Ophiopogon Jaburan Variegatus 
Polemonium Richardsoni 
Primula Bulleyana 
PHYSOSTEGIA - False Dragonhead 
Handsome plants for the sunny border or the wild garden, of easy culture. 
The flowers are borne in terminal spikes or branching racemes from 
July to September. 
Culture. Grow in good, ordinary soil in groups in sunny borders. Plant 
in autumn or spring, 12 inches apart, and divide and replant every 
second year, as the roots are of spreading habit. 
Virginica Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
Forms large clumps 3 to 4 feet high, bearing long spikes of delicate pink 
flowers in July and August. 
Virginica alba Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
Pure white. _ 
Virginica, Vivid Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
This is a new dwarf variety about 20 inches high, and a great improve¬ 
ment over the first two mentioned. It blooms three weeks later than the 
others, the flowers are a deeper pink; much larger and better, lasting a 
long time when cut. 
Summer Glow Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
Towering stems often exceeding 4 feet, terminating in colorful spikes 
18 inches in length; similar to the parent, "Gigantea," but of a rosy 
crimson color that is altogether attractive and far more effective. 
A splendid background or cut-flower variety. It will supersede the older 
kind. Height 4 feet. In full flower mid-August. 
Rosy Spire Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
Similar to the above but a shade deeper in color. Somewhat more com¬ 
pact in its inflorescence. It resembles the rosy crimson parent, "Vivid," 
but attains a height of 3 to 3'/2 feet and is decidedly colorful in mid- 
September 
PHYTEUMA 
Phyteuma are closely related to the Campanula and are used in borders 
and rock gardens freely in Europe. Here they are only slightly known. 
Most all are shades of blue. 
Culture. They thrive in ordinary garden soil in border or rock garden 
and withstand hot and dry weather unusually well. Plant in spring or fall, 
eight inches apart. 
Scheuchzeri Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
(Horned Rampion). A delightful Campanula-like plant with dark green, 
leathery, small heart-shaped leaves. Its dark blue bulbous flowers are 
most attractive, growing about 15 to 18 inches tall. A fine, unusual 
border plant. 
PINKS (Hardy Garden, see Dianthus). 
PLATYCODON - Chinese Bellflower 
Very satisfactory hardy plants for the sunny border. It has broad, blue 
or white, bell-shaped flowers all summer and is therefore a very fine 
garden plant. 
Culture. Must be grown in a light, more or less sandy soil, in a well 
drained, sunny border. If the border is slightly elevated so much the 
better. Plant in early spring or fall, 8 inches apart. Disturb as little as 
possible. 
Grandiflora Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
Large, showy, deep blue flowers on 20-inch spikes are produced all sum¬ 
mer. A splendid plant for the hardy border. 
Grandiflora alba Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
White-flowered form of the above. 
♦Mariesi Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
A beautiful dwarf species, with broad, thick foliage and large, deep 
violet-blue flowers on 12-inch stems in great profusion throughout the 
entire summer. Plant in front of the border or in the rock garden. 
*Mariesi alba Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
White-flowered form of the above. 
PLUMBAGO - Leadwort 
Lovely low-growing plants with leathery, small, heart-shaped leaves of 
bronzy green color. The flowers are a deep peacock-blue borne in small 
clusters just above the foliage. 
Culture. They require a sandy loam which is well drained and not too 
rich. Do well in the rock garden in full sun or light shade. May be used 
also as an edging to beds or garden paths. Plant in fall or spring, 6 to 8 
inches apart; cover lightly during winter in exposed places. 
♦Larpentae Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
One of the most desirable border and rock plants. It is of dwarf spread¬ 
ing habit, growing 6 to 8 inches high, covered with brilliant blue flowers 
during late summer and fall. 
POLEMONIUM - Jacob’s Ladder or Greek Valerian 
Free flowering, hardy perennials. They have graceful pinnate leaves, and 
bear their flowers in loose heads. Showy plants for a sunny place in the 
border. 
Culture. They require a light, well drained, ordinary soil and a sunny 
position. Best grown in groups of six or more. Not adapted for damp or 
heavy soils. Reptans does well in a shady location under trees. Plant in 
autumn or early spring about a foot apart. Divide and replant every 
third year. 
Blue Pearl Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
The lovely and clear baby-blue flowers are freely produced in April and 
May. Does well in sun or shade. Foliage very ornamental throughout 
entire summer. Height 8 inches. 
Richardsoni album Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
A white variety of coeruleum. 
Richardsoni coeruleum Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
Erect stems of sky-blue flowers. 1 to 1 V 2 feet in June and July. A very 
fine plant in the sunny border. 
*Reptans Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Dwarf, bushy plant of graceful growth. Showy blue flowers, 6 inches 
high in early spring. Should be used in the rock garden and border, in 
shady places; foliage very good all summer. 
POLYGONATUM - Solomon’s Seal 
Popular and easily grown herbaceous plants, producing arching stems 
furnished with narrow leaves on each side, and from the axils of which 
drooping flowers are produced. Excellent plants for shady borders. 
Culture. They will thrive in any ordinary good soil containing plenty of 
humus or vegetable matter. May be grown under the shade of deciduous 
trees, in the shady border, or naturalized in woodland gardens. Plant 
in autumn or early spring, 6 inches apart. 
Multiflorum major Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Pendent sprays of white flowers borne on long. 2-foot stems in May, 
followed in autumn with black or purple berries. A grand plant for a 
shady position, where it has plenty of room to show its pendulous sprays 
of bells. 
POTENTILLA - Cinquefoil 
Perennials for culture in sunny borders, and are most useful for cutting. 
They have strawberry-like leaves and showy, single or double flowers of 
varying rich shades of color. 
Culture. They should be grown in light, ordinary or sandy soil and on the 
margins of sunny borders. Heavy, damp soils are not suitable. Plant in 
autumn or spring, 12 inches apart. They must have a full sunny position. 
When the plants get overcrowded, divide and replant in spring. 
Warrensi Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
A lovely new plant for the sunny hardy border, offered for the first time. 
Reaches a height of about two feet and is covered with large, pure yellow 
blossoms all summer long. Suitable for cutting. 
: ‘ : Mixed Colors of Double Varieties Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
This mixture contains various shades of orange and coppery red; they 
are especially suited for in front of sunny borders or for bold masses in 
the rock wall or rock garden. 
PULMONARIA - Lungwort 
A perennial noteworthy for hardiness of growth, freedom in flowering, 
and for its adaptability for growing in shady borders or rock gardens. 
The plants have rough foliage sometimes speckled with white, and blue 
or reddish flowers borne in racemes. 
Culture. Grow in ordinary soil in groups in the shady, mixed border, in 
masses under the shade of deciduous trees, or in the rock garden. Plant 
10 inches apart in autumn or early spring. 
Angustifolia coerulea Three $1.75, Doz. $5.00, 100 $35.00 
Same habit as Saccharata but the flowers are blue, the foliage dark 
green; does not have the silvery spots as the former. 
*Saccharata Three $1.75, Doz. $5.00, 100 $35.00 
A lovely early spring flower not unlike Mertensia, with pink flowers and 
when through blooming the plant has beautiful silvery spotted foliage. 
12 to 14 inches high. 
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