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PAEONIES

Native Wild Flowers
Rockery Plants

Autumn Supplement to
Spring of 1928
Catalog

Send for spring catalog if you
did not receive one

FRANK W. CAMPBELL

7521 Dunedin St., Detroit, Mich.

La Perle. Rose type; midseason. Very large, compact, globular
flowers. White, overlaid with lilac; blush center; central petals
noticeably flecked with carmine, sometimes splashed. Upright
grower; free bloomer in clusters; extra fine. If you desire a real pretty
paeony, try this one; it will not disappoint you. Very nearly at the
head of the procession. $1.

La Rosiere. Semi-double type; midseason. Large flowers in huge
clusters, usually of five flowers on a stem, all open at the same time;
thus a single stem makes a huge bouquet in itself. Pure white.
In form and effect resembles an enormous rose. Every woman who
sees it immediately desires to possess it. $1.

Libellule. Very elegant flower. Flesh, slightly shaded and splashed
with carmine, straw, and salmon at the base. Very pleasant fragrance.
$7.50.

Loveliness. Rose type; midseason. This is, undoubtedly a great
paeony. The flower is of good size and finely modeled. It is an ex¬
quisite flesh-tinted shade of pink and fragrant. No collection com¬
plete without it. $4.

Marie Crousse. Bomb type; midseason. Enormous, very full,
globular flowers on long, strong stems. Soft salmon-pink, shaded a
glossy satiny lilac — an exquisite flesh coloring. $1.

Marie Lemoine. Rose type; very late. The flowers are enormous
and massive, often 8 to 10 inches across. Ivory-white, with narrow
carmine tracing on edge of some petals. The gigantic blooms come on
stout, erect stems standing well above the foliage. A good com¬
mercial variety, and a sort the peony enthusiast raves over. $1.

Mary B. Vories. Very late, tall, pure white on stiff stems, of
“Vories” quality. $15.

Mary Brand. Midseason. Vivid crimson with a silky sheen of
wonderful brilliance. The golden stamens are scattered through the
center of irregularly fringed petals. The plant, which is of medium
height, is often a mass of crimson bloom. Among the best dark reds
in cultivation, for lasting effects as a cut-flower as well as in the
garden. Fragrant. $2.50.

Mary W. Shaylor. Very distinct. Guard petals fresh clear pink
with a creamy center, and canary golden heart. Dwarf habit with
stiff stems and wide leaves. An aristocrat among paeonies. $10.

Mikado. Japanese type. The guards, velvety crimson, forming a
well-developed cup or chalice enclosing a filigree cushion of crimson
petaloids edged and tipped gold. Most attractive. $2.

Mme. Emile Lemoine, Semi-rose type; midseason. Enormous
buds, opening into extra large round flowers that completely hide
the bush, each petal overlapping the other, giving the whole flower
a very unusually distinctive, even shape. Glossy white, overlaid with
a sheen of tender satiny pink. Tall, strong, vigorous grower and free
bloomer. $1.

Mme. Gaudichau. Very large, globular flower, with broad petals.
Rich garnet with blackish hues. As dark as Mons. Martin Cahuzac,
but more brilliant. Very dark foliage. $5.

Mons. Martin Cahuzac. Semi-rose type; midseason. Large, full,
massive, well-formed flowers. A perfectly solid ball of deep maroon,
with garnet hues and brilliant black lustre. Some claim it is the
darkest paeony inexistence. Good erect habit; free bloomer. In great
demand by those who are making collections to include all shades,
and want the extremes. A variety of surpassing merit. $3.

Moses Hull. Late. Rose type. Very large, full, loosely cupped
blooms. Dark shell-pink or rose; tufted petaloids somewhat mottled,
their ends nearly white. Fragrance delicate and fine. A remarkable
flower. $1.

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Announcing

More Aristocrats
of the Garden

<By ERNEST H. WILSON

Keeper of the Arnold Arboretum, Boston, Mass.

Many of the plants described in Mr.
Wilson’s new book “More Aristocrats
of the Garden” can be supplied by

FRANK W. CAMPBELL

Rare Hardy Plants

7521 DUNEDIN ST., DETROIT, MICH.

MORE

ARISTOCRATS

Mr. E. H. WILSON, Keeper of the Arnold Arboretum, takes pleasure in announcing the
publication, by The Stratford Company, Boston, Mass., his new book

This work deals definitely with many phases of gardening, gives details on the how, why
and when. It discusses certain of the larger and better known groups of trees, shrubs and
vines, and indicates their uses, special and general.

