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CLEMATIS, Virgin's Bower. Tolerant of almost any condition. 
douglasii. Attractive blue flowers. Clarence Elliott says, “Like a 
Parisehat..arinnate folace. ob to: 2 ft: 
pseudoalpina. Lavender to blue; an obliging plant, grows flat or 
climbs. Semi-shade, 
seottii. Thick blue-purple flowers. Shrubby to climbing habit. 2 ft. 
COLUMBINE, see Aquilegia. page 2. 
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CORNUS canadensis. Suggests a dwarf, four-petal trillium; 6 inches. 
Shade. Plants only. 
CORYDALIS cheilanthefolia, Golden Smoke. Dainty filigree in irri- 
descent gray with half-hidden yellow flowers, early. Resents 
transplanting ; impermanent but self-sows., 
CRASSINIA gran@iflora. Miniature single yellow zinnia, from sunny 
dry plains. See page 10. 
CYPRIPEDIUM parviflorum, Yellow Lady Slipper. Lovely butter-col- 
ored blobs, moccasin shaped. 6 to 10 inches. Plants only; seed 
scarce, 
DASYPHORA, see Potentilla, page 21. 
DELPHINIUM. 
scopulorum, Mountain Larkspur. Deep blue. 8 ft. Grand in masses, 
nelsonii. Intense larkspur-blue flowers. Slender 1 ft. stems from 
tuberous roots. 
DODECATHEON, Shooting Star. 
pauciflorum (prob. radicatum). Suggests a perky miniature cyclamen 
family on one erect stem. Floriferous, good. 8 inches. Moist, 
semi-shade. 
DOUGLASIA montana. A Drosace cousin; mat-forming rosettes covered 
with pink flowers early spring; subalpine. Any well drained soil. 
DRABA, Rock Cress. 
densifolia. Small yellow flower heads over dense hairy rosettes; 
alpine. 4 inches. 
glacialis (saximontana). Aptly named, found high on bare calcareous 
scree. A diminutive with strong appeal; 1 inch. 
DROSACE carinata (Androsace chamaejasme). White forget-me-not 
flowers on short erect stenis clasped by rosulate clusters of little 
bright green leaves. An alpine gem for the rock garden, easily 
grown. 
EPILOBIUM. see Chamaenerion. 
ERIGERON, Daisy. 
compositus. Clear lavender, dwarf daisy. Fern-like foliage. 4 inches. 
A really good rock plant. 
coulteri. Large white flowers, basal foliage. Seed sometimes available. 
18 inches. 
flagellaris. A slender semi-prostrate one. Pink to white. Apt to 
monopolize territory. 3 inches. 
macranthus (Macaranthera macranthus), Aspen Daisy. Clear lavender 
blue in clusters; a splendid garden daisy. Blooms in June and all 
summer if kept cut. 18 inches. 
uniflorus. Pink to lavender; useful in the rock garden. 6 inches. 
ERIOGONUM, Buckwheat. 
subalpinum. Creamy-yellow to pink. Flat heads on 10-inch stems 
rising from low mats of leathery foliage. Makes a bright lasting 
mass of color. 
umbellatum. Like above, but yellower and more floriferous. 
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Give Cypripediums and Calypsos leafmold and shade, 
