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PARAMOUNT GARDENS’

LIST OF

ROCK GARDEN PERENNIALS

FOR 1938

This catalog is worth reading thru from first to last. It is not possible to emphasize on the first page all the exceptional items it contains and there are more unusual and choice rock garden plants listed herein than in any other catalog of its kind.

We wish to emphasize the fact that all the plants listed are hardy anywhere in this country and very few are difficult. We have many choice perennials in our exhibi¬ tion garden which we do not list and we extend a cordial invitation to come and see them at any time.

We guarantee safe delivery in good condition.

Three plants of one variety may be ordered for 2/2 times the unit price; five plants of one variety for the price of four.

TERMS NET CASH WITH ORDER

ORDER BY NAME AND NUMBER

Carriage charges paid east of the Missis¬ sippi.

Add 5% for carriage west of the Missis¬ sippi.

Add 10% for carriage and special pack¬ ing to Canada, Cuba and Hawaii.

We guarantee safe delivery in good con¬ dition.

All shipments will be made at proper time for planting unless otherwise speci¬ fied.

We do not substitute.

Quantity and dealers prices on applica¬ tion.

Price in every case is for single plants and unless otherwise specified five of one variety will be sent for the price of four.

We cannot fill orders for less than $1.00.

Paramount Gardens PLAINFIELD, N. J.

BULBS

If you are going to use bulbs this year you will want our complete bulb catalog; Tulips, Narcissus, Hyacinths, Cro¬ cus, Lillies, Iris and others; thirty-two pages in color; a card will bring it to you.

PERENNIALS

For the Alpine Garden

1-ACHILLEA, Millfoil - Tomentosa, finely cut foliage, golden yellow flowers, 6"—9".25

97-HUL — Prostrate - white flowers in midsummer.25 AETH ION EM A — Candytuft

125-Armenum - 3"—4", compact habit, veined pink flowers .50

2- Warley Rose, an improved form .40 3- lberideum, dwarf white .50

AJUGA — Bugle plant 521 - Genevensis - blue ...1....25 722- Brockbanki - bronze foliage ..25

301 - ALSINE PUBERA - 6" covered with white stars in early spring. A native of North Carolina .25

ALYSSUM—Madwort 4- Argenteum, yellow, silver leaves .25

106-ldeaum - prostrate silver green foliage, soft yellow flowers . 50

5- Saxatile Compactum, yellow .. .25 ANDROSACE — Rock Jasmine

8 - Lanuginosa, rose pink .50 9-Lanuginosa Leichtlini, white .50

555 - Chumbyii, pink .35 ANEMONE — Windflower

10-Pulsitilla, Pasque Flower .25 11 - Pulsitilla Alba ..35 22-Nemorosa Alba, double . 50

47 - ANTENNARIA — Neo Dioica, white .25 AQUILEGIA, Columbine

12-Alpina, light blue . 35 118 - Buergeriana - 9" - yellowish brown, rare .75 725 - Canadensis, native .25 481 - Flabellata, Nana Alba .25 479-Jonesii - rarest American Alpine, 3", lavender

blue .1..2.00 21 - Pyrenaica, dwarf, violet .25

166 - Aquilegia Scopulorum - recently found in Utah. 2—3", plant and habit much like Jonesii but with numerous Coerulea like flowers .2.50

ARABIS — Rockcress 16 - Alpina, white .25 17- Alpina Floreplena, double .r.25 18- Alpina Rosea .:.25 23 - Procurens, dwarf white . .50

ARENARIA — Sandwort 19 - Caespitosa, white ...-.25 20- Montana, white, for wall .25

ARM ERIA — Sea Pink 24- Maritima, pink .25 25- Maritima alba . 25

7-Six Hills Hybrid, pink .75 ASTER — Michaelmas Daisy

29-Alpinus, lavender . 25 48-Alpinus Alba .25

AUBRIETIA — False wall cress 31 - Deltoides, violet .25

504-Eyri, rosy pink .25 32- BELLIUM, Alpine Daisy. Minutum .35 252 - BOYKINIA JAMESII — A brilliant pink saxifrage

6", rare .50 89- BRODIAEAS - mixed.-.doz. .50 33 - CALAMINTHA, Alpina, violet .25

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CAMPANULA — Bellflower 34 - Carpatica, blue . 25 35- Carpatica Alba .25

100 - Lasiocarpa - 4", neat rosettes, powder blue flowers .50

490-Pseudo Raineri, altho only four inches high it carries a mass of exceptionally large purple blue flowers all summer, one of the finest of the Campanulas .35

36- Muralis, Portenschlagiana .25 729 - Poscharkskyana, gray blue .35 37- Pusilla, pale blue .35 38- Pusilla Alba .-.35 26-Garganica .25

114-Turbinata Alba, very rare, splendid habit.75

CERASTIUM — 40-Tomentosa . 25

558 - Columnae, miniature .25

191 - CORNUS CANADENSIS, white native .25

103 - CORYDALIS Lutea, yellow .25 267 - COTYLEDON Chrysanthus, like a velvety semper-

vivum with cream flowers, handsome, 6" .50

549-CYCLAMEN Europeum — a hardy miniature, 4", marbled leaves, deep rose, scented, summer and fall bloom .

