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UPTON GARDENS 
SENECIO fendleri. Open rosettes of crinkly gray foliage, lovely in 
winter, too; should not be allowed to bloom. Gravelly slides. 
SHEPHERDIA canadensis, Buffalo Berry. A subalpine shrub, deep 
green leaves, rusty silver underneath. Clusters of red berries. 
Happy in moist woods. 3 ft. Young plants 75c each. 
SIEVERSIA (Geum). 
ciliata. Pink Plumes. Strawberry pink gargoyles in threes, fuzzy 
in seed. 
turbinata (Geum rossii). Open bright yellow flowers; dark green or 
purplish foliage, finely cut. Alpine, 10 inches. 
SILENE acaulis, Moss Campion. Bright rose-pink needlepoint on lovely 
green cushions. Alpine; easy to grow. 
SISYRINCHIUM angustifolium, Blue Eyed Grass. Little bright blue 
flowers coyly hidden by linear leaves and bracts; one of the iris 
family. Moist meadows. 6 inches. 
STANLEYA, Yellow Plume. 
bipinnata (glauca). Erect yellow torches in moist swales on the 
plains. 3 ft. 
SYNTHYRIS, Kittentails. 
alpina. Purplish-blue flowers on racemes, dwarf phacelia-like. Al¬ 
pine. 3 inches. 
plantaginea. A grown-up alpina. Thick basal leaves. 
THALICTRUM, Meadow Rue. 
alpinum. Low-lying foliage; miniature. On grassy bog humps. 
fendleri. Maiden’s Hair. Columbine-like foliage, flowers inconspicu¬ 
ous. Moist aspen woods. Plants only. 
THERMOPSIS montana, Golden Banner. Showy heads of pea-like yellow 
flowers; easy to grow. Light shade. 1 ft. 
THLASPI coloradense, Alpine Candytuft. A dwarf baby candytuft, 
white; early on granite gravel slopes. 
TOWNSENDIA, Easter Daisy. Dry sandy open slopes. 
exscapa. Early pale pink flowers nestling in narrow gray foliage. 
2 inches. 
grandiflora. Large white daisies, lavender backed; attractive, low 
growing. 4 inches. 
TRADESCANTIA virginiana, Spiderwort. Three cornered, clear blue 
flowers with bright yellow stamens. 15 inches. 
TRIFOLIUM, Alpine Clover. A home-sick family; better grow them 
from seed. 
dasyphyllum. Lavender tinted flowers in heads; low tufted foliage. 
3 inches. 
nanum. Diminutive, violet purple pea-flowers nestling at the edges 
of the tufts. 
parryi. Large clover heads, rose purple. G inches. 
TROLLIUS albiflorus, Alpine Globe Flower. Paper white flowers with 
conspicuous stamens; deeply cleft foliage. Acid bogs. 
TROXIMON purpureum. Cinnamon discs; an educated dandelion. 1 ft. 
VALERIANA acutiloba, Valerian. Cymes of pinky white; bright green 
basal foliage. Shade. 1 ft. 
VERBENA bipinnatiflda. Blue-violet clusters, sturdy foliage; a dash of 
color on dry plains. Annual, seed only. 
