Perkins’ Choice Rock Garden Plants. 
Campanula Garganica and 
Pusilla (below) 
2 RECOMMENDED 
BELLFLOWERS 
Garganica 
A fine plant for the rock gar¬ 
den. The blue flowers are star¬ 
shaped and have a white eye. Each 
3 0 cents. Small plants, each 2 0 
cents. 
Pusilla 
A low growing bell flower for 
the rock garden. The plant bears 
many tiny blue flowers. Each 
3 0 cents. 
CERASTIUM Snow in Summer 
t omentosum 
A low growing plant with silvery fo¬ 
liage and many small white flowers in 
June. An excellent plant for a vari¬ 
ation in color of foliage. Prefers full 
sun. Each 25 cents. 
DIANTHUS Pinks 
Varieties especially adapted to the 
rock garden. 
Alpina 
A gem for the rockery. See page 5. 
Dianthus Deltoides, Major Stearn 
Maiden Pink 
One of the hardiest plants for the 
rock garden or edging of the border. 
The foliage is a bronze green, covered 
with many brilliant crimson, flowers 
for a long period. Each 25 cents. 
White with pink eye. Similar to the 
above except in color of flower. Each 
25 cents. 
Arenarius 
A rock garden pink with green grass¬ 
like leaves and pale pink lacy-like flow¬ 
ers. Each 20 cents. 
Arvenensis 
An unusually neat appearing and 
compact plant. The foliage is a gray¬ 
ish-green, and is studded with numer¬ 
ous pink flowers. Each 3 0 cents. 
For other varieties of garden Dian¬ 
thus see page 11. 
Dicentra Exima 
Plumy Bleeding Heart. See page 11. 
EDELWEISS Alpinum 
The ever favorite Edelweiss with its 
soft silvery foliage and fluffy flowers. 
Each 25 cents. 
GLOBULARIA 
Blue Globe Flower 
A low growing plant with dark green 
foliage and blue globe like flowers in 
June. Each 3 0 cents. 
GYPSOPHILA 
Creeping Baby Breath 
Repens. A beautiful creeping plant 
with many small white flowers in July. 
As this plant has a tap root it should, 
if possible, be moved as soon as the 
ground can be worked in the spring. 
Each 25 cents. 
HELIANTHEMUM Rock Rose 
Mutabile 
A shrubby appearing plant, foliage 
dark green, flowers similar to wild rose 
but much smaller. Plant very early. 
Each 3 0 cents; small plants, pink or yel¬ 
low, each 20 cents. 
HEUCHERA Coralbells 
See perennial list. 
HIERACUM Hawkweed 
Aurantiacum 
Leaves rough hairy, flowers orange. 
Very hardy. Each 25 cents. Small 
plants 15 cents. 
Villosum 
Yellow flowers; woolly leaves. 
Each 25 cents. 
JASIONE Perennis 
An unusual plant found in very few 
rock gardens. A few plants of jasione 
with their miniature vivid blue-scabi- 
osa-like flowers will add an interest¬ 
ing note to your rock garden. Each 3 0 
cents. 
LIATRIS Blazing Star 
A dwarf form of the Blazing Star, 
having reddish-purple spikes of flowers 
about 9 inches high. Each 25 cents. 
LILIUM 
Siberian Coral Lily 
See page 16. 
LYSIMACHIA Creeping Jenny 
Nummularia 
A rapidly growing creeper, with 
shiny leaves and yellow flowers. Will 
grow in shade or wet places. Each 25 
cents. 
A New Dianthus from England 
LITTLE JOCK HYBRIDS 
Among the many varieties of 
Dianthus used for the decoration 
of rockeries we feel sure this new 
selection will take a prominent 
place. Not more than 6 to 8 inch¬ 
es high these compact plants pro¬ 
duce a multitude of prettily fring¬ 
ed flowers, about an inch across 
in varied tints of pink, rose and 
white, mostly with a deep zone. 
Many are double. Each 3 0 cents; 
3 for 75 cents. 
Globularia 
LINUM Flax 
Alpina 
True dwarf flax. Each plant bears 
many light blue flowers. Similar to the 
hardy flax except in height. Each 3 0 
cents. 
LYCHNIS 
Alpine 
A dwarf form of Lychnis with rose- 
pink flowers, suitable for the rockery. 
Each 25 cents. 
Arkwright 
Another variety of dwarf Lychnis, 
producing large red flowers. Each .25. 
LOW GROWING PHLOX 
Moss Phlox 
Phlox Subulata 
One of the most attractive and most 
satisfactory plants for the rockery or 
the hardy border. Plant in groups of 
3 to 6 plants and you will have a fine 
display of color about the end of May. 
4 colors: Rose, White, Lavender and 
Purple. Each 25 cents; 6 for 65 cents. 
Fairy 
A compact growing variety with 
blue flowers. Clumps, each 25 cents. 
Vivid 
A compact variety with clear vivid 
pink flowers. Very desirable. Each 
2 5 cents. 
Phlox Amoena See page 5. 
Phlox Divaricata 
A very early blooming phlox with 
lavender flowers. Good for planting 
among tulips as a ground cover. This 
phlox combined with arabis and yellow 
crocus makes an excellent combination 
to plant at the base of trees. Each 25 
cents; 3 for 70 cents. 
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