Primula Auricula Alpina, Giant Hybrids 
PLUMBAGO - Leadwort 
Lovely low-growing plants with leathery, small, heart-shaped leaves of 
bronzy green color. The flowers are a deep peacock-blue borne in small 
clusters just above the foliage. 
Culture. They require a sandy loam which is well drained and not too 
rich. Do well in the rock garden in full sun or light shade. May be used 
also as an edging to beds or garden paths. Plant in fall or spring, 6 to 8 
inches apart; cover lightly during winter in exposed places. Starts into 
growth quite late in spring. 
*Larpentae Each 70c, Three $1.90, Doz. $5.50, 100 $30.00 
One of the most desirable border and rock plants. It is of dwarf spread- 
ing habit, growing 6 to 8 inches high, covered with brilliant blue flowers 
during late summer and fall. 
POLYGONUM - Dwarf Lace Plant 
Reynoutria Each 70c, Three $1.90, Doz. $5.50, 100 $30.00 
This handsome ground cover was introduced a few years ago by 
Amos Perry, one of England’s oldest and best known plantsmen. It 
is of easy culture, very hardy and establishes itself quite rapidly 
from underground runners. It does best in full sun and its pale 
green foliage turns brilliant red in the autumn. Height is between 
4 and 6 inches. In the fall it produces numerous airy pink sprays of 
flowers not unlike those of the ‘Silver Lace Vine.’’ The buds are deep 
coral and salmon, adding much to its charm. One of the best ground 
covers for sunny places where Vinca and Pachysandra would not be 
i satisfactory. 
POLYGONATUM - Solomon’s Seal 
Popular and easily grown herbaceous plants, producing arching stems 
furnished with narrow leaves on each side, and from the axils of which 
drooping flowers are produced. Excellent plants for shady borders. 
Culture. They will thrive in any ordinary good soil containing plenty of 
humus or vegetable matter. May be grown under the shade of deciduous 
trees, in the shady border, or naturalized in woodland gardens. Plant 
in autumn or early spring, 6 inches apart. 
Multiflorum major Each 60c, Three $1.50, Doz. $4.75, 100 $22.00 
Pendent sprays of white flowers borne on long, 2-foot stems in May, 
followed in autumn with black or purple berries. A grand plant for a 
mesa position, where it has plenty of room to show its pendulous sprays 
of bells. 
PRIMULA 
This genus contains many species of interesting hardy plants suitable 
for the rockery, the waterside and the border. No garden or rock garden 
is complete without a liberal planting of all sorts offered. 
Culture. Primulas will succeed in good, rich loamy soil freely mixed 
with leaf mold. All require light shade. Most gardens contain a damp, 
shady spot, and this would be an ideal place for growing hardy Primulas. 
Plant in early spring or early fall, 4 to 6 inches apart. 
*Auricula alpina, Giant Hybrids 
Each 65c, Three $1.65, Doz. $5.25, 100 $25.00 
One of the treasures of the rock garden. The growth is very attractive, 
forming rosettes of thick leaves, sometimes farinose or mealy. The flower 
stalks rise to a height of 6 to 8 inches, bearing heads of bloom of var- 
ious colors; exceedingly fragrant. 
* Japonica Each 70c, Three $1.90, Doz. $5.50, 100 $30.00 
A lovely Primrose, producing long spikes of bloom from crimson to rose 
to almost white. The flowers are in whorls. A mass of these in the bog 
garden or near the pool or stream is a sight to be remembered. 
*Sieboldi Each 70c, Three $1.90, Doz. $5.50, 100 $30.00 
A distinct Siberian species, with soft, wrinkled, heart-shaped leaves. 
Flowers in early summer deep rose; prefers light, rich, well drained soil 
in a sunny position, in border or rockery; 10 inches high. 
*Vulgaris Each 70c, Three $1.90, Doz. $5.50, 100 $30.00 
The true old English Primrose with pale yellow flowers. Do not confuse 
with the common veris. 
Wayside Munstead Polyanthus 
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Pulmonaria Saccharata 
POLY ANTHUS - Bunch Primrose 
The Polyanthus was obtained by crossing the Cowslip (Primula veris), 
and the Primrose (Primula vulgaris). It has the large flowers of the 
Primrose and the flower umbel of the Cowslip. 
Culture. They like a moist, shady position, and a rich, liberally manured 
soil. 
*Munstead, Giant Yellow and Cream Shades 
Each 65c, Three $1.65, Doz. $5.25, 100 $25.00 
A beautiful strain of large-flowered, yellow shaded, bunch Primroses; 
most desired by those who love the Primrose. 
*Munstead Giant Red Shades 
Each 65c, Three $1.65, Doz. $5.25, 100 $25.00 
Rich mahogany-red flowers, often gold laced, in great masses. _Lovely 
as edging to beds or garden paths, in shade or contrast color with the 
yellow Primroses. 
*Munstead Giant Mixed Colors Three $1.45, Doz. $4.50, 100 $20.00 
This is perhaps the finest strain of large-flowered Primroses in cultiva- 
tion. The plants grow vigorously and produce numerous stems which 
are topped with heavy clusters of bold flowers ‘in all shades of yellow, 
cream, orange, buff, mauve, pink, bronze and dark rose. They create 
a riot of color in early spring which lasts for a month and more. 
POTERIUM - Burnet 
There are a trio of species of this genus which are worthy of a place 
in the mixed border. They are native of North America, also belonging 
to the Rose order. They have graceful, pinnate foliage, and bear their 
flowers in dense spikes. The flowers are useful for cutting. 
Culture. All will thrive in any ordinary soil in a sunny border. Plant 
in autumn or spring. They enjoy moisture at the root and do not get 
winter killed even in wet places. 
Obtusum Each 70c, Three $1.90, Doz. $5.50 
A fine plant with excellent foliage and numerous rose-pink spikes of 
flowers, not unlike Bottlebrush in form, are produced from July to 
September. Loves a sunny, moist place and is ironclad, surviving in wet 
spots where other border plants fail. Height of spikes when in bloom 
about 3 feet. A really permanent and hardy plant. 
PULMONARIA - Lungwort 
A perennial noteworthy for hardiness of growth, freedom in flowering, 
and for its adaptability for growing in shady borders or rock gardens. 
The plants have rough foliage sometimes speckled with white, and blue 
or reddish flowers borne in racemes. 
Culture. Grow in ordinary soil in groups in the shady, mixed border, in 
masses under the shade of deciduous trees, or in the rock garden. Plant 
10 inches apart in autumn or early spring. 
Angustifolia coerulea Each 75c, Three $2.00, Doz. $6.00, 100 $35.00 
Same habit as Saccharata but the flowers are blue, the foliage dark 
green; does not have the silvery spots as Saccharata. 
*Saccharata Each 70c, Three $1.90, Doz. $5.50, 100 $30.00 
A lovely early spring flower not unlike Mertensia, with pink flowers, and 
when through blooming the plant has beautiful silvery spotted foliage. 
12 to 14 inches high. A valuable plant in shady places. 
Plumbago Larpentae 
