their own good time, come back if left alone. The little upright 
lithospermums do not like cold either but they endure. 
Lithospermum graminifolium. A few short woody stems tufted with nar- 
row gray grass-like foliage; sprays of slender tubular sky-blue bells. 
Small plants. 50c. 
L. intermedium. A mound of stiff branches and gray leaves; bright blue 
bells tipped with pink. Small plants 50c. 
L. oleifolium. Spain. A small well-branched bush with silky oval leaves, 
dark green above and paler beneath; large bright blue flowers; well- 
drained soil or scree. Small plants 50c. 
L. prostratum Grace Ward. A new development which should not replace 
the older variety, but offers an additional treasure. Said to be more 
resistant; flowers larger, a sharper blue but rich. 75c. 
L. p. Heavenly Blue. A creeping carpet of small dark green leaves. One of 
the few plants that has a smattering of flowers throughout the yeur 
and in May it is smothered in a blue brilliance. 50c. 
Omphalodes cappadocica. 5 in. A close tuft of heart-shaped, conspicu- 
ously veined leaves, among which are deep blue forget-me-not flowers, 
Shade. 50c. 
Myosotis alpestris Blue Ball. Compact plant of 4-6 in. depending on rich- 
ness of soil, smothered in bright blue flowers. 25c. 
Pulmonaria angustifolia azurea. A turf of soft-hairy oblong pointed leaves 
completely obscured in early March by short-stemmed gentian-blue 
flowers. 50c. 
P. saccharata Mrs. Moon. Handsome rosettes of enormous leaves marbled 
in silver; sprays of bright pink flowers. 25c. 
CAMPANULACEAE 
The more difficult campanulas will respond to sharp drainage—grit at 
the roots. Most of them are mid- and late-summer bloomers. Even 
that long season can be protracted by shearing old flowers. 
Adenophora nikoensis. A small Asiatic plant with “style” and pride; stiff 
stems bear large pendent bells of china blue. 75c. 
Campanula arvatica. Spain. One of the sweetest; mats of tiny heart- 
shaped leaves; large clear violet flowers on 2 in. stems. 75c. 
C. barbata. Eastern Alps and woodland. §8 in. stiff stems from a basal 
rosette carry a shower of bearded china-blue flowers. Not long-lived 
but re-seeds. 25c. 
C. dasyantha. A beautiful rosette of bright green finely scalloped long- 
oval leaves on which sit large soft blue bells. 50c. 
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