
the rock garden. 
ACAENA GLAUCA—rgkt(9)3. 
Here are long-lived, enduring perennials for the formal 
garden, the foundation planting, mixed hardy borders, or 
They will live and bloom for you year 
upon year. 
_ PLEASE NOTE that where plants are offered, they are 
available for shipment either in spring (April-June) or in 
autumn (September-November) unless direct statement is 
made to the contrary. Seeds, of course, can be supplied any 
time of the year. 
Lovely mat-trailer, with 
silvery foliage. Pkt. 15c. 
ACAENA MICROPHYLLA—Foliage carpets, rose-bronze to 
_blue-silver ; studded with crimson-spiked flower-balls. New 
Zealand. Plants only, each 30c. 
THE ACHILLES FLOWER 
Achillea, flower of Greek Achilles, has values in border or 
rock garden, in pavement or terrace, and it cuts. It is far 
better than you think. 
ACHILLEA AGERATUM—ercx (2-3)14.. Sweet Golden Yar- 
row. Fluffily dense, upfacing clusters of rich yellow. Efiec- 
tive. Pkt. 10c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c). 
ACHILLEA ROSE BEAUTY—ecbx(3)28. Fern foliage, rose 
to red flower clusters. A Millefolium variety. Pkt. 10c. 
(Plants, each 20c; 3 for 55c; 10 for $1.50). 
ACHILLEA NANA—eordpx(2)(9)10. Pleasingly aromatic 
foliage, green fur in irregular heaps. Excellent pavement 
plant, but other uses, too. Silvery flower clusters. Pkt. 
10c. (Plants, divisions, each 15c; 3 for 40c; 10 for $1.00). 
ACHILLEA BOULE DE NEIGE—rdkt(2-3)15. Fully doubled 
white flowers, cluster sprays of little snowballs. Blooms for 
months.. This fine Achillea is a variety of A. ptarmica. 
Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 25c, 3 for T70c.) 
ACHILLEA RUPESTRIS—rdkt(3)6. Packed mat eushions 
of little green leaves, a smooth spread of white flowering 
on short stems above. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 30c.) 
ACHILLEA SERBICA—erx(2)9. Low silvery mats, built 
of multitudinous packed rosettes. Daisies of purest white- 
ness. Highly attractive rock garden species, both in flower, 
and later in the season, just for the silvery foliage spreads. 
An excellent edging perennial. For effective contrast, plant 
this with the blue Phlox divaricata. Pkt. 15c, 3 pkts. for 
40c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00.) 
ACHILLEA TOMENTOSA AUREA—erdx(3)8. 
golden clusters. Mats of silvered foliage in tight, shredded 
super-ferniness. Pkt. 10c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 65c.) 
ACHILLEA TOMENTOSA SULPHUREA—Like “aurea,” 
but. flowers are softest primrose yellow. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, 
each 25c; 3 for 70c.) 
OTHER ACHILLEAS—Umbellata, pkt. 15c;: Pyrenaica, pkt. 
10c, (plants divisions, each 20c, 3 for 50c, 10 for $1.50) ; 
Sibirica, pkt. 10c, (plants, 3 for 40c, 10 for $1.00, 25 for 
$2.00, good grass substitute). 
OFFER 75A52—One pkt. each of the above 11 for $1.00. 
Brilliant 

Winter garden by pencil and catalog. 

ACONITUM UNCINATUM—bstaty (4-6)60. Oddly formed 
flowers of ultramarine, like helmets decorated with flowing 
ribbons, are carried in loose clusters well above the foliage. 
Half-vine, let it clamber over shrubs. A very attractive 
species. Illustrated page 60. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 30c.) 
ACONITUM WILSONI—by(4-5)80. Blossoms of imperial 
violet carried in splendid profusion on sky-reaching plants 
like slender towers. September and October. Pkt. 15c; 
1/16 oz. 35c. (Plants, each 30c; 3 for 85c.) 
ACTINOMERIS ALTERNIFOLIUS—enbx (3-4)80. The more 
we grow this, the better we like it. A tall perennial, in 
bloom through late summer, great corymbs of honey-yellow 
blossoming. Showy, robust, long-lived, adaptable. Pkt. 
10e; %4 oz. 30c. (Plants, each 25c.) 
AGRIMONIA ODORATA—eobnstk(3)36. A pleasing peren- 
nial for shady places. Long racemes of sweetly scented 
star-flowers that may be pale lemon or of richest golden 
tone. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c; % oz. 40c. (Plants, each 25c.) 
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Tall campaniles filled with swinging bells. 
ADENOPHORA FARRERI — ‘*erbcx(3-4)36. Flower-bells, 
lighter within, wide, flaring, hang from the many branches. 
The color tone of the bells might be described as a sil- 
vered sky blue. Blooms August and September. It comes 
from valley meadows of high Tibet. Pkt. 20c. 
ADENOPHORA LILIFOLIA—*eocbx(2-3)36. Fountains of 
loosely swung bell blossoms, daintily perfumed, that may be 
anything from china blue to darkest violet. A row of it 
is hedgerow of bloom. Jilustrated page 52. Pkt. 15c. 
ADENOPHORA STRICTA—*ebx(3-5)60. Tallest of the 
Spire-bells. Many long and slender stems, scantily branched, 
but filled with airily hung bell-blossoms in dawn-sky tones 
of softest blue. Pkt. 15c. 
OTHER SPLENDID ADENOPHORAS—Priced per pkt., each 
15e. Diplodonta, Marsupiflora, Ornata, Polymorpha, Po- 
tanini, Takedani, Verticillata. 
OFFER 76A52—One pkt. each of the 10 for $1.25. 
ADENOPHORA BLEND—Excellent mixture. Pkt. 15c. 
AETHIONEMAS 
They grow on sunshot limestone cliffs of the Lebanon, on 
hillsides of Armenia, in creviced ruined walls of Persia, 
jeweling column-strewn terraces where ancient kings were 
proud. “Precious and exquisite’ Farrar called them, and 
that’s near descriptive Ultima Thule. 
AETHIONEMA CORIDIFOLIUM—erltx (2-3) 10. 
pure pink, carried in wide dense dome-clusters. 
Flowers of 
The leaves 
are fat, almost succulent, deep blue-green. Pkt. 15c; 3 
pkts. for 40c. (Plants, each 30c; 3 for 85c.) 
AETHIONEMA GRANDIFLORUM—erltx(2-3)12. Persian 
beauty, lovely pink flowers, loosely clustered, and larger 
than in other Aethionemas. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
(Plants, each 50c.) 
AETHIONEMA PULCHELLUM—erkt(2)9. A delight. Ir- 
regular mounds of slender blue-silvered foliage and rose-pink 
flowers. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. (Plants, each 30c.) 
AETHIONEMA SHISTOSUM—erx(2)6. Narrow, blue-sil- 
vered foliage neatly placed. Flowerheads of pure pink, 
individual florets rather larger than in other Aethionemas. 
Tolerant of some soil acidity. Pkt. 20c. 
AETHIONEMA STYLOSUM—A Lebanon treasure. Heads 
of rather large rose-pink flowers, each with a long style. 
Narrow foliage. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
OFFER 77A52—One pkt. each of above for 70c. 
AETHIONEMA BLEND—The above, with others as fine, 
in mixture. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
