ROCK PLANTS and ALPINES 
ARALIACEAE 
Hedera helix conglomerata. Dwarf ivy; a huddled mass of small, three- 
lobed curving leaves; non-climbing; handsome against a rock, serving 
to make construction less stark. 50c. 
AQUIFOLIACEAE 
Ilex crenata. A low, very slow-growing dense holly with evergreen scal¬ 
loped leaves % inch long. Fruit black; not a heavy bearer in this 
country. $1.00. 
BERBERIDACEAE 
Berberis dulcis nana. There are several small barberries entirely suited 
to rock gardens. This one is made up of many branches from the base, 
the leaves spiny, dark blue-green. A not uninteresting mound against 
a rock. 40c. 
Ep imedium sulphureum. A splendid ground cover; pale green divided 
leaves, the leaflets heart-shaped, rusty bronze in winter. Pale creamy 
fly-away flowers in March. 25c. 
E. violaceum. Smaller in its parts; clean lavender flowers. 50c. 
♦Jeffersonia diphylla. 8 inch; pale green butterfly-like leaves; globular 
white flowers solitary on stiff stems; shade. April. 50c. 
♦Vancouveria hexandra. 10 inch; creeping ground cover; pale compound 
leaves and creamy flowers on wiry stems. April. 35c. 
BORAGINACEAE 
Lithospermums like sun, well drained positions and are not greedy as 
to richness of fare. The prostrate species do not like freezing winds. 
If you have snow, it is best to place them where they will be covered 
with it and if by chance they are burned black, they will in their own 
good time, come back if left alone. The little upright bushy lithosper¬ 
mums do not like cold either but they endure. 
Lithospermum Froebelli. 4 inch; a little bush of narrow gray leaves clus¬ 
tered at the ends of branches with taller sprays of slender azure bells. 
75c. 
L. graminifolium. A mound of grass-like foliage with sprays of elegant 
sky blue-blue bells. 75c. 
L. petraeum. Similar to above; darker foliage; bright blue bells. 75c. 
L. prostratum Heavenly Blue. A creeping carpet of small dark green 
leaves; abundance of saucer-shaped rich azure-blue flowers. 50c. 
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