POLEMONIACEAE 
% Phlox adsurgens. One of the most beautiful; creeping branches with 
wide smooth leaves; innumerable flowers % in. across, shell pink. In 
the wild this plant grows in deep cool mold in the shade of trees or 
exposed on sunny ledges, but with water percolating at its roots. 50c. 
* P. caespitosa. Dry hills of the Cascades. Compact little mounds of 
light green foliage. Lavender round-petaled flowers. Rare. Scree. 
Small plants 50c. 
* P. divaricata Laphami. Woodland plant; grows in tufts of 9-12 in. 
topped by open clusters of clear lavender-blue flowers. 50c. 
P. subulata Camla. Large, flesh-pink flowers; very free-flowering; ap- 
proaching the beauty of P. adsurgens and perfectly easy. 35c. 
P. s. C. alba. A beautiful white form. 25c. 
Polemonium Hybrid. Between P. elegans and P. carneum. More robust 
in growth than P. elegans and with larger flowers of beautiful blue. 
40c. 
* P. parvifolium. 6 in. Similar but with less congested leaves; smaller 
flowers. 25c. 
POLYGALACEAE 
Polygala chamaebuxus. Thick round leaves; white and yellow flowers at 
almost any time. 50c. 
P. c. atropurpurea. Large flowers of velvety crimson and yellow. 75c. 
POLY PODIACEAE 
* Asplenium trichomanes. Maidenhair spleenwort; 6 in. tufts of ebony 
stems mounted with small round leaves on both sides; almost ever- 
green; cool leaf mold; one of the best small ferns and one of the 
easiest. 50c. 
* Athyrium alpestre americana. A high mountain alpine fern; slender 
much divided fronds strongly upward in growth, pale green. 75c. 
% Cheilanthes gracillima. Tufted; black-stemmed leaves, finely dissected, 
thickly covered with hairy indumentum. Likes its roots under a rock, 
the blades exposed to sun and heat. 75c. 
* Cryptogramma acrostichoides. Parsley fern; close tufts of much di- 
vided leaves. 35c. 
%* Dryopteris oregana. Sierra water fern; in the mountains it grows 
along water courses and in deep shade; in gardens it contents itself 
with moderate conditions. Long spears of finely dissected pale green 
fronds. 50c. 
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