RARE PERENNIALS, ALPINE PLANTS 45 

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THALICTRUM AQUILEGIFOLIUM 
THALICTRUM (Meadow Rue)— THYMUS (Thyme)—Very useful, fragrant, 
free-flowering plants, the creeping sorts 
dipterocarpum—A distinct species, grow- being indispensable for carpeting hot, 
ing from 3 to 5 ft. high. Hlegant fern-like dry spots in the rockery and also for 
foliage and loose panicles lilac-mauve stepping stone work, and both the creep- 
flowers, brightened by lemon-yellow sta- ing and sub-shrubby sorts invaluable for 
dry rock walls. They like a warm sandy 
mens. July to Oct. A heavy soil with soil, in full sun. 
good drainage. 35c and 50c each, 
*ericaefolius — Heath-like bronzy bushes, 
6 to 8 inches high, with carmine flowers. 
*kiusianum—New introduction with creep- 35 anno I 
c an c each. 
ing habit, the new growths dropping 
roots 3 to 4 inches from parent plant. *s. lanuginosus Halls. Var. — Perhaps a 
These then send up 6 inch stems which trifle less silvery, but makes it up in the 
2 profusion of its rich colored flowers. 35c 
are crowded with lilac and pink flowers each. 
all summer. Makes a fine ground cover 
for shady places, but loses its foliage in 
winter. Good loam, peat or leafmold and 
sand. One of the finest plants we have 
imported in many years. Very hardy. 
50c each. 
rochebrunianum—One of the finest of Ja- 
pan’s woodland plants, two to three ft. 
high, with Maiden Hair Fern-like foliage 
and loose panicles of pale purple flow- 
ers. Partial shade and soil on acid side. 
75c each. 
We can also supply plants of adiantifolium, 
yellow; aquilegifolium, white or purple; 
-glaucum, yellow. All 3 to 5 ft. 35¢ each. THALICTRUM KIUSIANUM 

