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PERKINS' FLOWER GARDENS 
PERKINS' FLOWER GARDENS 
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« « « PERKINS' PERENNIAL PLANTS » » » « « « EOR THE ROCK GARDEN » » » 
CALAMINTHA Alpina —(Calamint). A pretty little rock plant with 
many rich purple flowers. Each 25 cents. 
CALLIRHOE Involucrata. A creeping plant with large saucer-like rosy 
crimson flowers. A free bloomer. Each 20 cents. Seedlings 2 for 
25 cents. 
CAMPANULA (Bellflowers) 
Carpatica -(Harebell). A dwarf, graceful bellflower. Very hardy. 
Suited for shade. The flowers are borne on slender stems. Blooms all 
summer. Blue or white. Clumps. Each 25 cents; 12 for $2.50. 
Mixed seedlings, 2 for 25 cents. 
Garganica. A fine plant for the rock garden. The blue flowers are 
star-shaped and have a white eye. Each 30 cents. Small plants, 
each 20 cents. 
Pusilla. A low growing bell flower for the rock garden, 
plant bears many tiny blue flowers. Each 30 cents. 
Small plants, each 20 cents. 
The 
Achillea Tomentosum 
ACHILLEA Tomentosum --(Woolly Yarrow). A woolly car¬ 
petlike plant with yellow flowers. Leaves fern like. 
Each 25 cents. 
AETHIONEMA Persicum —(Persian Candytuft). A gem 
for the rockery. A bushy like plant, foliage blue-gray; 
flowers, spike-like and pink in color. Each 20 cents. 
ALYSSUM—Saxatile Compactum —(Basket of Gold). 1 ft.; 
early spring. One of the earliest flowering plants, suit¬ 
able for borders or the rock garden, making a spread¬ 
ing mat of bloom. Flowers bright yellow, foliage a 
gray green. When ripe the seed pods have a lace¬ 
like appearance and may be used in winter bouquets. 
Each 20 cents. 
Luteum. Pale yellow flowers. Each 20 cents. 
Montanum. Dwarf, sweet scented yellow flowers. 
Each 25 cents. 
Spinosum. Spiny foliage with white flowers. Each 30 
cents. 
AQUILEGIA Alpina Atrocoerulea. A dwarf, deep blue 
flowered Columbine for the rockery or edge of the bor¬ 
der. Each 30 cents. Seedlings, 2 for 35 cents. 
ARABIS Alpina— (Rock Cress). 6 to 8 in.; early spring. 
A very desirable early blooming rock garden plant 
with a grayish foliage and an abundance of white 
flowers. The foliage remains good all summer. It is 
also suitable for the front of the hardy border. Each 
20 cents. Seedlings, 2 for 25 cents. 
Alpina Rosea. A deep pink form of the above. Grown 
from cuttings. Each 30 cents. 
Double White. Each 30 cents. 
ARMERIA Laucheana —(Sea Pink). A tufted plant with 
grasslike leaves and bright rosy flowers all summer. 
Plant in full sun. Illustrated. Large plants. Each 25 
cents; 6 for $1.25. Small plants, 2 for 25 cents. 
ASTER Alpina, Goliath— (Early Aster). A large early 
flowering single aster. Color medium shade of blue. 
Very attractive. Each 25 cents. Seedlings, 2 for 25 
cents. 
White. Each 25 cents. 
Rotundifolia —(Blue Bells of Scotland). Similar to Carpatica 
in general habit. Flowers smaller but more numerous. 
Seedlings, 2 for 25 cents. 
Aster Alpinus 
CERASTIUM Tomentosum —(Snow in Summer). A 
low growing plant with silvery foliage and many 
small white flowers in June. An excellent plant 
for a variation in color of foliage. Prefers full 
sun. Each 25 cents. 
DIANTHUS Deltoides, Major Steam —(Maiden 
Pink). Brilliant crimson flowers and deep bronze 
green foliage. Each 25 cents. 
Arenarius. A rock garden pink with green 
grass-like leaves and pale pink flowers. Each 
20 cents. Seedlings, 2 for 25 cents. 
Arvenensis. 2 to 3 in. Tufts of pretty grey foliage 
with pink flowers. Each 30 cents. 