41 - DELPHINIUM, Chinense, dwarf .

DIANTHUS — Clove Pinks 42-Alpinus, carmine .......

174 - Arvenensis, 3", solid mats gray green, pink flowers .

44- Caesius, Cheddar pink . 45- Deltoides ..... 46 - Neglectus, cherry salmon .

305-Gladys Cranfield, pink .. 145-Roysii, improved Neglectus ..

DICENTRA — Bleeding Heart 561 - Eximia, dwarf pink . 720 - Formosa, extra good pink . 524- Spectabilis . 306 - Cucularia, Dutchman Breeches .

2 for 525- Glaucus, the best of all the Dicentras, silvery

leaves, cream white flowers, 1” ..

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DODECATHEONS — Shooting Star 562-Hendersonii, dwarf, pink . 50 726-Media, native . 25 223-Media Alba . 50

563-DRABA, Repens, yellow .50

541 -DRYAS, Sundermanni, white anemone like flowers, 6" 25

ERINUS — 50-Alpina, pink .25 51 - Alpina Alba ...25

101 - ERODIUM CHAMAEDRYOIDES ROSEUM, one has said that if he could have but one flowering- plant in his rockery it would be this Erodium, a true alpine with beautiful foliage, covered with pretty pink blossoms nine months of the year, 3", easy to grow .35

607 - E. Guttatum, ferny foliage of good habit, large white flowers with a blotch of purple on one petal, an excellent alpine from England .75

54-Chrysanthemum, the queen of the species, silv¬ ery leaves, creamy yellow flowers .50

EPIMEDIUM — A dainty and lovely rock garden plant. 194- Lilacina, soft lilac .35 471-Niveum, pure white .35 587 - Sulphureum, yellow .35

87 - Cocclneum, red .35

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ERYTHRONIUMS Trout Lillies — Dog Tooth Violets

Nothing equals Erythroniums for massing in moist ground. Plant bulbs upright in light shade, two or three inches deep. Fall delivery.

560- Californicum Bicolor, outer half of petal pure white, inner bright yellow with stamens of rich gold, pronounced fragrance .$ .60 Doz.

564 - Grandiflorum, brightest buttercup yellow, leaves plain green, no mottling .60 Doz.

532 - Hendersonii, lovely light purple with center of deep maroon, very striking .60 Doz.

201 - Californicum, cream . .60 Doz. 218 - Hartweggii, cream and yellow .60 Doz.

REVOLTUM TYPE Stems are long with as many as four flowers on a stem.

565-Pink Beauty, deep lavender pink, one of the best of the Erythroniums ...$1.00 Doz.

221 - Johnsonii, roe pink . 1.00 Doz. 902-Praecox, large flower of rich cream color

banded with maroon . 1.00 Doz. MIXTURES

Five varieties of first group . $ .40 Doz. 50 /.. $2.00 100 . $3.50

Five varieties of Revoltum group .$1.00 Doz. 50 . $4.00 100 . $7.50

FERNS 602-Adiatum Pedatum - Maiden hair Fern; almost in¬

dispensable in rock garden work. 603 - Asplenium Platyneuron, Ebony Spleenwort, a dain¬

ty fern for rock gardens. 604 - Polystichum Acrostichoides, Christmas Fern, an

evergreen fern useful in many plantings. 721 - Cryptogramma Acrostichoides, 3" parsley fern. 724- Gumnagramma Triangularis, 3" gold fern. 730-Pellaea Densa — the daintiest of all dwarf ferns.

