Perkins’ Perennial Plants for Rock Gardens and Edging. 
ACHILLEA 
Tomentosum 
Woolly Yarrow. A woolly carpet- 
plant with yellow flowers. Leaves fine¬ 
ly divided and a green gray in color. 
Each 25 cents. 
ALYSSUM Basket of Gold 
Saxatile Compactum 
1 foot early spring. One of the ear¬ 
liest flowering plants, suitable for bor¬ 
ders or the rock garden, making a 
spreading mat of golden yellow bloom. 
Flowers bright yellow, foliage a gray 
green. When ripe the seed pods have 
a lace-like appearance and may be 
used in winter bouquets. Each 20 
cents and 2 5 cents. 
Luteum 
Similar to the above but with a pleas¬ 
ing yellow flower. Each 2 0 cents. 
Montanum 
Dwarf, sweet scented yellow flow¬ 
ers. Entirely different in characteris¬ 
tics from the saxatile type. Each 2 5 
cents. 
Spinosum 
Spiny foliage with white flowers. An 
unusual variety that will help to make 
your rock garden different from your 
neighbors’. Each 3 0 cents. 
ANCHUSA Alkanet 
Myosotidiflora 
1 foot, May. A dwarf form of anchu- 
sa from Russia with clusters of blue 
flowers resembling forget-me-nots. 
Large dark green heart-shaped leaves. 
Plant as early as possible. Needs win¬ 
ter protection. Each 3 0 cents. 
ARABIS Rock Cress 
Alpina 
6 to 8 inches early spring. A very 
desirable early blooming rock garden 
plant with a grayish foliage and an 
abundance of white flowers. The foli¬ 
age remains good all summer. It is al¬ 
so suitable for the front of the hardy 
border. Each 2 0 cents and 25 cents. 
Alpina Rosea 
A deep pink form of the above. 
Grown from cuttings. Each 3 0 cents. 
Double White 
A most beautiful variety of rock 
cress, clear white double flowers. 
Clumps, each 3 0 cents. Small plants, 
each, 20 cents. 
ARENARIA Grandiflora 
A low growing plant, native of the 
Pyrenees Mountains. During May it is 
covered with pure white, star-like flow¬ 
ers. A desirable rock garden plant. 
Each 25 cents. 
ARMERIA Sea Pink 
Laucheana 
A tufted plant with grass-like leaves 
and bright rosy flowers all summer. 
Plant in full sun. Large plants, each 
25 cents. Small plants, each 10 cents; 
12 for $1.00. 
ASTERS 
Alpina, Goliath 
(Early Aster). A large early flow¬ 
ering single aster. Color medium shade 
of blue. Very attractive. Each 25 
cents. 
White. Form of above. Each 25 cents. 
Rock Garden 
SPECIALS 
White Hare Bell 
Campanula Carpatica 
A most desirable plant for va¬ 
riety in the rock garden. Very 
hardy and a profuse bloomer over 
a long period. Similar except in 
color to the blue harebell. Plant 
8 inches apart in spring or fall. 
2 year clumps, each 25 cents. 
Dianthus Alpina 
A Gem for the Rock Garden 
A very dwarf alpine with dark 
shining linear leaves. One is very 
much surprised at the large size 
of the rose colored flowers 
blooming in early spring. Each 
3 0 cents. 
Purple Moss Phlox 
Phlox Subulata Atropurpurea 
A very striking and showy moss 
phlox of recent introduction. The 
plant is neat in appearance and 
has dark green leaves with flow¬ 
ers a deep purplish red. Like 
other varieties of moss phlox best 
results are obtained when several 
plants are used in a group. Each 
25 cents; 3 for 6 5 cents. 
Veronica Amethystima 
One of our good, hardy dwarf 
speedwells, having beautiful 
spikes of blue flowers which 
bloom during June and July. Fo¬ 
liage dark green. A rapid grow¬ 
ing and spreading plant. Often 
needs to be cut back during the 
summer. A good plant for the 
rock garden. Clumps each 25 
cents; 3 for 7 0 cents. 
Phlox Amoena 
An uncommon, low growing 
phlox with linear pubescent 
leaves and bright pink flowers. 
It comes into flower a little later 
than the moss phlox. A desir¬ 
able addition to any garden. 
Each 2 5 cents; 3 for 7 0 cents. 
Skull Cap 
An unusual plant 
Scutelaria 
A shrub-like plant with wiry 
stems; grows about one foot high 
and has spikes of blue snapdrag¬ 
on-like flowers in July and Au¬ 
gust. Suitable for borders as 
well as the rock garden. Each 
25 cents; 3 for 7 0 cents. 
Alpine Aster 
3 NEW FALL BLOOMING 
DWARF ASTERS 
These Asters are proving a very 
fine addition to our list of plants suit¬ 
able for the rock garden. They are 
neat in habit with an attractive foliage. 
They produce hundreds of small, sin¬ 
gle flowers at a time when there is lit¬ 
tle else to add cheer and color to the 
garden. A group of these asters may 
be used in the hardy border helping to 
prolong the season of bloom. The 
average height is one foot. 
Marjorie. Beautiful pink flowers. 
Ronald. Lilac pink flowers. 
Victor. Clear pale-lavender flowers. 
Each 25 cents; 6 for $1.25. 
ASPERULA Woodruff 
Odorata 
A scented herb used for carpeting 
shady places and in the shady rock 
garden. Each 35 cents. 
CALAMINTHA Calamint 
Alpina 
A pretty little rock garden plant 
with many rich purple flowers. Will 
grow in full sun or partial shade. It is 
closely related to the herb known as 
summer savory. Plant in groups of 
two or three plants. Each 25 cents; 3 
for 7 0 cents. 
CALLIRHOE Involucrata 
A creeping plant with large saucer¬ 
like rosy crimson flowers. A tender 
perennial needing protection, but it 
will often reseed itself. A flower you 
will enjoy having in your rock garden. 
Every one visiting our gardens asks 
about it. A profuse bloomer. Each 
2 0 cents. 
CAMPANULA Bellflowers 
Carpatica (Harebell) 
One of the most satisfactory blue 
flowers for rockery or hardy border. 
It is perfectly hardy, and will grow in 
either sun or shade. The blue bell 
shaped flowers are borne on long slen¬ 
der stems, from summer until frost. 
Each 25 cents. 
White variety—See page 5. 
Rotundifolia (Blue Bells of Scotland) 
Similar to Carpatica in general hab¬ 
it. Flowers smaller but more numer¬ 
ous. Seedlings, 2 for 25 cents. Clump, 
each, 25 cents. 
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