6 or 10 inches above the neat compact rosette of evergreen 
foliage. From the mountains of Georgia. June-July. Acid soil. 
1.00 
Opuntia fragilis. A dwarf prostrate grower that covers the ground 
with a wide close mat of prickly green. The large bright yel- 
low flowers open from salmon colored buds and the almost 
round thorny “joints’’ are only about 1 inch in diameter. From 
the banks of the Peace River in northern British Columbia 
where it is subjected to 50° below zero for weeks at a time. 
\ Neutral soil. $1.00 

Opuntia sp. Rather a dwarf and distinctive grower with long 
spines from the pine barrens of Georgia. Acid soil. $1.00 
Pentstemon hirusutus. A marvelous plum purple colored form of 
this easily grown species. Floriferous and permanent in poor 
well drained soil. Neutral. $2.00 
Pentstemon triflorus x p. cobaea “Rosaline”. A beautiful large 
flowered Pentstemon that is easy to grow and very hardy. 
The flowers are an attractive shade of rosy pink and the 
dark glossy foliage is evergreen. Neutral soil. $3.00. This fine 
hybrid was raised by Mrs. Henry. 


Pentstemon dissectus with fairly large purple and white flowers 
is the handsomest of the eastern Pentstemons and the only 
Pentstemon with cut fernlike foliage. Dr. J. K. Small said that 
it was one of the rarest plants in the country and that it had 
only been found a few times. From Georgia. Acid soil. $3.00 
Dr. Edgar T. Wherry the greatest authority on Phlox has seen 
all the following species and forms in. bloom and has ap- 
proved their introduction: 

Phlox amoena “Tallapoosa”. A lovely Alice blue form of this 
Phlox that is different and an attractive addition for the Rock 
Garden. Easily grown in dry stony soil in sun. From Talla- 
poosa County, Alabama. Acid soil. $2.00 
: Phlox bifida alba. White flowering seedling of the cleft petaled 
| Phlox. Likes gritty soil, either limy or acid. Appeared in my 
garden. $2.00 
Phlox bifida “Bunny”. A great improvement over the type species. 
The color is a nice warm purple. $2.00 

