BULLETIN NUMBER 3 
MARCH 30, 1936 
71 
HARDY PERENNIALS AND ALPINE PLANTS—con tinued 
*SEMPERVIVUM, Houseleek 
Sometimes known as Hen and Chicken. Plants especially 
good for rock garden. Their rosette-like, thick leaves are 
fleshy and pointed. The small clumps slowly spread, filling 
pockets and crevices between the rocks. P er 10 p er 100 
Alberti, color of leaves bronze, almost dull red at tip of leaves. 
4" . $ .70 $6.00 
Globiferum, color of leaves grey-green lightly tipped brown. 
Pale yellow flowers, 4”. .70 6.00 
Tectorum, leaves have reddish-brown tips, flowers pale red. ... .70 6.00 
*SILENE, Catchfly or Campion 
Schafta, purplish-rose, very beautiful. .95 8.00 
SOLIDAGO 
Goldenrod, a native of most parts of the Middle-West and 
Eastern States. Golden yellow blooms. August, Sept., 4' .85 7.00 
SPIREA, Goat’s Beard, Meadow Sweet 
Filipendula, (Dropwort). Numerous corymbs of white flowers 
on stems 15" high. Fern-like foliage, June and July. 1.80 15.00 
*STACHYS, Woundwort 
Lanata, soft silvery foliage. Flowers useless, 4". .85 7.00 
*STATICE, Great Sea Lavender, August, 18" 
These plants have broad leathery leaves, producing candle- 
bra-like heads. If cut in full bloom make very valuable 
winter bouquets. 
Latifolia, blue .95 8.00 
STOKESIA CYANEA, Cornflower Aster or Stokes Aster 
Blue Flowers, lavender blue, centaurea-like blossoms, July to 
October, 18" . 1.10 9.00 
White Flowers, same blooming characteristics. 1.10 9.00 
*SWEET WILLIAM, (See Dianthus Barbatus) 
THALICTRUM, Meadow Rue 
Adiantifolium, a beautiful variety, with foliage like the Maiden¬ 
hair Fern and miniature white flowers in June. Grows 2 
feet high . 1.45 12.00 
Glaucum, yellow flowers,bluish-gray leaves, July, 3 to 4'.... .95 8.00 
*THYMUS, Thyme 
Serpyllum Coccineum, plants become completely covered with 
brilliant scarlet flowers, 18". .95 8.00 
TRITOMA—Kniphofia—Red Hot Poker 
Pfitzeriana, this is the genuine Red Hot Poker and must be 
grown from divisions . 1.20 10.00 
VERBENA, Hardy 
Lilac flowers from June to October, very good, 6". 1.20 10.00 
^VERONICA, Speedwell 
Elegantissima Dwarf, rose, very beautiful. Excellent rock 
garden flower . .95 8.00 
Longifolia Subsessilis, this is the best of the Veronicas, produc¬ 
ing long spikes completely studded with beautiful blue 
flowers, July to September, 2'. 1.80 15.00 
Pinnata, very dwarf grower, blooms white, borne on delicate 
hair-like foliage. August, September, 12".85 7.00 
Repens, trailer, has delicate white and blue flowers. One of 
the first to bloom, 6". 1.20 10.00 
Spicata, violet-blue flowers, borne in masses, July, August, 18" .85 7.00 
