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*Missouriensis (Syn. Macrocarpa) —A dwarf plant producing 
large yellow blossoms, too large for the plant all summer. 
Speciosa —Very large pure white flowers. 1 i/ 2 ft. 
*Youngi —Large glossy leaves, lemon yellow flowers. 18 in. 
’('Omphalodes (Venus Navelwort) (Blue Eyed Mary) —Beautiful 
dwarf creeping plants related to the Forget-Me-Nots. They re¬ 
quire light shade and well drained loamy or peaty soil. Real 
gems for the rock garden. 
Verna (Creeping Forget-Me-Not) —A dwarf spreading plant, 
large cordate foliage. Azure blue flowers in April. 
Papaver —No garden is complete without the delicate and bril¬ 
liant colored hardy poppies. The alpines have attractive foliage 
and are excellent for the rockery. The Iceland poppies are also 
excellent for the rockery and bloom continuously except during 
the hot dry weather. 
*Alpinus —Plant resembles the Iceland poppies but is smaller, 
and more delicate. Flowers fringed. 8 in. Best transplanted 
when small. Colors separate. Orange, rose, white or yellow. 
Poor limestone soil. 
’('Nudicaule (Iceland Poppy) —A tufted plant having finely 
divided leaves. Blooms are continuously and freely produced on 
tall naked stems. Colors separate, orange, white or yellow. 
12 in. (c). 
Orientate (Oriental Poppy) —Extremely large orange scariet 
blooms, each petal having a dark blotch at its base. One of 
the showiest of hardy plants. Best left undisturbed. 3 ft. 
May and June. Best planted in fall when dormant or just after 
starting into growth. Spring planting is seldom successful. If 
cut early in morning just as the buds are ready to open, they 
keep well in water. 
The following varieties are gorgeous. These are grown from 
cuttings and are true to description. Seeds reproduce only a 
mixture of more or less inferior varieties. 
Enfield Beauty—Late flowering. Beautiful salmon, maroon base. 
75 cents each. 
Flanders —Deep crimson, almost oxblood red. 35 cents each. 
Crossfurst —Deep crimson, black spot at base of petal. 35 cents 
each. 
Joyce—A new variety of merit, cerise and old-rose. May-June. 
35 cents each. 
Lulu A. Neely —Clear red, unsurpassed by any other variety. 
Flowers are large and freely produced. 50 cents each. 
Mrs. Perry —Orange Apricot. 35 cents each. 
Olympica- —Brilliant scarlet. Opens double, but black stamens 
appear as flower develops. 
Princess Victoria Louise—Delicate salmon pink. 35 cents each. 
Wurtembergia—One of the very largest, flowers often 1 1 inches 
in diameter, cerise scarlet with black blotch. 50 cents each. 
’('Papaver Rupifragum—Large silky orange red blossoms on 15 in. 
stems. Blooms all summer. 35 cents each. 
Pachysandra Terminalis (Japan Spurge)—An evergreen ground 
cover having rich glossy green foliage. Excellent under ever¬ 
green trees or dense shade. Also in sunny borders. Plant 3 
inches apart. 
Pentstemon Barbatus Torreyi (Beard Tongue) —Spikes of bright 
scarlet flowers. Very attractive in the hardy border. June to 
Sept. 3 ft. (c). 
’('Pentstemon Barrettae —A dwarf evergreen spreading plant. Grey- 
green leaves and lilac purple flowers in short spikes. May to 
September. 10 in. Very choice. 35 cents each. 
Pentstemon Digitalis —Spikes of white foxglove like blossoms. 3 
ft. 
<: Pentstemon Cordoni Splendens —Another pretty blue variety bloom¬ 
ing in July. Bright metallic blue. Occasionally pink. 12 in. 
’('Pentstemon Heterophyllus Azurea —Another evergreen shrubby 
variety producing spikes of beautiful Eton-blue flowers off and 
on all summer. 35 cents each. 
’('Pentstemon heterophyllus Purdyii (California Blue Bedder) — 
Named in honor of Carl Purdy. A shrubby plant 5 to 8 inches 
high which produces great quantities of blue to pinkish laven¬ 
der flowers of real beauty all summer, (w). 35 cents each. 
•('Pentstemon Menziesii —A dwarf shrubby evergreen plant. Flowers 
blue on 6 in. spikes in June and July. 35 cents each. 
’('Pentstemon Rupicola —Silvery evergreen foliage and large bright 
red flowers, dwarf compact habit. A rare and beautiful dwarf 
shrub. 4 in. May. 50 cents each. 
PHLOX SPECIES 
*Amoena —Forms an attractive mat completely covered wtih 
bright pink flowers in early spring. 4 in. 
’('Divaricata Canadensis (Blue Phlox)— Large fragrant lavender 
flowers, very early in spring. Very desirable. 10 in. 
•('Subulata (Moss Pink) — (Mountain Pink) —Attractive moss 
like evergreen foliage, forms a thick mat completely covered 
with bright colored flowers in early spring. 6 in. A hot dry 
place, (w). The following are quite satisfactory. 
•('Subulata Alba —A pure white variety. 