GLOBULARIA— (Blue Globe Flower). 6 in.; June. 
A low growing plant with dark green foliage 
and blue globe like flowers. Each 30 cents. 
GYPSOPHILA Repens -(Creeping Baby's Breath). 
A beautiful creeping plant with many small 
white flowers in July. Each 25 cents. Seed¬ 
lings, 2 for 25 cents. 
HELIANTHEMUM Mutabile— (Rock Rose). A shrub¬ 
by appearing plant, foliage dark green, flowers 
similar to wild rose but much smaller. Plant very 
early. Each 25 cents; small plants, each 15 
cents. 
HEUCHERA--See Perennial List. 
HIERACUM Aurantiacum —(Hawkweed). Leaves 
rcugh hairy, flowers orange. Each 25 cents. 
Small plants 15 cents. 
Villosum. Yellow flowers; woolly leaves. Each 
25 cents. 
Armeria Laucheana 
Dianthus Deltoide 
Try something new in your 
garden this year. 
IBERIS Sempervirens —(Candytuft). Foliage dark green. Masses of 
white flowers in spring. Plant early. Each 25 cents. 
JASIONE Perennis. Similar to a dainty lavender blue Scabiosa. Flow¬ 
ers in June and July. An uncommon plant. Each 25 cents. 
LIATRIS —(Blazing Star). A dwarf form of the Blazing Star, about 1 ft. 
high. Clumps, each 30 cents. Small plants, each 20 cents. 
LILIUM Tenuifolium —(Siberian Coral Lily). A slender growing lily 
about 15 inches high, with small bright scarlet flowers. Each 25 
cents, 15 cents and 10 cents. 
LINUM Alpina —(Flax). True dwarf flax. Each 25 cents. 
LYSIMACHIA Nummularia —(Creeping Jenny). A rapidly growing 
creeper, with shiny leaves and yellow flowers. Will grow in shade 
and wet places. Each 25 cents; 12 for $2.50. Small plants, each 
15 cents. 
LYCHNIS Alpine. 6 in. A dwarfj 
ers, suitable for the rockery. S( 
Arkwright. Another variety of 
flowers. Seedlings, 2 for 25 ceiits. 
orm of Lychnis with rose-pink flow- 
dlings, 2 for 25 cents. 
warf Lychnis, producing large red 
NEPETA Mussini — (Catmint). Foliage grayish, flowers lavender. A 
strong grower, but it may be clipped back at any time. Each 25 
cents. 's 
OENOTHERA Missiouriensis. -A low growing species of evening prim¬ 
rose with large yellow flowers. Each 25 cents. 
Lysimachia (Creeping Jenny) 
PHLOX SUBULATA 
Should be in every garden for early garden beauty. 
CREEPING PHLOX. One of the best low growing plants for the rock¬ 
ery or the border. It makes a fine showing when planted in masses. 
Blooms in early spring. Colors rose, white, lilac. Each 25 cents; 
12 for $2.50. 
Fairy. A compact growing variety with blue flowers. Clumps. 
Each 30 cents. Small plants, each 15 cents. 
Vivid. A compact variety with clear vivid pink flowers. Very de¬ 
sirable. Each 30 cents. Small plants, each 15 cents. 
Atropurpurea. Flowers a deep carmine red. Very showy. 
Each 25 cents. Small plants, 15 cents and 20 cents. 
PLATYCODON Mariesi. A dwarf species with large deep violet blue 
flowers. Each 25 cents. Seedlings, each 15 cents. 
SAPONARIA Ocymoides —(Soapwort). A splendid plant for the rock 
garden or the border. Comes into flower after the creeping phlox. 
Flowers pink. Move early. Clumps, each 25 cents; 12 for $2.50. 
SCUTELARIA— (Skull Cap). 1 ft. A plant with wiry stems bearing 
clear blue snapdragon like flowers in July and August. One year 
seedlings, each 20 cents. 
Campanula Garganica 
and Pusilla (below) 
SEDUMS 
Sedums are the principal rock garden plants in America. They vary 
much in height, color and type of foliage, even within a variety. Most 
of them prefer a sunny situation. Much confusion exists in the names 
of sedums, therefore it is best to see the plants before buying them. 
