Antennarias are among the most valuable all-sea- 
son, slow spreading rock garden ground covers. 
A. campestris Broad leaves of rich soft deep green, 
white beneath; ‘‘toes,’’ white or silvery. 30c. 
A. microphylla Tiny bluish silver leaves in charm- 
ing pattern and texture. White furry “toes.” 35c. 
A. obovata Like a larger aprica: gray “‘toes.’’ 20c. 
A. rosea Narrower leaved than aprica, with “toes” 
of rich deep rose. ‘Strikingly lovely, new. 50c. 
Arenaria hookeri Showers of white flowers in June. 
Tap-rooted, needle-leafed plant of rich deep green 
for dry scree or lime gravel. 50c. 
Artemisia frigida Low, tufted, feathery, silvery 
and fragrant Sage. Arching silvery spikes with tiny 
yellowish bells, August. 25c; 3, 65c. 
Asclepias pumila 8” Milkweed with abundant up- 
right umbels of creamy white; mid-summer, on. 
Easily controlled. Also very rare light pink. Hither, 
30c. 
Aster fendleri Charming new 10 to 12” Aster, se- 
lected type, covered with dainty cupped lilac-blue 
blossoms, September. 50c; 3, $1.20. 
A. kumleini Prairie Gem Blue. One of the finest 
native Asters, a broad 12” high sheet of blue and 
gold, September. Unequaled selection. 40c; 3, 90c. 
A. kumleini Choice varieties, “dream of beauty”’ 
pink and lacy silver blue. To 15”. Each 35c. 
A. meritus Rare dwarf Aster with special merit of 
July flowering. 8 to 12’. Much admired pinkish 
violet in closely set corymbs. 50c; 3, $1.10. 
A. ptarmicoides (Unamia alba). Cream centered, 
white rayed, long season beauty, beginning in July. 
10 to 15”. Lasting cut flower. 30c; 3, 75c. 
Astragalus crassicarpus Buffalo Pea, Ground Plum. 
Maytime bloom of blended purple, pink and buff, in 
June spread-out clusters of red cheeked fruits like 
small plums. 40c; 38, $1.10. 
A. goniatus Lavender bonnets accented with pur- 
ple amid green lace leafage, June, August. 4 to 8”. 
May need confining. 40c; 3, $1.00. 
A. gilviflorus (Orophaca caespitosa). Low Mi'k 
Vetch. Cushion of silvery tri-part leaves with a snow 
of stemless blossoms in April and May. 30c; 3, 75c. 
A. missouriensis Brilliant display of magenta -pur- 
ple on a 12 to 20” circle of prostrate stems. 35c. 
A. spatulatus (Homalobus caespitosus). One of the 
beautiful treasures of the rock gardener’s world, 
cushion, studded with blue-purple. 35c; 3, 90c. 
A. tridactylicus Red Orophaca. A silvery cushion 
blossoming into delightful lavender-rose. These tap- 
rooted cushions need lean limy scree. 50c. 
Callirhos involucrata Poppy Mallow, Wine Cuns. 
Deep glossy cups of intense wine red, Jong summer 
season. Trailing stems to 25”. 25c: 3, 65c. 
Campanula petiolata Western Harebell. Blue-purple 
or lavender flaring bells in Dee tOR, June’ and 
later. 8 to 18’. 30c; 3, 85c. 
Cerastium strictum Earth hugging mat. of vivid 
deep green, multitudinous white flowers, to 8’, May 
to July. Like a larger C. arvense. Clump, 25c. 
Chrysopsis villosa Golden Aster. Massed beauty in 
