JgKELSEY’S HARDY AMERICAN PLANTS 
^Wrokm in the Carolina fehountains at 3800 jeet elevation 
HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS, 'continued 
1 to 2 ft. Bright 
HARDY NATIVE 
GENTIANA ANDREWSII. CLOSED GENTIAN, 
blue closed flov/ers 1 inch long in September. 
^ GERANIUM maculatum. Alum Root. 1 to 2 ft. Large showy perennial 
with cut leaves. April to July. Light purple. 
GEUMradiatum. Mountain Avens. G in. to 2 ft. June. Yellow. Showy 
rock plant. 
HELENIUM autumnale. Swamp Sunflower. 2 to G ft. Handsome fall 
perennial. A blaze of gold. August and September. 
HELIANTHUS strumosus. Wood Sunflower. 3 to 7 ft. Yellow. One 
of our best single Sun/lowers. 
HEPATICA acuta. Sharp-Lobed Hepatica. G to 9 in. White and purple, 
early March. 1 ’ 
hepatica. Round-Lobed Hepatica. G to 9 in. Blue, purplish or nearly 
white /lowers in early spring. 
HEUCHERA americana. Alum Root. 2 to 3 ft. Large lobed leaves, 
pubescens. Downy IIeuciiera. 1 to 3 ft. June and July, 
sanguinea. Coral Bells. 1 to V/ ± ft. Bright scarlet flowers all summer. 
A very showy plant. 
villosa. Hairy IIeuciiera. Good rockery plant, giving effect all summer. 
August to September. 
HIB n?f? U i S ’ <4 Crimso . n Eye.” 3 to 5 ft. White with crimson center, 
militaris roseus. Variety with rose-colored flowers. 
moscheutos. Swamp Rose Mal¬ 
low. 4 to 7 ft. Handsomest, with 
crimson eye. Grows well in wet 
places. All the Hibiscus are very 
showy. Light rose-color or white. 
HOUSTONIA purpurea. Large 
Houstonia. 4 to 18 in. May to July. 
Tufted clumps with purple flowers, 
tenuifolia. Slender - L e a v f. d 
Houstonia. G in. to I ft. Light 
blue. Rockery work. 
HYDRASTIS canadensis. Gol¬ 
den Seal. 1 ft. Greenish white. 
Early spring. A medicinal herb 
of great value. 
IRIS CRISTATA. CRESTED 
Dwarf Iris. 1 to 3 in. May 
Bright blue flowers, beautifully 
crested. 
mlssouriensis. 12 to 18 in. 
purple. A pretty species. 
verna. Dwarf Iris. 
3 in. Very fragrant, 
blue flowers in early April. 
LACINARIA (Li atria) cylin- 
dracoa. Blazing Star, l to 
~ X A ft. Handsome rose-purple 
flower heads. August, 
pyonostachya. Button Snake- 
root. 2 to 4 ft. Long spikes of 
rose-purple flower heads. August 
and September. 
scariosa. 3 to G ft. Stem stout, 
flower heads large, purple, 
spioata. Devil’s Bit. 2 to G ft. 
Purple flower heads in long spikes. 
August. 
spicata pumila. 1 to 2 ft. Very 
showy mountain variety. Julv 
and August. 
LEPTANDRA virginica. Cul¬ 
ver’s Root. 2 to 7 ft. Panieled 
spikes of very showy, nearlv white 
flowers. July and August. 
LEWISIA rediviva. Lewisia. 4 
to 8 in. Very hardy. Pacific 
coast perennial, suited to dry soil 
or rockery work. Showy. * 
LEUCOCRINUM montanum. 
b'AND Lily. Bulbous plant from 
C olorado. Clusters of pure white 
fragrant flowers in earlv spring. 
Lilac- 
1 to 
bright 
Dainty spikes of Leptandra 
virginica 
Photographed at Highlands Nursery 
Laoinaria spicata 
From a photograph taken at Highlands Nursery 
The fringed flowers of Silene 
stellata (See page 3G) 
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