RARE PERENNIALS, ALPINE PLANTS 
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COPTIS *laciniata —One of the most beauti¬ 
ful plants for ground cover for shady, 
moist places. Its deep green, finely cut 
foliage seems as if polished. Small white 
flower. Spreads by underground runners 
and soon makes a nice mass. 25c each. 
♦trifolia —An eastern species, with white 
flowers which have a yellow base. 25c 
each. 
COREOPSIS Golden Star —Large bright yel¬ 
low flowers on 2 ft. stems. For full sun 
and poor soils. 25c each. 
Golden Star fl. pi.— A large percentage of 
these have double and semi-double flow¬ 
ers of the same golden yellow color. 
Can not guarantee form. 25c each. 
*COTULA squalida—A ferny leaved carpet¬ 
ing plant, used extensively for covering 
small bulbs. One inch high. 25c each. 
CYPRIPEDIUM —Hardy Orchids that thrive 
in a moist, peaty soil, in either shade or 
half shade. Odd shaped flowers with 
uncommon colors and markings, from 
May to Aug. All Cypripediums must be 
planted shallow. 
*acaule —(Pink Ladyslipper) Large green 
hairy leaves, and a slender stem, bearing 
one large blossom. Sepals very pale 
green shaded with pink, rose pink petals 
and rose-pink slipper veined with crim¬ 
son. 50c each. 
*californica — A rare species with very 
leafy stems, from 12 to 18 inches high, 
bearing from 6 to 12 small white Lady- 
slippers, the sepals being greenish yel¬ 
low. 50c each. 
*fasciculatum —A very rare species from 
southern Oregon. Of dwarf growth, with 
the brownish flowers on 3 to 5 inch 
stems. 60c each. 
♦montanum —Has long, leafy stems, 12 to 
18 inches, bearing normally 2 to 3 large 
whTe flowers, decorated with long, nar¬ 
row brownish sepals. 50c each. 
*parviflorum —(Small yellow Ladyslipper) 
Bright ye’low flowers with brownish 
petals. 10 to 15 inches. 50c each. 
*pubescens —(Yellow Ladyslipper) Prob¬ 
ably a large-flowered form of the preced¬ 
ing species. Flowers much larger, 1 to 3 
on 3 2 to 15 inch stem, bright yellow. One 
of first to bloom. 50c each. 
*spectabile —(C. hirsutum or reginae) The 
Showy Ladyslipper, and the finest of the 
genus. Leafy stems, 12 to 24 inches high, 
bearing up to 4 very large flowers, white 
sepals and petals, and a rosy pink (rosy 
white, with pink markings) slipper, dur¬ 
ing June and July. 50c each. 
DELPHINIUM — One of our most popular 
blue cut flowers. They like a fairly rich 
soil and do not like to be crowded. 
belladonna —(Cliveden Beauty) Improved 
form of this popular free-flowering azure- 
blue variety. 25c each. 
bellamosum —Dark blue-flowering form of 
preceding. 25c each. 
*chinense —A dwarf species with feathery 
foliage and intense gentian blue flowers 
from June to Aug. 25c each. 
*chinense '‘Camibridge Blue”—With flow¬ 
ers of a clear Cambridge blue. 25c each. 
Gold Medal Hybrids —Mixtures of blues. 
25c each. 
*nudicaule —Brilliant scarlet flowers on 12 
to 15 inch stems, June to Aug. For well- 
drained, sandy soil, in full sun. 25c each. 
tatsienense —Deep blue flowers on branch¬ 
ing stems. Foliage sometimes mottled 
white. 15 inches. 35c each. 
Wrexham Strain Hybrids —Mixture of sin¬ 
gles and doubles, shades of blue, often 
tinged with pink. All very large flow¬ 
ered. 35c each. 
Wrexham Strain Hybrids Re-selected — 
plants marked as to color and form 
while in bloom. Only the very best are 
selected. Please advise if we may sub¬ 
stitute if we are out of particular color 
wanted. $1.00 each. 
DIANTHUS —Alpine species. Indispensable 
for dry sunny places or walls, and with 
very few exceptions, great lime lovers. 
Like a poor stony soil, but care should 
be exercised that soil is not too loose or 
sandy. While they rather resent too much 
moisture around the crown and foliage, 
they do require it at the roots. A top¬ 
dressing of stone chips several times a 
year is beneficial. 
*allwoodi-alpinus — A perpetual flowering 
hybrid with large flowers, white with 
large pink center or in shades of pink, on 
6 to 8 inch stems. Our plants are grown 
from cuttings taken from selected plants. 
Loam with some lime. 25c each. 
allwoodi hybrid “Crimson” —Lctrge flowers 
of deep crimson on 10 to 15 inch stems 
from early spring to late fall. The major¬ 
ity are very double, although there are 
some singles amoxig the lot. 35c each. 
*alpinus—A very dwarf species with dark 
shining foliage which hugs the ground. 
Large flowers of deep rose with darker 
ring around the eye, on 2 to 3 inch stems. 
Prefers a little shade during the hottest 
part of the summer. 35c each. 