Dwarf Varieties 
Acre —(Goldenmoss). One of the best and most popular Sedums. Does 
best in a poor soil. Flowers yellow. 
Album. A rapid grower. Flowers white. 
Cristata. Top of the branch forms a crest similar to a cockscomb. Flow¬ 
ers yellow. 
Dasyphyllum. Foliage a blue gray. 
Ellacumbianum. Green trailing foliage, yellow flowers and red seed 
vessels. 
Ewersi. A thick, large, smooth leaved variety. Leaves gray-blue. 
Flowers pink, in September and October. 
Globularia Trichosantha 
Glaucum. A compact blue-green Sedum. Flowers white. 
Ibericum. Similar to Stolonifera. Flowers pink. 
Late Ibericum. Flowers pink, foliage turns brownish in fall. 
Kamschaticum. Leaves green, flowers yellow. 
Kamschaticum Variegata. Leaves green and white. 
Lydium. A neat compact Sedum. Foliage light green with a 
touch of red. 
Middendorfianum. Green foliage—buds orange—flowers yellow. 
Oregon. Foliage dark green. Quite different from the other 
types of Sedum. 
Reflexum. Foliage similar to small spruce branches. Flowers 
yellow. 
Sedum Spurium 
Tall Varieties 
Spectabile (Showy Stonecrop). Pink flowers. 
Spectable Brilliant. Amaranth red flowers in fall. 
Maximowiczii. Foliage dark green, flowers yellow. 
Spectabile Variegata. Green and white leaves. 
Each 25 cents; 12 for $2.50. Small plants, each 15 cents 
5ILENE Shafta —(Autumn Catch Fly). Masses of bright 
pink flowers in late summer and autumn. Very good. 
Each 25 cents. 
SEMPERVIVUM Arachnoideum —((Houseleek; Hardy Hen 
and Chickens). The top of the rosette has a cobweb¬ 
like covering. See illustration. Each 25 cents. 
Brauni. A more compact rosette than in the variety 
Tectorium, leaves tinged with brown. Each 25 cents. 
Globiferum. Rosettes 2 to 3 in. in diameter. Leaves tip¬ 
ped brown. Each 25 cents. 
Tectorium. The common hardy sempervivum. Each 25 
cents. 
THYMUS Coccineum. A beautiful creeping mat-like per¬ 
ennial for the rockery. Covered with crimson flowers. 
Each 25 cents. Small plants, each 15 cents. 
Lanuginosus. Woolly Leaved Thyme. Clings closely 
to rocks. See illustration. Each 25 cents. Small 
plants, each 15 cents. 
TUNICA Saxifraga —(Coat Flower). A pretty tufted ever- 
blooming plant with pink flowers. Leaves grass-like. 
Each 25 cents. 
VERONICA Amethystima —(Speedwell). Beautiful blue 
spikes of flowers during June and July. A rapid grow¬ 
er. Each 25 cents. 
Incana. A good appearing Veronica both in and out of 
bloom. Upright growth. Leaves grayish. Each 25 
cents. 
Repens. A choice creeping, very low growing Veronica. 
Small, greenhouse grown plants. Each 15 cents. 
Teucrium. A spreading Veronica of dense growth and 
having blue flowers. Each 25 cents. 
Sieboldi. Round succulent foliage. Margin of 
leaves pinkish. Pink flowers in September. 
Spurium. Similar in type to Stolonifera. Foliage 
has a red tinge getting darker in the fall. Flow¬ 
ers red. 
Stenopetalum. Dark green leaves. Flowers yel¬ 
low. 
Stolonifera. Leaves roundish, green. Flowers 
pink. 
Prices: All Sedums, each 25 cents. 
Small plants, 10 and 15 cents. 
TWO NEW ESPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE SEDUMS 
Middendorfianum. Dark green leaves, flowers 
orange. Recommended. 
Ellacumbianum. A green leaved trailing type 
with yellow flowers and red seed pods. 
Large plants, each 25 cents. Small plants, 
each 15 cents. 
Sedum Ibericum Woolly Thyme Tunica 
Sempervivum (Spider Web) Edelweiss 
