
PHYSALIS FRANCHETTI 2 ft. 
Chinese Lantern Plant 
Interesting hardy plant grown for its hand- 
some red fruit. Excellent for drying for 
winter bouquets. Sun. 
PHYSOSTEGIA VIRGINIANA 1-3 ft. 
False Dragonhead 
Grows in clumps forming an erect bushy 
plant. Flowers purplish-rose in — dense 
spike-like racemes. July-August. Trans- 
plant and divide frequently. Stun. 
Vivid 1% ft. 
Very deep pink flowers, heavy blooms. 
Dwarf. 
*PLATYCODEN GRANDIFLOUM 2 ft. 
Balloon Flower 
A shrubby plant with numerous large, 
showy, blue, bell-shaped flowers at the end 
of each leaf stalk. Attractive in rock gar- 
dens or borders. Sun or shade. 
*PLUMBAGO LARPENTAE 6-8 in. Leadwort 
A desirable rock and border plant. Spread- 
ing habit. Covered with deep blue flowers 
during late summer and fall. Sun or shade. 
Protect in winter. 
*PRIMULA VERIS HYBRIDS 12 in. Primrose 
Flowers of lilac to buff to orange to red on 
spikes above the tufts of thick crinkled 
foliage. Flowers in April-May. Shade. 
PYRETHRUM 1-1%% ft. 
Persian or Painted Daisy 
Charming flowers like large daisies. Vary 
from carmine through pink to white. 
Feathery foliage. Cut off old flowers. June- 
July. Sun. 
RUDBECKIA NEWMANN 3 ft. Coneflowers 
A compact bushy plant with large showy 
flowers. The perennial form of ‘“Black- 
Eyed Susan’; deep yellow flowers with a 
dark purple, cone center. Blooms all sum- 
mer. Sun. 
HILLSDALE LANDSCAPE CO. 
Purpurea 3 ft. 
Purple flowers with a large, brown cone 
center; July to October. Splendid © in 
border. 
SALVIA FARINACEKA 2-3 ft. Meadow Sage 
Pale blue flowers branching out from stalks 
in pairs forming enlogated whorls. July- 
August. Neta plant, pretty in borders. 
Protect in winter. Sun. 
*SAXIFRAGA MEGASEA CORDIFOLIA 1ft. 
Rock-foil 
Masses of handsome broad, deep green foli- 
age, which alone renders them useful. Flow- 
ers appear very early in spring. Fine 
among rocks or ledges. 
*Crassifolia 12-15 in. 
Showy and spreading. Drooping masses 
of pink flowers high above the large 
clustered leaves. A fine rock plant. 
SEDUM Stonecrop or Live-Forever 
Popular rock plants and ground covers. 
Varying in size from creeping dwarf plants 
of two inches to compact plants of eighteen 
inches. The flowers are small, starry shaped 
from white to yellow to rose-lavender. The 
leaves are thick and pulpy. Sun or half 
shade. 
*Acre 2-3 in. 
Green, evergreen, prostrate and slow 
creeping. Flowers bright yellow. May, 
*Album 4-6 in. 
Pale green; creamy-white starry flowers 
in clusters. 
*Altissimum 6-8 in. 
Grayish-red leaves; flowers in clusters, 
greenish yellow. 
*Dasyphyllum 2-4 in. 
Small, thick leaves; gray-green; crowded 
on slender stems. Flowers white to pink. 

A view of our ornamental flowering shrubs. ‘oe 
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