There are about ZOO pages, completely indexed, and 43 illustrations

CONTENTS

PLANTS FOR FOUNDATION PLANTINGS — A Critical
Survey of Available Narrow-Leafed Evergreens.

PLANTS FOR TOWN-HOUSE GARDENS — Early Blos¬
soms Under Inimical Conditions.

PLANTS FOR SHORE GARDENS — Trees and Shrubs
That Will Brave the Strongest Gales.

PLANTS FOR GROUNDCO VERS— Low Carpets of Rest¬
ful Color.

STREET TREES for TOWN AND COUNTRY — The
How and Why of Street Planting.

HEDGES AND HEDGE PLANTS — How to Make and
Maintain a Proper Hedge.

CLEMATIS — Blossoms of Every Hue.

WILD ROSES — Flowers of the Waysde Worthy of any
Garden.

BROOMS — Jewels for Rockery or Sunny Bank.

COTONEASTERS — Shrubs of Many Virtues.

BARBERRIES — Shapely of Habit, Brilliant in Fruit and
Foliage.

MOCKORANGES — Rich in Fragrance and Wealth cf Bios
som.

HONEYSUCKLES — Bush and Vine.

DEUTZIAS — Garlands of White and Pink.

SPIRAEAS — Fountains of Blossoms From May to September.

VIBURNUMS- — Abundant of Flower and Fruit.

DOGWOODS — Flowers in Summer, Multicolored Fruit in
Autumn. Colored Stems in Winter.

SHADBLOWS — Foam of Thicket, Copse and Swamp.

AMERICAN CRABAPPLES — Pink Blossomed and Violet
Scented.

HAWTHORNS — A Neglected Group, Floriferous and Abun¬
dant of Fruit.

SPINDLE-TREES — Burning Bushes Hung With Glowing
Lamps.

EPILOGUE — How and Where to Get the Aristocrats.

Price Five Dollars

The Stratford Co., Publishers ,
289 Congress Street,

Boston, Mass.

Please supply . cop ... of “MORE ARISTOCRATS OF THE GARDEN.”

I am enclosing my check for . .

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Greatly Reduced in Price —

THE CULTIVATED EVERGREENS

Edited by L . H. Bailey

This standard book, acknowledged to be the
best practical handbook on the woody ever¬
greens, is now available at a price within the
reach of every plantsman. Text and illustrations
are identical with the previous edition. Large
sales and popular demand make possible this
reprinting at a much reduced price.

Now $3.00 a copy

FRANK W. CAMPBELL

Rare Hardy Plants

7521 Dunedin Street, Detroit, Mich.

(We mail this book postage prepaid )

Date,

Gentlemen:

Please send me . cop . of Bailey: THE CULTIVATED EVER¬
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Mrs. John M. Lewis. A distinct variety of exceptional merit.
The large flowers of rose type are variable in their development,
sometimes coming with many rows of petals surrounding a center of
yellow stamens, and at other times coming almost full double with
the stamens mingled throughout and almost wholly concealed. An
attractive shade of deep, velvety, oxblood-red that holds without
burning in the hottest sun. A tall plant with strong, upright stems.
Midseason. $3.

Myrtle Gentry. Another Brand creation of great merit. Delicate
salmon-pink, carrying much of the color of Tourangelle. It excels
that variety in beauty and is quite as large and much more regular
and profuse in bloom. Stems are strong and hold the flower well
erect. The beauty of Myrtle Gentry lies not only in its beautiful
coloring, but also in the form of the flower, its great broad, rose-like
petals, and in their arrangement. Truly fragrant. Probably has Mme.
Ducel in its parentage. $50.

Nina Secor. A beautiful new white which was shown at the
London National Show and caused quite a sensation. A beautiful
clear white. Very late, good grower. Very full globe shaped. I have
a very large stock and you will get the pick of my plants. $10.

Perrette. Very pretty flower, borne in clusters. White, slightly
tinged flesh and straw-yellow; petals intermixed with golden stamens.
Pleasant fragrance. Very free bloomer. $3.

Phyllis Kelway. Rose type; midseason. Large, unique, loosely
built flower. Lavender-flesh color passing to white in the center. A
grand acquisition. $10.

Raoul Dessert. Enormous, compact flowers. Clear mauve,
shaded carmine-pink and tinted silvery white. Free bloomer. Very
attractive. This is one of the top-notchers. $7.

Richard Carvel. Bomb type; early. Enormous, globular blooms.
Color a very bright uniform shade of crimson. Tall, very stout stems;
annual and profuse bloomer. A single plant on the lawn is attractive
and delightful. It is beautiful and lasting. Its fragrance makes it
valuable as a cut-flower. Best of all early dark reds. $4.

