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WM. BORSCH & SON, Maplewood, Oregon 
PHLOX—Continued. 
Sweetheart — Vary large flowers of a 
charming rich salmon pink shade, 
starred white at center. Med. 35c each. 
The Governor —A husky grower with large 
flowers of a purplish blue or lavender. 
Best for light shade. Tall. 35c each. 
Thor —Deep salmon pink, overlaid with a 
scarlet glow. A light halo surrounds 
the analine red eye. Tall. 25c each. 
Tigress —An outstanding Phlox, with huge 
trusses of orange scarlet flowers in pyr¬ 
amids built up by long branched laterals, 
giving an unusually long period of bloom. 
Tall. 35c each. 
Tournoi —A new shade in mauve, one 
which does best in a light shade. 35c ea. 
Unique —Large panicles of deep lilac flow¬ 
ers. In our opinion the best of its color. 
Demand continues to be greater then 
the supply. Tall. 50c each. 
Wm. Watson —Very large flowers of soft 
pink with carmine eye. Med. 35c each. 
Collection No. 1—Collection No. 2— 
Beacon 
Border Gem 
Charming 
Count Zeppelin 
Mia Buys 
Morgenrood 
Painted Lady 
Prof. Schlieman 
Daily Sketch 
. Eugene Danzanvilliers 
Feuerbrand 
Jules Sandeau 
Septemberschnee 
Special French 
Spatrot 
Thor 
Collection No. 3 
Elizabeth Campbell 
Geo. Stipp 
Hauptman Koehl 
Leo. Schlagater 
Mrs. Ethel Prichard 
Mrs. Jenkins 
Rheinlander 
The Governor 
Each collection worth $2.40. Your choice 
of any one for $2.00; any two, value 
$4.60, for $3.80, and all three, value 
$6.90, for $5.50. The above are all first 
grade varieties and plants, and not culls. 
We reserve the right to substitute in 
case short in any variety, but will send 
two plants for each one substituted. For 
two or more collections we will add one 
plane of any 75c Hemerocallis, your 
choice. 
See page 1 for postage. 
PHYSALIS franchetti —Chinese Lantern or 
Winter Cherry. 25c each, 
franchetti gigantea —The large fruits are 
encased in brilliant orange-scarlet Chi¬ 
nese lantern-like calyces, 6 to 8 inches 
in circumference. 50c each. 
* Alpines or Rock plants. 
PHYTEUMA *comosum —A very rare spe¬ 
cies from the Dolomites. Jagged leaves 
and stemless heads of curiously-beaked 
flowers of mauve-blue, with darker tips. 
Will thrive in any deep soil of rich limy 
loam on the rockwork, perfectly 
drained. 3 inches. Only a few plants to 
spare. $4.00 each. 
*scheuchzeri —A rare rock-loving plant, re¬ 
quiring full sun, in well-drained posi¬ 
tion, with soil composed of stone chips 
or gravel and some leaf-mold and silt 
or good loam. Deep violet blue flowers 
in rounded heads on slender stems, 8 to 
12 inches long, from May to July. 50c 
each. 
PLATYCODON grandiflora —(Balloon Flow¬ 
er) Allied to the Campanula and form 
neat, branched bushes of upright habit, 
with large showy, blue flowers, from 
June to Aug. 2 to 3 ft. 25c each. 
grandiflora fl. pi. —Double flowering form 
of the preceding, the flowers resembling 
a six-point star. Two year old plants, 
50c each. 
Maries — A compact dwarf species with 
violet-blue flowers on 12 to 15 inch stems. 
25c each. 
POLEMONI U M carneum —A native with fine 
foliage of fern-like leaves and graceful 
stems carrying the large flowers, vary¬ 
ing from cream and flesh color to rich 
rose in fading. 10 to 15 inches high, from 
June to Sept., and prefers partial shade, 
in a good garden loam. 35c each. 
*pulcherrima —Very finely dissected grey¬ 
ish foliage and small, open bells of pale 
China-blue with more or less distinct 
yellow to orange eyes. Requires well- 
drained, cool soil and light shade. 6 
inches. 35c each. 
♦reptans —Dwarf, bushy plant with showy 
blue flowers on 12 inch stems. 25c each. 
POLYGALA *amara — From Great Britain, 
making neat mats with blue flowers on 
4 to 6 inch stems. Very rare. 50c each. 
♦calcarea — A charming plant, evergreen, 
densely tufted, with deep blue flowers 
during spring and summer. 3 inches. 
50c each. 
chamaebuxus —See Shrubs, page 50. 
POLYGONATUM commutatum — Solomon’s 
Seal. For shady places in deep, rich soil, 
with some water in summer. Three to 
five feet high, with leaves 3 to 4 inches 
wide and up to 6 inches long. White 
flowers followed by dark blue or black 
berries. 35c each. 
