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PHLOX, Continued. 
*Lilac Queen—Makes a compact mat cov- 
ered with large lilac colored flowers. 35c 
each. 
*Maischnee—Makes a snow-like carpet dur- 
ing May. 35c each. 
*moerheimi—Dark green foliage and beau- 
tiful carmine pink flowers. 35c each. 
*nivalis sylvestris—Same habit as Phlox 
subulata, with dense moss-green foliage 
covered completely with large rosy red 
flowers, an inch or more across. 35c¢ 
each. 
Perdue’s Purity—Named in honor of “Bill’’ 
Perdue of Chillicothe, Ohio, who brought 
the original plant in from the wild and 
sent it to us. Makes a very compact 
clump, covered with pure white flowers, 
with small yellow eye, the petals over- 
lapping. Withstood 27 below zero, and 
thrives in poor, gravily soil, on the acid 
side. 50c each. 
*Sensation—Large flowers of fiery rose. 
50c each. 
*Vivid—A compact and slow grower with 
bright fiery rose flowers. Choice. 35c 
each. 
PHLOX (paniculata (decussata) — Due to 
labor conditions during the past season 
we were unable to propagate our Phlox 
paniculata. We do have small stocks of 
the following varieties at 40c each. May 
we substitute if out of variety ordered? 
Border Gem—Violet blue. 
Border Queen—Clear rose pink. 
Chas. Darwin—Cherry red. 
Daily Sketch—Pink, carmine eye. 
Flanders—White. 
Geo. Stipp—Salmon pink. 
Hauptman Koehl—Blood red. 
Innocence—Tall white. 
Leo Schlagater—Scarlet-carmine. 
Lillian—Cameo-pink. 
Mary Louise—Large white. 
Mrs. W. G. Harding—Glowing salmon. 
Prof. Schliemann—Lilac rose. 
Sweetheart—Salmon, starred white at cen- 
ter. 
Thor—Deep salmon, overlaid with scarlet 
glow, 
PHYGELIUS capensis coccineus (Cape Fig- 
wort)—A very showy border plant, form- 
ing a bush covered with spikes of bril- 
liant scarlet tubular flowers from July 
to Sept. 3 ft. 50c each. 
PHYTEUMA *comosum—A very rare spe- 
cies from the Dolomites. Jagged leaves 
and stemless heads of curiously-beaked 
flowers of mauve-blue, with darker tips. 
Will thrive in any deep soil of rich limy 
loam on the _ rockwork, perfectly 
drained. 3 inches. Only a few plants to 
spare. $2.50 each. 
*scheuchzeri—A rare rock-loving plant, re- 
quiring full sun, in well-drained posi- 
tion, with soil composed of stone chips 
or gravel and some leaf-mold and sit 
or good loam. Deep violet blue flowers 
in rounded heads on slender stems, 8 to 
12 inches long, from May to July. 50c 
each. 
PLATYCODON grandiflorum — (Balloon 
Flower) Allied to the Campanula and 
form neat, branched bushes of upright 
habit, with large showy, blue flowers, 
from June to Aug. 2 to 3 ft. 35c each. 
grandiflorum fl. pl—Semi-double flower- 
ing form of the preceding, the flowers 
resembling a six-point star. Two year 
old plants. $1.00 each. 
grandiflorum Mariesi—A compact dwarf 
species with violet-blue flowers on 12 to 
15 inch stems. 35c each. 
POLEMONIUM carneum—A native with fine 
foliage of fern-like leaves and graceful 
stems carrying the large flowers, vary- 
ing from cream and flesh color to rich 
rose in fading. 10 to 15 inches high, from 
June to Sept., and prefers partial shade, 
in a good garden loam. 25c each. : 
*reptans—Dwarf, bushy plant with showy 
blue flowers on 12 inch stems. 35c each. 
POLYGALA— 
*calcarea —A charming plant, evergreen, 
densely tufted, with deep blue flowers 
during spring and summer. 3 inches. 
50c each. 
chamaebuxus—See Shrubs, page 57. 
POLYGONATUM commutatum — Solomon’s 
Seal. For shady places in deep, rich soil, 
with some water in summer. Three to 
five feet high, with leaves 3 to 4 inches 
wide and up to 6 inches long. White 
flowers followed by dark blue or black 
berries. 35c each. 

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