Souvenir De Louis Bigot. Rose type; midseason. Very large,
convex bloom with fringed petals. Bengal-rose, slightly tinged
carmine at the base, turning to salmon-pink, with very bright
silvery reflex; brilliant and beautiful. $4.

Standard Bearer. Bomb type; midseason. Very high-built,
globular, compact flower of uniform violet-rose. Very strong stiff
stems; extremely free bloomer. Similar in form and color to Mme.
Ducel, but twice the size. One enthusiast places Standard Bearer
among the first seven. This indicates that it is very choice. $5.

Strassburg. A very strong and vigorous variety that bears im¬
mense, flat, semi-rose-type blooms on strong stems. The flower is
bright violet-rose, shading lighter at the edges of the petals. The
stamens are concealed throughout the petals and show conspicuously
in the center. A very distinct and desirable variety. Midseason. $2.

Summer Day. A taller Festiva Maxima, with much stiffer stems.
It is a large, flat, rose-type bloom, pure white with a delicate blush
at the center and has slight crimson markings on the center-band
petals. The growth is vigorous, with heavy, dark green foliage.
Fragrant. Midseason. $2.

Victoire De La Marne. A very attractive globular bloom of great
size. Velvety amaranth-red, with silver reflex — very bright. $5.

Walter Morgan. Flat shape. Early. Pinkish white, with golden
center petals giving it a yellow tone. $3.

Wiesbaden. Flesh white, very fine double. Strong grower. Free
bloomer. $3.

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Rare Seeds from Utah

10 packets for $1

Detailed instructions on each packet.

A slight variation in assembling packets will be made to
suit climate of state order is from.

Each collection will include the rar» white form of Rocky
Mountain Columbine, a new Shooting-Star, a good cutting
Meadow-Rue, and Pentstemon Eatoni.

To show the value of this last mentioned, three years ago
a London, England, park superintendent asked me to procure
seeds for him as he heard it was extra-fine. In hunting three
years for it I ran across this source of supply which made
it possible to offer a very fine selection of native flowers very
reasonably.

Some of above are really worth $1 a packet, and are
all fresh, which means a lot to germination.

Native Wild Flowers

The American native plants are naturally best suited to the
growing conditions that exist here, but very few nurserymen col¬
lect our wild flora. Lately an increasing demand for “wildlings”
has developed, asr so many people do not have the time to tramp
around with a shovel and wheelbarrow digging their own.

I have made arrangements with farmers, timber workers, col¬
lectors in small villages, etc., to dig in season hundreds of varieties
of our native flora.

F. G. Knowlton, Barksdale, Wise., is my source of supply for
the further north plants, and orders can be sent to him if you live
nearer than I do.

Items will be delivered in season best suited to the plant, gen¬
erally just after foliage dies.

Descriptions are not given as most people have access to de¬
scriptions or know the plants — and a lengthy discussion or illus¬
tration of each item would mean a higher price.

Park departments, cemeteries, private estates, landscape gar¬
deners, and in odd cases a drug or chemical firm, will be interested
in this list.

In January a list of about 200 additional plants will be ready
for those who are interested enough to ask for a copy.

These wild plants take care of themselves in a way that few
purely artificial hybrids do. One rail-fenced driveway approaching
a big estate has in its hundreds of triangular corners:

Lilium canadense (orange), Sisyrinchium angustifolium (blue),
Pentstemon laevigatus (white), Monarda fistulosa (lavender), Po-
tentilla fruticosa (yellow), and dozens of other plants making
masses of color.

The fence is entwined with our Bittersweet (Celastrus scan-
dens), which covers itself with red berries lasting into winter.
Then a cut through a sand hill has the slope lined with Hypericum
perforatum (yellow), and Lupin (blue), while the top edge of the
hill has the clear orange of Butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
peeping out in midsummer — the dryer the season, the redder the
color.

A creek at bottom of hill has Lobelia cardinalis (brilliant red),
at edges, with Cimicifuga racemosa (white) to prepare one for the
more artificial wonderful estate beyond.

Above is a sample of our possibilities, and this approach cost
the owner one tenth as much as the more formal part — but the
wild approach lingers longer in the memory of visitors,
keep on the “wildlings” is very low.

Actaea alba, White baneberry . 2.00 10.00

Actaea rubra, Red baneberry . 1.25

Alisma plantago-aquatica, Waterplantain . 1.00

Allium tricoccum, Wood leek . 1.00

Ampelopsis quinquefolia, Virginia creeper . 2.00 10.00

Anaphalis margaritacea, Pearl everlasting . 1.00

Anemone canadensis, Meadow anemone . 1.25

Anemone cylindrica. Candle anemone . 1.25

Anemone quinquefolia, American wood anemone.

