THE YELLOW, SHEETS 

Houstonia courulia (only they are 
not all blue) is another dwarf well 
worth more notice. Have not seen any 
yet and too small for me to find them 
until the bloom. Set them in poor soil 
in full sun. They bloom, make seed and 
then become dormant until next 
spring. 
Alumroot is a darling in a shady 
rock garden. Hardy to the Canadian 
border, but do not order until warm 
weather. Will have to get them from 
the No-Man’s-Land west of Grannis. 
There are Timber Wolves in there. 
When weather is warm and rabbits 
plentiful, they are peacable; but every 
few years, driven by cold and hunger, 
they make some lone timber cruiser 
climb a tree. Being a great-grand- 
mother, | am too old to shinny up a 
tree or pack a gun. Hence no Alumroot 
until warm weather. 
Biue and gold lris cristate will be 
ready in March and fine for shady rock 
gardens. Found east of Grannis, hence 
can get it early. The amethyst colored 
is out with the Alumroct. 
I have several surplus sma!I plants of 
an African wildling which I cannot yet 
identify. Looks like a Bryophyllum but 
is more hardy and does not propogate 
like one. Lost only a few leaves from 
the blizzard. 10c each. 
Curiously, my Beefsteak Begonia, 
and all but one plant of my common 
Semperflorens Begonias were killed, 
while a big leaf—one which I cannot 
identify—was only slightly hurt. Not 
one of the evansianas, I am sure. 
Echeveria gibbiflora, unhurt. Hardy 
in Texarkana, fifty miles south of 
Grannis. Entire top of Aloe daviana 
killed, but coming up nicely from the 
roots. 
HARDY ROCK GARDEN PLANTS 
HARDY SEDUMS. All Sedums | 
call hardy can survive 15 below zero 
without protection. Some of them are 
hardy in the sub-Arctic. Most are fine 
for rock garden plants. Last year my 
Sempervivums made almost no_ in- 
crease. This year most are “hatching” 
chicks, and when my backlog of orders 
left from last year are filled, | hope to 
have a number of varieties of hardy 
Semps to offer. There is a rock garden 
plant par exceilence. Most of the dwarf 
plants listed under other heads, and 
many of the wildlings, are also good 
for rock gardens. 
I have wholesale quaniities of the 
following Sedums: Sarmentosum, 
hardy to subarctic, pendant effect. 
One sent me Glaucum, much like al- 
bum, but different flowers and winter 
coloring; Albuni white flowers; ever- 
green with us, an alhum hybrid has 
never bloomed for me, color of foliage 
slightly different, a grey green one 
which I| think is altissurn, good in rock 
garden, dish garden or as a pot plant; 
Acre and Sexanfulare much alike but 
different, both dwarf and good ground 
cover for clayey spots; Maximoiczi, 
little known in U.S.A.—two varieties 
which are in dispute among the botan- 
ists who have seen them. The dealer 
from whom J bought them identified 
them as the rare pink-flowered Sto- 
loneferum, and No. 28 as Stolonefe- 
rum coccinea; and the faculty of our 
State Experiment Station at Hope, 
Ark., agrees with him. Other botan- 
ists just as well posted_say that both 
are unusual Spurium hybrids. 
Have from one to a dozen plants 
of other varieties. Will trade, plant for 
plant, any Sedum listed for starts of 
red, purple or variegated Spectibile. 
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