AGERATUM - ALSTOEMERIA 
AGERATUM (ager-A-tum) 
Herbaceous annuals having tassel-like clustered heads; blue or white: they are easily 
grown, are tender in the N and must not be set outdoors till all frost danger is passed. 
They are useful as edging, in the front border, in porch or hanging baskets; popular. 
Houstoninum: This is incorrectly listed as A. mexicanum. The commonly zrown 
Ageratums all come under this species. 
—Blue Ball. Deep blue ball-shape plant; compact; 9’; HHA 
—Blue Bedder. Lavender-blue; compact, 4’; pretty for beds;HHA 
—Blue Cap. Rich blue, dome-shape plant; RG; extra nice; HHA 
—Blue Star. Deep blue, 6’, very nice for edging; HHA 
ete Imperial, White. Popular bedding sort; strong growth.... 
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AGER-3C 15-2 
AGER-3D 20¢ 
AGER-3E 15¢ 
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... AGER-3Y. 20¢ 
._AGER-3F 15¢ 
—Little Dorrit. Pretty deep plue; fine for edging and pots HAS. AGER-3G I15¢ 
White. A pure white strain; fine bedding, boxes and border......AGER-3GW 15¢ 
—Midget Blue. A 2-3 in. plant: compact; fine for edging; HHA... AGER-3H 15¢ 
—Purple Perfection. Deepest blue, 9’; fine for boxes or bedding;...AGER-3J 15¢ 
—Silver Star. Pretty dwarf white, 6 inches, HH A.neeecccccccccccccocescssssscccsosecece AGER-3K 20¢ 
—Swanley Blue. Azure-blug; thickly bunched, 8”; HHA. .AGER-3L 15¢ 
—White Queen. Pure white: 87; dandy; HHA.......ccccccccccccsssesssesess .AGER-3M 15¢ 
—White Beauty. Considered the best white; 7 inches; HHA .ceeeccscs AGER-3P 15 
—Zuriblau. Pretty dwarf blue novelty from Switzerland; HHA.. .AGER-3Z 15e 
—Mixed. Blend of all the above garden  VarietieS. écccccccccccccocscosscecsesessceess AGER-X 10¢ 
AGRIMONIA  (ag-rim-MOH-nee-ah) Agrimony 
Erect perennial plants with small yellow fils in racemes followed by burr fruits;shade. 
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AGROSTEMMA: see Lychinis. 
AGRGSTIS (ah-GROS-tis) 
A group of tufted annual and perennial, ornamentall grasses. 
nebulosa. Cloud Grass. Dwarf and neat; plant indoors early; 1ft,HA...... AGRHO-5. 20¢ 
AJUGA. (aj-YEW-guh) BUGLEWEED. Labiatae. 
Herbaceous annuals and perennials for the rockery or border; flowers in whorls in 
terminal spikes, blue, white or rose. They are easily grown. 
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ALLAMANDA §(al-ah-MAM-dah) 
Shrubs and climbers native of Brazil. Easily grown in the greenhouse in N. In the 
South they thrive in the open. Showy purple or yellow fiowers. 
cathartica: Pretty vine; golden yellow fis 3” across; HHA...........cscecscsccess ALLA-1 20¢ 
ALLIUM (AL-i-um) 
Flowering Onion. Nearly all those listed here are hardy perennials. They are at- 
tractive plants in the border, some in the rock garden. Sow seeds as for perennials, 
usually in early spring. Rich, sandy soils best; full sun. 
—albopilosum. Lilac in umbels 8 inches across; 3 ft; dandy, HP... ALUM-2. 25¢ 
—ammophjlum. Golden yellow floweres; Europe; HP... .ccccccccccssceccsscsscescessesseesees ALUM-4. 30¢ 
—cernuum. Nodding buds, erect fils; lavender to white, May; | ft; HP... ALUM-21. 20¢ 
—falcifollum. An extra good RG species; 4’; deep rose; HP... ALUM-23. 25¢ 
—Gayeri. Very pretty 14 inch plant; rose-pink fis; HP... ccecceceeseeeeee ALUM-37. 25¢ 
—giganteum. Bright lilac; Cent. Asia; 4ft; HP... ... ALUM-38(C). 30¢ 
—karataviense. Whitish fls with purple mid-rib; 1 ft; HP... ALUM-44. 25¢ 
—neopolitanum. Large 3 inch white flowers; 1 ft; S EU; HP.. .. ALUM-58. 25¢ 
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—oreophilum. Purple in many flowered umbels; Caucasus; eer eTA ALUM-67. 40¢ 
—peninsulare. Rose-purple fis in loose umbels; 1 ft; HP... ALUM-72. 25¢ 
—praecox. White fis petals, bright purple mid-vein; 1 ft; HP... ALUMZ74. 15¢ 
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—pyrenaicum. White flowers with a green mid-rib; 3 ft; HP........0 ALUM-78. 20¢ 
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—rubrum. Flowers replaced by reddish bulbels; 1 ft; Rocky Mts; HP......... ALUM-83. 30¢ 
—Schoenopeasum v. sibiricum. CHIVES. Rich purple fis; 1 ft; HP............ ALUM-87S. 20¢ 
—senescens. (A montanum)....Lilac in many fi’d umbels; 2 ft Eu; HP.............. ALUM-90. 25¢ 
—sphaerocephalum. Tall pretty globular deep red heads; HP............ ALUM-93(W). 30¢ 
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—tanguticum. Bluish lilac with darker midrib, in dense umbels; HP......... ALUM-939. 30¢ 
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—triquetrum. Large white fis in loose umbels; 18”; HP.. a . 25¢ 
—tuberosum. Leaves not hollow; July-Sept; 18”; HP...... AG . 20¢ 
—unifolium. Pink Allium. Calif; 15”; bright rost; HHP aie . 20¢ 
—Allium Blend. A valuable colection of AlliUM SPECIES... eects ALUM-X. 20¢ 
ALOE (AL-oh) 
Perennial succulent plants native of the Cape. They make ornamental pot plants 
in the North. Grow in sandy soil with a little peat and rotted manure and small chunks 
of old mortar or lime; keep on dry side. 
