
decline if not worse. They can be saved by prompt removal of wither- 
ing spikes and now and again a sifting of top dressing. 
% Penstemon corymbosus. Open little bush with dark green leaves and 
slender tubular flowers of coral-red. 75c. 
% P. Menziesii. A prostrate mat of decumbent branches and small 
toothed oval leaves; flowers large and close upon the mat; a good 
blue. 50c. 
% P. rupicola. Cascade Mts. Prostrate plants with small blue gray 
leaves and large brilliant crimson flowers. Often found in loose 
detritus below cliffs and boulders as well as in crevices. Small plants 
50c. 
* P.r. alba. A lovely albino form with very silvery white flowers. Small 
plants. 50c. 
Veronica Astoni. A tiny moss-green embroidery for a crevice or small 
ledge. 50c. 
THY MELIACEAE 
Daphne: The garland flower; very free flowering shrubs with delicious 
fragrance. They like deep soil, abundant water in their growing sea- 
son; they like sun and wind, but not icy blasts and they must like 
you and your garden! 
Daphne alpinum. Alps. Slow-growing twiggy deciduous bush of 18 in. 
Very floriferous; flowers white; fruit scarlet. Very small plants 50c. 
D. Blagayana. Found only in a few isolated portions of Jugo-Slavia and 
N.E. Italy. Prostrate tangled branches terminating in balls of creamy 
flowers in March; likes the slightest shade, cool humus and to have 
its long branches pinned down for an additional root structure. $1.00. 
D. Genkwa. Rare. Deciduous; a delightful mist of ashy-lilac in early 
spring. Wants lime-free soil and semi-shade. Small plants 75c. 
D. Mezereum album. Lovely creamy flowers and orange fruits in sum- 
mer. Small plants. 35c. 
Pimelea coarctata. Rice flower. A daphne-relation from New Zealand; 
procumbent branches set with small gray leaves of good substance; a 
mass of small creamy flowers followed by snow-white fruit. A good 
ground cover. $1.00. 
VIOLACEAE 
Viola eizanensis. Leaves beautifully cut; exquisite white fragrant flowers 
pencilled with brown. 35c. 
% V. pedata bicolor. Thick palmately divided leaves; 2 deep purple 
petals; 3 soft lavender ones. 50c. 
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