PERENNIALS 
II 
profusion of large purple flowers nearly 
all summer. Best in a dry sandy loam 
in full sun. Very easily grown. Flower¬ 
ing plants, Each 75c, Three $2.00. 
NEPETA 
Mussini. Grayish foliage and blue flowers. 
Each 30c, Three 75c, Doz. $2.00. 
Souv. Andre Chaudron. Distinct upright 
grower to 12 inches; silvery foliage, 
flowers dark blue, June to August. Each 
40c, Three $1.00. 
NOLINIA 
Microcarpa.* Bear Grass. Yucca family. 
Rosette-forming, very narrow foliage 
which is quite rigid and was used by 
Indians for baskets and mats. Same 
culture as yucca; a hardy species for 
the dry rock garden. Each 50c, Three 
$1.25. 
OENOTHERA 
Evening Primrose, well-drained soil. 
Several dwarf perennial species are excel¬ 
lent for the dry, sunny rockery. 
Brachycarpa.* To 6 inches; the 3-inch 
blossoms in spring appear in leafy ros¬ 
ettes which form colonies on dry slopes; 
yellow, turning to orange-red. Each 30c, 
Three 75c, Doz. $2.00. 
Caespitosa.* Similar in size and habit to 
brachycarpa, but with white flowers 
turning to rose; sandy slopes. 'Each 
30c, Three 75c, Doz. $2.00. 
Missouriensis.* A more or less trailing 
Evening Primrose with large yellow 
flowers. Each 30c, Three 80c, Doz. $2.50. 
OXYTROPIS 
Sericea.* Silky Loco. Large-flowered, in 
tall racemes from a pinnate-leaved ros¬ 
ette. Varied in color; white, pink, rose, 
lavender, purple, and crimson. Sunny, 
well-drained rockery. Each 35c, Three 
$1.00, Doz. $3.00. 
PENTSTEMON 
Beard-tongue. Pentstemons flower better 
and are more permanent on a well-drained 
slope or elevation in a lean, light soil with¬ 
out much humus. A surfacing of gravel or 
stone chips is the only mulch required. The 
leaves, when evergreen seem to like the 
sunshine, even in winter. Plant fall or 
spring. All Pentstemons are Each 30c, 
Three 75c, Doz. $2.25. 
Alpinus. Easily grown alpine with compact 
spike of deep blue. 
Angustifolia.* Attractive sky-blue flowers 
in May; sandy soil. 
Crandallii.* A creeping, mat-forming Pent- 
stemon with evergreen foliage. A most 
valuable rock garden type, fitting itself 
Mariposa Lily 
among the rocks in a charming manner; 
hardy and permanent. Flowers early, in 
shades of pale blue, forming a carpet 
of color. 
Crandallii alba.* White-flowered. 
Crar.dallii rosea.* Color clear rose. 
Grand if lorus.* The most splendid of na¬ 
tive Pentstemons; about two feet tall, 
carrying two-inch trumpets of rosy 
purple. 
Hum ilis.* To 10 inches; dependable, and 
easily grown. The foliage forms low 
mats of dark green throughout the sea¬ 
son, sending up slender sprays of in¬ 
tensely blue flowers in June. Flowering 
plants. 
Hum ilis a I bus.* Pure white. 
Jamesii.* Dwarf, lavender to lilac. 
Lave nd ulus.* 12 inches; this mountain 
form of Secundiflorus is dwarfer and 
makes better clumps; glaucus foliage, 
flowers deep rosy lilac. 
Torreyi.* The Colorado form, early, and 
exceptionally brilliant scarlet. 