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Antennaria dioica, Pussy toes . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Apocynum androsaemifolium, Spreading1 dogbane.. 2.00 10.00 40.00

Aquilegia canadensis, American wild columbine... 1.00 5.00 20.00

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Bearberry . 2.50 10.00 50.00

Arethusa bulbosa, “Indian pink” . 2.50 10.00 50.00

Arisaema triphyllum, Jack-in-the-pulpit . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Asarum canadense, Canada wild ginger . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Asters, fall only, 5 varieties, unnamed . 1.00 .

Campanula rotundifolia, Harebell . 1.25 6.00 25.00

Calla palustris, Wild calla . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Caltha palustris, Marshmarigold . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Caulophyllum thalictroides, Blue cohosh . 2.50 10.00 50.00

Chelone glabra, White turtlehead . 2.25 8.00 45.00

Chimaphila umbellata, Common pipsissewa, “Prin¬
ces pine” . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Chiogenes hispidula, Creeping snow berry . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, Oxeye daisy . 50 2.50 10.00

Cichorium intybus. Chicory . 1.25 6.00 25.00

Claytonia virginica, Virginia spring beauty . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Clematis virginiana, Virgins-bower . 2.50 10.00 50.00

Clintonia borealis, Bluebead . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Convolvulus sepium, Hedge bindweed . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Coptis trifolia, Goldthread . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Corallorhiza, Early coral root — yellow . 2.50 10.00 50.00

Corallorhiza, Madder purple . 2.50 10.00 50.00

Cornus canadensis, Bunchberry . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Cornus, Red bark dogwood . 2.00 10.00 -

Corydalis sempervirens. Pale corydalis . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Cypripedium acaule, Pink ladyslipper, “Pink moc¬
casin flower” . 2.50 8.00 -

Cypripedium parviflorum, Small yellow ladyslipper 3.00 12.00 -

Cypripedium spectabile (hirsutum), Showy lady

slipper . 3.50 16.00 ....

Dentaria diphylla, Crinkleroot, “Toothwort” . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Dentaria laciniata, Cut toothwort . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Dicentra cucullaria, Dutchmans-breeches . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Echinocystis lobata. Wild cucumber — seed only.... Package 10c
Epigaea repens. Trailing-arbutus. . (Large plants) 1.00 5.00 20.00

(Small Plants) 2.50 12.00 100.00
Epilobium angustifolium, Blooming sally, “Fire-

weed” . 1.25 6.00 25.00

Erigeron pulchellus (bellidifolius), Poor-robins-

plantain . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Erythronium americanum, Common troutlily . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Erythronium albidum, White troutlily . 2.00 .

Eupatorium pupureum, Joe-pye-weed . 1.25 6.00 25.00

Gaultheria procumbens, Wintergreen . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Gentiana andrewsi. Closed gentian . 2.00 7.00 30.00

Geranium robertianum, Herb robert . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Geranium maculatum, Wild geranium, “Cranes

Bill” . 1.00 5.00 _

Goodyera pubescens, Downy rattlesnake-plantain.. 2.00 10.00 ....

Ground pine, 4 varieties unnamed . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Habenaria clavellata, Green wood orchid . 1.50 7.00 -

Habenaria flava, Green flower orchid . 1.50 7.00 25.00

Habenaria hookeri, Hooker orchid . 1.50 7.00 25.00

Habenaria psycodes, Small purple fringe-orchid... 1.50 7.00 25.00

Hepatica triloba, Roundlobe hepatica, “Liverwort” 1.00 5.00 20.00

Hieracium paniculatum, Canadian hawkweed . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Hieracium aurantiacum, Orange hawkweed . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Hieracium venosum, Shaggy hawkweed, “Rattle¬
snake weed” . 1.25 6.00 25.00

Humulus lupulus, Common hop . 1.50 7.00 30.00

Iris versicolor, Blueflag iris . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Isopyrum biternatum . 1.50 7.00 30.00

Kalmia angustifolia, Lambkill, “Swamp or sheep

laurel” . 1.50 7.00 30.00

Lathyrus maritimus, Beach pea . 1.25 6.00 25.00

Lathyrus ochroleucus, Yellow white pea . 1.25 6.00 25.00

Ledum groenlandicum, True labrador-tea . 2.00 10.00 50.00

Liatris scariosa, “Blazing star” . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Linnaea borealis americana, Twinflower . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Lilium philadelphicum, Orangecup wood lily . 2.50 10.00 ....

