RARE PERENNIALS, ALPINE PLANTS 
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INDEX 
Alpine and Border Perennials.Page 3 
Dwarf Trees and Shrubs.Page 44 
Dwarf Conifers.Page 53 
Hardy Bulbs, Tubers and Conns.Page 54 
HARDY ALPINE and BORDER PERENNIALS. 
GENERAL LIST 
We grow many other varieties of alpines and perennials not listed below, and 
also have on file in our office information regarding source of supply for many 
others. Please send us your list of wants. 
* Indicates alpines or rock plants. 
ACHILLEA —For dry, sunny places. 
♦argentea —Mounds of silvery white, with 
white flowers. 4 in. Summer. 25c each. 
♦aurea — Mounds of grey, downy foliage 
with flat umbels of golden flowers on 6 
inch stems. All summer. 25c each. 
♦Campbells Sulphur —Something new. Grey 
foliage and sulphur yellow flowers. 15 
inches. 25c each. 
ACONITUM — (Monkshood) Suitable for 
shady places, preferring very rich soil. 
anthora — Pale yellow flowers on 3 ft. 
stems. June and' July. 50c each. 
fischeri —Pale blue flowers on 2 ft. stems 
during Sept, and Oct. 25c each. 
napellus bicolor —One of the most beauti¬ 
ful of the Monkshoods. Clear white and 
blue flowers on 3 to 4 ft. stems during 
July and August. 35c each. 
napellus Spark’s Variety —Glistening violet 
blue flowers on 4 to 6 ft. stems during 
July and August. 25c each. 
wilsoni —Lrarge violet or dark blue flowers 
on 6 to 8 ft. stems from Sept, to Nov. 
25c each. 
ACTINEA *herbacea —Bright yellow Daisy¬ 
like flowers on 8 inch stems. Prefers a 
stony soil, with full sun. Likes some 
lime. Rare. 25c each. 
We will be able to help you. 
ADENOPHORA *potanini — Pale blue, bell¬ 
shaped flowers in elegant slender spikes. 
Comes from Turkestan and worthy of a 
place in alpine garden. 50c each. 
AETHIONEMA —A very valuable family of 
plants for the alpine garden, especially 
for dry, hot situations. Given a chance 
to root deeply they will bloom profusely 
and in two years make decidedly orna¬ 
mental shrublets. Full sun, in any loose 
soil, fairly rich in leaf mold. Their flow¬ 
ering period is from May to July. 
♦coridifolium — Makes a many stemmed 
bushling, the twigs thick-set with short, 
oblong blue-grey leaves, and covered 
with large pink flowers. 6 to 8 inches. 
50c each. 
♦grandiflorum —Forms a loose bush of 12 
inches or more, with long, blunt blue- 
grey leaves. The flo ver spikes are loose 
and lovely, the flowers being pink and 
the largest of the race. The true plant is 
very rare. 50c each. 
♦Warley Rose —Makes compact bushlets, 4 
to 6 inches high, covered with bright rose 
pink flowers, resembling a miniature 
Daphne cneorum. 50c each. 
AJUGA metallica crispa— A rare form, very 
compact, with crinkly leaves of a deep 
green color, shaded with a metallic hue. 
For a moist, shaded spot. 40c each. 
