14 Ferndale Nursery—Askov, Minn. 
1946 
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Sempervivum. House Leek 
These curious and inter- 
esting globular plants are 
very useful for imbed- 
ding in rock walls and 
for the rock garden as 
well as for the _ border. 
They succeed well in any 
well drained soil in full 
sun. Prefer dry location. 
All Sempervivum. Each 
30c; 3 for 75e. 
—Most of the Sempervi- 
vum have flowers on long 
stems. The rossette that 
has the flower spike will 
likely die, but when they 
are well established there 
are always others to take 
over if one or two die. 
—Albertie, bronze tipped 
leaves. 
—Brauni, bronze tipped 
leaves, yellow flowers. 
—Doellanium. Small ro- 
settes of hairy leaves 
tinted red. Bright red 
flowers. Very effective 
in mass planting. 
—Globiflerum. Flattened 
rosettes of gray-green 
. leaves lightly tipped with 
brown. Pale yellow flow- 
ers. 
—Tectorum. The common 
House Leek. Also called 
Hen and Chicken 
—Trieste. Upper part of 
leaves reddish brown, 
flowers are bright red. 
Spirea Filapendula Dropwort 
—B—Fernlike foliage with 
numerous corymbs of 
creamy white flowers on 
15 in. stems. Each 30c; 
3 for 75c. 
Spirea Ulmaria variegated. 
—B—Beautiful variegated fo- 
liage with feather plumes 
of white flowers. Each 
30c; 3 for 75c. 
Spirea Ulmaria FI. Pl. 
—Of same habit as above 
with dbl. white flowers. 
Each 30c;. 3 for 75c. 
Sanguinea canadense Bloodroot 
*_-SM—A very showy plant for 
early spring bloom. Pure 
white flowers with broad 
pale green leaves. Plant 
dies down like Tulips af- 
ter blooming, making 
room for’ other plants 
such as annuals. Each 
25c; 38 for‘ 60c. 
Smilacena Racemosa 
False Solomon Seal 
*__S—2 ft. A native perennial 
herb. Resembles Solo- 
mon Seal, bearing its 
flowers in fluffy racemes 
on stem terminal. Green- 
ish-white flowers. Best 
adapted to the wild gar- 
den. Each 30c; 3 for 75c. 
Statice latifolia 
—RBC—Sea Pink, Sea Laven- 
der. A useful hardy 
plant for border and rock 
garden. Tufts of leath- 
ery leaves from _ which 
rise,immense airy heads 
of tiny purple-blue flow- 
ers. Valuable for cutting 
and may also be dried 
for winter bouquets. 
: Each 30c; 3 for 75c. 
Thalictrum. Meadow 
Rue Adiantifolia 
*_M—A tall growing plant 
with foliage resembling 
Maidenhair Fern foliage 
Miniature white flowers 
on tall slender _ spikes. 
Useful for background in 
wild garden. Each 30c;- 
Sal Ole De 
Thalictrum Aquilegiafolia 
*__Graceful foliage cut like - 
-the Columbine Rosy pur- 
‘ple flowers, on 2 to 38 ft. 
stems. Each 30c; 3 for 
75c. 
Thalictrum Glaucum 
*__Grayish blue foliage with 
yellow flowers. Growing 
to height of 18 inches. 
Each 30c;'3 for 75c. 
Thymus. Mother of Thyme 
—O—Much branched rather 
woody prostrate herb. 
Stems wiry and rooting 
at the joints. Useful for 
carpeting dry spots in 
rock garden and_é (for 
planting between  flag- 
stones. 
Thymus serphyllum Album 
—Dark green foliage, white 
flowers. 
Thymus Languinosa 
—Wooly Thyme. Gray- 
green wooly foliage very 
fragrant with bright pink 
flowers. 
—All Thymes. 
3 for 60c. 
Tradescantoa bractata. 
Spiderwort 
*__RS—A hardy perennial 
about 12 in. high. Nar- 
row lance shaped leaves. 
3 petaled flowers of pur- 
plish blue. Well drained 
soil in open sun. Each 
25c; 3 for 60c. 
Trillium. Wake Robin 
—Beautiful woodland 
plants, growing natural- 
ly in, moist soil rich in 
humus. They are easily 
transplanted and is best 
done in August and Sep- 
tember when the _ bulbs 
are dormant. May also 
be transplanted in early 
spring. Fine for natural- 
izing in colonies in wood- 
lands. 
Each 25c; 