Lilium superbum, American turkscap lily . 2.00 7.00 50.00

Lithospermum canescens, Puccoon . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Lobelia inflata, Indian tobacco . 1.25 6.00 25.00

Lysimachia quadrifolia, Yellow flowered loose¬
strife . 1.25 6.00 25.00

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Doz. 100 1000

Lysimachia thyrsiflora, Water loosestrife . 1.25 6.00 25.00

Maianthemum canadense, “Canadian mayflower”.. 1.00 5.00 20.00

Mentha arvensis, Field mint . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Menyanthes trifoliata, Bogbean . 1.50 7.00 30.00

Mertensia paniculata, Tall lungwort . 25c each

Microstylis uniflora, Green adders mouth . 2.00 10.00 _

Mimulus ringens, “Monkeyflower” . 25c each

Mitchella repens, Partridgeberry . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Mitella diphylla, Common bishopcap . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Monarda fistulosa, Wildbergamot . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Monotropa uniflora (Pyrola), Indianpipe . 25c each

Myosotis laxa, Bay forget-me-not . 1.00 5.00 _

Nuphar advena, Spatterdock, “Yellow pondlily’’ . . . 2.00 10.00 50.00
Nymphaea odorata, American waterlily, “White

pond lily” . 2.00 10.00 50.00

Oenothera biennis, Common evening-primrose . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Oenothera fruticosa, Common sundrops . 25c each

Orchis spectabilis, Showy orchis . 25c each

Oxalis acetosella, Common woodsorrel — white . 1.25 6.00 25.00

Oxalis corniculata. Creeping oxalis — yellow . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Panax quinquefolium, American ginseng . 1.50 7.00 25.00

Pedicularis canadensis, Early wood-betony . 1.25 6.00 25.00

Phlox pilosa, Downy phlox . 1.25 6.00 25.00

Physostegia virginiana, Virginia false dragonhead. 1.25 6.00 25.00

Pogonia ophioglossoides. Rose pogonia, “Snake-

mouth” . 25c each

Polygala paucifolia, Fringed polygala . 1.50 7.00 30.00

Polygala polygamma, Milkwort polygala . 2.00 10.00 50.00

Polygonatum biflorum, Small solomonseal . 1.50 7.00 30.00

Pontederia cordata, Pickerelweed . 1.50 7.00 30.00

Potentilla canadensis, Selfheal heal all . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Prunella vulgaris, Selfheal heal all . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Pyrola elliptica, Shinleaf . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Pyrola monesses uniflora. One flowered . 1.25 6.00 25.00

Pyrola rotundifolia, European pyrola, “Round leaf” 1.00 5.00 20.00

Pyrola secunda, Sidebells pyrola . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Radicula nasturtium-acquaticum, Watercress . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Ranunculus acris, Tall buttercup . 1.00 7.50 30.00

Ranunculus septentrionalis, Swamp buttercup . 1.50 10.00 50.00

Rhus, Sumac bush . 2.00 10.00 50.00

Rudbeckia hirta, Blackeyed-susan . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Rubus nalkanus, Thimble berry . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Rudbeckia laciniata, Cutleaf coneflower . 1.25 6.00 25.00

Sagittaria sagittifolia. Old-world arrowhead, 3 va¬
rieties . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Sanguinaria canadensis, Bloodroot . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Sarracenia purpurea, Common pitcherplant . 1.50 7.00 30.00

Sisyrinchium angustifolium, Common blue-eyed

grass . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Smilacina racemosa, False solomonseal . 1.25 6.00 25.00

Smilacina stellata, Starry false solomonseal . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Smilacina trifolia, Three leaved solomonseal . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Smilax herbacea, Carrion flower . 1.50 7.00 30.00

Smilax rotundifolia, Cat brier-vine . 1.50 7.00 30.00

Solidago, 4 varieties, not named . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Spiranthes gracilis, Slender ladiestresses . 1.50 7.00 30.00

Spiranthes romanzoffiana, Large ladies-tresses. . . . 1.50 7.00 30.00

Steironema ciliatum, Fringed loosestrife . 1.50 7.00 ....

