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QUERCUS gambellii, Scrub Oak. A shrubby tree, growing in interest¬ 
ing groups. Rough gray bark; shiny leaves brilliant in autumn. 
Plants 75c each; seedlings $2.00 dozen. 
RANUNCULUS, Buttercup. 
acriformis. Many flowered, yellow. Subalpine meadows. 8 inches. 
eximius. Snow Buttercup. Large yellow overlapping petals, a surprise 
at the edge of snow banks. Deeply cut foliage. Plants only; seed 
sometimes available. 
macauleyi. Yellow petals slightly toothed. Spatulate bright green 
leaves also toothed. Scarce. 
RHUS trilobata. Squaw Bush. Fuzzy red berries; diffusely branched 
shrub, good on bleak hillsides. Young plants 75c each, $7.50 
per dozen. 
RIBES cereum. Squaw Currant. Rounded clumps, much branched. 2 ft. 
Plants 75c. 
ROSA woodsii. Rocky Mountain Rose. Many flowered, warm pink, fra¬ 
grant. Ornamental bright red hips; leaves turn deep red late 
autumn. 
RUBl’S, see Bossekia, page 4. 
RUDBECKIA hirta, Black-eyed Susan. Velvety brown buttons fringed 
with yellow rays. 
RUMEX venosus, Rosy Dock. Puffy begonia-rose bracts; oblong leaves 
from running rootstocks. Dry sunny places. 
RYDBERGIA grandiflora, Little Old Man of the Mountains. Large 
yellow daisy flowers, short shaggy-haired stems and downy leaves. 
An impish fellow; alpine, impermanent. 
SAMBUCUS, Elder. 
microbotrys (racemosa), Red Berried Elder. Clusters of scarlet ber¬ 
ries. A good compact shrub. 3 ft. Plants $1.00 each, $7.50 per 
dozen. 
SALIX, Willow. Moist soil. 
chlorophylla. Semi-dwarf, broad leaves, bright brown twigs. Plants 
only. 
glaucops. Gray-green foliage. Alpine, 1 to 3 ft. 
saximontana (reticulata). Patches of new-leather leaves; flat creeping, 
alpine. An excellent shrub for the rock garden. 
SAXIFRAGA, Saxifrage. Gravel and rocks. 
arguta (punctata), Brook Saxifrage. Dainty white flowers on tall 
slender stems, notched round leaves. 
austromontana. Dotted Saxifrage. Profuse small white flowers spotted 
with red on 3-inch stems from prickly dense rosettes. A good 
rock garden standby. 
chrysantha. Golden Alpine Saxifrage. Myriads of tiny clear yellow 
cups enclosing orange anthers, from carpets of snug miniature 
rosettes, bright green. Doubly precious, after other high alpines 
are over. 2 inches. 
flagellaris. Fewer yellow flowers; leafy stem and red tipped rosettes 
outlined with short bristles; stoloniferous. 3 inches. Alpine, rare. 
nivalis, Snowball Saxifrage. Close white heads on the thickish stems, 
flat leathery leaves. 
SCUTELLARIA brittonii. A cute little blue skullcap. 
SEBUM, Stonecrop. 
integrifolia (rhodiola), King’s Crown. Flat dense heads of bright 
crimson; excellent foliage. 6 inches. 
rhodanthum, Queen’s Crown. Racemes of pink flowers. Similar to 
S. integrifolia, but taller; likes stream sides. 10 inches. 
stenopetalum. Tawny yellow flowers from tidy tufts of succulent 
glabrous leaves. 3 inches. 
