 
eaesius Our Own. Pretty green cushion. Pink 
flowers. 6 inches. 
deltoides Major Stearnes. A gem. Bronzy- 
green foliage and sheets of crimson flowers. 
6 inches. May and June, 
knappi. A yellow-flowered Pink. 20c. 
piumarius rt. pi. The old familiar Clove Pink 
with double or single flowers from white to 
crimson. Mixture. 20c. 
suhaeaulis. A little glaucous-leaved, tufted 
mite with small pink flowers. 
Euphorbia cyparissias. (Cypress Spurge) Like a 
miniature cypress. Needle-like leaves. 20c 
each, 3 for 30c. 
myrsinites. Prostrate bluish foliate branches. 
Very ornamental. 
polycliroma. Neat specimens. Mounds of yel¬ 
low flower bracts in May. 12 inches. 35c. 
Fcstuca glauea. Dense blue tufts of fi inch grass. 
Also good for edgings. 20c 3 for 50c. 
Gypsophila repens. Broad trailing plants with 
small white flowers in July. 
Helianthemum Buttercup. (Sun Rose) Dwarf 
evergreen shrubs with golden yellow saucer¬ 
shaped flowers. 
Heuchera brizoides. (Coral Bells) Clumps of 
attractive green leaves from which arise slen¬ 
der 12 inch stems, with myriads of little pink 
hells. June to September, 
sanguinea. Bright crimson bells. 
Iberis gibraltarica. (Candytuft) Compact 0 inch 
shrubs covered with mottled lavender and 
lilac blooms all summer. 
seinpervirens. Completely covered with white 
in May. 20c each. 3 for 50c. 
Jasione liumilis. Tufts of dainty little blue scabi- 
osas. 3 inches. In June. 
perennis. A 0 inch version of J. liumilis. June 
to September. 
Lavandula vera. (Sweet Lavender) It's lavender 
spikes from June to August are known to all. 
Einiim austriacum. (Flax) Slender graceful 12 
inch stems headed with pretty dark blue 
flowers. 2dc each, 3 for 50c. 
Lychnis Elos-.Tovis. Silvery flannel leaves. Clus¬ 
ters of bright pink flowers on 12 inch stems. 
•Tune and July. 
Haageana. Large orange-red to crimson flow¬ 
ers from .Tune to August. 12 inches. 
Nepeta 11 ussini. (Catmint) Grey foliage with 
8 inch spikes of lavender-blue flowers from 
May to September. 
Souvenir Andre C'baudron. Distinct. 12 inches. 
Large dark blue flowers from June to August. 
3oc each. 
Oenothera missouriensis. (livening Primrose) 
Prostrate stems, 8 inches high, with large 
solitary yellow flowers, often 4 inches across, 
fom July to August. 
Opuntia humifusa. (Prickly Pear) A hardy 
Cactus with large very lovely waxen apricot- 
yellow flowers in mid-summer. 
Phlox bifida. Rare. Strap-like leaves. Showy 
lavender-blue flowers. May and June, 
subulata alba. White flowered form of the 
well-known Moss Phlox described on another 
page. 20c each, 3 for 50c. 
Sedums listed below are 20c each or 3 of a kind 
for 50c. 
acre (Golden Moss) Yellow evergreen car- 
peter. 3 inches. 
albo-roseum. A tall plant, 12 inches high, with 
broad, fleshy, green, and yellow intermingled, 
leaves. 
album purpureum. Thick waxen linear purple 
foliage. Spreading. 4 inches. 
ellacombianum. Similar to S. kamtschatieum 
except that the foliage takes on glorious colors 
of orange and red in autumn. 0 inches, 
kamtschatieum. Prostrate green foliage. 
Orange-yellow flowers. 0 incites 
reflexum. Bronzy leaves and sterns like a 
spruce twig. 4 inches. 
sarmentosum. Yellow green leaves. 4 inches. 
Rampant. 
spurium. Bronzy leaves in terminal rosettes, 
which turn red in winter. Pink, 
spurium coccineum. A red flowered form of 
above. 
Stachys lanata. (Lamb’s Ear) Soft silvery 
foliage like a lamb’s ear. o inches 
Tcucr.um chamaedrys Glossy green foliage 
plant resembling dwarf boxwood, (i inches. 
Gan he trimmed like a hedge. 
Thymus serpyllum coccineum. (Crimson Thyme) 
Prostrate creeping mat covered with small 
crimson flowers. July and August. 
Gold Variegated. Dwarf sub-s.-iubby type. 8 
inches high. 
•Silter Variegated. Nearly the same as preced¬ 
ing except foliage color. 
Herba-baronna. (Caraway-scented Thyme) 
Prostrate creeping mat with caraway scent. 