Symplocarpus foetidus, Skunkcabbage . 3.00 10.00 75.00

Thaiictrum dioicum, Early meadowrue . 1.25 6.00 25.00

Thalictrum polygamum, Tall meadowrue . 1.25 6.00 25.00

Trientalis americana, American starflower . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Trillium cernuum, Nodding trillium . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Trillium grandiflorum, Snow trillium . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Uvularia grandiflora, Large merrybells, “Bell wort” 1.25 6.00 25.00

Uvularia sessilifolia, Little merrybells . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Vaccinium, 2 varieties, Wild cranberry . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Verbena hasta, Blue verbena . 2.50 7.00 30.00

Vicia cracca, Cow vetch . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Viola blanda, Sweet white violet . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Viola papilionacea, Butterfly violet . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Viola, Sand barren violet . 1-00 5.00 20.00

Viola pubescens, Downy yellow violet . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Viola rotundifolia, Roundleaf violet . 1.00 5.00 20.00

Viola pedata, Birdsfoot violet . 1.50 7.00 30.00

Vitis, Wild grape vine . 2.00 10.00 50.00

Waldsteinia fragarioides. Barren- strawberry . 1.00 5.00 20.00

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FERNS

Adiantum pedatum, American maidenhair . 75 2.50 20.00

Athyrium filixfemina (Asplenium), Lady fern . 1.00 8.00 50.00

Botrychium virginianum, Rattlesnake fern . 1.00 8.00 50.00

Botrychium obliquum, “Common grapefern” . 1.00 8.00 50.00

Cystopteris bulbifera, Bladderfern . 80 7.00 50.00

Onoclea sensibilis, Sensitive fern . 80 7.00 50.00

Osmunda cinnamonea, Cinnamon fern . 1.20 9.00 60.00

Osmunda claytoniana, Interrupted fern . 1.20 9.00 60.00

Osmunda regalis, Royal fern . 1.20 9.00 60.00

Dryopteris linnaeana (phegopteris dryopteris),

Oakfern . 80 7.00 50.00

Onoclea (struthiopteris) pteretis nodulosa, Ostrich

fern . 80 7.00 50.00

Dryopteria phegopteris (phegopteris polypodioides),

Narrow beechfern . 80 7.00 50.00

Pteridium aquilinum (Pteris aquilina), Brake,

“Bracken,” “Eagle fern” . 75 6.50 45.00

All complaints must be made on receipt of plants. Packing
free. Carriage extra.

A great number of these are collected by F. G. Knowlton,
Barksdale, Wise., and customers living closer to him can get quick
delivery if ordered direct.

Some are collected right inside Detroit and very quick delivery
can be made if digging time for the plants wished happens to be
“just then.”

When ordering be sure to specify if shipping point is same as
your mail address. No. C. O. D. parcels sent, and no prepaid
parcel post parcels are sent on orders not accompanied by cash.

Innumerable other plants will be added to this list gradually
and to those especially interested in it, special lists of new items
will be mailed promptly.

I do not handle collected evergreens and certain other items
that are very hard to move from “the wild.”

Items listed below will be available this autumn but prices
have not been set yet, so correspond if desired.

Acorus calamus, Sweetflag
Amelanchier canadensis. Downy shadblow
Amsonia tabernaemontana, Willow-amsonia
Asclepias tuberosa, Butterflyweed
Achlys triphylla
Calypso bulbosa

Celastrus scandens, American bittersweet
Cimicifuga racemosa, Cohosh bugbane
Comptonia asplenifolia, Sweetfern
Cornus florida. Flowering dogwood
Cypripedium montanum, Mountain ladyslipper
Daphne mezereum, February daphne
Dicentra canadensis, Squirrelcorn
Dodecatheon media, Common shooting-star
Euonymus obovatus, Running euonymus
Hepatica acutiloba, Sharplobe hepatica
Houstonia caerulea, Bluets
Hydrastis canadensis, Goldenseal
Ilex glabra, Inkberry
Ilex verticillata. Common winterberry
Juglans nigra, Black walnut

Leiophyllum buxifolium prostratum, Allegheny sandmyrtle
Lewisia rediviva, Bitterroot
Lilium canadense

Lycopodium complanatum, Groundcedar

Myrica carolinensis, Northern bayberry

Nelumbo lutea, American lotus

Pentstemon glaber cynanthus

Pentstemon laevigatus

Pentstemon pubescens

Phlox hoodi

Sedum douglasi

Thlaspi alpestre

Vaucouveria hexandra

Xerophyllum tenax, Beargrass

Zizania acquatica, Wildrice

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Mostly Rockery Plants

Small, low or creeping plants just as they grow on cliffs or in the mountains are
coming into general use for stone retaining walls and specially built rockeries.

All plants here listed do well as low front plants edging larger plants, on well
drained soil, because rocks are not necessary for their growth.

I have a very extensive collection not listed here.

Most of these will be delivered in pots, which makes a very fine plant for setting
between rocks.

Achillea Nana. 4-inch high creeper, feathery leaved, for sun
and ordinary soil. 50c.

Anemone Sylvestris or Snowdrop Anemone — 8-inch stems with
nodding white daisy-like flowers, fragrant. Damp, sun or shade. 50c.

