SedutH?— -Stonecrop 
The backbone of rock gardening; low, close-jointed, 
densely spreading, good in either shade or sun. The 
shorter kinds make charming filler's between broken 
flags, or coverage for any rocks. 
Acre (Golden Moss). 2 to 3 inches. Minute foliage 
very mosslike; the flowers an all-covering golden 
yellow sheet. May to July. 
Album. 2 to 3 inches. A miniature forest of up¬ 
right stems clothed with waxy, tubular, green 
leaves ; tiny white flowers. May to July. 
Kamtschaticum. 8 inches. Robust and vigorous, 
prostrate, quickly spreading. The wide flat leaves 
are escalloped, arranged in partial rosettes, fresh 
green turning yellow in autumn. The 14-inch flor¬ 
ets are perfect stars of orange-yellow drying to 
red, in low-set clusters. 
Sarmentosum. Dwarf, rapid grower; one of the 
best for filling seams between rocks in wall-gar¬ 
dens. Bright yellow bloom. June-July. 
Spurium Coccineum. 6 to 8 inches. Thrifty, loose 
growth with kite-shaped leaves, very showy. July- 
August. The mottled growth is brilliant with 
fringy, upright panicles of crimson bloom. 
Spectabile. 15 to 18 inches. An excellent border 
variety with big, saucer-like rubbery sage-green 
leaves in diminishing tiers, covered in September 
with massive flat cymes of lavender flowers. 
—Brilliant. Deep crimson. 
Foregoing: 3, 85c; doz., $3.00; 100, $20.00. 
Reflexum Chameleon. Spreading; with thick, 
prickly leaves at first bright green but uniquely 
changeable: the tips assuming various colors. 
Flowers yellow. 
Sexang'ulare. 4 inches. Creeping, densely matting 
in spiral tufts, dark green ; yellow June flowers. 
Sieboldi. 8 to 10 inches. Reddish stems with alter¬ 
nating tiers of opposite %-inch leaves—round, 
thick, rubbery, blue-green with red rim. The bright 
pink flowers, remindful of Daphne, are charming. 
August-September. 
Three above: 3, $1.00; doz., $3.60. 
VIOLET Viola Odorata 
Field-Grown 
Frey’s Fragrant. Profuse, single light violet. 
Prince of Wales. Large, violet-purple. 
Both: 3, 85c; doz., $3.00. 
Double Russian Crinkled double flowers of fair 
■ " size and charmingly unique 
appearance when bunched; combining rich purple- 
violet color with a delicious sweetness of scent all 
its own. Each, 45c ; 3, $1.25 ; doz., $4.50. 
Rosina A delightful new variety, fragrant; the 
' dainty flowers colored a tender lilac-pink. 
Each, 35c; 3, $1.00; doz., $3.60. 
VERONICA 
<§> (Speedwell) 
Blue flowers, varying in size and 
shade, for borders and rockeries. 
Amethystina. 2 feet. Amethyst- 
blue spikes. 3, 70c ; doz., $2.40. 
—Royal Blue. 2 feet. Good sized 
spikes, in a striking rich shade of 
blue. 3, 85c ; doz., $3.00. 
Armen a. 3 Dainty trailing 
stems like sedum. Blue flowers all 
the early season. This is a really 
choice type. 3, $1.00 ; doz., $3.60. 
Blue Spire 2 feet. A new introduc- 
■ tion, rather better than 
older varieties of its rigidly upright 
type; the plant quite free from 
weather blemishes, bushing thriftily. 
The flower spikes are liberally com¬ 
plete throughout the summer, a dis¬ 
tinctive deep blue. 
3, $1.00; doz., $3.60; 100, $24.00. 
Incana. 1 foot. A rockery favorite 
because of its silvery setting for the 
blue of its flowers. Silver foliage; 
violet-blue flowers. July-August. 
3, 85c; doz., $3.00. 
Bongifolia Subsessilis (Bluebird 
Flower). 2 feet. Long, bronze- 
green leaves, deep indigo-blue flow¬ 
ers in thick, elongated, semi-lateral 
spikes. July to September. 
3, 85c ; doz., $3.00. 
Rupestris Nana. 1 to 2 inches. 
Creeping plants with small, dark 
leaves. Gentian-blue flowers. April 
and May. A beautiful matting type. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.40. 
Spicata Rosea. 18 inches. Upright, 
with 2-inch, toothed leaves. Rose- 
pink flowers in long, dense racemes. 
3, 85c ; doz., $3.00. 
Trehani. 8 inches. The foliage a 
golden carpet, beautiful with deep 
gentian-blue flowers in May. 
E*/*h. 35c; 3. SI.00 : dnz., $3.60. 
stalks 
Tritoma, Towers of Gold 
TRITOMA 
Pfitzeri S. & H. Superb 
- Strain. (The Red 
Hot Pokerf) Semi-tropical 
and showiest of all garden 
plants in bloom. Rushlike 
foliage with thick flower 
a yard long, a single fiery 
cone at top. Brilliant scarlet, lower 
petals rimmed with orange. Blooms 
July to October. A magnificent cut 
flower. Use heavy winter mulch. 
Quartiniana Thick-Stalked varie- 
■' . ty, blooms late May 
with 10 - to 12 -inch flower cones. 
Orange-red at first, but bottom half 
yellow as bloom matures. 
Both: 3, 85c; doz., $3.00. 
Towers of Gold (New.) Magnifi- 
——————— cent, full, uni¬ 
form cones of unblemished gold to 
delight flower lovers in August and 
September. A brilliant complement 
for the scarlet and gold Pfitzeri. 
Each, 45c; 3, $1.25; doz., $4.50. 
V eronica 
For Miscellaneous Items in Har¬ 
dy Perennials, Please Refer to 
Pages 6 and 7. 
P&iennicUl 
FAC HIS TIMA Canbyi, Low, spreading, close rooting ever¬ 
green shrub, useful among rocks or to edge a planting of ever¬ 
green trees. Narrow oblong leaves evenly distributed on 12-inch 
upright stems, the new growth light green but quite bronzy by 
fall. Reddish purple flowers. April-May. 
3, $1.60; doz., $6.00; 100, $40.00. 
PACHYSANDRA *) terminalis. One of the best ground cover¬ 
ing plants, particularly valuable in shade, averaging 6 to 8 inches 
in height and branching freely into a dense mat. Its shapely 
indented foliage is practically evergreen ; thick, rubbery, lustrous. 
Set 4 inches apart. 1-yr. field-grown plants: 
3, 40c; doz., $1.40; 100, $9.00; 1000, $80.00. 
TEUCRIUM Chamaedrys. Fj ne f or an evergreen edging. Foli¬ 
age small, dense, round, dark, glossy—resembling boxwood. Sum¬ 
mer spikes of rose-pink bloom. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.40; 100, $16.00; 1000, $150.00. 
VINCA minor?) (Hardy Myrtle). A trailing glossy green for 
carpeting where it is too shady for grass ; on sloping banks not 
too dry, a bordering for shaded pools, and as a filler. Lovely 
blue single flowers in earliest spring. 
1-year field-grown plants: 
3, 35c ; doz., $1.20 ; 100, $8.00 ; 1000, $70.00. 
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