.25 each $2.00 Doz. 168-FRITILLARIA Pudica, 4—6", pure gold ..15 169 - FRITI LLARIA Pluriflors, 9", deep rose .15 GENTIAN A —

449 - Andrewsii, native .25 303 - Lagodechiar.a .50 304 - Septemfida ..50

61 - Gracilipes . 75 GERANIUM — Cranesbill

58 - Sanguineum, red .25 59 - Sanguineum Album . 35 60 - Sanguineum Lancastriense .50

727 - Grandiflorum, blue .35 234-Subcaulesens, 4", silvery gray foliage, carmine

flowers . 75 GEUM — The Avens

62 - Heldreich, orange red .35 63 - Lady Stratheden, gold .25 64-Mrs. Bradshaw, scarlet .,.25

570-Borisii, deep orange .35 65 - GLOBU LARI A—Globe Daisy-Trichosantha, a choice

rock plant with minute foliage and blue glob¬ ular flowers .25

GYPSOPHILA — Babies Breath 66 - Cerastoides .25 67 - Repens .25

159-Repens Rosea . 35

BULBS — See Inside Front Cover.

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209 - H ELON I AS BU LLATTA—Cinnamon Lily - Native, from a rosette of evergreen leaves rises a bare stem, 18" with a hyacinth like flower of intense pink, likes moisture and shade, very interesting .50

HEPATICA — Wood Anemone, Native 76-Triloba .20

3 for .50 657 - Acutiloba .25

HELIANTHEMUM — Sunroses 68- Croseum, yellow .25 69- Fireball, scarlet .25 70- Mrs. Earle, crimson .25 71 - Double Orange . 25 73-The Bride, white .30

77-HEUCHERA — Alumroot - Sanguines Splendins, one of the better rock plants, coral rose bells in profusion .25

HOUSTONIA — Quaker Lady - Native 79-Caerulea, blue .25

296 - Longifolia, purple .25 123-HUTCHINSIA ALPINA, 3", a true Alpine, dense

cushions of cress foliage, smothered with white flowers .35

139 - HYPOXIS HIRSUTA — Star Grass, native, yellow flowers, blooms all summer .20—3 for .50

527 - H YPERICU M — St. John’s Wort - Olympicum, a rare and lovely rock plant, gray foliage and large yellow flowers . 50

IBERIS — Candytuft 28 - Saxatilis, 2", fleshy leaves, white blooms . 50 39-Little Gem, dwarf, upright . 25

IRIS DWARF BEARDED IRIS

185-Alba-—6", early white with yellow beard, very fragrant . 25

186 - Atroviolacea - 4" - the first to bloom, red purple with blue beard, sweet scented .25

705 - Bride - 6" - a pure white of excellent form .25 197 - Chamaeris Aurea Maculata - 6"-yellow orange

beard, veined purple .30 192-Citrea - 5" - lemon yellow, very early ...30 193 - Coerulea - 5" - and even toned dark blue purple,

perfect form .25 198-Euburnea - 6" - lovely sulphur yellow ..25 297 - Marocain - 6" - the dwarf Gaudichau - deep vel¬

vety purple . 35 219 - Reichenbachii Orange - 6" - a dwarf W. R.

Dykes, clear deep yellow .35 DWARF NATIVE IRIS

291 - Arenaria, smallest of all Iris, 3", yellow .50 146-Gormani - 6" - yellow flowers and narrow foli¬

age, very choice and rare . 50 213-Minuta - a tiny species of great rarety, dainty

light yellow flowers .1.00 83 - Cristata - 6" - a tiny, wide open lavender flow¬

ers with yellow crest . 25 595-Cristata Alba - white of the above ...:.50 299 - Forresti - a lovely yellow dwarf from the Yun¬

nan district of China .50 476 - Gracilipes - from Japan, the lovliest of all

dwarf Iris, a great profusion of one and one half inch pale lavender blue flowers with orange crest on delicate stems in May, per¬ fectly hardy and a gem for the rock garden.25

53-Iris Versicolor (Native) shades of blue and purple .20—3 for .50

55-Iris Prismatica, the daintiest native eastern Iris .20—3 for .50

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PARAMOUNT COLLECTION NO. 11

Six of the best

Rock Garden Iris

(See list for description)

I. GRACILIPES I. ARENARIA I. CRISTATA I. PRISMATICA I. CRISTATA ALBA I. MINUTA

Postpaid anywhere for $2.00

176 - JEFFERSONIA DUBIA - 9" - exceedingly rare, from Manchuria, glaucus leaves, light purple Anemone like flowers .2.00

84-JACK-IN-PULPIT—Arisaema Triphyllum .20 3 for .50

255- LAMIUM MACULATUM ALBA — A fine rock gar¬ den plant of creeping habit, gray green leaves spotted white, flowers white .25

529 - LAVANDULA—Sweet Lavender - Vera, a popular old fashioned plant with fragrant blue flowers.. .25

573-LINUM—Flax-Perenne, very attractive in both flower and foliage, pale blue .25

