FOLIAGE SYMPHONIES 
Perennials worth growing for decorative foliage effects, 
but most of them are desirable also for their flowers. 
ANTHEMIS BIEBERSTEINIANA—Sparkling feathery leaves 
of silvery filigree. Big golden-orange blossoms, each on its 
own foot-high stem. Each 35c; 3 for $1.00. 
GLAUCIUM HYBRIDS—Decorative tangles of silver-frosted 
leafage. Big silky blossoms of lemon, gold, or scarlet- 
hinting orange. Each 30c; 3 for 85c. 
PEROWSKIA ATRIPLICIFOLIA—The plant is silvery, every 
part of it, a soft down of silvery sheen veiling stem, and 
leaf and pretty violet flower. 50 inches. This charming 
perennial hails from Afghanistan. One season plants, each 
2503,0, Lor 60G. 310) formo2.00- 
ANTHEMIS SERBICA—Silver again, low silvery mats of 
season-long attractiveness, set in late April and through 
May with purest white flowers on 9-inch stems. Each 25c; 
8 for 70c; 10 for $2.00. 
ARTEMISIA STELLERIANA—Dune silver. Wide undulate 
spreads of silvery white foliege, attractively feathered. Will 
grow in almost pure sand. Divisions, each 20c; 3 for 50c; 
10 for $1.50. 
SANTOLINA VIRENS—Dense mounds of foliage feathers in 
richest and most intense of brilliant emerald greens. Creamy 
flowers. 15 inches. Will shear for formal effects. Each 
35c; 3 for $1.00. (Also rooted cuttings for edgings, 3 for 
85c; 10 for $1.00; 25 for $2.25.) 
ARTEMISIA SCHMIDTIANA NANA—Lovely feather foliage 
in sun-glinting silver, dense and close as though it were 
moss, gathered in low rounding mounds that will reach six 
inches of height. Each 40c. 
STACHYS LANATA—Carpets of wooly, velvety whiteness, 
flowers violet, tiny, peering from spikes of silvery fluff. 
Each 25c; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00. 
FOLIAGE PERENNIALS OFFER 36A10—One each of the 
eight, with labels, for $2.00. 
FOR DRY SUNNY PLACES 
For that hot sunny place that is hard to fill, try these 
drought-enduring, sun-desiring hardy perennials. They will 
give you long and brilliant color. 
ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA—Flowers of vivid flaming orange. 
20 inches. Long in bloom. Cuts well. Use it in quantity. 
(Illustrated page 8.) Each 20c; 3 for 50c; 10 for $1.50; 
25 for $3.40. 
RUELLIA CILIOSA—Silvered sky blue with lavender re- 
flections. Blossoms shaped like those of Petunia, but the 
two plants are unrelated. 18 inches. New bloom daily, 
June to August. Each 25c; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.10. 
ANTENNARIA DIOICA ROSEA—Wide silvery mats. In 
spring, fluffy little pink-toned flowers. Ground cover. 
Rooted divisions, 3 for 25c; 10 for 70c; 25 for $1.60. 
EUPHORBIA MYRSINITES—Oddly attractive fat blue-green 
leaves along many half-decumbent stems that end in bright 
yellow floral crown. (Illustrated page 19.) Each 25c; 
8 for 70c. 
ASTER PTARMICOIDES—Hundreds of little white stars 
carried in wide, fiat, close-set, corymbose clusters. 15 inches. 
Uniquely decorative. Each 25c. 
CALLIRHOE INVOLUCRATA — Winecup. Big cups of 
glowing wine-crimson in June and July, on 10-inch stems. 
Magnificent hardy trailer, leafy stems spraying out from 
one central tuberous root to form four-foot mats. (Illus- 
trated page 19.) Each 25c; 3 for 65c; 10 for $1.90. 
HYPERICUM POLYPHYLLUM—Mats of fine, silver-tend- 
ing foliage, set over with mahogany buds and wide, tassel- 
centered blossoms of rich polished yellow. 6 inches. Late 
May and through June. Each 30c; 3 for 85e. 
CENTRANTHUS RUBER—Jupiter’s Beard. For months the 
80-inch glaucous-leafed, globe-like plants are set with fine 
sprays of rosy red to crimson flowers, or rarely of white. 
Each 25c; 3 for 70c. 
ARNICA FOLIOSA—Wide mats of closely packed upright 
leafage, silvery-downy. Bright yellow ‘‘daisies’’ in June. 
Hardy, drought-resistant ground cover. Each 20c; 3 for 
55c; 10 for $1.50; 25- for $3.50. 
LILY OF ST. BERNARD—Anthericum Liliago. Stars of 
sparkling whiteness in 30-inch sprays. Fountains of narrow 
ribbony foliage. Each 25c; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00. 
DRY-PLACE PERENNIAL OFFER 36A11—One plant each 
of above ten, separate labels, for $2.00. 
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