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OREGON GARDENS, Portland, Oregon 
SILENE 
acaulis. Native. Better bloomer than the European form. Solid 
mats of bright green moss dotted with stemless pink flowers. 
.-.»...Each .25 
californica. Native. Decumbent stems radiating from a fleshy 
root and terminating with a huge scarlet flower. For a sunny 
well drained position .Each .30 
hookeri. Native. One of our most striking plants. Soft gray 
foliage, showy pink flowers on 4 inch stems.Each .25 
ingrami. Native. This, the finest western Silene is a glorified 
Silene hookeri. It is larger and more robust with larger flow¬ 
ers which are deep cherry-red. A plant of the greatest beauty 
and merit. 4 to 6 inches. .Each .30 
schafta. A rather rapid growing leafy mass of foliage 4 to 5 inches 
high, covered in late summer with masses of rosy flowers. 
Especially valuable foi its late flowering habit.Each .25 
SISYRINCHIUM 
grandiflorum. Native. Grass widow. Dainty member of the iris 
family, grass-like foliage, clear half-open purple flowers with 
orange anthers hung in a partially drooping position. A royal 
beauty. Height 8 to 12 inches Strong clumps__Each .25 
SPHAERALCEA 
munroana. The native desert mallow. A beautiful gray leaved 
half-shrubby plant with spikes of open salmon colored flow¬ 
ers. Full sun and good drainage. 12 inches.Each .30 
STACHYS 
Corsica. A wee creeping mass of crinkled green foliage covered 
with white or pink flowers during the summer. A wonderful 
ground cover. Each .25 
STATICE 
minuta. Tiny clustered rosettes of spoon-shaped gray leaves. 3 to 
4 inch sprays of lavender blossoms. Perfectly easy and endur¬ 
ing. Rare....Each .40 
SYNTHYRIS 
These little spring-flowering beauties are all natives of the 
west. All enjoy semi-shaded positions in leafy soil, except S. 
lanuginosa which is a high alpine from sunny gravel slopes. 
With the exception of S. schizantha, they retain their attrac¬ 
tive foliage during the greater part of the winter, 
cordata. An especially diminutive and charming form of S. ro- 
tunclifolia with leathery, glossy, heart-shaped leaves and small 
spikes of lavender flowers in early spring and often again in 
the fall. 2 inches. Each .25 
languginosa. Alpine species with white-woolly feathered leaves 
and spikes of intense blue flowers. For a very well drained 
open position. 3 to 4 inches. ..Each .50 
reniformis. The true species with very dark green rounded scol¬ 
loped leaves and spikes of dainty blue flowers. 6 in.... Each .35 
reniformis major. Larger leaves than the type and larger darker 
blue flowers. Foliage often takes on a deep red tone in win¬ 
ter. Very fine 6 inches.Each .35 
rotundifolia. Rounded leaves, somewhat hairy and mottled; num¬ 
erous spikes of pale or deeper lavender flowers. 6 in. Each .20 
rotundifolia sweetseri. Dark blue or violet flowers. Very free 
flowering. Very fine. Each .20 
schizantha. A deciduous species, very unlike any other Synthyris, 
with a slowly creeping rhizome. Large rounded, toothed 
leaves on upstanding footstalks, and 6 to 8 inch spikes of fring¬ 
ed violet flowers. A rare and lovely plant for a shaded spot 
in the rock garden. Each .50 
stellata. Sharply toothed, reniform basal leaves and spikes of 
blue flowers in early spring. 6 to 8 inches.....Each .25 
stellata white. Limited stock only of this rare white form. Each .75 
TALINUM 
spinescens. Native. Curious clumps of fleshy leaves and sprays 
of rose-purple flowers, each filled with a mass of showy yel¬ 
low stamens. 8 inches.Each .25 
