SYNTHYRIS. Splendid contributions from the Pacific 
Coast to the shadiest portions of the fern-bed, woodland 
or rock garden. The neat evergreen clumps are always 
beautiful and the flowers are enchanting. Each is quite 
distinct, and all to be highly prized. Cult: Shade to 
deep shade. Soil, good rich woodland soil. PL, fall to 
spring. Prop. Divisions. 
*Cordata. A few long cordate leaves, deep green above, 
purple beneath. The dainty pink flowers come in April- 
May. 25 cts. each; 3 for 60 cts. 
♦Rotundifolia. No prettier woodland plant in foliage. The 
round leaves make a close mound a few inches high 
and the very many soft blue flowers appear in early 
spring. 25 cts. each; 3 for 60 cts. 
*Stellulata. Is large with glossy green, fluted leaves. The 
deep blue flowers are on long erect racemes for weeks 
in early spring. With rich soil and ample moisture it 
makes large masses. 30 cts. each; 3 for 75 cts. 
♦TEL LI M A grandiflora. A Western woodland plant to be 
prized for its lovely begonia-like foliage and splendid 
for the shaded rock garden or with ferns. Makes beau¬ 
tiful clumps 6 in. high and a foot across. Cult: Any soil 
in shade. 25 cts. each; 3 for 60 cts. 
THYMUS, Thyme. The dwarf (Thymes) are splendid 
creeping plants, fine between flagging, for a mantle 
over a rock or for edging the border and they make 
delightful masses in nooks among rocks. The taller 
ones are nice in the border and the herb garden. Cult: 
They thrive either in sun or light shade and in poorest 
soils. PI., fall to spring. All flower in June and July. 
*Albus. Dense carpets % inch high covered with pure white 
flowers in season. 
♦Lanuginosa, the Wooly Thyme. With its soft grey foliage 
it is most attractive as a mantle or in a pocket. 
Nummularia. A very pretty almost unknown species with 
glossy deep green ovate leaves and pinkish flowers. 
♦Serpyllum coccineum. Foliage is a low carpet of small 
dark green leaves. Flowers rosy-red in great pro¬ 
fusion. 
♦Serpyllum, Purdy’s var. (right name doubtful), grows 2 
in. high, spreading rapidly to make a dense mass and 
has lavender-pink flowers in a fleecy cloud. Always 
neat, it is alike valuable to drape over a bank or rock 
to even 3 or 4 feet down or to fill a pocket. Easily kept 
in bounds by trimming. A wonderful ground cover. 
♦Lanicaulis. Entirely distinct with leaves like tiny mouse 
ears in a flat mass while the very pretty flowers which 
are 1% inch balls of soft pink are on 6 in. stems. Very 
desirable. 
♦All Creeping Thymes, 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts.; set of 5 
for $1. 
Taller Thymes. 
♦Nitida makes a very compact, tiny tree-like shrub of 
greyish-green. Flowers are lavender and it has the most 
delicious fragrance of any Thyme, which alone should 
sell it. Fine in rock garden, herb garden or border. 
Cult: Sun. Soil, any. Pl„ fall to spring. Prop. Cuttings. 
25 cts. each. Seeds, pkt. 25 cts. 
♦Vulgaris variegata. A pleasing silver variegated form of 
the familiar herb. 10 inches high and dense. 25 cts. 
each; 3 for 65 cts. 
Silcne Ingrami 
TIGRIDIA. These gorgeous flowering bulb for spring plant¬ 
ing will be offered in a Spring List which will reach you 
in January. 
TOLMEIA Menziezii. This hardy Californian plant has 
soft, green, heart-shaped leaves and creeps by under¬ 
ground runners to make broad low masses. A lovely 
foil or ground cover in the moist woodland garden. 
25 cts. each; 3 for 60 cts.; $2 per doz. 
TRADESCANTIA Virginica. Thrives in most difficult 
situations, sun or shade, producing a succession of blue 
flowers all summer on grass-like stems 18 in. high. 
25 cts. each; 3 for 60 cts. 
♦TRILLIUM R ivale. A gem for the shaded pocket. See 
page 11. 
VERONICA. Most charming plants for the border, moister 
sections of the rock garden, or in walls. They have 
dense masses of flowering stems and in spring are 
fairly smothered with flowers. Cult: Sun or light shade. 
Soil, best a good loam always moist. PL, fall to spring. 
Prop. Div. 
♦Pectinata rosea is a low carpet of wooly foliage, the flow¬ 
ers rose colored. Distinctive. 
♦Repens. Prostrate creeper with pleasing bright green fol¬ 
iage and blue or white flowers. 
♦Teucrium prostrata. Quite low, with fine blue flowers in 
May. 
♦Teucrium “Sky Blue”. 12-15 in. with airy spikes of sky-blue 
flowers, May-June. Splendid. 
All Veronicas 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
VANCOUVERIA hexandra, “Redwood Ivy” or “Mexican 
Ivy” is a woodland plant of the Western forests and 
easily the prettiest of all American woodland foliage 
plants. Perfectly hardy about Boston and plantings seen 
there have brought me floods of orders. Vancouveria 
has slender underground roots which grow laterally a 
few inches under the surface, and from these leaf clus¬ 
ter push up at intervals, in time making a dense mass 
of the glossy pinnate leaves. Cult: Shade to deep 
shade. Soil, any well drained. Pl., fall to spring. To 
plant, excavate so that roots may be laid flat and cov¬ 
ered three inches deep, of course with any leafy stepis 
erect. 15 cts each; $1.50 per doz.; $7.50 per 100. 
The above prices are postpaid to your door. 
* Indicates plants well suited to rock gardens. 
Thymus Lanuginosa ** Indicates plants suited to the rock garden only. 
Do not overlook Oregon Sunshine. A marvelous plant. 
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