86 - LEONTOPODIUM—Edelweiss - Alpinum, from the Swiss Alps, requires a well drained stony soil.. .35

LINARIA — Toadflax 88 - Hepaticaefolia, blue . 35

300- Aequitriloba .35 72-Globosa . 35

LEW ISI AS — 574 - Columbianum .35 552 - Brachycalyx, a rare gem 2" white flowers in

profusion . 50 6- Heckneri, pink .50

737 - Nevadensis, a pretty alpine, 1" white flowers tinged pink .25

736 -Mariana, the yellow Lewisia, habit like Heck¬ neri, rare . 75

52-Rediviva .25 108-LIATRIS SCARIOSA—Blazing Star - Native.20

3 for .50 167-LOTUS CORNICULATUS - 4" - 6" - brilliant green

mat with yellow flowers in July and August.35 LYCHNIS—Alpine Campion —

90 - Alpinus, pink .25 91 -Alpinus Alba .25

93-MAZUS—Reptans, a very dwarf creeper with small lavender flowers .35

138-MENTHA—Requieri, forms a dense green carpet of fragrant foliage; unexcelled for broken stone walks .35

IV! ERTENSIA—Blue Bells 94-Virginica - blue bells .25

200- Pulchella, dwarf, 3" .35 530- MYOSOT1S — Forget-me-not - Palustris Semper-

florens, blue with yellow eye .25 95-NEPETA—Rock Mint - Mussini, a fine rock plant,

silvery foliage, lavender blue flowers .25 96 - NIEREMBERGIA — Cupflower - Rivularis, a beau¬

tiful rock plant, white .25 157 - OENOTH ERA — Native Primrose - Fruiticosa, yel¬

low .25

WILDFLOWER Collection — See Inside Back Cover.

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Two PARAMOUNT Collections

No, 3

ARABIS ALPINA FLORE PLENO VERONICA TEUCREUM TREHANI

THYMUS CITROIDORUS ARGENTEUS

SEMPERVIVUM ARACHNOIDEUM

ASTER ALPINUS ALBA

POTENTILA LEUTEANA LINARIA AEQUITRILOBA

SEDUM TERNATUM

CAMPANULA MURALIS

PENSTEMON RATONI MINOR

No. 2

GYPSOPHILA REPENS ROSEA

CALAMINTHA ALPINA CAMPANULA POSCHARKSKYANA

CERASTIUM TOMENTOSUM

DICENTRA FORMOSA

HELIANTHEMUM BRIDE

PHLOX SUBULATA BRITONII SEDUM GLAUCUM

VERONICA GENTIANOIDES

LOTOS CORNICULATA

Postpaid — 1.75

Both Collections — 3.00

NATIVE ORCHIDS Terrestrial

These odd, exquisite, lovely flowers should be in every rock garden. Few realize the number of varieties avail¬ able for use in the garden nor the ease with which they can be handled and established. All these listed are hardy anywhere; while all like shade and moisture, some like Hab. Ciliaris, Calapogon and the Spiranthes, will endure full sun and most of them make good cut flowers.

207 - CALANTH E DISCOLOR ODORATA GRANDI- FLORA — 'Glory of C^ugai,’ a beautiful cluster of golden yellow blossoms on a 15" stem, na¬ tive of Japan ...2.00

534-CYPRIPEDIUM ARIETINUM — Ram’s Head, 10" flower white netted with crimson, sepals purple brown, the rarest of the Cypripediums .1.00

533-CYP. ACAULE — Mocassin Flower, 12", pink flow¬ ers with greenish yellow sepals .25

6 for 1.00

180-CYP. ACAULE ALBUM — a rare white form.1.00

272-CYP. CALCEOLUS — a rare British subject, red¬ dish brown sepals and petals, yellow sac, 15"....1.00

30-CYP. CAN DI DU M, the daintiest of the lady slip¬ pers; pure white with greenish yellow sepals; sweet scented; a rare and exquisite orchid.75

653 -CYP. CALIFORNICUM, smaller than Montanum, white with yellow sepals .50

654-CYP. FASICULATUM, low growing with brownish lady slipper flowers, quite interesting .50

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652-CYP. MACRANTHON, much like our native Re- ginae but with sepals, petals and sac a beauti¬ ful deep red shade; a native of Japan .2.00

537-CYP. MONTAN UM, the Lady Slipper of the Rocky Mountains, a lovely fragrant orchid with large white sacs and brown sepals .50

535- CYP. PUBESCENS, yellow Lady’s Slipper, golden yellow sac, crimson purple sepals, very fra¬ grant .25—6 for 1.00

