PRAIRIE GEM RANCH 
Fresh Seed, Crop of 1943, Native Plants of 
the High Plains, Badlands and Black Hills 
Here are choice species that will add rarity, 
beauty and distinction to your garden. Fuller de- 
scription of most of them may be seen in our Hardy 
Plant Catalog, a copy of which may be had on re- 
uest. 
bs Winter planting of most Great Plains seeds, or 
refrigerator treatment, is advised and it is especiai- 
ly essential for such as the Penstemons. 

Hardy Perennials, 25c the packet, except as noted: 
Argemone intermedia Prickly Poppy. Large fresh, 
crinkly, white flowers through the hottest sum- 
mer days. 18 to 30’. (10c) 
Artemisia frigida Soft, silvery, charming, low Sage. 
Asclepias pumila Dwarf Milkweed. White flowered 
form, attractive, desirable. 8”. 
Aster kumleini Prairie Gem Blue, finest selection 
of this excellent low fall Aster. 
Aster laevis 20 to 40”, “as blue as any,” and of 
splendid effect. Non-spreading. 
Aster nebraskensis 40’. Swaying racemes of light 
lavender blue, beautiful, distinct, non-spreading. 
Aster ptarmicoides Pure white, cream centered, 
Upland Aster. 10 to 14”, July-Aug. 
Astragalus crassicarpus Buffalo Pea. 5’. Blos- 
soms pinkish raspberry, fruits bright, plum-like. 
Astragalus goniatus Beautiful groundcover, flow- 
ers in bright tones of lavender. 
Astragalus missouriensis Sheep Pod. Low, spread- 
ing, flowers bright red purple. 
Astragalus plattensis Smaller Buffalo Pea. Beau- 
tiful foliage, pinkish blossom. 
Baptisia vespertina Wild Indigo. Bushy plant, 
commonly 24’, with racemes of fine deep blue. 
Drymocallis (Potentilla) fissa 10”, quantities of 
little butter-yellow roses, spring, summer. 
Echinacea angustifolia Pink Cone-flower. Large 
flowered, distinct, showy. July. 16”. 
Erigeron nematophyllus 5”. The most perfect of 
the little white rock garden Daisies we have seen. 
Gutierrezia sarothrae 8 to 12’. Broom Bush. A 
golden hemisphere, September. 
Hedeoma camporum 10’. Perennial Pennyroyal. 
Long flowering season, fine fragrance. 
Ipomoea leptophylla Large bush Morning-Glory. 
Handsome reddish flower, July, on. 
Lepachys columnifera (Selection of the rich golden 
yellow flowered type with rays nearly two inches 
long. Lovely. About 18”. Summer. (35c) 
Lesquerella spatulata Finest of the little yellow 
Crucifers called Bladder Pod. Stony, limy soil. 
Liatris intermedia A fine dwarf Blazing Star, va- 
riety of L. squarrosa. 16’. 
Liatris punctata Dwarf Gayfeather. 14’, August 
blooming, a flaming purple. (10c) 
Machaeranthera ramosa Tansy Aster, a wonder- 
ful purple blue biennial. September and October. 
Malvastrum coccineum Flame Mallow. 10’. Ar- 
resting blossoms of salmon scarlet. Seeds rarely. 
Mertensia lanceolata Prairie Bluebell. Full of 
Pea from April to late June, never exceeding 
Nemastylis acuta (bulb) Most lovely blossoms of 
clear light blue, larger than a dollar, June. 8”. 
Nothocalais cuspidata A two-inch-wide flower of 
brilliant gold, from the ground. 2 to 8”. 
Nuttalia decapetala Evening Star. Four-inch, 