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ALONSOA § (al-on-SOH-ah) ‘ 
Mask Flower. Easily grown in a warm locaion. Sow seed indoors in spring and set 
plants out after frost danger; for growing indoors in winter, sow in summer and set 
plants indoors early in the fall. 
—Warscewiczii. Cinnabar or scarlet-red; 3 ft; Peru; grow as an annual......... ALON-7. 20¢ 
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ALSTROEMERIA (al-stre-MEE-ri-ah) 
So. American greenhouse plants grown from tuberous roots that are treated as bulbs. 
Rich soil and a sunny position needed. Seed can be planted in pots, August or later, 
which bloom the follloowing summer. 
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—augustifolia. Pink, orange or flame, 3 £0; FIP .......cccessccssccecereose ALST-1A. 20¢ 
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—hybrids. Peruvian Lily. Pink, red or yellow; 2-3 ft; HHP............... .. ALST-5H. 20¢ 
Pelegrina. Lily of the Incas.. Pink spotted purple; 1ft; HP... ALST-6 25¢ 
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Rock Garden Species 
of Penstemons 
The miniature Penstemons, both shrubby 
and herbaceous, have a charm and _ variety 
that is hardly duplicated in any other group 
of flowers. Many of these beautiful little 
plants, too, have not been available to the 
gardener before and we take pride in being 
the foremost introducer of this genus. 
The species considered here are the dwarfs, 
most of which have quite ornamental foliage 
and that make attractive clumps or mats. 
P. linarioides coloradoensis has _ silvery 
gray leaves that remain bright and fresh all 
summer and usually all winter, too. If 
planted in the rocky part of the garden the 
branches tumble over the rocks in a pleasing 
manner. 
P. thompsonae, a Sedum-like shrublet with 
tiny gray spatulate leaves, almost white in 
appearance. It is not over 1 inch high and 
makes little mats to 6 inches across. The 
flowers are violet and produced on tiny erect 
spikelets. Hardy and stands the sun and 
drought (deserts of north central Nevada): 
P. acaulis is a challange to the good flow- 
er grower. Its requirements are for desert 
treatment. It resembles a tiny Phlox, with 
filiform leaves, growing in small clusters. 
The tuffets grow as much as 10 inches 
across but usually 2-4 inches. Its little blue 
flowers sit on top of the pan cake clumps of 
foliage; native of the foothills of the Uinta 
Mountain range of Utah. 
P. exilifolius has white erect flowers on 
slender airy spikes. It forms a neat light 
green mound with short grassy leaves very 
similiar to the cushion Dianthus. 
P. paysoniorum, a dwarf only 6 inches 
high and found in the dry sandy washes on 
the desert plains of Wyoming. The leaves 
are dark green, shiny and in rosettes close 
to the ground. It is floriferous; medium blue 
in color and small; found on desert plains 
of Wyoming. 
P. halli, another dwarf Glabri, with im- 
mense flowers in proportion to the size of 
the plant. It makes attractive rosettes of 
shiny dark green leaves above which forms 
erect 6 inch stems that are covered with its 
rich deep red purple flowers: Try it in a 
well drained place protected from the sun 
by a rock; found high on mountain peaks in 
the Colorado Mountains. 
P. virens, a beautiful and dainty plant 
that grows in cut banks and gravelly hill- 
sides. It makes a thick mound with bright 
green lanceolate leaves. The flowers are a 
cloud of blue, on stems 6-8 inches high, giv- 
ing the bloom an airy effect; the flowers are 
small but numerous. Found in Colorado 
and southwest Wyoming. 
P. Tolmiei is a charming plant, a mat 
former, the root stocks rooting as they ex- 
tend along the ground. The leaves are a 
deep green, lanceolate shaped and numerous: 
The flower stems are 8-12 inches high, topped 
with small, compact clusters of tiny red-purp- 
le flowers.; they are found in the Cascade 
mountains of Washington. 
P. heterophyllus, subspecies, purdyi, is a 
dwarf decumbent form and does well for cov- 
ering dry banks but it is tender in the north- 
ern section of the country. It makes a very 
attractive low mound with olive-green leaves 
with a touch of bronze, making it very orna- 
mental. The flowers are blue, purple or 
rose Or in combinations of these, making the 
effect spectacular. 
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