655-CYP. PARVIFLORUM, smail yellow Lady’s Slipper .35

536- CYP. REGINAE — Queen Lady Slipper, the hand somest of all the Cypripedium, large pure white flowers and sepals, tinged with purple ... .25

238-CALAPOGON PULCHELLUS — Grass Pink, 15" Solitary basal leaves, magenta flowers, no handsomer flower grows .25

539 -CALYPSO BOREALIS — Fairy Slipper, 7", flowers rose purple, white and gold, sepals purple ....I... .50

540 - EPIPACTIS REPENS—Rattlesnake Plaintain, pros¬ trate bluish green leaves veined with white, white flowers on 15" stems ...35

656 - HABENARIA BLEPH ARIGLOTTIS — Plume of Navarre, 18", a beautiful white fringed orchid, easy of culture ...,.50

542-HAB. CILARIS — Orange Fringe, flaming orange flowers of large size on 18" stems.25—6 for 1.00

154-HAB. CLAVELLATA — Club Spur Orchid .50

158-HAB. LEUCOPHAEA — Prarie Fringed Orchid, white .50

544-HAB. FIMBRIATA — Plume Royal, handsome Li¬ lac plumes on 20" stems .50

546- HAB. PSYCODES — Butterfly Orchid, clusters of mauve colored flowers on 20" stems .50

658 - ISOTRIA VERTICILLATA—Whorled Pogonia, 12", flowers yellowish green with brown sepals, growing above a whorl of reddish green leaves, very unusual and interesting .25

547- LI PARIS LI LI FOLIA—Twayblade, a curious and interesting orchid with mauve flowers varied with purple and green. 7" .35

165-LISTERIA CORDATA, heart leaved Twayblade.50

548- ORCHIS SPECTABILIS — Showy Orchid-Kirtle Pink, one of the beauties of Spring, pink to mauve flowers with white spur .25

551 -SPIRANTHES GRACILIS—Slender Ladies Tresses, 20", with flowers with green stripe .35

ORCHID COLLECTION NO. 4

2 —CYP. PUBESCENS 1 — CYP. REGINAE 2 — CYP. ACAULE 1 — HAB. CILIARIS 2—CALAPOGON PULCHELLUS 1 — HAB. FIMBRIATA 1 —ISOTRIA VERTICILLATA

10 Plants — Postpaid — $2.00

526 -ORNITHOGALUM UMBELLATUM — Star of Bethlehem .25

531 - PYRETH RU M — Painted Daisy - Roseum, colors from white to crimson .25

98-PAPAVER—Poppy - Alpinum, a dwarf miniature poppy, very choice, assorted colors .25

BULBS — See Inside Front Cover

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PHLOX — Dwarf 582-Vivid, bright pink with dark eye, one of the

finest dwarf phlox .25 206 - Atrolilacina, deep lavender .25 195 - Subulata, light and dark shades of pink.25 214 - Divaricata, forms great masses of clear laven¬

der blue flowers .25 237- Hoodii, the smallest of the species, white .75 224-Subulata Brittoni, from North Carolina, very

distinct from any other known variety, white star like flowers with dark centers formed by a ring of blue dots .25

PENSTEMON— 56-Ratonii Minor, purple .35

528 - PH YSOSTEGI A, Virginiana Vivid, false dragon head, 8" .:.25

290- POLEMONIUM — Humile, finely cut leaves; blue flowers; 4 to 8" stems .35

POTENTILLA — Cinquefoil 82-Leutiana, yellow, 5" .35

216-Tonguei, apricot, dwarf . 50 307 - Rupestris Pygmaea, white . 35 120- Leander, 4—6", compact habit, deep rose.50

57-POLYGALA—Chamaebuxus - 6", for a cool shaded spot, yellow and white butterfly flowers .75

49-POLYGONUM AFFINE, pink flowers, evergreens, 6" 25

PRIMULAS 232-ACAULIS, yellow .25 178 - AU RICULA, various shades .25 179 - CASH M ERI AN A, lilac blue .35 181 - CASHMERIANA ALBA .65 182-CO RTU SO IDES, rose ....30 183 - FARINOSA, rosy lilac .35 184- FRONDOSA .35 189 - POLYANTHUS MUNSTEAD .35 190-SIX HILLS, rich red .35 196-VERIS DUPLEX, yellow .35 199 - SIEBOLDI . 50 584- RANUNCULUS REPENS - a brilliant, shining yel¬

low double buttercup on trailing, ever green t foliage ..25

576 - SANGUINARIA Canadensis, Bloodroot, white.20 3 for .50

241 - SANGUINARIA Canadensis, pink, very rare and beautiful .50

109 - SANTOLINA—Lavender Cotton - Chamaecy paris- sus Icana, one of the finest of rock garden or wall flowers, yellow, aromatic, silvery white foliage .,.

