POULSBO, WASHINGTON 
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Pusilla (R)—Mats of shiny green foliage cov¬ 
ered with little fairy blue bells, 3 to 4 in. 
high. Very hardy and likes full sun. One 
of the daintiest subjects for the rockery. 
25c. 
Pusilla alba (R)—Exquisite white form of 
the above. 25c. 
Rhomboidalis fl. pi. (R) — Forms a wide 
grassy mat with attractive double blue 
rosettes. 12 in. 35c. 
Rotundifolia (Blue Bells of Scotland) (R)— 
Flowers pale blue. Slender, graceful habit. 
10 in. 25c. 
Rotundifolia Mt. Olympus (R)—Similar to 
the above with flowers about twice the 
size and more open. 25c. 
Turbinata (R) — Erect cupped flowers of 
violet blue. Makes fine tufts and is very 
showy and hardy. 25c. 
Turbinata alba (R)—White form of the above. 
25c. 
CHRISTMAS ROSE (See Helleborus Niger). 
CISTUS florentinus (R) — Dainty crinkly 
foliage and large white flowers. Does best 
in poor soil and hot dry positions. 1 ft. 50c. 
CLEMATIS Montana Rubra — This lovely 
clematis is the most all-around satisfactory 
vine we have tried, exquisite in every way. 
Visitors to our garden invariably stop and 
exclaim over it. It literally covers itself 
in May with 3-in. four-petaled pink blos¬ 
soms when only a few feet high and drapes 
itself gracefully over a porch trellis or 
anything that will support it. Easily kept 
within bounds. 50c. 
DAPHNE Cneorum (R)—A low-growing ever¬ 
green shrub with garlands of deliciously 
fragrant rosy pink flowers in spring and 
fall. Indispensable for the rockery. 50c. 
FUCHSIA Riccartonii — Hardy, extremely 
graceful, grows 4 to 5 ft. in one season. 
Flowers scarlet. 35c. 
FUNKIA (See HOSTA). 
GENTIANA angustifolia (R)—The most daz¬ 
zling of all the gentians, mats of shiny 
dark green foliage studded with the most 
gorgeous bright blue deep trumpets, with 
five emerald green stripes radiating from 
the throat. A well established plant of this 
is a never-to-be-forgotten sight. $1.00. 
PARRYI (R)—Clustered heads of fine blue 
trumpet-shaped flowers. Rare and very 
fine. 4 in. Summer. 50c. 
septemfida (R)—Dense evergreen mats of 
green leaves with erect heads of sapphire- 
blue flowers, white toward center. 9 in. 
July-Oct. 50c. 
HELLEBORUS (Christmas Rose) —An an¬ 
cient legend tells that it was the only flow¬ 
er which Adam and Eve were permitted to 
take with them from the Garden of Eden. 
A later story, however, is better known and 
makes the plant a part of the Yuletide sea¬ 
son. At the hour when the Christ Child 
was born in the manger at Bethlehem, the 
mountain folks say, this blossom first 
sprang up into the light. And ever since 
that time it has been known as the Christ¬ 
mas Rose. 
But the Christmas Rose is not really a 
rose; for no rose could be happy growing 
out-of-doors in a chilly atmosphere. In 
fact, it is one of the relatives of the Hepat- 
icas and the Marshmarigolds and the 
Anemones and the Buttercups. Unlike 
them, however, it has dark, leathery foli¬ 
age that stays green the year round, and 
its waxy blossoms actually thrive with 
snow and ice round them. It seems a 
miracle of the garden. 
No one knows in whose garden the 
Christmas Rose was first planted to be a 
delight to its owners. But gradually from 
its rocky home in the mountains it was 
carried into Central and Southern Europe 
and into English gardens. To most Ameri¬ 
can gardens it is still a stranger but it 
could be grown and enjoyed much more 
than it is, for it endures the winters of 
western New York and northern Ohio. 
If the plants are dug in early fall and 
placed in pots, they will blossom at Christ¬ 
mas time, providing they are given plenty 
of light and water and rich soil. And no 
blossoms make more charming holiday 
gifts, not only because of their own beauty, 
but also for their association with the 
Christmases of long ago. 
The foregoing is an extract from the De¬ 
cember 1929 issue of Better Homes and 
Gardens, article by Hazel Hankinson. 
foetidus —A handsome and interesting win¬ 
ter blooming plant, very frost resistant. 
The tall stem is bushy with dark green 
narrow leathery palmate leaves topped by 
a large cluster of light green nodding bells 
with purple penciling near edge. Good 
deep soil and part shade. 3 ft. high. 75c. 
Three and four stalked specimen plants 
$2.50 and $3.00. 
What makes a nicer gift than a Christmas Rose? 
