HARDY ALPINE PLANTS. 
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ROCK GARDEN. 
HARDY ALPINE PLANTS FOR ROCKERIES. 
Alpine Gardens and Rockeries have become quite a noted feature in many places where 
topography and local conditions of the grounds make this kind of treatment appropriate. By a 
proper selection of these Alpine plants, almost continuous bloom can be effected from early spring 
to late autumn. 
Many of the Varieties will succeed equally well in partially shaded situations. All are eas¬ 
ily grown in good soil with ordinary treatment. In using well established plants from pots, at any 
time during the planting season in spring, an almost immediate effect and mass of bloom during 
the summer can be obtained. 
The Following List includes the very best and hardiest species and varieties adapted for this 
purpose. Most of the leading kinds can be supplied both from the open ground or from pots, as 
preferred. 
Selection of the Best Kinds in well rooted, flowering plants, $1.50 to $2.50 per dozen; $10 
to $20 per 100, according to assortment and variety. 
ARAB IS A LB I DA. Covers the rocks in early Switzerland’s national flower, requiring plenty 
spring in a mass of white bloom. of sun. 
ARMERIA ALPINA. Pink flowers and close, 
compact growth. 
AU BRET I A. Rock Cress. Effective small rock 
plants, with mass of silvery green foliage and 
sheets of bloom in spring. , 
CALLIRHOE IN VO LUC RATA. Pretty creeping 
plant, with deep red flowers. 
CERASTIUM TOMENTOSUM. Dusty Miller. 
Rather compact grower, with white foliage and 
flowers blooming in May. 
CHAMAELIRIUM LUTEUM. Blazing Star. 
Low growing, with yellow flowers. 
COREOPSIS ROSEA. A close growing plant 
bearing rose colored flowers, spreading rapidly. 
ERINUS ALPINUS. Small plant growing in 
clusters, bearing pink flowers in' May. 
GNAPHALIUM LEONTOPODIUM. Edelweiss. 
HEUCHERA SANGUINEA. Coral Bells. One 
of the best varieties for rockery planting. 
HEUCHERA WHEELERI. Spotted foliage and 
green flowers. 
IRIS PUMILA. Flowers early, with mass of 
deep blue flowers. Forms dense beds, 6 or 8 
inches high. An indigenous species. Hardy and 
very fine. 
LOTUS CORNICULATUS. Babies' Slippers. 
Bears yellow flowers and blooms all summer 
and fall. 
PHLOX SUBULATA. Dwarf variety completely 
covered with blue flowers. Var. Rosea. The 
old-fashioned moss pink. See page 65. 
SEDUM The Sedums are exceptionally fine for 
rock work, growing as they do with great free¬ 
dom and profuse flowering, in sunny exposure 
with but little soil or attention. The best pink, 
white and yellow flowering varieties. 
