KEL5EY 5 HARDY AMERICAN RLANT|^ 
GroTvn in the Carolina fountains at 3800 'Jeet eiehatiomffj 
HARDY NATIVE HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS, continued 
Cardinal Flower. 2 to 4)4 ft. Showy, close racemes of scarlet flowers. July to 
LOBELIA cardinalis. 
September. 
syphilitica. Blue Cardinal Flower. 1 to 3 ft. Strong-growing species with large blue tlowors. 
MELANTHIUM virginicum. Bunch Flower. 2)4 to 5 ft. Panicles of showy cream-colored flowers. 
MERTENSIA virginica. BlueBells. 1 to 2 ft. May; rich purple-blue. 
MIMULDS ringens. Square-Stemmed Monkey Flower. 1 to 3 ft. Light, blue, good bog plant. July and 
September. 
MONARDA DIDYMA. OSWEGO TEA. 1 to 3 ft. 
Bright scarlet and extremely showy. Thrives in 
moist or dry soil. July and August, 
clinopodia. 1 to 3 ft. Flesh-colored. 
fistul 08 a. 1 to 3 ft. Lilac. 
PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUM. GINSENG. 8 to 15 in. 
Well known as the great Chinese medicinal herb, now 
becoming rare and local. The roots enormously val¬ 
uable under cultivation for export. Special price-list 
and illustrated circular on the subject on request. 
Flowers white or greenish. Fruit bright red. July. 
PARNASSIA ASARIFOLIA. KIDNEY-LEAVED GRASS 
OF Parnassus. 10 to 20 in. White and greenish or 
yellowish veins. Damp places along streams. 
PEDICULARIS canadensis. Wood Betony. 5 to 12 in. 
Greenish yellow or purplish flowers in denso spike. Hairy 
leaves. 
PARONYCHIA argyrocoma. 2 to 3 in. A tufted little rock 
plant, with silvery foliage and flowers. Rare. 
PHLOX maculata. Wild Sweet William. 1)4 to 3 ft. June 
and July. Pink-purple. 
pilosa. Downy Phlox. 1 to 2 ft. May and June. Pink- 
purple or rose color; rarely white, 
subulata. See under Creepers, 
subulata alba. See under Creepers. 
Sanguinaria canadouBis. Bloodroot 
PHYSOSTEGIA virginiana. Lion’s Heart. 2 to 4 ft. June. Rose or flesh color, variegated with purple, 
virginiana var. alba. White Variety. 2 to 4 ft. 
PODOPHYLLUM peltatum. May Apple. 1 to 2)4 ft. White. Very largo peltate leaves. Shady situation. 
POLYGONATUM biflorum. Hairy Solomon’s Seal. 8 in. to 3 ft. Nearly white, with curved stems. May 
and June. 
COMMUTATUM. SOLOMON’S Seal. 2 to 8 ft. Panicled racemes of drooping flowers on very 
long stems. 
PORTERANTHUS STIPULATUS. Aa\ERICAN IPECAC. 1 to 2 ft. Handsome cut foliage and 
flowers pure white or rose-tinted. One of the finest of our native 
plants to mass. Blossoms in early summer. 
POTENTILLA tridentata. Tiiree-Tootiied Cinquefoil. 1 to 12 in. Leaves 
color bright purple; white flowers. July and August. Rockery. 
PYROLA rotundifolia. Round - Leaved 
Winteroreen. G to 20 in. July. White. 
RHEXIA virginica. Deer Grass. 1 to 1)4 
ft. Bright purple. Easily grown. 
RUDBECKIA fulglda. Orange Cone 
Flower. 1 lo 3 ft. Orange-yellow, in late 
summer. Very showy. 
SANGUINARIA canadensis. Bloodroot. 
4 to 10 iu. A beautiful perennial, with largo 
pure white flowers in very early spring. 
SAXIFRAGA michauxii. Alpine Saxi¬ 
frage. G to 20 in. White flowers spotted 
with yellow, bright pink anthers. Rare, 
micranthidifolia. Lettuce Saxifrage. 
1 to 3 ft. White. Damp locations or bog. 
SCROPHULARIA marilandica. 
Maryland Fig wort. 3 to 10 ft. 
Greenish purple. 
SEDUM telephioidcs. American 
Orpine. G to 12 in. June. Flesh 
color. Rockery or damp places. 
Very fleshy leaves. 
telephium. Orpine. G to 10 in. 
July. Purple. 
ternatum. Wild Stonecrop. 3 to 
Monardai in variety. I-rom a photograph of mass planting taken at Highlands Nursery 8 in. June. White. 
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