WE SALUTE THE GARDEN LOVERS OF AMERICA 
In this guide to plants and shrubs of the rich Upper Columbia region you may quickly 
learn the ornamental qualities and culture of some of the rarest and choicest Alpines 
for the rock garden, perennials that rank with the finest for floral display and cutting, 
and flowering shrubs and broadleaf evergreens that are a contribution to the choice 
hardy ornamentals of the world. Nowhere else is there such abundance of beautiful 
flowers and hardy shrubs. Yet many of them are hardly known east of the Rocky 
Mountains. In this interior region of exposed mountain slopes, old lava beds and deep 
canyons, the plant life is varied and wonderfully resistant to cold and drouth, made so 
by severe winter cold 20 to 30 degrees below zero and hot dry summers with very little 
rainfall. 
Here is a carefully chosen selection suitable for complete landscaping of home and 
garden. There are lovely flowers with restful shades of blue, warm tints of red, and 
bright yellows to give garden harmony from earliest spring all through the summer. 
Thornless flowering shrubs with handsome foliage, showy flowers and fruit provide 
a fitting framework for background and border. And broadleaf evergreens in winter 
dress round out the all-year pattern with color until early flowers usher in the springtime. 
This selection is the result of many days of tramping wdth knapsack over rough 
remote country to search out these treasures, and of much work and study to produce 
well-grown stock that we can recommend for your garden. Not a plant is offered until 
it has stood the threefold test of beauty, hardiness, and easy culture. All are hardy 
throughout the U. S. Their culture is as simple as that of common garden flowers. And 
they have a distinctive charm and beauty all their owm. They ha ye&b een shipped and 
planted with success in New England, California, Georgia, Texas and^^^ny nearer states. 
We invite your special interest to the very early spring flow^ers for fall planting, the 
Lewisias, and the Pentstemons. Of the flowering shrubs the Ocean Spray shown on page 
7 has outstanding beauty. The new Mountain Boxwood and the Hollygrape shown 
on page 9, with the Western Bearben-y on page 6, form a group of evergreens 
for clipped hedge, border and groiund-cover that rank with the finest ornamentals. 
Over forty of our fine natives, including the Official Flowers of three states, may now be 
enjoyed in your own garden. You will quickly find their time of bloom and uses in the 
flowering guide on page 4. 
A CHALLENGE TO GARDEN CLUB MEMBERS: 
Will you accept this Bulletin as a friendly visitor seeking to extend the beauty of these 
fine plants to the homes of your community. We seek a clientele of friends who enjoy 
the new and lovely and little-known things that are unheeded by the crowd. Y(m can 
help by bringing them to your friends’ attention, and by giving us addresses of persons 
likely to be interested. 
To enable gardening groups to obtain these plants at low cost, orders for several 
persons may be combined in a single shipment to one address, at the low quantity prices 
stated for 10, 25 or 100 of a kind, to be divided on arrival. This is a thrifty way to 
get a liberal supply at low expense, and to foster beauty in your community. 
Box 270, C. E. ARTMAN 
Spokane, Washington. 
NATIVE GARDENS OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON 
Bulletin 4 
Third Year 
Fall 1938 - Spring 1939 
