♦PRIMULA or PRIMROSES. Primula acaulis is the English 
primrose and differs from the Polyanthus in having each 
flower on a separate stem and they continue to flower 
over a much longer season. They thrive in any situation 
in light or medium shade and in ordinary rich soil. Splen¬ 
did alike in shady border and rock garden. PI., fall or 
spring. I offer the following rare sorts: 
♦Primrose Heavenly Blue. So rare and beautiful that they 
always attract. Of the Acaulis type with stems 6 to 8 
inches with flowers in varying shades of very deep blue. 
40 cts. each; 3 for $1. 
♦Primrose "Double Lavender.” Of the acaulis type and very 
free flowering with very double deep lavender flowers. If 
you do not just love them on sight you will differ from 
every visitor to my gardens. 40 cts. each; 3 for $1. 
♦Primrose “Double White to Pink.” Like last, excepting 
color and equally as dainty. They vary from white to 
pink and apparently the same plant may flower white or 
pink according to conditions and the season. 40 cts. each; 
3 for $1. 
**PRI M U LA Juliae has a neat tuft a half inch high and lovely 
deep claret colored flowers with a golden eye on 2-inch 
stems. A jewell among alpines. Give a cool, sunny situa¬ 
tion, light shade, and a good moist loam. PI., fall to 
spring. 35 cts. each; 3 for 90 cts. 
♦PTEROCEPHALUS parnassi forms low dense clumps, gray¬ 
ish foliage and above this produces many lilac-pink, 
sacabiosa-like flowers through the summer. Cult: Sun. 
Soil, any. PL, fall to spring. Prop., div. 25 cts. each; 3 
for 65 cts. 
♦PULMONARIA angustifolia. A lovely cousin of Mertensia 
with a tuft of rather large basal leaves and many 10-inch 
stems bearing sky blue flowers in early spring. PL, fall 
to spring, in cool or shady situation in a good loam. 25 
cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
REDBUD, Cercis occidentalis. A beautiful shrub from 4 
to 10 feet in height and spreading broadly and in May 
it is literally smothered with its blooms, which are 
large pea blossoms of purplish rose studded densely on 
the branchlets. When they are in flower, tourists come 
hundreds of miles to this region to admire them. Hardy 
and drouth resistant and of rapid growth. Nursery 
grown trees, 18 to 24 inches high, at 85 cts. each, postpaid. 
ROMNEYA Coulterii, the Matilija Poppy. Noble deciduous 
perennial with very large white flowers with gold sta¬ 
mens. I have really discontinued but so many continue 
to ask for it, so I will continue to supply potted plants. 
Only half-hardy in colder regions. East of Rockies 
$1.50; west of Rockies $1.15, postpaid. 
*ROSA spithamea. Creeping by underground runners, this 
lovely native rose makes little scattered colonies. Never 
over 6 inches high and its large, bright pink blossoms are 
lovely. 50 cts. each. 
SALVIA in Blue. Miany people ask for blue flowers and 
there are no finer blues than in these Salvias. Grace¬ 
fully branched woody plants with beautiful masses of 
flowers and very drouth resistant, except £. patens. Cult: 
Sun and any soil. PL, fall to spring. 
Azurea. With many stout and wiry stems this makes a 
bush-like mass with flowers of clear azure-blue after 
midsummer. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts.; $2.50 per doz. 
Bracteata Rosea makes a much branched plant, 3 to 4 ft. in 
height with heavy bluish basal leaves. On the branches 
are many lavender bracts which give the effect of flow¬ 
ers in June and July. Striking and a favorite with visitors 
here. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
Farinacea. A splendid sort, effective in almost any situation 
in the border and as a complement to most plants. Two 
to 3 ft. high with slender stems and flowers, an intense 
lavender blue throughout the summer. 25 cts. each; 3 
for 75 cts.; $2.50 per doz. 
Patens is quite different. Grows to 18 inches high with soft 
foliage and spikes of large flowers of deep indigo blue 
throughout the summer. The finest blue I know. Must 
have a rich, moist soil. Tender in East and must be 
taken up and stored like Dahlias. 30 cts each; 3 for 75 cts. 
Pitcheri, like azurea, but the splendid flowers are an in¬ 
tense deep blue. It blooms from August to frost. One 
of the best late fall flowers. 30 cts. each; 3 for 75 cts. 
♦SAPONARIA Ocymoides splendens is a most useful plant. 
Makes a broad carpet, even to 3 ft. across, on the level, 
and, planted at top of walls will drape as much as ten 
feet in a year. The foliage is good and the show of pink 
flowers in spring very attractive. Splendid for dry 
banks. Cult: Sun or light shade. Soil, any, to poorest. 
PL, fall to spring. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
♦SATUREIA alpina. Calamintha. A splendid plant for sunny 
situations, 4 inches high with spreading mats of rounded 
leaves and deep blue, white tipped flowers from May 
to August. Cult: Sun and any soil. Pl., fall to spring. 
25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
♦SATU REIA pygmaea. Like a tiny erect shrub, 8 to 12 inches 
high, with narrow leaves of softest green and dainty 
flowers of shimmering clear pink in August and Septem¬ 
ber. Cult: Sun and any soil to very poor. Most delightful. 
40 cts. each. 
SAXIFRAGAS, Encrusted and Mossy. Lack of space for¬ 
bids listing but we have a fine stock of those offered in 
the last edition of our catalog, at same prices. 
SEDUMS. We also have species listed in last addition at 
same prices. 
SEMPERV1VUMS are among the most attractive of suc¬ 
culents and are excellent for rock garden or on walls or 
banks. While Sempervivums are still a hobby with me 
and I retain my full collection I am not listing named 
varieties. Because of the greater values, my customers 
have been buying collections rather than separate vari¬ 
eties and I offer the following fine collections: 
Sempervivum Collection of 21 Superfine Colored Sorts, each 
labeled and packed individually. $8.00. Same set not 
labeled, $6.00. 
Sempervivum Collection of 12 Sorts for $3.00. Selected for 
well marked differences and each labeled. Can fill six 
such collections, each containing a different set of 
varieties. 
Sempervivum to Name: All varieties offered in my previ¬ 
ous catalogs are available at price shown there. 
SCILLA Peruviana. A rare bulbous plant with heavy mass 
of dark grassy leaves and erect, very many flowered 
stems with flowers of deepest delft blue. Very striking. 
Cult: Sun. Soil, sandy loam. Pl„ fall to spring. 30 cts. 
each; 3 for 75 cts. 
The above prices are postpaid to your door. 
♦ Indicates plants well suited to rock gardens. 
** Indicates plants suited to the rock garden only. 
Almost daily I receive inquiries, asking if it is possible 
for me to ship plants safely to the East. I think that the fol¬ 
lowing letters from customers will still any doubts on this 
point: 
“The plants I ordered from you arrived in perfect condi¬ 
tion and have already started to grow. I never received such 
lovely plants before. I was rather dubious about ordering 
so far away from home but I shall certainly not be afraid 
now and I am telling my friends about your lovely plants.” 
(Prom Marion, N. C.) 
Dunedin, New Zealand: “Plants arrived in perfect condi¬ 
tion and we are exceptionally well pleased with them. Had 
we known that they would have arrived in such order we 
would have taken dozens instead of singles.” 
Chihuahua, Mexico: “The plant on my order came in 
splendid condition, much better than any I have received 
from the East. Thank you very much for the extra ones. I 
am sorry that I did not discover you earlier.” 
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