BETTER PLANTS FOR NEW ENGLAND 
PERENNIALS 31 
Primula, Lavender Beauty. A beautiful 
new double form with orchid-lavender 
flowers. 
Polyantha. An extra-fine strain, edged 
and laced with many beautiful combina¬ 
tions of color. 
Veris. This strain includes a wide range of 
yellow and red shades. 
PULMONAJRIA saccharata. * Lungwort 
A dwarf plant 1 foot high, with silvery 
spotted foliage. Similar to Mertensia, 
with pink flowers in early spring. 
PYRETHRUM. Painted Daisy 
Roseum. Daisy-like flowers in various 
shades of pink, crimson, and white on 
2-foot stems in May and June. 
Uliginosum. Exceptionally large, daisy¬ 
like, white flowers from July to Sept. 
3 ft. 
RUDBECKIA purpurea. 
Purple Coneflower 
Peculiar reddish purple flowers, with 
a very large, brown, cone-shaped center. 
Blooms from July to Oct. 3 ft. 
SALVIA pitcheri. Meadow Sage 
An improved variety having slender 
spikes of pale blue flowers in great abun¬ 
dance during Aug. and Sept. 3 ft. 
SANTOLINA chamaecyparissus. -¥• 
Lavender Cotton 
A sweet-smelling, dwarf evergreen 
perennial with delicate, silvery white 
foliage. Small, yellow, button-like flow¬ 
ers in June and July. 
SAPONARIA ocymoides. -¥■ Soapwort 
A broad, spreading plant, 10 to 12 
inches tall, studded all over with bright 
pink flowers in May and June. Vigorous 
growing. 
SCABIOSA caucasica. Blue Bonnet 
Beautiful, soft lavender-blue flowers, 
2 inches in diameter, on 2-foot stems. 
Very fine cut-flower, blooming from 
June to Sept. 
Primula polyantha 
SEDUM. * Stonecrop 
Mostly dwarf, creeping plants, form¬ 
ing green carpets for the rock-garden. 
Easy of culture and usually prefer a 
sandy soil; very adverse to a wet posi¬ 
tion in winter. 
Acre. Low-spreading ground-cover, com¬ 
pletely obscured by a mass of yellow 
flowers during late May and June. 
Album. Thick, waxy foliage with pure 
white flowers in May. 
Hispanicum. Neat, dwarf species with 
pink flowers. 
Kamtschaticum. Succulent, bright green 
foliage. Yellow flowers in July and Aug. 
6 to 9 in. 
Murale. Graceful, dwarf plant with dark 
green foliage. White flowers with pink 
centers. 
Rudbeckia purpurea 
Sedum sarmentosum. A rapid-growing 
variety with flat, bright green leaves. 
Bright yellow flowers in flat clusters. 
Should not be allowed to encroach on 
choice plants. 
Sexangulare. Very similar to Acre but 
darker green foliage. Vivid yellow 
flowers. 
Sieboldi. An exquisite gray-leaved plant, 
6 to 8 inches high. Flat heads of starry, 
brilliant pink flowers in Sept, and Oct. 
The loveliest of all Sedums. 
Spectabilis, Brilliant. Broad, fleshy, light 
green foliage. Grows 13^ feet tall and 
very showy in late summer. Broad, flat 
heads of amaranth-red flowers. 
SEMPERVIVUM. * Houseleek 
Very interesting alpine plants, much 
used for carpet bedding and rockwork, 
having fleshy rosettes of leaves from 
which are sent up the flower stocks. 
Suitable for dry, sunny locations. 
Alberti. Bright red flowers. 8 in. 
Arachnoideum. Its rosettes of leaves re¬ 
mind one of spider-webs. Flowers are 
pale purple. 
Globiferum. Very neat habit, growing 6 to 
9 inches tall. Flowers pale yellow. 
Tectorum. Rosettes of grayish green foli¬ 
age. Flowers pale pink, on 9-inch stems. 
Sedum hiepanicum 
SHASTA DAISY. Chrysanthemum, Alaska 
Handsome, large, daisy-like, white 
flowers with golden centers, blooming 
all summer. 2 ft. 
STATICE latifolia. Sea Lavender 
A graceful plant with large, spreading 
panicles of lacy lavender-blue flowers, 
which rise from a rosette of large, glossy, 
leathery leaves. The flowers may be 
dried for winter decoration. 
STOKESIA cyanea. Cornflower Aster 
Deep lavender-blue flowers, 4 inches 
across, that remind you of scabiosa. 
Blooms July and Aug. on 2-foot stems. 
Very free bloomer and easy of culture. 
SWEET WILLIAM. Sweet William 
About the middle of May this pro¬ 
duces a riot of color. Broad, flat heads 
of assorted colors. One of grandmother’s 
old favorites. A biennial. 
THERMOPSIS caroliniana. 
Carolina Lupin 
Yellow pea-like flowers that remind 
you of lupins. Blooms June and July. 
2 ft. 
THYMUS. * Thyme 
The creeping Thymes are fine rock- 
garden plants. 
Lanuginosus. Gray, woolly foliage, that 
hugs the rocks like a silver carpet. Its 
tiny pink flowers make a pleasing 
contrast. 
Serpyllum. Growing 10 inches high, it 
spreads rapidly and has very fragrant 
foliage. 
Serpyllum album. Dark green foliage and 
clouds of white flowers. 
Serpyllum coccineum. Similar to the pre¬ 
ceding, with brilliant scarlet flowers. 
TRADESCANTIA virginica. • Spiderwort 
This variety will grow under the most 
trying conditions. Produces a succession 
of blue flowers all summer on 13 ' 6 -foot 
stems. 
TRITOM A Pfitzeri. Red - Hot- Poker 
Grass-like foliage from which rise, in 
Aug., strong stems 3 feet high with blaz¬ 
ing blooms of rich orange-scarlet. This 
variety needs winter protection. 
