16 UPTON GARDENS 

PHYSARIA, Double Bladderpod. 
didymocarpa. Lovely rosettes of silver leather, yellow flowers fol- 
lowed by most attractive, puffy, translucent twin pods. Gravel in 
sunshine. 
floribunda (acutifolia). Silver-gray, well-tailored rosettes; slender 
stems displaying bright yellow flowers; found in limestone on 
high mountains. 75e each. 
POLEMONIUM. Leafmold soil. 
confertum, Sky Pilot. Clusters of clear deep sky blue bell-shaped 
flowers with orange anthers, harmonious pinnate foliage. Alpine, 
8 to 10 inches. 
pulcherrimum. Jacob’s Ladder. Fern-like foliage, well sprinkled with 
open light blue flowers. 6 to 8 inches. 
PRIMULA. 
angustifolia, Fairy Primrose. A choice alpine one, brave rose-pink 
flowers that greet a hailstorm open-faced. Companionable dark 
green leaves. 2 inches. Excellent for the rock garden if its toes 
are kept moist. Seed 50c per pkt. 
parryi, Queen of the Alpine Brooks. Brilliant clusters of large rose 
to rosy-purple flowers, oblong smooth green leaves. A handsome 
plant, of strong fragrance. 1 ft. Seed 50c per pkt. 
PSEUDOCYMOPTERIS. Well-drained soil. 
anisatus. Leaves finely cut, of strong anise fragrance. Mustardy 
yellow flowers. 6 inches. On open dry mountainsides. 
PULSATILLA hirsutissima, Pasque Flower, “Anemone.” Lavender to 
purple, a spring herald; like a downy crocus. Fairy-broom seed 
heads. 
PYROLA, Wintergreen. Acid leafmold or a rotting log; shade. 
secunda. Whitish flowers. Basal leaves make a good small ground 
cover. 
uliginosa, Bog Pyrola. Glossy roundish leaves. Spikelets of pink 
bells with their tongues hanging. Seed sometimes available. 
uniflora. see Moneses. 
RANUNCULUS, Buttercup. 
eximius, Snow Buttercup. Large yellow overlapping petals, a surprise 
at the edge of snow banks. Deeply cut foliage. Plants only; seed 
sometimes available. 
macauleyi. Yellow petals slightly toothed. Spatulate bright green 
leaves also toothed. Scarce. 
RUBUS, see Bossekia, page 20. 
RUDBECKIA hirta, Black-eyed Susan. Velvety brown buttons fringed 
with yellow rays. 
RUMEX venosus, Rosy Dock. Vuffy begonia-rose bracts; oblong leaves 
from running rootstocks. Dry sunny places. 
RYDBERGIA grandiflora, Little Old Man of the Mountains. Large 
yellow daisy flowers, short shaggy-haired stems and downy leaves. 
An impish fellow; alpine, impermanent. Seed only. 
SAXIFRAGA, Saxifrage. Gravel and rocks. 
arguta (punctata), Brook Saxifrage. Dainty white flowers on tall 
slender stems, notched round leaves. 
austromontana, Dotted Saxifrage. Profuse small white flowers spotted 
with red on 38-inch stems from prickly dense rosettes. A good 
rock garden standby. 
chrysantha, Golden Alpine Saxifrage. Myriads of tiny clear yellow 
cups enclosing orange anthers, from carpets of snug miniature 
rosettes, bright green. Doubly precious, after other high alpines 
are over. 2 inches. See page 19. 
flagellaris. Fewer yellow flowers; leafy stem and red tipped rosettes 
outlined with short bristles; stoloniferous. 8 inches. Alpine, rare. 
nivalis, Snowball Saxifrage. Close white heads on the thickish stems, 
flat leathery leaves. 
