POLEMONIUM (Jacob’s Ladder) 
A spreading plant, 6 to 8 inches high, with light blue 
flowers in April. Foliage is good in summer. Prefers light 
shade and average moisture. It makes excellent ground 
cover and is good in the rockery or at the edge of the 
border. 
Reptans Each 75c, Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65 
Light blue flowers in April and May. 6-8 inches high. 
SPIRAEA (Astilbe) 
A good hardworking plant for the border. It throws pleas- 
ant flowers in June and July, then bushes out with decora- 
tive foliage. It grows anywhere in full sun, in any soil. 
Use in groups of three in the foreground. 
Avalanche Each $1.10, Three $2.90, Doz. $8.75 
Pure white flowers on 18-inch stems. Deeply cut dark- 
green foliage. 
Fanal Each $1.10, Three $2.90, Doz. $8.75 
Brilliant carmen-red flowers. Foliage a dark reddish 
green. 18 inches high. 
Rheinland 
Delicate pink spires. 
Each $1.10, Three $2.90, Doz. $8.75 
THYMUS (Decorative Thyme) 
(See Herbs for culinary variety.) 
These are easily grown, form dense mats ideal for spaces 
between flagstones. Require full sun and that is about 
all. We sell large mats that can be divided into 10-15 
plants. These are perfect, low growing covers for hot and 
dry places. 
Serpyllum Album Each 75c, Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65 
Dense mats of dark green foliage with small white flowers. 
Serpyllum coceineum Each 75c, Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65 
Extremely dense mats of fine green leaves. Covered with 
reddish-purple flowers in late June. We cut these off 
immediately because they attract bees by the hundreds to 
the terrace and we are allergic, to say the least, to every- 
thing about bees except honey. Coceineum (also called 
Scotch Thyme) is extremely hardy. 
Each 75c, Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65 
Also known as lemon thyme because of its distinct lemon 
fragrance. Citriodorous grows from 6 to 8 inches tall and 
is covered with small rosy blooms in June. Like all decora- 
tive Thymes it needs full sun. It makes a delightful dwarf 
border for an informal path. Needs light straw protec- 
tion in winter to keep stems from drying out. 
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VERONICA (Speedwell) 
A completely untemperamental plant. All you should re- 
- member is to cut back faded flowers to promote new 
bloom and growth. 
Longifolia Subsessilis Each 80c, Three $2.00, Doz. $6.00 
Blue-flowering from July to September. Height: 2 feet. 
VIOLA CORNUTA 
(Perennial Tufted Pansies) 
Anyone using good soil and plenty of water can grow 
these heavy bloomers. Pinch them back if they get “leggy” 
—they bloom at once in spring, stay blooming in hottest 
August and bloom again until heaviest frost. We grow 
viola cornuta from cuttings only and each flower is guar- 
anteed to be true to variety. 
Arkwright Ruby Three $1.50, Doz. $4.75 
Bright ruby crimson with dark centers. 
Chantreyland Three $1.50, Doz. $4.75 
Rich apricot-orange. 
Jersey Gem Three $1.50, Doz. $4.75 
Compact violet-blue. 
Lutea Splendens Three $1.50, Doz. $4.75 
Chrome yellow. 
White Perfection 
Large pure white. 
Three $1.50, Doz. $4.75 
KITCHEN GARDEN HERBS 
All these are perennials; all are hardy; all are for eating 
except lavender. You don’t need many plants—this is 
strong stuff and in cooking use sparingly. Remember, you 
are after a flavor, not a taste. There are many more 
herbs but these are the best ones for cooking. Plant them 
convenient to the kitchen in full sun. They are not fussy 
about soils—but in very cold climates give them a light 
covering of salt hay or straw. (Temperatures in Litchfield 
go to as low as minus 20 degrees. We have no trouble 
even when we forget to cover. Yes, we forget things like 
that, too.) 
Lavender Large plants, each $1.25 
Always in old-fashioned kitchen gardens, though not for 
eating. Snip when blooms open in May-June, dry them, 
use them—that’s all there is to handling lavender. To 
grow it you need no special soils and once established 
the shrubby plants last indefinitely with minimum care. 
Ours are large bushy 2-year-old plants. (Supply this year 
is limited.) 
Chives Three $1.30, Doz. $3.50 
The flower, small purple heads on 10-inch stems, appears 
in early June and is decorative. Use finely chopped leaves 
for flavoring salads or hors d’oeuvres. (We have a won- 
derful recipe for chive bread. See box, page 4.) Strong 
grower, reproduces itself each time it is cut back. 
Costmary Three $1.50, Doz. $4.00 
Use the whole leaf or chopped leaves to brighten mid- 
summer lettuce or vegetable salads. 
Marjoram origarium vulgaris Three $1.50, Doz. $4.00 
Use leaves sparingly to flavor soups and gravies. Dry 
leaves and young shoots for winter use. This is better by 
far than what is usually sold as marjoram. 
Sage Three $1.50, Doz. $4.00 
Dry leaves are used for flavoring meats, soups, stuffings, 
dressings. 
Sweet Cicely Three $1.50, Doz. $4.00 
A few chopped leaves added to salads and cold dishes 
also adds a delightful zest to the dish itself. 
Tarragon Each 75c, Three $2.15, Doz. $7.50 
This is a basic cooking material in France. Fresh leaves 
and stalks added to vinegar produces tarragon vinegar. 
Fresh leaves also are chopped finely and dropped into 
salads or used to garnish meat or fish. Dried leaves flavor 
soups and pickles. A kitchen without tarragon is almost in. 
the same boat as a kitchen without salt or pepper. 
Thyme (Common, or Thymus vulgaris) 
Three $1.50, Doz. $4.00 
Fresh leaves are used in salads; dried leaves are impor- 
tant for meats, soups and gravies. 
An Old-Fashioned Kitchen Garden 
Three each of Chives, Costmary, Marjoram, Sage, Sweet Cicely, 
Tarragon, and Thyme. Plus one Lavender. 
$10.00 
Twenty-two plants. A $12.20 value, for . 
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