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WM. BORSCH & SON, Maplewood, Oregon 
AUBRIETIA — One of the most essential 
plants for the alpine garden or rock 
walls. At their best when placed to cover 
the face of a rock, or fall from a crevice 
of a rock wall. Will grow anywhere and 
with proper treatment (shearing back as 
soon as through blooming) will flower 
from early spring throughout the sum¬ 
mer. Also used extensively as cover for 
Tulip beds. 
*aurea variegata — Gold and green foliage 
and purplish flowers. 50c each. 
♦Carnival — Large flowers of deep violet 
purple. 35c each. 
♦Crimson King—-A purplish crimson. 35c 
each. 
♦Dr. Mules — A profuse bloomer with large 
violet purple flowers. 50c each. 
♦Gloriosa — The best of the Aubrietia; very 
large lovely rose-pink flowers. 50c each. 
♦hybrida — Come in a mixture of blue, lav¬ 
ender and pink shades. 20c each. 
♦Lavender Queen — Compact habit with 
pale lilac flowers. 35c each. 
♦moerheimi — Greyish foliage and large 
soft, pearly-pink flowers. 35c each. 
♦Vindictive— Large rich red flowers, the 
best of its color. 50c each. 
AURICULA — Alpine Primrose. See Primula, 
page 37. 
BELLIUM minutum — ^Distinct and neat Al¬ 
pine Daisy with small white flowers dur¬ 
ing summer. Delightful in cracks and 
crevices, throwing out numerous runners 
so forming wide mats. 25c each. 
BOCCONIA cordata — (Plume Poppy) Glau¬ 
cous leaves, heart-shaped and deeply 
veined. Creamy white flowers in great 
plumy masses on 5 to 8 ft. stalks during 
July and Aug. The seed vessels are also 
very attractive. 25c each. 
BOLTONIA asteroides — Small white daisy¬ 
like flowers in great profusion during 
summer' and fall, on 6 to 8 ft. stems. 25c 
each. 
latisquama — Pink, slightly tinged with lav¬ 
ender flowers on 4 ft. stems. 25c each. 
BOYKINIA *jamesi — Probably the most bril¬ 
liant of the Saxifrages. The compact 
mounds of neatly overlapped deep green 
foliage are covered with masses of bright 
rose pink flowers on 6 inch stems, during 
spring and early summer. Very rare. 50c 
each. 
CALAMI NTH A alpina — See Satureia alpina, 
page 55. 
CALANDRINIA *umbellata — Makes a neat, 
slightly spreading tuft, with large glow¬ 
ing crimson flowers on 6 to 8 inch stems 
from June to Sept. Full exposure to sun, 
very little water and a light sandy soil 
are its only requirements. 25c each. 
CALCEOLARIA^ — -These hardy Calceolarias 
are very pretty in the alpine garden, re¬ 
quiring shade during the hottest part of 
the summer and a moist, well-drained 
peaty soil. 
♦John Innes — A hybrid of polyrrhiza, but 
with large golden slippers which are 
speckled red, on 8 inch stems. Rare, and 
stock limited. 50c each. 
CALLIRHOE involucrata — (Poppy-Mallow) 
A trailing plant for sandy, dry soils in 
full sun. Finely divided foliage and large 
bright rosy crimson flowers with white 
centers, from July to Oct. 25c each. 
CALOPOGON pulchellus — (Grass-Pink Or¬ 
chid) Tall stems with many beautiful 
pinkish-purple flowers with a crest of 
golden hairs in the throat. Easy in a wet 
spot in peat and sphagnum, though rare 
in cultivation. 15 inches. June and July. 
25c each. 
CALTHA *palustris — (Marshmarigold) 
Bright yellow flowers on 10 inch stems. 
For damp places, either sun or shade. 
25c each. 
Dr. Rocks species — We have a limited 
stock of these to spare. Vary somewhat 
as to Jieight and size of plant and flower, 
but majority have flowers up to 4 inches 
across, all of a beautiful shade of yellow. 
50c each. 
♦uniflora — One of our native Marshmari- 
golds, with large shiny leaves and white 
buttercup-like flowers on 10 inch stems. 
May and June. 35c each. 
CAMPANULA — Alpine species — This family 
gives the alpine garden some of its most 
beautiful and worthy subjects. Practi¬ 
cally all enjoy a little shade and soil 
which is gritty and well drained. Their 
flowering period extends from early May 
to November. 
♦abietina — Forms wide mats of narrow- 
leaved brilliant green rosettes from 
which arise very fine stems a foot or so, 
carrying wide open solid stars of violet. 
Requires frequent division and light, 
stony soil, 25c each. 
♦barbata — ^A true perennial if given a poor, 
gritty soil, well-drained. Silvery-blue 
bearded bells on 8 to 12 inch stems. May 
to July, 25c each. 
♦carpatica — Tufts up to a foot across, with 
large open bells of blue on 6 to 10 inch 
stems. Easy and indestructible. June to 
Aug. 25c each. 
♦carpatica alba — White flowering form of 
preceding. 25c each. 
♦cochlearifolia — Formerly listed as C. 
pusilla. Strong grower, making large 
dense mats of fine foliage, with nodding 
bells of lavender blue on 3 to 4 inch 
stems, June to Aug. 25c each. 
