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UPTON GARDENS 
ARAGALLUS (Oxytropis), Rocky Mountain Loco. Deep, well-drained 
friable soil. 
lambertii. Bright rosy purple; silky silvery foliage. S inches. 
splendens. Large soft heads in pastel shades; pinnate silver foliage. 
10 inches. 
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS uva ursi, Kinnikinnik. A splendid evergreen 
ground cover, neat shiny leaves, scarlet berries. Balled and bur- 
lapped, $1.00 each; 3-inch pots, $3.00 per 10. 
ARENARIA, Sandwort. Sandy soil. 
aequicaulis. Tiny white stars rising above loose moss-like foliage. 
macrantha. Like A. sajanensis, but looser and taller. Large white 
stars. Plants only; seed sometimes available. 
sajanensis. Close green moss-like carpet dotted with clear white stars. 
ARGEMONE, Prickly Poppy. Full sun, neutral soil, probably resents 
acid. 
intermedia (platyceras). Large clear white poppy flowers with a 
generous centerpiece of yellow stamens; ornamental glaucous 
foliage. IS inches. Treat as an annual. Seed only. 
ARTEMISIA, Mountain Sage. Dry sunny situations. 
frigida. Finely cut silver foliage, fragrant; unusually good as a 
neat shorn border. 
pedatifida, Birdfoot Sage. Diminutive, caespitose, silver foliage. 
Plants only. 
ASCLEPIAS, Butterfly Plant. Dry sunny situations. 
pumila. Heads of small white flowers on six-inch stems, elbowing 
their way out of needle-like foliage. An attractive thing, easy 
to grow. 
tuberosa. Flat heads of bright orange on stiff erect stems. Good as 
a cut flower. iy 2 to 2 ft. 
ASTER. Well-drained soil, sun. 
canbyi. An aster which really is clear pink, no lavender or magenta. 
12 to IS inches. Seed crop variable. 
laevis (subalpinus). Lavender blue. Erect habit, 1 to 2 ft. 
porteri. Small white flowers along arching stems. A delicate, lovely 
thing for the perennial garden or large rock garden. 1 V 2 to 3 ft. 
ASTRAGALUS, Vetch. Plants difficult, seed more successful. Requires 
well-drained friable humus soil. 
aculeatus. A soft close cushion of miniature-lupin foliage and 
lavender flowers. Alpine. 
drummondii. White flowered, feathery looking plant. 1 % ft. 
BERBERIS. Any well-drained soil. 
repens (aquifolium), Colorado Holly. An excellent dwarf evergreen 
mahonia. Yellow flowers, blue berries. Neat ground cover, spreads 
by underground runners. Plants 75c each. Rooted cuttings $2.00 
per dozen. 
BOSSEKIA (Rubus). 
deliciosa, Thimbleberry. Garlands of clear white wild-rose flowers on 
arching branches. Good foliage. A most attractive and valuable 
hardy shrub ; 4 to 6 ft. Easy to grow. $1.00 each, $7.5(0 per dozen. 
Keep crowns of alpines from winter wetness. 
