FALL TRADE LIST — SEPTEMBER 16, 1946 
PERENNIALS—Continued 
SEMPERVIVUM. Houseleek. (RG) 
Sometimes known as Hen and Chickens. Plants especially good for Rock 
Garden. Their rosette-like, thick leaves are fleshy and pointed. The small 
clumps slowly spread, filling pockets and crevices between the rocks. 
Atroviolaceum. The largest of the entire group. Beautiful rosette of deep 
purplish red leaves almost 4 inches in diameter when fully grown. 8 in.__ 
Bossier. Leaves are deep green tipped reddish-purple, forming a beautiful 
rosette, 6 inches to 8 inches in diameter when fully grown. 4 inches 
Rubrum. Leaves of dark green turning to red in fall. Rapid spreader 
STATICE, Great Sea Lavender (RG) August 
Latifolia. Blue. These plants have broad leathery leaves, producing 
candelabra-like heads. If cut in full bloom, make very valuable winter 
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STOKESIA, Cornflower Aster. 
Blue Moon. Large and free flowering. Perfectly hardy. Vivid, blue disc- 
like flowers. Blooms throughout summer and autumn. Flowers five to 
six inches in diameter. 12 to 18 in. tall 
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SWEET WILLIAM (See Dianthus Barbatus) 
THYMUS, Thyme (RG) 
Serpyllum Coccineum. Dark red flowers, covering the plant completely. 
Creeping habit, hairy foliage, which is fragrant. June-July 
TRADESCANTIA. 
Delight. Long blooming, soundly hardy perennials of much beauty. Colors 
include blush pink, rosy pink, mauve, white, palest azure suffusions, sky 
blue, indigc, violet, purple, and ruby. Heights run from 6 to 30 inches.__ 
* Purple Dome. Vividly brilliant purple flowers which sparkle. with life in 
sunlight. Fine grower, and it flowers freely. Considered the most spec- 
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TRITOMA, Kniphofia, Red Hot Poker (RG) 
This perennial needs winter protection in Northern latitudes. Blooms 
from July to October. Color ranges from Orange to deep coral. This is 
an outstanding perennial. 
Gold Mine. Soft amber tinted gold is the color of this fine hybrid. The flower 
sp kes are 30 in., 10 or more on, one plant. Blooms from July to Sept. 
Its stateliness and coppery color effect makes it outstanding in the garden. 
Pfitzeriana. This is the genuine Red Hot Poker. Rich, orange-scarlet blooms 
on stems 3 feet high. Must be grown from divisions. August to October.___ 
Primrose Beauty. The spotless primrose-yellow spikes are unique for their 
grace as well as their delightful color. The spikes are 30 inches tall, lend- 
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Veronica Spicata. Long spikes of violet-blue flowers all summer. A fine 
plant for the middle of the hardy border. About 24 inches.__-__________-~ 
VINCA. Periwinkle or Trailing Myrtle. 
Bowles Variety. Very attractive, having runners of glossy evergreen foliage. 
Like Vinea-Minor it dces not brown during hot summer. Flowers are bright 
blue, blooming profusely in early Spring, with a sprinkling of flowers 
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VIOLA, ODORATA, Sweet Violet (RG) 
Fry’s Fragrant. An old English strain of perpetual flowering violets. Blooms 
early in the spring and again in the fall. Flowers extra large, deep purple 
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* Royal Robe. This gloroius variety is a lustrous shade of deepest violet-blue. 
The blossoms are delicately fragrant and open out flat like a pansy or Viola. 
A few plants of this violet in the garden will serve to furnish quantities of 
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YUCCA, Adam’s Needle (RG) 
Filamentosa. Creamy yellow. 6 ft. This plant, with its broad, sword-like 
evergreen fcliage is indispensable in landscape work. It can be used either 
for lawn.or Rockery work and stands out among all other plants. 
2 year 
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1.80 
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1.70 
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12.90 
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