110- SAPONARIA—Soapwort - Ocymoides, a beautiful trailer for a sunny exposure, pink flowers in profusion, blooms a long time .

SEDUM — Stonecrop 111 - Acre, yellow . 112-Album, white . 115 - Anglicum, gray leaves, rose . 116 - Asphyllum, rose . 119- Nevi . 585 - Spatulifolium, yellow . 122-Rupestre, yellow . 124 - Sieboldi, an aristocrat, rose, fall blooming . 126-Ternatum ... 127 - Sarmentosum ... 211 - Glaucum .

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WILDFLOWER Collection — See Inside Back Cover.

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SAXIFRAGE — Rockfoil 586 - Decipiens, dwarf, white .. .35 294 - Sarmentosa, rose white .25 245 - Bathomensis, red .35 246 - McNabiana, speckled white .50

SEMPERVIVUM — Houseleek 128 - Anarchnoideum .25 589 - Fauconette, bronze .35 129 - Fibriatum, gray .25 130 - Rubicundum .25 131- Tectorum ..25 132- Triste, red-brown .35

731-SHORTIA GALAC! FOLIA, a shade, moisture, peat loving plant of great beauty, glossy evergreen foliage, pink white bells, 6" .25

SILENE — Catchfly 134-Acaulis, pink. 2" ...25 135 - Alpestris, white ..25 303 - I ngrammi, deep pink .50 56-Wherryi, more floriferous than Pennsylvanica,

pink . 50 188 - Virginica, brilliant red .25 136 - Maratima, white .25

739-SYNTHYRIS ROTUNDlFOLIA, Spring Queen, 3", blue . 25

577 - TH ALICTRUM KYUSIANA, if there is one alpine plant more beautiful than all others this is it; growing but three inches high with character¬ istic thalictrum foliage, fairly smothered with mauve to sky blue flowers over a long period; extremely hardy it is one of the finest dwarfs to come out of Japan .1.00

THYMUS, the thymes 140 - Citriodorus . 25 588 - Azorica . 25 133 - Nitidus . 50 142- Serpyllum Album .25 143 - Serpyllum Cocineus .25 144- Serpyllum Lanuginosus, the Wooly Thyme .25

TUNICA-Coat Flower 147 - Saxifraga, pink ...25 247 - Saxifraga Rosea Flora Plena ...50

249-TRILLIUM—Wake Robin - Nivale, Snow Trillium, pure white, 4" high .25

609 -Erectum, the purple trillium .25 610 - Grandiflorum, the largest of the trilliums, opens

white turning pink .15—2 for .25 713 - Stylosum, the Rose Trillium of the south.25 268- Lutea, a native of the Appalachian Mountains;

foliage light mottled green; flowers a deep lemon yellow; a very unusual trillium .50

714- Undulatum, painted trillium, white and scarlet, early .25

292 - UMBILICUS CH RYSANTH US—Creeping Semper- vivum forming large mats of small greyish-blue velvety leaves; yellow flowers; choice . .50

74- VERBENIA PULCHELLA MAONETTI, a hardy verbenia from the Alps, deep pink with white stripes, profuse bloomer, a very desirable alpine .35

596 - Peruviana, similar to Maonetti but brilliant scarlet in color .50

VERONICA — Speedwell 591 - Armena, blue .25 148 - Filiformis .25 187 - Gentianoides, gentian leaved, blue .25 151 - Pectinata, wooly, blue .25 152 - Prostrata .25 153- Repens, for walks .25 155- Teucrium .25 156- Teucrium Trehani .25 99-Spicata Alba, dwarf, white .25

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NATIVE VIOLETS Sturdy in habit, easily raised, with a wide range of form

and color, blooming early and late with varied and beauti¬ ful foliage they are an ideal rock plant and adaptable to every purpose.

