A. Corsica. Tufts of short bright grassy foliage and heads of translu¬ 
cent ruby flowers. 2^c. 
Statice minima. Small rosettes of dark blue-green leaves; stiff stems of 
4 in. with many small purple flowers. Late summer. 35c. 
POLEMONIACEAE 
4* Phlox adsurgens. One of the most beautiful; creeping branches with 
wide smooth leaves; innumerable flowers % in. across, shell pink. In 
the wild this plant grows in deep cool mold in the shade of trees or 
exposed on sunny ledges, but with water percolating at its roots. 50c. 
P. sublata Apple Blossom. Narrow foliage and shell-pink flowers. 25c. 
P. s. Blue Hills. Dark leaves; mauve-blue flowers. 25c. 
P. s. Cam I a. Large, flesh-pink flowers; very free-flowering; approaching 
the beauty of P. adsurgens and perfectly easy. Small plants 35c. 
P. s. C. alba. A beautiful white form. 40c. 
P. s. Vivid. Very compact and floriferous; medium-size clear rose-pink 
flowers. 35c. 
P. s. Sensation. New hybrid; rather upright with bright crimson flow¬ 
ers. 35c. 
Polemonium elegans. 10 in. Pinnately divided leaves of gray-green 
from which rise sprays of china-blue flowers with yellow eyes. 25c. 
P. parvifolium. 6 in. Similar but with less congested leaves. 25c. 
POLYGALACEAE 
Polygala calcarea. Ground-covering plant with thin evergreen leaves and 
small gentian-blue flowers through May and June. Ireland. 50c. 
P. chamebuxus. Thick round leaves; yellow and buff pea-like flowers. 50c. 
P. Vayredae. 3 in. Upright branches of 3 in. on underground stems; 
small narrow leaves; dark crimson flowers. All three species like a 
little shade and cool soil. 60c. 
POLYGONACEAE 
Polygonum vaccinifolium. Avery attractive prostrate bush; slender rusty 
branches with roundish almost evergreen leaves; spikes of rosy flow¬ 
ers from Aug. till frost. 50c. 
POLYPODIACEAE 
Asplenium trichomanes. Maidenhair spleenwort; 6 in. tufts of ebony 
stems mounted with small round leaves on both sides; almost ever¬ 
green; cool leaf mold; one of the best small ferns and one of the 
easiest. 50c. 
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