ROCK GARDEN PLANTS 
ARTHUR LEE NURSERIES 
★ Lydiutn Glaucum. (L. ) 
A blue-leaved form of the preceding. 
★Middendorffianum. (L.) 
Low tuffets of erect stems clothed with narrow serrated leaves of rich reddish brown which form 
a pretty contrast to the many cymes of rich yellow flowers. Three to 4 inches. 
★Pruniatum. (L.) 
Pretty glaucus blue-green leaves, yellow flowers of trailing haDit in a compact round-topped 
cyme. Originated from the Serra de Gerez in Portugal. 
★ Reflexum. (L. ((Stone Orpine). 
A mat-forming plant, native of Western Europe, and naturalized here. The leaves are blue-green 
of a trailing habit. The flower stems end in an umbellate cyme of golden yellow flowers. Six 
inches. 
*Sarmentosum. (L. ) 
Prostrate plant with clender shoots. Light yellowish foliage ending in bright yellow flowers. 
Excellent carpeter. Three inches. 
★Sexangulare. (L.) 
Resembling Sedum Acre in habit, forming a bronzy green mat, disappearing in July under the 
golden yellow flowers. Two inches. 
★Sieboldi. (L.) 
A succulent plant with handsome bluish-gray foliage, and pink flowers in September. A real gem 
for the rockery and wall garden. 
Sedum spectabile. 
★ Spectabile, Brilliant. (L.) 
" Erect growing species with broad, light 
green foliage and immense heads of bright, 
amaranth-red flowers during August and 
Sept. 1£ feet. 
★Spurium coccineum. (L.) 
A beautiful rosy crimson-flowered form; 
July and August. 6 inches. Very fast 
spreading variety; good for covering sauidy 
banks. 
★Ternatum. (L. ) 
The most satisfactory variety for planting 
in the shade; for ground carpeting under 
trees or anywhere it is difficult to make 
plants grow. Spreads rapidly and does 
well on all sorts of soil. 
Any above Sedum 15# each; 40# per 3; $1.50 
per dozen. 
SEMPERVIVUM. House Leek. Old Hen and Chickens. 
Pretty rock garden plants that form 
curious rosettes of thick leaves of very- 
ing colors and sizes according to the 
variety. They bud from underground stems 
sending up the tiny rosettes around the 
parent plant. They will grow well among 
the rocks, on dry banks or high on a rocky 
wall. 
Culture: All require a rich, sandy and 
perfectly drained soil in full sun. It 
takes a few months for them to get well 
established. Do not disturb when once 
planted. The old rosettes disappear after 
flowering but their place is taken by 
numerous young plants so that they are 
never missed- The flowers are all nn 
fleshy stems; all flower in June and July. 
★ Arachnoideum. (L.((Cobweb House Leek) 
Tips of leaves in rosettes usually connected by silvery threads. Flowers a bright red in small 
panicles, growing 6 inches high. 
★ Globiferutn. (L. ) 
flattened rosettes. 2 to 3 inches in diameter, of grayish-green leaves lightly tipped brown. 
Pale yellow flowers, 3-4 to 1 inch in diameter in dense hairy panicles 1 foot high in June. 
★Tectorum. (L. ) 
Broad rosettes, the leaves having reddish brown tips. Flowers are pale red, 1 foot high. 
Any above 15# each; 4C# per 3; S1.5C per dozen. 
SILENE. Catchf1y. 
These perennials are of dwarf habit, and chiefly suitable for rockeries. 
Culture: Grow in good, ordinary soil on the margins of slightly raised, sunny borders or rock 
gardens. May be grown as a continuous edging or in masses. 
★Alpestr is. (L. ) 
Dwarf rock plant, dainty, pure white flowers in May, June and July. 
★ Schafta. (S.L.)(Autumn Catchfly) 
A charming border or rock plant, growing from 4 to 6 inches high, with masses of bright pink 
flowers from July to Oct. 
STACHYS. Woundwort. 
Dwarf-growing perennials suitable for the margins of borders or as rock plants. Lanata is 
commonly used as an edging to borders. 
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