701 - ADUNCA, the Dog Violet, makes wide clumps with small blue flowers, exceptionally fine for the rock garden ..25

703 - BECK WITH 11, upper petals violet, lateral white and lower yellow, three parted leaves, very distinct .35

254-BLANDA, low growing, fragrant white flowers.25 460-V, Brittoniana, a beautiful violet native to the At¬

lantic coast but rapidly becoming extinct, its foliage resembles that of V. Pedata but is long¬ er stemmed, a handsome plant and a very de¬ sirable violet . 35

203 - CAN ADENSIS, pinkish white with purple back and yellow eye, branching .25

495 - CRYSANTH A the “Golden Violet,” large, rich gold¬ en yellow, maroon on back, finely cut leaves.50

202-V. CUCULATTA, a round leaf variety of Palmata.. .25 105 - EIZAN ENSE, a rare species from Japan with ger¬

anium like foliage and large fragrant white flowers . 50

14-V. ESCULENTA, an exquisitely beautiful pale lav¬ ender violet from Florida, leaves pedately lobed .50

257 - FI MBRIATULA, oblong-ovate leaves, violet-purple flowers growing above the foliage .25

279-FLETTII, one of the rarest of American native violets, from the Olympic mountains in Oregon. Lavender-violet, petals yellow at base with dark purple veins. Foliage reddish green. Hardy in the East. 50

VIOLET COLLECTION VIOLET COLLECTION

No. 6 For Shade No. 7 For Sun

V. Rostrata V. Brittoniana V. Adunca V. Cucullata V. Canadensis V. Pedata V. Blanda V. Palmata V. Scabriascula V. Papilionacea Alba

10 Plants — 2 of each 10 Plants — 2 of each

Either Set, Labelled, Postpaid $1.50

236 - FLORI DAN A, a very beautiful native of Florida deep green uncut foliage, large light lavender flowers .— .50

260- GLABELLA, true violet shape leaves with bright yellow flowers ...35

496-HALLII, upper petals dark purple, lower yellow, palmate leaves, very striking .50

259 - HAST AT A, halbred leaves. Deep yellow flowers with brown backs. Habit much like Canadensis .30

295- HEDERACEA, the Australian Violet, makes a very low mass of heart shaped leaves, rosy-purple flowers in great profusion over a long period a real acquisition to the rock garden .35

258 - HIRSUTULA, very pubescent leaves, flower a dis¬ tinctive shade of rich purple . 30

215 - LABRADORICA, the true form, bronze foliage, of trailing habit, lilac blossoms, an excellent al¬ pine subject .75

261 - LANCEOLATA, lance leaves, white flowers on long stems, lower petals striped .25

YVILDFLOWER Collection — See Inside Back Cover.

(Ten)

309 - V. LOBATA, the Oak leaved violet from California, large yellow blooms .35

445 - V. MACLOSKEYI, related to V. Pallens but a much smaller and daintier plant and flower, from Mt. Hood, Oregon .50

233-NUTALLI, a native of South Dakota, handsome yellow flowers with ovate leaves .35,

310-V. OCELLATA, tricolor from the west .35 205-PALMATA, purple with cut leaves .25 208-PEDATA ALBA, considered by many as the most

beautiful violet in existence, pure snow white with purple eye, very scarce .50

207-PEDATA, Birds Foot, lavender and purple .20 3 for .50

263 - PEDATA Bicolor .25 311 - PEDUNCULATA, the pansy violet of California,

yellow . 75 264- PAPILIONACEA ALBA, purest white with purple

eye, the largest native violet .25 220-EOS, a beautiful delicately tinted pink Papilion-

acea of large size .1.00 75-CASTUS, a pure white, spotless Papilionacea .. .75 27-AZURE A, immense flowers of smoky sky blue

growing well above splendid foliage it is a fine subject either as an individual specimen or a border plant .25

282 - ROSTRATA, long spurred violet, beautiful orchid purple, a fine rock garden subject .25

149- MISSOU Rl ENSIS, middle west, blue flowers .25 117 - NIPPONICA, from Japan .75 121 - PARVIFLORA, Japan .75 150 - REN I FOLIA, white, good Alpine, moisture .25 137 - LATIUSCULA, one of the gems of the north .35 141 - SARMENTOSA, Adunca habit, yellow flowers .35 212 - ROTUNDIFOLIA, deep yellowr, evergreen leaves.30 270- SARAEA, Immense white flowers, a pure Albino,

elongated petals, light green foliage very hand¬ some .35

235-V. SYLVESTRIS ROSEA, a beauty for the rock garden, a neat mount of small leaves covered with pink-lavender flowrers thru a long season.. .50

