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HARDY NATIVE HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS, continued 
EUPHORBIA corollata. Flowering Spurge. Height i to 4 feet. 10 
White flowers in August. Strong. $1 
GENTIANA andrewsi. Closed Gentian. Height 10 to 18 
inches. Foliage green. Blue closed flowers in 
September. Strong. 1 
GERANIUM maculatum. Wild Geranium. Large, showy 
perennial with cut leaves. Light blue flowers in April 
and May. Strong. 1 
GEUM montanum. Mountain Avens. An erect, single- 
flowered perennial, one foot high. Leaves large, 
geranium-like. Flowers golden yellow. Splendid 
rock-garden subject. Extra strong. 4 00 
GILLENIA trifoliata. Bowman’s Root. Height 2 to 4 feet. 
Handsome cut foliage. Pure white or rose-tinted 
flowers in June. Splendid for massing among 
shrubbery. X strong. 1 
HELENIUM autumnale. Common Sneezeweed. Height 3 to 
5 feet. Handsome yellow flowers in August. 
Strong clumps. 
HEPATICA acutiloba. Sharp-lobed Hepatica. Height 5 to 
10 inches. White and purple flowers in March and 
April. X strong. 1 
triloba. Round-lobed Hepatica. Flowers vary in color 
from lovely blue to pink or white. Among the earliest 
flowers to appear in the spring. Strong. 1 
HEUCHERA americana. American Alum-root. Height 1 to 
2 feet. Large-lobed leaves beautifully mottled bronze 
in early winter. Flowers greenish white in June. 
Splendid rock-garden subject. X strong. 1 
villosa. Hairy Alum-root. Height 12 to 18 inches. Good 
for rockery. White flowers in August. X strong. ... 
HOUSTONIA purpurea. Mountain Houstonia. Height 6 to 
18 inches. Purple flowers in July. Strong. 1 20 
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