L. N. ROBERSON NURSERY CO. 
1954 SEEDS -_ = 25¢ per packet - postpdid 
1540 East 102nd St.,Seattle 55, Wn. 
(Mail: 1539 East 103rd St.) 
The following seeds have been gathered fresh from our own plants and are offered 
in response to requests by the many people who want the pleasure of growing their 
own umusual plants, These are PERENNIALS unless otherwise described. Some are in 
limited supply - so order early} 
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ACAENA GLAUCA ~ gray leaved ground cover; creeping stems root as they grow. 
a MICROPHYLLA - yellow green foliage; barbed seeds which cling to clothing, 
ALYSSUM SAXATILE - Basket-of-gold - a must for sunny rock walls. 
ANEMONE PULSATILLA - Pasque Flower - one of the earliest spring flowers; showy. 
ANOMATHECA (Lapeyrousia) CRUENTA - False Freesia - bulb; bright carmine flowers. 
AQUILEGIA FLABELLATA NANA - dwarf plant producing short fat blue flowers; early. 
BRUCKENTHALIA SPICULIFOLIA - low, heath-like shrub; dainty rosy-pink flowers. 
CAMPANULA CULLENMORE - wide bells of light blue; prolific flowering. 
" POSCHARSKYANA = pale blue flewers tinted lavendar; good in shade. 
u PUSILLA - shining green leaves topped by nodding blue bells; l-inches. 
CISTUS ALBIDUS - tips and under parts of foliage particularly gray; rosy pink 
flowers; upright shrub. 
CISTUS HIRSUTUS - stiff bronzed leaves on 1 to 3 ft. shrub; small white flowers. 
CLEMATIS MONTANA - vine with pinkish flowers of 3 inch diameter in great profusion. 
CORYDALIS LUTEA - Squirrel Corn. Golden blossoms; fine lacy greenery;Sun or shade. 
CYCLAMEN NEAPOLITANUM - fall blooming; mottled leaves make handsome winter cover. 
DIANTHUS BANATICUS - Beard Pink — for the rock garden. 
" GRANITICUS - Granite Pink - starry pink flowers on 6 inch stems. 
u NOEANUS - stiff, spiny cushion; fragrant white flowers, 6 to 8" stems. 
DRYAS SUENDERMANNI - flatly spreading shrub; small oak-like evergreen leaves; 
white flowers followed by feathery secds similar to Anemone Pulsatilla. 
EDELWEISS - LEONTOPODIUM ALPINUM - a study in gray; native of the Alps. 
EDRAIANTHUS TENUIFOLIUS - relative to the Bellflowers; lax flowering stems with 
terminal clusters of white to purple flowers; grassy foliage. 
ERICA CINEREA - fine-leaved Heath; graceful sprays of bright purple flowers. 
" TETRALIX - Cross—leaved Heather - grayish foliage; rosy bells. 
EUPHORBIA LATIFOLIA - Mole Plant - said to drive out these pests. 
GAILLARDIA GOBLIN - low; has gaudy flowers of yellow and red. 
GERANIUM - blue flowers veined with red; 1 to 2 feet high; from Attu. 
GERANIUM SANGUINEUM - rock garden subject; magenta flowers in profusion. 
IRIS DOUGLASIANA SEEDLING - white flowers delicately washed with blue; 18 inches. 
" GRAMINEA - flowers lilac veined with purple; 12 inch grassy foliage. 
" SETOSA - 15 to 18 inches; rich dark blue flowers. 
" TECTORUM - Roof Iris - flat topped flowers on 12 to 15 inch stems; lilac, 
LEDUM COLUMBIANUM - evergreen shrub for boggy sites; white flowers; terminal clusters 
LINUM MONOGYNUM - white flowers on wiry 18 inch stems. 
LUETKEA PECTINATA - ground cover forming dense carpets of bright green; 2 to 6" 
flower stems crowded with heads of white flowers; shade or sun. 
MANDEVILLA SUAVEOLENS - Chilean Jasmine - vine for protected spot or greenhouse; 
flowers white and fragrant. 
MECONOPSIS BETONICIFOLIA ~ Blue Poppy of Tibet - 3 to )" sky blue flowers;cach 
centered with many golden anthers; the or more petals delicately 
crinkled; leaves mostly basal & covered with bristly hairs; 2 to 5 Ft. 
stems; likes rich soft loam in half shade; shelter from wind; this 
striking plant never fails to elicit ecstatic exclamations. 
MYOSOTIS PALUSTRIS - a Forget-me-not for damp shady ground. 
PAPAVER NUDICAULE - apricot’ flowered; leaves tufted at base of leafless stems. 
PENSTEMON CALIFORNICUM - long shiny basal leaves; tall spikes of gmall blue flowers, 
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