HARDY PLANTS OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS 
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HARDY NATIVE HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS, continued 
GILLENIA TRIFOLIATA. Bowman s Root. Height 2 
to 4 feet. Handsome cut foliage. Pure white or 
rose-tinted flowers in June. Splendid for massing 
among shrubbery. X strong_ 
HEPATICA ACUTILOBA. Sharp-lobed Hepatica. 
Height 5 to 1 0 inches. White and purple flowers 
in March and April. X strong clumps_ 
HEPATICA TRILOBA. Round-lobed Hepatica. Flowers 
vary in color from lovely blue to pink or white. 
Among the earliest flowers to appear in the 
spring. Strong_ 
HEUCHERA AMERICANA. American Alum-root. 
Height 1 to 2 feet. Large-lobed leaves beautifully 
mottled bronze in early winter. Flowers greenish 
white in June. Splendid rock-garden subject. 
X strong 
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.12 
.09 
.08 
HEUCHERA VILLOSA. Hairy Alum-root. Height 12 
to 18 inches. Good for rockery. White flowers 
in August. X strong 
.15 
.10 
.08 
.07 
HOUSTONIA PURPUREA. Mountain Houstonia. 
Height 6 to 18 inches. Purple flowers in July. 
Strong 
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.10 
.07 
.06 
HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS. Goldenseal. Height 10 
to 20 inches. A medicinal herb of great value. 
First-size plants 
.15 
.11 
.09 
.08 
Second-size plants 
.10 
.07 
.06 
.05 
LIATRIS PYCNOSTACHYA. Cattail Gayfeather. X 
strong 
.20 
.14 
.12 
LIATRIS SCARIOSA. Large Button - Gayfeather. 
Strong 
.16 
.10 
.09 
LIATRIS SPICATA. Spike Gayfeather. Height 3 to 
5 feet. Spikes of purple flowers in August. 
Strong 
.15 
.11 
.08 
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LOBELIA CARDINALIS. Cardinal Flower. Height 3 
to 5 feet. Showy scarlet flowers in August. 
Strong 
.18 
.12 
.11 
.10 
LOBELIA SYPHILITICA. Large Blue Lobelia. Height 
1 to 3 feet. Large blue flower in late August. 
Strong 
.18 
.12 
.11 
.10 
MELANTHIUM VIRGINICUM. BunchRower. Leaves 
linear, acuminate, inflorescent, many-flowered, 
panicled. Strong plants 
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.18 
.15 
MITELLA DIPHYLLA. Bishops-Cap. Stems 6 to 12 
inches high, hairy. Leaves heart-shaped, lobed 
and toothed. Flowers white. Extra-strong plants 
.15 
.11 
.09 
.08 
PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUM. American Ginseng. Root 
large, spindle-shaped, often forked. Stem 9 to 
18 inches high. Leaves 3 in whorl, divided Into 
leaflets. Flowers greenish white. Fruit bright 
red berry. 
XX largest 
.45 
.36 
.30 
Strong first-size plants 
.30 
.20 
.16 
.14 
Second-size plants 
.15 
.11 
.08 
.07 
Third-size plants 
.10 
.06 
.04 
.03 
PRICE IN QUANTITIES 
25 TO 250 OR 
1 TO 9 lO TO 24 249 OVER 
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.10 
.08 
.06 
.16 
.11 
.09 
.08 
.18 
.12 
10 
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