HARDY PLANTS OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS 
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HARDY NATIVE HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS, continued 
ASTILBE biternata. False Goat’s Beard. Naturally 3 to 10 100 
5 feet in height. Large, compound leaves. Yellowish 
white flowers. Very ornamental. Succeeds best in 
shady locations. X strong . $1 00 $5 00 
BAPTISIA tinctoria. Yellow Wild Indigo. Height 2 to 3 feet. 
Abundant yellow flowers in June. Showy. 
X strong . 1 20 8 00 
CAMPANULA divaricata. North Carolina Harebell. Height 
1 to 2 leet. Pale blue, bell-shaped flowers in July. 
Good for rockery. Strong. 1 20 8 00 
CAREX fraseri. Fraser Sedge. Height 9 to 18 inches. Rare, 
broad-leaved evergreen. White flowers in spikes, in 
March. Best suited for shade. Strong. 1 35 10 00 
CAULOPHYLLUM thalictroides. Blue Cohosh. Height 2 to 
3 feet. Yellowish green flowers in April. Fruit blue 
and showy. Strong . 85 6 00 
CHAMAiLIRIUM luteum. Fair Wand. Height 1 to 2 feet. 
Spike of small flowers in June. Showy. X strong .. 1 20 7 00 
CIMICIFUGA americana. American Bugbane. Height 3 to 
6 feet. Snowy white flowers in August. Leaves 
divided. Strong . 1 20 7 00 
racemosa. Cohosh Bugbane. Height 4 to 8 feet. Flowers 
white. Decompound leaves. X heavy . 1 20 7 00 
CLINTONIA borealis. Bluebead. Height 6 to 12 inches. 
Greenish yellow flowers in June. Showy species. 
Strong. 1 20 8 00 
umbellulata. Speckled Clintonia. Height 9 to 15 inches. 
Fragrant white flowers in June. Strong . 1 20 8 00 
COREOPSIS lanceolata. Lance Coreopsis. Height 2 to 4 feet. 
Free bloomer. Yellow flowers in July. Strong . 1 20 8 00 
DIPHYLLEIA cymosa. Umbrella Leaf. Height 1 to 3 feet. 
Large lobed leaves. White flowers in May. Purple 
showy fruit in bunches. Prefers moist locations. 
X strong . 1 25 9 00 
DISPORUM lanuginosum. Fairy Bells. Height 1 to 3 feet. 
Greenish flowers in May. Fruit red and drooping. 
Strong . 1 20 8 00 
DODECATHEON meadia. Common Shooting-Star. Very 
showy pink and purple flowers. Strong . 1 75 12 00 
EPILOBIUM angustifolium. Blooming Sally. Tall plant 
with spire-like clusters of purple flowers. Strong .... 125 9 00 
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Plants for the Rock-Garden 
5 Leiophyllum buxifolium prostratum. 
Allegheny Sand Myrtle. 
10 Sedum ternatum. Mountain Stone- 
crop. White flowers in early spring. 
5 Habenaria ciliaris. Yellow Fringe 
Orchid. Handsome yellow flowers 
suitable for the rock-garden. 
5 Dicentra eximia. Fringed Bleeding- 
Heart. Deep rose flowers and fern¬ 
like foliage all summer. Height 10 to 
18 inches. 
5 Campanula divaricata. North Carolina 
Harebell. Pale blue, bell-shaped 
flowers in early summer. Height 12 
to 18 inches. 
5 Asclepias tuberosa. Butterfly Weed. 
Orange or red flowers. Height 15 to 
24 inches. 
5 Heuchera americana. American Alum¬ 
root. Greenish white flowers in June. 
Foliage mottled bronze in late fall. 
5 Houstonia purpurea. Mountain Hous- 
tonia. Purple flowers all summer. 
Height 6 to 12 inches. 
5 Xerophyllum asphodeloides. Turkey’s 
Beard. White flowers on spikes 3 to 
5 feet tall. 
5 Yucca filamentosa. Common Yucca. 
White bell-shaped flowers in July and 
August, on spikes that may be 6 feet 
or more in height. 
(55 plants in all) for only 7 
Five to 10 plants of each variety 
