POLYGALACEAE 
Polygala calearea. Ground-covering plant with thin evergreen leaves and 
small gentian-blue flowers through May and June. Ireland. 50c. 
P. chamaebuxus. Thick round leaves; white and yellow flowers at almost 
any time. 50c. 
P. c. atropurpurea. Large flowers of velvety crimson and yellow. 75c. 
P. Vayredae. 3 in. Upright branches of 3 in. on underground stems; 
small narrow leaves; dark crimson flowers. All three species like a 
little shade and cool soil. 60c. 
POLYGONACEAE 
Polygonum vaccinifolium. A very attractive prostrate bush; slender rusty 
branches with roundish almost evergreen leaves; spikes of rosy flow- 
ers from Aug. till frost. 50c. 
POLY PODIACEAE 
‘++ Asplenium trichomanes. Maidenhair spleenwort; 6 in. tufts of ebony 
stems mounted with small round leaves on both sides; almost ever- 
green; cool leaf mold; one of the best small ferns and one of the 
easiest. 50c. 
‘+ Athyrium alpestre americana. A high mountain alpine fern; slender 
much divided fronds strongly upward in growth, pale green. 75c. 
‘+ Cryptogramma acrostichoides. Parsley fern; close tufts of much di- 
vided leaves. 35c. 
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Dryopteris oregana. Sierra water fern; in the mountains it grows 
along water courses and in deep shade; in gardens it contents itself 
with moderate conditions. Long spears of finely dissected pale green 
fronds. 50c. 
+ Polystichum Andersonii. A rare western fern that proliferates. 50c-75c. 
Polystichum viviparum. A very lacy fern, more or less covered with 
rusty scales; rather exotic looking in our gardens; nice beside a 
pool. 50c. 
+ Woodwardia radicans. Giant chain fern; 2-5 ft. Coarse but very 
handsome; almost evergreen. 75c - $1.50. 
PORTULACACEAE 
“+ Lewisisa columbiana rosea.’ A small rosette of fat upstanding leaves 
overhung by airy sprays of small brilliant rose-red flowers. 25c. 
+ L. Finchii. A flat rosette of thick broad leaves; flowers pink margined 
in white. 35c. 
i L. oppositifolia. Narrow fleshy leaves of 3 in. topped by a shower of 
silvery white flowers. 25c. . ; 
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