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WAYSIDE GARDENS 
BUPHTHALMUM - Ox-eye 
Showy, hardy herbaceous perennials. Lance or heart-shaped, smooth 
or hairy leaves, and large, yellow flowers borne singly on long stems. 
Useful for cutting, also for the mixed border or wild garden. 
Culture. Ordinary soil and a sunny position. Plant in autumn or sprina 
8 to 10 inches apart. 
Salicifolium Three $ 1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Bears large, rich, golden yellow flowers through the summer, 2 feet 
high. Is a very fine plant for the sunny hardy borders. 
CALAMINTHA - Calamint 
Useful plants for bold effects in the rock garden or rock wall, or in 
masses on the margin of borders. 
Culture. Any good, ordinary soil will suit. Plant 6 to 8 inches apart 
in groups of three or more in wall or rock garden, in full sun or light 
shade, in fall or spring. 
Aethionema Persicum 
BAERIA 
*Alpina Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 1 00 $ 18.00 
A very graceful little rock plant, growing 6 inches high, with rich purple 
flowers. 
A native of North America of neat growth and Daisy-like flowers. 
Culture. Any good garden soil suits them. They must be grown in full 
sun. Plant fall or spring 6 inches apart. 
Macrantha Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
A very charming dwarf plant with large golden yellow flowers. 
BETONICA -Betony 
An attractive border perennial, yielding a profusion of flowers, which 
are most valuable for cutting. 
Culture. Will succeed in good, ordinary soil in a sunny border. Best 
grown in groups of three or more. Plant in autumn or spring, 8 to 10 
inches apart. 
Grondiflora Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Close tufty foliage with bright rose-purple flowers on long stems about 
2 to 3 feet tall, produced during June, July and August. A lovely plant 
for a hot, dry place in the border. 
BLEEDING HEART (See Dicentra). 
BOCCONIA -Tree-Celandine or Plume Poppy 
Hailing from China, of handsome, stately growth, have glaucous or 
greyish, lobed leaves, and buff or cream colored flowers borne in 
feathery plumes or panicles between June and September. Very effec¬ 
tive and ornamental plants to grow on the lawn or in the background 
of borders. 
Culture. A rich, loamy soil is essential for growing these plants really 
well. Plant in autumn or spring, 12 to 18 inches apart. 
Cordata Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
A noble hardy perennial, beautiful in foliage and flower, and adapted 
for planting in the shrubbery borders, and in bold groups in any position, 
attaining 6 to 8 feet in height. Flowers creamy white in terminal 
panicles. Greatly used in China and Japan where its truly ornamental 
beauty is appreciated. 
BOLTON IA - Bolton's-starwort 
They are similar in foliage and flower to the Aster, are most graceful 
in habit, and well suited for the mixed border or the wild garden. 
Culture. Precisely the same as for Asters. The Boltonias bloom during 
July, August and September, while the Asters bloom from then on. 
Asteroides Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
White, 5 to 6 feet high. 
Latisquama Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
Pink, slightly tinted with lavender. 4 to 6 feet. Really the best of all 
varieties offered. 
BUDDLEIA 
Popular, rapid growing shrubs producing long panicles of purple and 
lavender flower spikes throughout the summer. Suitable for cutting. 
Culture. Should be planted in a warm, dry, well-drained sandy soil. 
Provide ample room, the plant grows rapidly and forms a bush about 
4 to 6 feet high and 4 to 6 feet in diameter. In spring cut all growth 
back to within 12 inches of the ground. New growth will develop 
rapidly as soon as it gets warm. Protect slightly in colder parts of the 
country. 
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Blooms prolificly and the flowers are large; the color is a deep purple. 
A fine plant for the flower garden or shrubbery border or as a single 
specimen for the lawn. 
CALANDRINIA 
Prostrate plants with brilliant flowers; for the rock garden or on the 
margin of dry borders. 
Culture. Any good soil will do providing it is dry. Plants must be planted 
in full sun, 8 to 10 inches apart, preferably in spring. Fall planting is 
satisfactory if done early and plants are protected for the winter. 
*Umbellata Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
Prostrate plant, 4 to 6 inches, with brilliant crimson, saucer-shaped 
tlowers; good for hot place in rock garden. 
Fortune. See page 4. 
Aster Alpinus, Goliath 
