CISTACEAE 
The rockroses and sunroses are dwarf shrubs with wiry branches; sun 
lovers, demanding good drainage; otherwise most tractable; free- 
blooming. 
Helianthemum Wendell’s Rose. Beautiful silvery foliage; large shell- 
pink flowers in greatest profusion. Small plants 35c. 
Cistus Doris Hibberson. A seedling reaching 2 ft. perhaps more; flowers 
clear bright pink, 2 in. across and said to persist more than 1 day. 75c. 
C. Silver Pink. A new development similar to above; petals fugaceous. 
60c. 
% Hudsonia ericoides. The American beach-heath; fine heather-like foli- 
age; flowers bright yellow. $1.00. 
COMPOSITAE 
One must select from this family with utmost care. As a whole it is 
a collection of weeds. However, the plants we have listed here are 
not the only good ones. 
Anthemis Biebersteinii pectinata. A rosette of finely cut silky leaves 
above which wave large well-formed golden daisies. 75c. 
Artemisia Schmidtiana nana. Low and moss-like in habit; blue-silver 
leaves finely dissected. 50c. 
Aster Farreri. Big Bear. 18 in, Leaves negligible for effect; flowers spec- 
tacular; narrow violet rays 2 in. across; great deep orange centers. 
Moisture. 35c. 
Helichrysum bellidioides. A carpet of small leaves, green above and white 
beneath, snowed under in summer with small flowers of silvery-white. 
A good and easy doer. 50c. 
H. Selago. A small bush with scale-like leaves of bright green margined 
in white. $1.00. 
Leontopodium alpinum. The Edelweiss from the Swiss Alps. Not beauti- 
ful, but interesting. 35c. 
Senecio tyrolensis. A small bush of very dark finely cut foliage; well- 
formed golden marguerites on 6 in stems. 50c. 
CORNACEAE 
Cornus capitata. Neither alpine nor rock garden plant but one of the 
most beautiful trees. An evergreen dogwood; leaves gray-green; 
flowers with large green-yellow bracts in June and July; fruit a fleshy 
mass of the loveliest apricot-peach-coral color. 12 in. plants 75c. 
Shy aes 