271- V. SHELTONI, finely divided leaves, creeping habit, yellow flowrers .35

273- SORORIA, ovate leaves, violet-lavender flowers broad petals .25

274- SCABRIUSCULA, like Pubescens in color and form but smooth . 35

275 - SAGITTATA, serrated narrow leaves, blue flowers .35 204-STRIATA, a beautiful deep cream color, creeping

habit, extra good for the rock garden or wall.25 210 - SEPTENTRION ALIS, white with blue center,

showy .1.25 478-V. VI ARUM, a variation of V. Palmata, lovely in

flower and form .25 711-VILLOSA, from the South, mottled foliage, blue

flowers, free blooming, an interesting violet.30 706 - V. VILMORINIANA, a miniature Sutton's apricot

from France .50 277 - VARAGATA, a varigated Cuculatta .25 441 - VITTATA, a beautiful Violet from Florida, narrow

lance leaf fourteen inches long with large white flowers above the foliage .50

Viola Odorata Sweet Scented Garden Violets

444-CZAR, single purple .35 745-CZARINA—Single white .35 446- MARIE LOUISE, double, rich mauve flowers .25 447- OLD RUSSIAN, an old favorite, dark purple,

double .25 448- ROSINA, pink and old rose flowers, the sweetest

of all .25

(Eleven)

Violas 451 -SUTTON APRICOT ...25

452-JERSEY GEM, pure violet color .25

453 -PURPLE GLORY, new, larger than Jersey Gem, royal purple with yellow eye ..50

454- RUBY, true red, large flower .50

457- YELLOW QUEEN, the best yellow .50 458- WHITE JERSEY GEM .25

459 - TRICOLOR, Johnny-jump-up ..25

WILDFLOWER Collection — See Inside Back Cover.

SHRUBS FOR ROCK GARDEN

CALLUNA — Heather

461 - Vulgaris Alba Minor, white, compact habit, 9".. .50 465-Vulgaris Alporti, dwarf rosy carmine flowers.50 468- Aurea, yellow foliage, pink flowers .50 469- Carnea, Alpine Forest Heath, bright pink flow¬

ers, dwarf, compact habit .50 470- Alba Pilosa, shaggy foliage, pink flowers .50

COTON EASTERS are graceful shrubs of the Rose family, have handsome foliage and are ideal for the rock garden.

171 - Adpressa, half evergreen, intricately branched with glossy leaves and large scarlet berries in Autumn . 75

172 - Horizontalis, flat, almost horizontal branches, pink flowers and scarlet berries .50

173 - Horizontalis Perpusila, almost trailing habit, smaller leaves .75

175 - Microphyila Thymifolia, a true evergreen and more compact than the usual type . 50

228- DAPHNE CNEORUM, an essential evergreen shrub for the rock garden, fragrant pink flowers in May and August .1.00

545-DAPHNE CNEORUM ALBA .2.50

177-DAPHNE BLAGYANA, Rimski Dobliza, trailing habit with large white fragrant flowers .1.50

GENISTA, Choice dwarf brooms of interesting habit and brilliant blossoms.

162- Hispanica, dense spiny mats, 1 foot, yellow blossoms .75

502- Kewensis, the lovliest of the brooms, cream white flowers, good habit .1.00

163- Radiata, dainty silvery bushes, one foot, yellow blossoms May to July .75

164 - Saggitalis, deep green cactoid foliage, 8 - 12", golden flowers . 50

85-Tinctoria Prostrata, yellow flowers .1.00

160- Rosea Laurenciana, a tiny, double pink rose on a wee rose bush of good foliage .50

170- Rosea Rouletti, the smallest rose in the world.50

When you cultivate, dig deeply; when you plant, plant

the best; when you water, pour copiously; the successful

gardener never does things ‘by halves.’

(Twelve)

For MASS PLANTING and NATURALIZING

Ajuga Genevensis

Hypoxis Hirsuta

Mertensia Virginica

V. Blanda

V. Rostrata

V. Pedata

V. Papilonacea

V. Papilionocea Alba

Hepatica Triloba

Liatrus Scariosa

Ranunculus Repens

Sanguinaria Canadensis

Trillium Grandiflorum

Iris Prismatica

Camassia Leichtlinii

$7.50 the hundred F.O.B. Plainfield

Not less than 50 at this price

Paramount Wildflower Collections

No. 9

HYPOXIS HIRSUTA

HEPATICA TRILOBA

AQUILEGIA CANADENSIS

HOUSTONIA CAERULEA

ARISAEMA TRIPHYLLUM

VIOLET BLANDA

DICENTRA CUCU LARI A

CYPRIPEDIUM ACAULE

SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS

TRILLIUM GRANDIFLORUM

No. 10

LIATRUS SCAB IOSA

MERTENSIA VIRGINICA

SEDUM TERNATUM

V. STRIATA

V. ROSTRATA

TIARELLA CORDIFOLIA

ANEMONE THALICTROIDES

TRILLIUM STYLOSUM

IRIS PRISMATICA

ASPLENIUM PLATYNEURON

Either Collection $1.25

Both Collections $2.00

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give them the best of care;

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admired have been produced

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