Arabis Lyali. A new rare pink one from Oregon. 50c.

Arabis Procurrens. From Rumania. White creeping mat. 50c.

Arenaria Balearica or Corsican Sandwort. 3^ inch high minute
creeper for shade and damp. Absolutely covered with flowers in
early spring. Will crawl over a damp rock. 35c.

Artemesia Frigida or Fringed Wormwood. Foot high mass of
fragrant fine silvery lacy foliage. Poor soil, sun. 35c.

Atragene Coreana Lutea. Small yellow clematis-like creeper
or climber from the high Alps. 75c.

Aubretia “Crimson King.” Dark red form of the common
white Aubretia so common on rockeries. 50c.

Campanula Carpatica “Isabel.” 5-inch mounds of neat
foliage with July and August showing upright open bells of purple.
Very valuable on every rockery. 50c.

Campanula Carpatica “White Star.” Similar to above, but
pure white. 50c.

Campanula Fragilis. Trailing, light blue bells, 3 inches, 35c.

Campanula Pulla “C. G. F. Wilson.” Dwarfest Campanula
I have, 3 inches high. Fine purple bells. 75c.

Campanula Rotundifolia “Mt. Chean.” Dwarfer form of the
common harebell, only 6 inches high, with blue flowers larger than
the wild one of Michigan. This one is from British Columbia. Likes
poor soil. 75c.

Calypso Bulbosa. (Same as Calypso Borealis or Cytherea
Bulbosa). An orchid native in all northern states but rarely found.
Forces well in a cool window if set in a mixture of moss with some
peat or old evergreen needles mixed into it and kept slightly damp.
Grows in shade under evergreens. Somewhat like a moccasin flower
or ladyslipper, purple, pink and yellow in same flower. Grows
from a small bulb, and is very fragrant. A picture of a window box
full sent on request. 25c or $2 per dozen.

*Creeping Grass. Quite a demand exists for lawns of creeping
grass as used on golf courses. At least five kinds are on the market,
and I am trying them all out. Some have proved to be useless under
ordinary care while others are very good doers. All are terrible
creepers, producing little seed. Sod is torn apart and broadcast,
then kept damp ’till it roots, when it soon makes a wonderful green
carpet. Write for details if interested.

Goodyera Pubescens or Rattlesnake-plantain. 18-inch spikes
of pure white flowers like large grains of rice stuck all around a
stiff, straight stem. Blooms in August and is an “everlasting.”
Fine plants. 50c.

Gypsophila Fratensis. Rather a new one, from the Balkans.
A compact creeping pink “baby breath,” 3 inches. Likes lime. 50c.

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Dianthus. The common garden “pink” and the Sweet William,
also the Carnation belong to this group. All like sun and lime. Those
here listed are all dwarf rockery specimens.

Dianthus “Alpwood.” Similar to the clove pink of old-time
gardens, and as pleasantly fragrant. 8 inches, blooms in midsummer,
dark pink with darker eye, 1 inch wide. A new hybrid between D.
Alpinus and a cultivated variety. 75c.

Dianthus Deltoides or Maiden Pink. Prostrate small foliaged,
pink flowered. 35c.

Dianthus Deltoides “Brilliant.” A more brilliant pink, or
rather a red, than above. 50c.

Dianthus Knappii. A yellow “pink” from Hungary. Fine
leaved, green foliage, with foot high stems in August, with a circle
of pleasing pale yellow %-inch flowers. 35c.

Dianthus Pritchardi. Smallest foliaged in my collection, half
inch high, inclined to creep, bright crimson blooms in June. 75c.

Dianthus Superbus. A 6-inch lilac pink “pink.” 35c.

Gentiana Septemfida. A good flower and an easy doer, from
the Caucasus mountains. Fringed, soft blue bells, on 8-inch stems,
in July. 75c.

Globularia Cordifolia. A 3-inch creeper from Europe. Small
neat evergreen foliage covered with small blue flowers. 50c.

Globularia Nudicaulis. A little larger than above. These like
poor soil, full sun. 50c.

Helipterum Anthemioides. A rare flax-like 9-inch plant from
Tasmania, with neat white everlasting flowers. 50c.

Helxine Solieroli. A tender creeper from Sardinia, that tolerates
some light freezes. Take a piece in the house as a window pot plant
and it will droop over sides of pot neatly. In spring it is the handiest
plant imaginable for filling crevices and edging pools, as it creeps
so fast. Absolutely flat on the ground. 35c.

Herniara Hirsuta or Burstwort. 1 inch high, feathery, very
green creeper. Ordinary soil. 35c.

