Perennial Plants 
81 
Rockery and 
Varieties suitable 
Perennial Flowering Plants 
for the rockery are marked with an asterisk (*) 
Orders for Rockery and Perennial Plants amounting 
to $2.00 and over are prepaid within the third zone. 
Add 25c to cover postage and handling charges on 
orders for less than $2.00. 
ACHILLEA —Milfoil or Yarrow 
Plants suitable for dry, sunny places; bloom all summer. 
FILIPENDULINA—Flat heads of brilliant yellow flowers; 
finely cut foliage. 4 feet. Clumps. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c; 
doz., $2.00. 
ROSEUM—Flowers deep rose colored in dense heads 18 
inches high. Clumps. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c; doz., $2.00. 
ACONITUM —Monkshood 
Summer and fall flowering hardy perennials with bold 
spikes of hood-shaped flowers, thriving in either sun or 
shade. Do not plant near vegetable garden as roots are 
poisonous. 
WILSONI—Violet-blue flowers. 5 to 6 feet. Very late fall 
Pot grown. Each, 35c; 3 for 90c; doz., $3.00. 
AGAPANTHES —Blue African Lily 
The flowers are bright blue and are produced in clusters 
of 20 to 30 on stalks 3 feet tall. They bloom for a long period 
in the summer and fall. 
They will grow in a sunny or partially shaded location. 
Strong roots. Each, 35c; doz., $3.50. 
*AJUGA 
REPTANS RUBRA—Forms a close carpet of richly bronzed 
purple leaves with blue Mint-like flowers on 4- to 6-inch 
stems. A useful plant for the rockery and for damp, shady 
places. Clumps. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c; doz., $2.00. 
♦ALYSSUM 
SAXATILE (Golden Tuft) — An excellent low growing 
drought-resisting plant for rock work or the border. Its 
masses of broad flat heads of bright yellow flowers are 
produced in May. 3 inch pots. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c; doz., 
$ 2 . 00 . 
♦ANDROSACE —Hock Jasmine 
LANUGINOSA LEITCHLINII—An interesting alpine which 
requires a very gritty soil, the stones furnishing the cool 
moisture the roots enjoy; prefers a northerly aspect of the 
rockery. Trailing habit and soft silvery foliage; flowers 
white with rose-colored eye. 3-inch pots. Each, 35c; 3 for 
90c; doz., $3.00. 
ANEMONE JAPONICA 
The Japanese Windflowers are amongst the most beautiful 
of our fall flowering plants. They bloom in wonderful profu¬ 
sion from August until late in the fall and attain a height 
of 4 to 5 feet. They require a partially shaded location; also 
fine as a cut flower. 
SILVERY PINK, WHITE, ROSY RED. Each, 30c; 3 for 75c; 
doz., $2.50. 
ALICE (rose-pink, lilac center), PRINCE HENRY (dwarf 
double red), WHIRLWIND (double white). Each, 35c; 3 
for 90c; doz., $8.00. 
AQUILEGIA —Columbine 
Columbines are among the most beautiful hardy peren¬ 
nials, producing gracefully spurred flowers on stems 2 to 3 
feet tall throughout May and June. 
HALLAWELL’S SELECT HYBRIDS—Mixed colors. 1-year- 
old plants. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c; doz., $2.00. 
BLUE HYBRIDS—1-year-old. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c; doz., 
$ 2 . 00 . 
CHRYSANTHA—A long spurred variety with waxy, golden- 
yellow flowers that remain on the plant for about two 
months. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c; doz., $2.00. 
ORANGE and SCARLET HYBRIDS—1-year-old. Each, 25c; 
3 for 60c; doz., $2.00. 
PINK HYBRIDS—1-year-old. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c; doz., 
$ 2 . 00 . 
Perennial Bedding 
* ARAMS —Hock Cress 
ALBIDA FL.-PL.—Similar to the Alyssum or Golden Tuft 
but with double pure white flowers from early spring until 
summer. 3-inch pots. Each. 25c; 3 for 60c; doz., $2.00. 
ALBIDA ROSABELLA—Compact, with soft pink flowers. 
3 inch pots. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c; doz., $2.00. 
* AREN ARIA 
CAESPITOSA (Irish Moss)—Makes a vivid green carpet an 
inch or so high and spreads rapidly. Fine for rock gardens 
and flag walks. Sections, 25c each; Flat, 14x24 inches, $1.50 
by express F. O. B. San Francisco. 
AllMERIA—Sea Vink 
Evergreen border plant, very dwarf, requiring no trim¬ 
ming; flowers rose-pink. Doz., 50c; postpaid, 65c; 100, $2.50 
postpaid within the 3rd zone. 
* AURRIETIA 
GRAECA—Dainty dwarf creeping plant for carpeting beds or 
rock work, forming brilliant sheets of blue for many weeks. 
3 inch pots. Each, 25c; 3 for 60c; doz., $2.00. 
* 1IELLIUM MINUTUM 
A dainty miniature plant growing close to the ground, and 
sending out runners to make a wide mat. The flowers are 
scarcely one-quarter inch across, pure white in color, and 
on 3 inch stems. 25c each; 3 for 60c; doz., $2.00. 
* KII.LUEKGI A 
NUTANS—Herbaceous plant good for the rockery, cacti 
garden, window box or pot. Rose colored sheaths, and a 
very unusual combination of blue, yellow and green in the 
nodding narrow flowers, make it very desirable. A porous 
soil with a little shade and plenty of water in the summer, 
will make a large plant in a short time. Clump, 35c. 
Plants—See page 87 
Columbine 
