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Sherman Nursery Company, Charles City, Iowa 
CARPATICA (Harebell) 
A pretty species growing in compact tufts, 
not exceeding eight inches high; flowers clear 
blue; held erect on wiry stems. It begins 
blooming in June, continuing until October. 
As an edging for a hardy border or for the 
rockery, it is unsurpassed. 
HELIANTHEMUM (Rock or Sun Rose) 
Low growing, evergreen plants, forming 
broad clumps, and which during their flower¬ 
ing season, July to September, are hidden by a 
mass of bloom; for the front of the border, the 
rockery, or a dry, sunny bank. 
Multiply. Golden yellow flowers, light green 
foliage. 
Potificlum. Yellow flowers, blue-green foliage. 
Stramianeum. Rose-white, yellow center, glos¬ 
sy green foliage. 
Varabile. Pinkish-yellow flowers, foliage glos¬ 
sy green. 
SEDUM (Stonecrop, Liveforevcr) 
The ideal Rock Garden plant. Low growing, 
filling in nicely around the rocks. Sedum are 
hardy and require no winter protection. No 
rock garden is complete without an assortment 
of various kinds of sedum. We list below vari¬ 
eties that have proven very satisfactory in our 
plantings: 
Acre (Golden Moss). Much used for covering- 
graves; foliage green; flowers bright yellow; 
prostrate and slowly spreading. 
Album. Dwarf and spreading; thick, waxy 
round foliage; white flowers; good rock plant. 
Altissimum. Compact; fleshy blue-green sharp¬ 
ly pointed leaves. Very pretty plant. 
Kamtscliaticum. Orange-yellow flowers, with 
prostrate, green foliage, turning golden in 
autumn. 
Reflexum. Creeping, reddish stems; nodding 
buds; heads of yellow flowers; very choice 
kind. 
Sannentosum. Excellent dwarf variety for 
rockeries or bordering edgings. The best 
Sedum for filling seams between rocks in wall 
garden; rapid grower. 
Sexangulare. Very dark green foliage; yellow 
flowers; habit much like that of the Acre. 
Stoloniferum. Most desirable; evergreen leaves; 
flowering purplish pink. July and August. 
Excellent for Rock Garden. 
Spectabile. One of the prettiest erect growing 
species, attaining a height of 18 inches, with 
broad, light green foliage and immense heads 
of handsome, showy, rose colored flowers; 
indispensable as a late fall-blooming plant. 
Spectabile Variegated. Green and white foli¬ 
age. 18 inches. 
STATICE (Eatifolia) 
(Sea Lavender.) Broad, thick leaves; up¬ 
right; finely branched panicles of small blue 
flowers; growing 1 to 2 feet high. August- 
September. Splendid for cutting and drying. 
Endures driest weather. 
THYMUS 
Very choice low plants making dense mats. 
Excellent for rockeries or among stepping 
stones. Thrive in poor acid soil in sun. 
Coccineus. A carpet of dark green, with 
many dark red flowers in June-July. 
VERONICA 
A very interesting family of plants that form 
excellent subjects for the hardy border and 
rockery. They will thrive in a rich, well- 
drained soil, in an open situation in full sun. 
Elegans. A nice erect growing variety, 12 
inches; big flowers; pink; July. 
Rupestris. A fine rock plant growing 3 to 4 
inches high; thickly matted, deep green fo¬ 
liage, hidden in early June under a cloud of 
bright blue flowers. Does well in light shade 
and is also a good ground cover for shrub 
borders. 
Spicata. Long spikes of violet-blue flowers all 
summer; a very fine variety for the middle 
of the hardy border. For best results lift 
and divide every three years, and fertilize 
well with bone meal. Grows about 24 inches 
tall. 
