HARDY BORDER OR ROCK GARDEN 
So many of the choicer hardy species, not all of them, of 
course, need late autumn sowing to give them the right start. 
Here is a selection of such, mostly a bit on the unusual 
side, chosen for those who seek a wider range of expression 
in their gardens. 
DICENTRA CHRYSANTHA—The Great Golden Bleeding- 
heart, Close clusters built of many upfacing little golden 
hearts, sway on tall stems. One single plant at our Old 
Orchard Gardens this past summer was three feet across 
and six feet tall. Most decorative silvery foliage. A truly 
spectacular species. Pkt. 15c. 
PARADISEA LILIASTRUM—Paradise Lily. Starry trum¬ 
pets of purest whiteness. Gets bigger and finer year by 
year. One should grow great banks of it. Pkt. 15c. 
SPHAERALCEA MUNROANA—Flowers of glorious flame 
copper cairied in many loose spikes. Thrives in heat and 
drought. Pkt. 25c. 
TRAILING ARBUTUS—Epigaea repens. Prettiest, and al¬ 
most rarest flower of early spring, pink-and-white, like 
fallen apple-blossoms. Deliciously perfumed. A bit slow 
in germinating. Have patience. Pkt. 25c. 
NUTTALLIA DECAPETALA—Evening Lily. Ivory-white 
blossoms of great size for many months. A spectacular 
border beauty. Pkt. 15c. 
POLEMONIUM CARNEUM—Lovely sprays of wide bells 
that may be apricot-tinted cream, salmon pink, or even 
cherry rose. A charming species. Pkt. 15c. 
GENTIANA PORPHYRIO—Ragged flowers of richest ul¬ 
tramarine, up-facing. No lovelier Gentian than this. Long- 
lived, but will not neighbor with lime. Autumn blooming. 
Pkt. 20c. 
RUELLIA CILIOSA—Long-tubed blossoms of silky laven¬ 
der, like widely flaring trumpets. Blooms right through 
summer heat, thrives in sun and drought, and is fully 
winter-hardy. Pkt. 15c ; % oz. 40c. 
LEWISIA BLEND—^Many-petalled blossoms of cup form, 
like feathery Water Lilies, pink to apricot, above rosettes 
of succulent foliage that may be crisped, undulate, bronze- 
tinted. Pkt. 15c. 
MECONOPSIS BLEND—The exquisite Blue Poppies of the 
Orient, with petals like diaphanous silk; but some of them 
will be white, lemon or rose. Not easy, but surely worth 
attempting. Pkt. 15c. 
PENSTEMON BLEND—The Penstemons cover wonderful 
color range, are long and brilliantly showy, mostly of full 
hardiness, cut well, and bloom over a long season. Alto¬ 
gether we believe that there is no better group of hardy 
perennial flowering plants in existence. Germinates well 
when seed is sown in open ground seed-beds in late au¬ 
tumn or early winter. More than forty kinds in mixture. 
Pkt., 15c; % oz., 35c; % oz., 65c; 1 oz., $2.00. 
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