OENOTHERA MISSOURIENSIS — Missouri Prim- 
rose. (C) 12” prostrate stems that bear huge, yellow 
flowers in Summer. Recommended for the dry, sunny 
rock garden. 
OPULASTER OPULIFOLIUS—Ninebark. (B) 100” 
ornamental, Spring-blooming shrub with dense heads 
of white-petaled blossoms. “Maple leaf” foliage. Also 
larger packets at 50¢. 
PAEONIA BROWNII—Western Peony. (A) A native 
peony that comes from the far western mountains. 
A charming dwarf with brownish-red flower petals. 
Sun or light shade. 
PASSIFLORA INCARNATA—Passion-flower. (B) 
Choice 20’ vine with three-lobed leaves. Large laven- 
der petals are overlain with many, slender, spotted 
filaments. Edible yellow fruits. Sun or light shade 
in dry soil. Hardy to Philadelphia without protection. 
PEDICULARIS LANCEOLATA—(B) 36” member 
of the Figwort family that bears spikes of yellow 
flowers over pinnately lobed foliage. Open wet places. 
Blooms in Fall. 
PENTSTEMON CENTRANTHIFOLIUS — Scarlet 
Bugler. (B) Slender 36” stems bear bugle-shaped 
scarlet blossoms over a glaucus foliage in Summer. 
Prefers a sandy, well-drained soil. 
PENTSTEMON DIGITALIS — Foxglove Beard- 
tongue. (B) 48”. Many lavender tinted, white tubular 
white tubular flowers on terminal spikes. Fields and 
flowers on terminal spikes. Fields and thickets in 
Summer. Also larger packets at 50¢. 
PENTSTEMON SPECTABILIS. (B) A 36” western 
species for dry, sunny places. Blue to rosy purple 
flowers in Summer. Also larger packets at 50¢. 
PHLOX DIVARICATA—Timber Phlox. (B) 12”, 
blue-flowered beauty for woodland gardens. 
PHLOX MACULATA — Meadow Phlox. (B) 36” 
purplish spotted stems that bear dense heads of pink 
petaled flowers from late Spring to early Summer. 
Likes it moist. 
PHYSOSTEGIA VIRGINIAN A—Obedient Plant. (C) 
Clumps of 36” stems with dense terminal flowering 
spikes of pink. So named because the flowers remain 
in whatever position they are placed. Grassy thickets. 
PHYSOSTEGIA VIRGINIANA ALBA — White- 
flowered form of the above. Both cut well. 
PIERIS MARIAN A—(D) Equally desirable relative 
of the Mountain Andromeda (Pieris florabunda). This 
particular species is a 48” shrub that grows in sandy 
soil and bears nodding clusters of much larger urn- 
shaped blossoms. Sun or light shade. Also larger 
packets at 50¢. 
POLYGONATUM COMMUTATUM-Great Solomon’s 
Seal. (A) 48” stems bearing alternate, opposite, 
dark green leaves. Clusters of nodding, white bells 
a iG Spring are followed by bluish berries. Wood- 
ands. 
PYXIDANTHERA BARBULATA—Flowering Pyxie. 
Evergreen, creeping, mat former, native only to the 
eastern “Pine Barrens”, New Jersey to North Caro- 
lina. Pinkish buds opening to white, peek out from 
the tufted foliage in profusion in early Spring. A 
choice item for the rock garden. Sun or light shade. 
Seed mailed in late June to advance orders. Sow in 
sand and peat and keep cool and shaded. Regular 
packets, 50¢. 
