SEEDS OF RARE ROCKERY PLANTS 
So many of the true alpines, not all of them 
of course, need late autumn sowing to give them 
the right start. In their native mountain mead¬ 
ows they are used to a long covering of snow 
over the fallen seeds, these starting to germinate 
as the snows melt in the spring. 
My general catalog, No. 23, offers under var¬ 
ious scattered listings, seeds of some hundreds 
of alpine and other plants for the rockery. Here 
are a chosen few, but look over the rest of them. 
There may be others that you will like, too. 
SOLDANELLA ALPINA — Jewel of the Alps. 
Nodding flowers of warm violet-blue, excessively 
fringed. Grows to the snow line. Pkt. 25c; 
special pkg. 50c. 
PENTSTEMON RUPICOLA—Creeping, tumbling 
masses of tiny leaves, studded with bright flow¬ 
ers of pink to glowing ruby. Pkt. 15c; special 
pkg. 35c. 
TRAILING ARBUTUS—Epigae repens. Prettiest, 
ard almost rarest, flower of early spring. Dainty 
pink-and-white flowers, like fallen apple-blos¬ 
soms, deliciously perfumed. A h*t slow in ger¬ 
minating. Have patience. Pkt. 25c; special pkg. 
60c; tV oz. $1.25. 
CORTUSA MATTHIOLI — Loose showers of 
lovely, pendant rosy beds. Pkt. 20c; sp. pkg. 50c. 
NOTOTHLASPI ROSULATUM — New Zealand 
Penwiper plant. Rosettes ci thick, scalloped, 
over-lapping leaves culminating in a dense pyra¬ 
mid of fragrant creamy flowers. Pkt. 20c; spec, 
pkg. 50c. 
PYXIDANTHERA BAP BULAT A—Pyxie Flow¬ 
er. Densest, dwarfest mats, c:r ' ’d to russet- 
bronze, close set with pink buds that open to 
pearly white blossoms. Pkt. 20c; spec. pkg. 50c. 
LEWISIA FINCHI — Evergreen, crinkly succu¬ 
lent leaves, red-tinted in the sun, with many slen¬ 
der flower-scapes above each rosette. Bright 
orange buds that open to soft pink blossoms, 
rose striped. Exquisite. Pkt. 20c; spec. pkg. 50c. 
LEWISIA REDIVIVA—Rosettes of thick linear 
leaves, with great cup-like flowers like feathery 
pink Waterlilies. Very beautiful. Pkt. 25c; 
special pkg. 60c; ^ oz. $1.00. 
AQUILEGIA OXYSEPALA—Large pointed stars 
of blue and gold. Pkt. 15c; special pkg. 35c. 
DODECATHEON BLEND—Shooting Star. Fra¬ 
grant Cyclamen-like flowers in pink, rose, pur¬ 
ple, crimson and white. Pkt. 15c; spec. pkg. 35e. 
OFFER 24A1—One pkt. each of above for $1.75. 
TWO DELIGHTFUL GENTIANS 
THE FRINGED GENTIAN — Gentiana crinita. 
Spreading and deeply fringed petals of most 
charming and delicate misty coloring, sky-blue 
to indigo. There is no more beautiful Gentian 
than this. Will grow in ordinary garden soil if 
not acid. Pkt. 15c; spec. pkg. 35c; % oz. 65c; 
1 oz. $2.35. 
GENTIANA PORPHYRIO—Ragged flowers of 
richest ultramarine, with olive dotted throat. 
Exoept for the brilliant blossom, the plant with 
its narrow and shred-like leaves, would be scar¬ 
cely noticeable. A hardy, persistent, and adapt¬ 
able perennial, but unlike the Fringed Gentian, 
it wants some acidity in the soil. Pkt. 20c; 
special pkg. 50c. 
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