FOR THE ROCK GARDEN 
A rock garden filled with brightness, given by plants 
that seem really to belong with rocks, made to neighbor 
with them. Here are sound and dependable kinds, proved 
to their purpose, and all of good winter hardiness. 
VERONICA PEDUNCULARIS — Loose airy mounds of 
slender red stems and gracefully set foliage, the whole some 
nine inches high and a foot across. The flowers, of soft 
blue, are individually larger than those of most other 
Veronicas, but carried in open sprays instead of usual close 
short spikes. Each 25c; 3 for 70c. 
ANEMONE ALBANA—Rather large, up-facing flowers of 
rich cream, almost a yellow. A rare, and very lovely, 
hardy Wind-flower. Each 25c; 3 for 70c. 
CAMPANULA POSCHARSKYANA — Rosette-mounds of 
jagged foliage, piled in season-long decorative effect, the 
whole not over 8 inches high. Large starry blossoms of 
blue-silver, carried above the leaves in short roving sprays. 
Each 30c; 3 for 85c. 
DIANTHUS NEGLECTUS—Most charming of rock garden 
“Pinks”. Jagged little flowers of brilliant cherry, each 
centered with a tiny black star, in reverse tawny buff- 
rose. 5 inches. Each 30c; 3 for 85e. 
ASTER BRACHYTRICHUS—Delight from the Mongolian 
Altai. A low mounded Aster, to 9 inches, in massed bloom 
May to July. Violet-lavender flowers with brightly golden 
centers. Hach 25c; 3 for 70c. 
TEUCRIUM LUCIDUM—A pleasant rock garden plant 
on order of Chamaedrys, but lower, more spreading, earlier 
flowering, larger flowering, color pinker. Evergreen. Each 
25¢; 3 for 70c. 
AQUILEGIA FLABELLATA NANA ALBA—Fat clumps of 
blue-silvered foliage; plump waxen flowers above, big 
milk-white petal bowls with creamy, lilac-flushed sepal 
wings. 10 inches. Early. Desirable. Each 25c; 3 for 70c. 
ARENARIA MONTANA—Mats of gray foliage, set solidly 
with over-lapping blossoms in purest white. Most likeable; 
quite indispensable in the rock garden. Each 25c; 38 for 
10e3;-10 for $2.00. 
INULA ENSIFOLIA—Densely foliaged plants 8 inches high 
and across, long filled with closely packed cushion-centered 
flowers of golden yellow. Each 25c; 38 for 70c; 10 for 
$2.10. 
VERBENA CANADENSIS ROSEA—Close to ever-blooming, 
early May into October. Clustered flowers of bright rose, 
an attractive tone, on 6-inch stems. Mats of excellent low, 
over-lapping foliage. Each 25c; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.10. 
DRACOCEPHALUM NUTANS—Little Snap-dragon flowers 
of intense blue, packed in dense spikes. After the flowers 
have fallen, the brown-purple bracts continue the decora- 
tive showing. A delightful and reliable alpine. Each 25c; 
perorsope +) 10 for ~$2.10. 
PLATYCODON MARIESI — Low-growing strain of the 
Broad-bell, to 20 inches at most, and usually much less. 
Flowers of violet, pure white, or white with azure suffu- 
sions. Blossoms often double. Mixed only, each 20c; 3 for 
50c; 10 for $1.50. 
HEMEROCALLIS MINOR—Dwarfest and about earliest of 
the Day Lilies, growing to 15 inches. Flaring bells of rich 
yellow, with touch of tawny or fulvous suffusion. Usually 
re-blooms in fall. Each 30c. 
DELPHINIUM TATSIENSE—Blossoms that may be vivid 
indigo, soft powder blue, or silvery white. A sound, long- 
lived perennial, low enough for the rock garden. Mixed 
colors. Hach 25c; 3 for 70c: 
POTENTILLA NEPALENSIS—Bright blossoms of salmon 
to erimson fill the mounded, foot-high branchings. Each 
Zac so. 10r (0c: 
GENTIANA LAGODECHIANA—Blue of ultramarine depths 
are the big, wide-lobed up-facing bells that end each 
radiating branch. A quite garden-adjustable Gentian, and 
a very lovely one. Each 35c; 3 for $1.00. 
SCUTELLARIA ALPINA—Cream and lavender are the clus- 
tered blossoms that set thickly all over the pretty mounds 
of soft foliage. An alpine perennial, yet of the widest 
possible adaptability and the easiest possible culture. Each 
25Ci-o etor -70c. 
ROCK GARDEN OFFER 36A9—One plant each of the above 
17 perennials, with labels, for $4.00. If desired by mail, 
add for postage. 
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