PRAIRIE GEM RANCH 
Fresh Seed, Harvested in 1940, from Native Plants 
of the High Plains, Badlands and Black Hills 
Valuable and rare kinds are to be found in this 
list. Descriptions may be had in our catalog of na¬ 
tive plants or if not there listed descriptions may be 
requested. The Great Plains are rich in herbaceous 
perennials, the sort best adapted to thrive under one 
of the most extreme and variable climates of our 
continent. It is nature’s way to scatter the seeds 
variously from ripening time until abundant spring 
moisture brings final softening and disintegration 
of some of the tougher seed vessels, indicating fall 
or very early spring planting. 
At 25c the packet, except as noted: 
Actinea (Tetraneuris) simplex 
Agastache anethiodora, tall, fragrant 
Allium nuttalli 
Allium textile (10c) 
Aquilegia brevistyla 
Aquilegia latiuscula, like canadensis 
Argemone intermedia (10c) 
Artemisia frigida, fragrant 
Artemisia longifolia, fragrant 
Asclepias arenaria 
Aster kumleini Prairie Gem Blue 
Aster kumleini rose pink (15c) 
Aster meritus 
Astragalus goniatus 
Astragalus crassicarpus 
Campanula petiolata 
Chrysopsis villosa, select 
Clematis (Vioma) tenuiloba (50c) 
Coryphantha vivipara (ball Cactus) 
Crepis occidentalis 
Dodecatheon pauciflorum 
Echinacea angustifolia (10c) 
Erigeron caespitosus 
Erigeron commixtus 
Erigeron flagellaris 
Erigeron salsuginosus 
Erigeron subtrinervis 
Gutierrezia sarothrae 
Hedeoma campora, fragrant 
Homalobus caespitosus (35c) 
Ipomoea leptophylla (15c) 
Iris missouriensis 
Lathyrus incanus 
Lepachys columnifera (10c) 
Lesquerella spatulata (35c) 
Liatris ligulistylis (10c) 
Liatris punctata (10c) 
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia (annual) (10c) 
Machaeranthera ramosa (biennial) 
Malvastrum coccineum 
Mirabilis multiflora 
Monarda menthaefolia, fragrant (15c) 
Oenothera (Pachylophus) caespitosus 
Oenothera (Galpinsia) lavandulaefolia 
Oenothera (Meriolix) serrulata large fid. (50c) 
Oenothera (Meriolix) serrulata, common 
Opuntia fragilis (15c) 
Opuntia fragilis, rare, round sections f50c) 
Opuntia humifusa 
Opuntia polyacantha (10c) 
Opuntia tortispina 
Oreocarya cana (50c) 
Oxytropis sericea 
Pentstemon angustifolius (10c) 
Pentstemon brandegei 
Pentstemon coboea 
Pentstemon eriantherus 
Pentstemon glaber (5c) 
Pentstemon grandiflorus (5c) 
Pentstemon jamesi 
Pentstemon lavendulus 
Pentstemon nitidus 
Pentstemon secundiflorus 
Petalostemon purpureus 
Petalostemon villosus 
Psoralea cuspidata 
Scutellaria resinosa 
Phlox alyssifolia (15c) 
Phlox andicola white, type 
Phlox andicola lavender 
Phlox bifida 
Phlox hoodi 
Phlox scleranthifolia, select (35c) 
Senecio purshianus 
Sideranthus spinulosus (15c) 
Sisyrinchium angustifolum 
Stenotus armerioides 
Thalictrum venuloeum 
Townsendia exscapa 
Townsendia sericea 
Verbena bipinnatifida (15c) 
Viola nuttalli 
Yucca glauca (15c) 
SHRUBS: (common height given) 
Amorpha canescens 20” 
Amorpha fragrans 4 to 8’ 
Artemisia filifolia 24” 
Artemisia tridentata 36” 
Cercocarpus montanus 5 to 8’ 
Ribes odoratum 40” 
Rosa blanda 24” 
Rosa, apparently natural tetraploid, very double, 
Wild Rose pink, fine 16” 
Shepherdia argentea large fruited, red 
Shepherdia argentea, yellow fruited 
ADDITIONAL HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS: 
The following kinds remain from the crop 1939, no 
new seed being harvested this year. 10c the packet, 
or less as noted. 
Anemone patens nuttalliana 
Antennaria aprica 
Antennaria obovata 
Ascelpias pumila 
Aster fluviatilis, tall (5c) 
Aster ptarmicoides (5c) 
Dalea (Parosela) enneandra 
Gilia congesta 
Leucocrinum montanum 
Machaeranthera sessiliflora 
Mertensia lanceolata 
Phacelia leucophylla 
Senecio riddelli (5c) 
Solidago mollis 
Solidago trinervata 
Townsendia grandiflora 
Address, CLAUDE A. BARR 
Prairie Gem Ranch, Smithwick, S. D. 