Heuchera Micrantha. 1^ foot wild geranium-like plant with
downy pink flowers. 35c.

*Indigofera Dosua Alba. A white pea-shaped flowering shrub
that dies to ground here each winter and blooms in midsummer on
ends of new growth. Further south it is a true shrub to 6 feet. $1.

Jasione Perennis. Small tufts of leaves with 10-inch stems of
fluffy azure blue flowers in July. Sandy soil. 35c.

Linaria Aequitriloba. Very flat creeper, steady bloomer,
lavender. This and the next two are from southern Europe and are
all very valuable flat creepers for rock niches and do well as house
plants. 50c.

Linaria Hepaticaefolia or Liverleaf Toadflax. A little larger
than above with light blue flowers. 50c.

Linaria Pilosum. A furry foliaged one similar to above. 50c.

Myosotis Welwitschi. A trailing blue forget-me-not, 6 inches. 35c

Pentstemon Laevigatus Digitalis. In Detroit unnoticed by
30,000 autoists passing each day is a big field of pure white 4-foot
spikes of this July flowering wildling, taking care of itself among the
weeds, even. A fine cut flower, pure white snapdragon-like flowers
on a branching stem. 50c.

Phlox Douglasi. From Montana. A three-inch phlox with pink
flowers that likes a dry sunny spot. 50c.

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*Phlox “Miss Lingard.” So many good ordinary phlox are listed
that it does not pay to list them any more. But, in nearly every
collection I notice the 4-foot purest white variety Miss Lingard
is missing. It blooms three weeks earlier than the common phlox,
is freer flowering, more disease resistant and does well on harder
soil than the ordinary phlox. 35c.

Romanzoffia Sitchensis. From British Columbia. Glossy tufts
of umbrella-shaped leaves, curly spikes of star-shaped flowers, 3
inches, damp shady spot. 50c.

Sisyrinchium Bell urn. A 6-inch blue-eyed-grass, shorter
stemmed and larger flowered than our native one. 35c.

Spirae Pectinata (same as Lutkea Pectinata). 2-inch creeper
from Olympic mountains in Washington. Feathery, ferny leaves,
with white flowered short spikes. Slight shade, damp sour soil. 75c.

Spirae Simplicifolia (same as Astilbe Simplicifolia). A miniature
of the common feathery spirae so commonly forced in florists’ stores
for Easter. Half shade, loamy well-drained soil. Ivory 4-inch spikes
of bloom in June. 75c.

Thalictrum Minor. Foot high miniature of the commoner
Meadowrue. Foliage resembles Columbine or Maidenhair fern, foot
spikes of feathery, ivory flowers. Will tolerate dampness and
shade. 75c.

Thymus Citriodorus Argenteus. Golden variegated leaves,
J^-inch across, and about 8 inches high. A small shrub. Leaves
lemon scented when crushed. Sun, poor soil. 75c.

Thymus Argenteus. Similar to above but silvery variegations.
I like this one best. 75c.

Thymus Herba Barona. A new thyme from Corsica. A lilac
bloomed trailer, flowering in July. 75c.

Thymus Nummularius. 1 inch high creeper. 50c.

Thymus Serpyllum Coccineus Splendens. A larger, redder
flowered variety than described in my “Hardy Plants” catalog,
which you should send for if you have not a copy. 50c.

Thymus Serpyllum Odoratus. Larger than the common
thyme. 50c.

*Tradescantia Reflexa. Midwest form of the Spiderwort. 20-
inch stems topped with sky blue flowers for weeks in midsummer.
Does well in sun, shade, or damp spots. Larger than T. Virginiana,
the commoner one. 50c.

Valerianella Congesta. Ordinary soil, 3 inches high, hummocks
of neat foliage with pale pink flowers. 35c.

Vinca Minor Flore Plena. A double flowered form of the com¬
mon Myrtle so commonly found in old gardens in the North. Stands
heavy shade, creeps fast, 8 inches high, with inch wide, double,
clear blue flowers. A new thing. 75c.

♦Plants marked thus are not true rockery plants but are
listed because they are good for other situations.

Latin and common names as used in “Standardized Plant
Names” are used, as some common ground for naming has to be
agreed on to insure correct plant being furnished. Kew hand list
is used when not listed in “Standardized.”

Prices are lower in quantity — 12 for price of 10.

Most of this mailing list goes to southern states, and
fall delivery is fine for there. If any plant is ordered that
is not best moved in autumn in northern states I will note
on acceptance that spring delivery is preferable.

Fall order for spring delivery is desirable as on many
items quantity available is low.

Send for my spring 1928 “Rare Plants” catalog if you did
not receive a copy.