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MENTOR., OHIO WAYSIDE GARDENS 
PLATYCODON - Chinese Bellflower 
Very satisfactory hardy plants for the sunny border. It has broad, blue 
or white, bell-shaped flowers all summer and is therefore a very fine 
garden plant. 
Culture. Must be grown in a light, more or less sandy soil, in a well 
drained, sunny border. If the border is slightly elevated so much the 
better. Plant in early spring or fall, 8 inches apart. Disturb as little as 
possible. 
Grandiflora Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
Large, showy, deep blue flowers on 20-inch spikes are produced all 
summer. A splendid plant for the hardy border. 
Grandiflora alba Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
White-flowered form of the above. 
*Moriesi Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
A beautiful dwarf species, with broad, thick foliage and large, deep 
violet-blue flowers on 12-inch stems in great profusion throughout the 
entire summer. Plant in front of the border or in the rock garden. 
*Mariesi alba Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
White-flowered form of the above. 
PLUMBAGO - Leadwort 
Should be really called Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, but so well known 
under the first mentioned name that we prefer to offer it that way. 
Lovely low-growing plants with leathery, small, heart-shaped leaves of 
bronzy green color. The flowers are a deep peacock-blue borne in 
small clusters just above the foliage. 
Culture. They require a sandy loam which is well drained and not too 
rich. Do well in the rock garden in full sun or light shade. May be used 
also as an edging to beds or garden paths and is lovely when planted 
together with Vinca minor as a ground cover, using two-thirds Vinca 
minor and one-third Plumbago. Their brilliant blue flowers are most 
attractive in late summer and early fall. Plant in fall or spring, 6 to 8 
inches apart; cover lightly during winter in exposed places. 
*Larpentae Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
One of the most desirable border and rock plants. It is of dwarf 
spreading habit, growing 6 to 8 inches high, covered with deep blue 
flowers during late summer and fall. 
POLEMONIUM - Jacob's Ladder or Greek Valerian 
Free flowering, hardy perennials. They have graceful pinnate leaves, 
and bear their flowers in loose heads. Showy plants for a sunny place 
in the border. 
Culture. They require a light, well drained, ordinary soil and a sunny 
position. Best grown in group of six or more. Not adapted for damp or 
heavy soils. Reptans does well in a shady location under trees. Plant in 
autumn or early spring about a foot apart. Divide and replant every 
third year. 
Richardsoni album Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
A white variety of coeruleum. 
Richardsoni coeruleum Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Erect stems of sky-blue flowers. 1 to 1 V 2 feet in June and July. A very 
fine plant in the sunny border. 
* Reptans Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Dwarf, bushy plant of graceful growth. Showy blue flowers, 6 inches 
high in early spring. Should be used in the rock garden and border, in 
shady places; foliage very good all summer. 
POLYGONATUM - Solomon's Seal 
Popular and easily grown herbaceous plants, producing arching stems 
furnished with narrow leaves on each side, and from the axils of which 
drooping flowers are produced. Excellent plants for shady borders. 
Culture. They will thrive in any ordinary good soil containing plenty of 
humus or vegetable matter. May be grown under the shade of decid¬ 
uous trees, in the shady border, or naturalized in woodland gardens. 
Plant in autumn or early spring, 6 inches apart. 
Multiflorum major Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Pendent sprays of white flowers borne on long, 2-foot stems in May, 
followed in autumn with black or purple berries. A grand plant for a 
shady position, where it has plenty of room to show its pendulous 
sprays of bells. 
POLYANTHUS - Bunch Primrose 
The Polyanthus was obtained by crossing the Cowslip (Primula veris), 
and the Primrose (Primula vulgaris). It has the large flowers of the 
Primrose and the flower umbel of the Cowslip. There are several mix¬ 
tures of the Polyanthus offered. The best strain, however, is the Giant 
Munstead. 
Culture. They like a moist, shady position, and a rich, liberally manured 
soil. Plants of the Munstead strains are easily grown in a shady border 
or rock garden. Plant them 6 inches apart in rich soil in a shady place. 
After flowering, the plants can be divided, planting may also be done 
in fall or very early spring. 
^Munstead, Exhibition Yellow Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
A beautiful strain of large-flowered, yellow shaded, bunch Primroses; 
most desired by those who love the Primrose. 
*Munstead, Exhibition Cream Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
Very fine, large-flowered, cream-white shaded bunches of bloom, with 
striking yellow eye. 
*Munstead's Red Giant Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
Rich mahogany-red flowers, often gold laced, in great masses. Lovely, 
as edging to beds or garden paths in shade or contrast color with the 
yellow Primroses. 
*Munstead Strain Mixed Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
In all shades of yellow, cream, dark orange, some pink and dark rose. 
Primula Cashmeriana 
Pyrethrum Mixed 
