MAY-JUNE, 1947 
seem to make a big plant. Neat yel- 
low small flowers in early summer. 
Very hardy; needs no cultivation, 
likes to scramble over rocks. This is 
a medicinal plant. 
Any of the above plants 5c each, 
unless otherwise noted. 
Christmas Fern, 214 ft. tall. 
Green through the winter with us, 
becoming shabby in the _ spring. 
Needs shade. Good for base plant- 
ings on north side of house. Very 
hardy, 10c. 
Ebony Spleenwort Fern, also 
green through winter, and unsightly 
in the spring. About 18 in. tall. Very 
hardy. Can stand more sun than the 
Christmas Fern, and often found 
growing in cracks of rocks and 
among roots of hardwood trees, 
10c. 
Blunt Lobed Woodsia Fern, often 
found growing with Ebony Spleen- 
wort and needs same _ conditions. 
Hardy in colder climates than this, 
10c. 
There are a few Lady Ferns here 
and if able to walk that far, can fur- 
nish them at 10c each. 
Bracken Fern, late in coming up. 
Hardy. The Indian women used the 
long roots in basket making. 10c. 
Blue Iris Cristata, makes a fine 
ground cover in shady spots. 5c. 
‘Amethyst colored Iris Cristata, 
more of a rock garden plant than 
the blue. I find it clambers over 
rocks, in deep shade. 5c. 
Bluets (Houstonia coerula), the 
ideal plant for cracks between stones 
in flagstone walks. I find it in lanes 
and along roads whete it gets plenty 
of trampling. Blooms in February 
here, when about 2 in. high. Some- 
times grows a/ little taller. Makes 
seed and theh ‘becomes dormant 
until next year. Hardy perennial but 
does not become ‘a nuisance. Tiny 
four-petalled flowers much like For- 
get Me Nots. Mostly pale blue but | 
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sometimes find white with red eye, 
pink with red eye, rarely white with 
yellow eye and_ still more rarely 
solid white and solid pink. Trans- 
plants readily even when in bloom. 
10c per doz. 7 td bia! 
VIOLA REFINESQUE — never 
heard of a common name for it. So 
far as | know the dwarfest dwarf of 
the Viola family. Comes very early, 
pansy like, apple blue blooms about 
an eighth of an inch across. Full 
bloom hére in late February and 
early March. Then makes seed and 
is gone until next year. |0c per doz. 
Transplants well even when in 
bloom, and does well in pots. 
Unless otherwise stated, all plants 
whose prices are not given, are 5c 
each. Postage paid on orders of 50c 
or more. For less than that amount, 
please add 5c. 
Until income is bigger, the Yellow 
Sheets will be published bi-monthly. 
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HARDY ROCK GARDEN 
PLANTS 
HARDY SEDUMS. All Sedums 
I 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 increase. This year most 
are “hatching” chicks, and when my 
backlog of orders left from last year 
are filled, I hope to have a number 
of varieties of hardy Semps to offer. 
There is a rock garden plant Par ex- 
cellence. Most of the dwarf plants 
listed under other heads, and many 
of the wildlings, are also good for 
rock gardens. 
I have wholesale quantities of the 
following Sedums: Sarmentosum 
hardy to subarctic, pendant effect. 
One sent me Glaucum, much like 
album, but different flowers and 
winter coloring;-Album white flow- 
ers; evergreen with us, an album 
hybrid has never bloomed for me, 