Good. 
lanuginosus. (Woolly Thyme) Woolly leaved, 
quick spreading, prostrate plant. 
Veronica armena. Delicate ferny foliage. Beau¬ 
tiful blue flowers in June and September. 
4 inches high. 
incana. (Woolly Speedwell) White woolly 
plant with blue 6 inch spikes in June, 
rupestris. Prostrate creeping plants with dain¬ 
ty spikes of bright blue flowers in June. 
PRICES 
Prices of Plants on this page, unless other¬ 
wise noted, are 25c each, 3 of one variety 
for 60c, 12 of one variety $2.00. 3 or more 
plants of a kind in a group makes the best 
garden effect. 
"Little Gems” for the Rock Garden 
Aethionema coridifolium. (Persian Candytuft) 
Blue-grey evergreen bushlets with rosy-pink 
spikes in May and June. 35c. 
Alyssum spiuosum. Silvery-grey spiny shrub let. 
White flowers in June. 4 inches. 
Anemone vernalis. (Lady of the Snow) Large 
white flowers; bluish reverse. 50c. 
Arabis Kellereri. Tufts of somewhat silvery 
rosettes. 2 inches. White. 
Arenaria caespitosa. (Sandwort) Dense, creeping 
cushions of moss flecked with tiny white 
flowers. Mid-summer. 2 inches. 
Bianllius neglectus. Most beautiful of Alpine 
Pinks. Salmon-pink, with buff reverse, 
nitu.us. Neat. Green tufts. Rose. 2 inches. 
Genista saggitalis. (Broom) Winged stems. Yel¬ 
low pea-like flowers in clustered heads in 
June. 6 inches. 35c. 
Einaria alpina. (Toadflax) A jewel. Brilliant 
orange and purple flowers all summer. Short¬ 
lived, but reseeds itself. 
uequitriloba. Creeping evergreen mat with pale 
mauve flowers. 1 inch. 
Pbyteuma scheuzeri. Rounded heads of violet- 
blue on slender stems, 6 inches high. May- 
July. Rare. 35c. 
Sedum dasypbyllum. Bluish-grey beads form 
compact mats. 
Sempervivum globiferum. Flattened tight green 
rosettes, tipped brown. 20c 
Rock Plants for SHADE 
or Sun 
Ajuga reptans rubra. (Bugle) Carpet of richly 
bronzed purple leaves. 6 inch spikes of deep 
purplish blue flowers in June. 20c each, 
3 for 50c. 
Anemone puIsatilla rubra. (Basque Flower) For 
description and prices, see “New and Note¬ 
worthy Plants.” 
Arenaria caespitosa. See “Little Gems for the 
Rock Garden.” 
verna aurea. For description and prices, see 
"New and Noteworthy Plants.” 
Campanula carpatica. (Carpathian Harebell) 
Large open bells of blue or white (State color) 
on wiry 6 inch stems. 
rotundit'olia. (Blue Bells of Scotland) 8 inch 
panicled spikes of dainty blue drooping bells 
all summer. 
Cyclamen euroipaeum. For description and prices, 
see “New and Noteworthy Plants.” 
Bicentra eximia. (Plumy Bleeding Heart) Beau¬ 
tiful finely cut foliage with racemes of small 
pink hearts all summer. 12 inches. 
Eysimacliia nummularia. (Moneywort) A ramp¬ 
ant creeping viny ground cover with yellow 
flowers. 20c each, 3 for 50c. 
Myosotis palustris semperfiorens. (Forget-me- 
not) A charming' plant for moist places. Blue 
or pink (Your choice). 
Plumbago Earpentae. Desirable. Spreading 
clumps, with bronzy green foliage. Deep blue 
flowers in August and September. 
Primula veris. For description and prices, see 
“Continuous-Color Rock Garden.” 
Saxii'raga cordil'olia. Large glossy leaves, like 
a cabbage. Pink flowers spikes in May. 8 
inches high. 35c each. 
Sedum Ncvi. Loves a moist shady place. Ro¬ 
settes of greyish spathulate leaves. 35c. 
Sieboldi. For description and prices, see “Con¬ 
tinuous- Color Rock Garden.,, 
ternatum. Best Sedum for ground cover in 
shade. White flowers. 4 inches. 
Vinca minor. (Periwinkle or Myrtle) Effective 
ground cover—best for shade. Blue or ma- 
genta-pink flowers (Your choice) in early 
spring. 3 for 50c $1.25 per dozen. 
Viola. The following varieties are of the corunta 
type; free flowering and showy. 
Admiration. Deep violet. 15c, 4 for 50c. 
Apricot. Shades of apricot yellow. 15c, 4 
for 50c. 
Arkwright Kuby. New. Ruby red. marked with 
maroon in center. 
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