ROCK GARDEN PLANTS 
ARTHUR LEE NURSERIES 
Coronaria. (8.L.) 
A true strain in all the beautiful art shades. Lovely large flowers. 10 to 12 inches high. 
Gibsons Giant Orange. (S.L. ) 
A great improvement on the old type of Iceland Poppy. The stems are several inches longer and 
much stiffer. Magnificent large blooms, 4 to 5 inches across. I^ine for garden display ard also 
excellent for cutting. 
Floral Pleno Double Mixed. (S.L.) 
These are similar to the Coronaria in colors and habit of growth, except that the flowers are 
double. 
Tangerine. (S.L.) 
These are a beautiful orange-yellow. 
Any above 15? each; 4C£ per 3; T1.5C per dozen. 
PAPAVER SPECIES. 
Bracteatum. (S.L. ) 
Fxtremely large, blood-red flowers, shaded orange. Very strong grower. June, July. 
Pi losum. fS.L.) 
Flowers large, of a lovely soft'apricot tint with creamy stamens. Branching habit and very 
free flowering, blooming for two or three months, from late spring and early summer. Height, 
IB ins. 
Rupifragum atlanticum. (S.L.) 
Beautiful species from Morocco, orange red, 1 to 2 ft. 
Any above 15? ea., 40? per 3; $1.50 per dozen. 
PENSTEMON. Bearded Tongue. 
Very popular hardy flowering plants. Most attractive for massing in beds or borders. They are 
not only of graceful habit, but also decidedly beautiful from a decorative point of view. The 
many species are interesting subjects for growing in the rock garden or border. The flowers 
are tubular and fox-glove-like in shape. 
Culture. The Pentstemons require a rich, well manured, loamy soil, and a well drained, sunny 
place. The dwarf kinds should be grown on the margins of the border, or in the rock garden. 
Plant in autumn or early spring. Place the plants ten inches apart each way. 
Grandiflorus. (L.) 
Not particular as to soils. The bluish lavender flowers grow on stalks from 15 to 30 inches 
high during May and June. The florets vary from one only at the base to six in clusters. 
*Pubescens L. ) (hirsutus). 
Ftems 2 feet high, covered with violet flowers shading to a flesh-pink. Excellent for hot, dry 
place in the border. It is also a very fine wall or rock-plant. 
PEONY. 
Next to Roses these are the most popular June flowers for they lend themselves to almost any 
style of planting, while for the little care required they give variety of color and wealth of 
bloom unequalled by any other plant. 
Culture: Their requirements are few; and will succeed in any good garden soil in an open sunny 
position. Care should be taken to keep all fresh manure away from the roots.; Bone Meal makes 
a good fertilizer. Peonies may be planted any time after September 1st until the ground 
freezes in autumn, and in the early spring; the best time, however, is during September, as 
they make r.its during the moist cool weather and carries through the winter in better shape. 
Stand the roots up so that the upper eyes are about two or not more than 3 inches below the 
level of the soil; and from 3 to 4 feet apart each way. The ground around them should be well 
cultivated at all times and in the spring after growth starts they should have an abundance of 
water if the season is at all dry. Wien cutting the flowers, leave some of the foliage to de¬ 
velop the eyes under the ground for next season's growth. All Peonies are supplied in large 
field-grown clumps. 
Augustin d'Hour. 
7.8. Bomb type; mid-season. Fxtremely large; showy, perfectly built bloom. Color very deep, 
rich, brilliant solferino-red with slight silvery reflex. It is a taller grower and larger 
flower than Felix Crosse. 
Baroness Schroeder. 
9.0. Rose type; late. White with shadings of flesh. This is one of the finest Peonies. Its 
immense flowers of great substance with high chalice-shaped center are freely produced, lasting 
a long time. Very fragrant. 
Claire Dubois. 
Rose-type; late midseason. Rich clear satiny pink with glossy reflex. 
De Candolle. 
Large, imbricated cup-shaped bloom of current-red, shaded amaranth. Mid season. 
Duchesse de Nemours. 
8.1. Ouard petals white, center lemon-yellow, cup-shaped; at first it. develops into a large 
bloom, gradually fading to white; fragrant; strong grower and free bloomer. Extra good com¬ 
mercial variety. Follows two or three days later than ^estiva Maxima. 
Edouard Andre 
Midseason. 8emii-double, dark carmine-violet flowers, with widely notched petals; medium size. 
Elwood Pleas. 
Rose-type flower. It. is of largest size, flat and full double, and is a shade of light shell- 
pink, with a lavender tone, that is very delicate and yet does not fade out in the sun. Its 
flowers last a long time and are fragrant. 
Eugenie Verdier. 
°.6. Late. Very large, compact blooms of pale hydrangea-pink, with outer guard petals lilac- 
white; fraerant; extra strong sten.s 
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