Tardy Plant and Alpine Plant Seeds 
Several years of experience and observation have proven to us beyond a The selection offered should give no great trouble to anyone who will be _ 
doubt that seeds of Hardy Plants and Rock Plants produced under American careful, but we cannot and do not give any guarantee as is resis know- 
climatic conditions germinate better and are superior in every way over ing only too well that it requires more time, patience and care q raise 
imported seeds. This fact has been so forcefully brought home to us that hardy plants and rock plants from seeds than ne pee People are 
wherever possible we harvest our own seeds at Wayside Gardens for the willing to give it. If, however, it Is proven that failure is due to the seeds, 
prepagation of our stocks. The great variety of plants grown by us (we can we will replace them with others, without charge. 
say without boasting that our collection of plants is the greatest ever Pat iti seed.) 
brought together in one nursery in America) makes it possible for us to (Packets contain liberal quantities of 2 
offer also a most complete collection of American grown Hardy Plant and Plants preceded by one star are rock plants but large enough to be 
Rock Plant Seeds. grown on the margin of the hardy border, as well as in the rock garden. 
Many more varieties could be added to the list presented here, but we . h k d I 
have omitted them because they are too difficult to handle for the amateur. Piants preceded by two stars should be grown in the rock garden only. 
ACONITUM - Monkshood AQUILEGIA - Columbine 
Napellus Per packet 30c Chrysantha Per packet 25c 
The upright, single spike, reaching a height Beautiful golden yellow flowers; blooms for 
of about 3 to 4 feet, is covered during July 2 months. 
and August with dark blue flowers. Chrysantha alba Per packet 25¢ 
White form of above. 
AETHIONEMA $=. Persian Candytuft *Coerulea (Rocky Moms ee 
: i acket 25c 
Grandiflorum Per packet 60c bine) : fieD 
Blue-green foliage which remains handsome Lovely blue flowers with long spurs. 
all summer. During June the plant is covered Crimson Star Per packet 50c 
with long spires of clear rose-colored flowers. 
ALYSSUM - Madwort; Basket of Gold 
Citrinum Per packet 35c 
Similar to Saxatile, but flowers are pale 
citron-yellow. 1 foot. 
*Saxatile compactum Per packet 25c 
Bright yellow flowers in early spring. 

ANCHUSA .- Alkanet 
fi : . Dropmore Per packet 25c 
ampanula ati. 5 } g Tall spikes of beautiful blue flowers in June 
ee n Gasp iced Ror plants, nee page 27) ; and intermittently all summer. 4 to 5 feet. 






*, F < 
ANTHEMIS - Chamomile 
Aizoon Per packet 35c 
Also called Achillea Ageratifolia. One of the 
prettiest of Mountain Chamomiles. About 6 
inches high. Fine silvery foliage with small 
yellow flowers. 
ANEMONE 
Magellanica Per packet 40c 
A fine creamy white flowered variety. The 
nodding bell-like flowers are produced freely 
on stems about 18 inches high. An excellent 
plant for the border in dry or moist places 
in shade or sun. Flowers from May until 
August. 
*Pulsatilla (Pasque Flower) Per packet 25c 
Violet or purple flowers during April and May. 
*Pulsatilla alba Per packet 30c 
With beautiful white flowers. Very rare. 
*Sylvestris Per. packet 30c 
Large, white blossoms on nodding stems of 
about 12 inches, blooming freely in May and 


ene X is ’ June. 
Aquilegia Flabellata Nana Alba 
ANTHERICUM 
Liliastrum Major Per packet 50c 
Lovely spikes of white flowers 11 feet high 
in May and June. 
ARABIS - White Rock Cress 
* Alpina Per packet 25c 
Pure white flowers produced in dense masses, 
splendid for border and rockery work. 
ARENARIA - Sandwort 
*Montana Per packet 30c 
Silvery white flowers quite early in the sea- 
son. The flowers in May resemble small, 
white, upturned Morning Glories. 
*Verna Per packet 35c 
A prostrate growing plant creeping low over 
the ground and between cracks in stones. 
Excellent -for the rock garden .and-between 
flagstones. 
ARMERIA .- Thrift or Sea Pink 
Wayside Gardens Mixed _— Per packet 30c 
Pink and rose shades. 18 to 24 inches. June 
ceed us wf to Oct ape barge baba sk of delightful white, 
: eee ee mine: rose, and pink shades. Very useful for edgi 
Arabis Alpina (For plants, see page 19) and cutting. a oe 
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Its flowers are very large with crimson sepals 
and spurs, and white petals, an entirely new 
color in Aquilegias. The plant has a sturdy 
free-flowering habit. 
*Flabellata nana alba Per packet 35c 
Perfect foliage and ivory-white flowers. The 
whole plant not over 8 to 10 inches high. 
A quaint Japanese species. 
Scott Elliott Long-Spurred Hybrids 
Per packet 30c 
Wonderful colors with very long-spurred flow- 
ers. 
New Giant Pink Hybrids Per packet 50c 
A beautiful strain of clear pink colors, with 
long spurs. 
New Giant Hybrids Mixed Per packet 50c 
Robust grower, full range of colors, all long 
spurred flowers. 
ASCLEPIAS - Butterfly Weed 
Tuberosa Per packet 30c 
Produces umbels of bright orange-colored 
flowers which are lovely to cut and last a 
long time. 
ASTER SPECIES 
*Alpinus, Goliath Per packet 35c 
Indispensable for the rockery or edge of 
hardy borders; 6 to 10 inches high, and bears 
large, showy, bluish purple flowers in May 
and June. 
AUBRIETIA - Purple Rock-Cress 
*Eyri Per packet 50c 
Rosy lilac; best of all. 
BAPTISIA - False Indigo 
Australis Per packet 25c 
Dark blue, pea-shaped flowers in June, are 
Produced on top of spikes 2 feet high. 
BOCCONIA - Tree-Celandine or 
Plume Poppy 
Cordata Per packet 25c — 
A noble hardy perennial, beautiful in foliage 
and flower, and adapted for planting in the 
shrubbery borders, and in bold groups. 

CARNATIONS, HARDY BORDER _ 
Scarlet and Red Shades Per packet 35¢ 
Single red and scarlet flowers on long stems, 
lovely for cutting. aa 
White Shades Per packet 35¢ 
The same as above but with single and dou- 
ble white flowers. “a 
‘Pink Shades Per packet 35¢ a 
Lovely pink flowers. 
Yellow Shades Per packet 35c — 
Pale yellow blooms. 4 
Mixed Shades Per packet 30c 
A riot of color and flowers in great abun- — 
dance in June and July, are the result from — 
just a few plants. Cut back all flower stems — 
when through blooming. 1 
