. Catalogue and price list. Rock plants Catalogs; Rock gardens Vermont Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Catalogs. CYPRIPEDIUM (Lady Slipper):—Those lovely Orchids have several species eminently fitted for lightly shaded spots in our Rock Gardens. Only the first n«med is difficult. C. acaulis (Common Lady Slipper):—8 in. Must have very acid soil. .35 C. arietinum, Ram's Head Lady Slipper:—6 in. The rarest of our native L»ady Slippers; brownish with rose colored lip shading into crimson. Few botanists have ever seen this slipper in its native haunts; not as spectacu- larly beautiful as some of th
. Catalogue and price list. Rock plants Catalogs; Rock gardens Vermont Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Catalogs. CYPRIPEDIUM (Lady Slipper):—Those lovely Orchids have several species eminently fitted for lightly shaded spots in our Rock Gardens. Only the first n«med is difficult. C. acaulis (Common Lady Slipper):—8 in. Must have very acid soil. .35 C. arietinum, Ram's Head Lady Slipper:—6 in. The rarest of our native L»ady Slippers; brownish with rose colored lip shading into crimson. Few botanists have ever seen this slipper in its native haunts; not as spectacu- larly beautiful as some of the others it is most intersting and odd. Seldom offered for sale $ C. parviflorum:—12 in. Yellow slipper, slightly smaller than the next, but more refined 50 C. pubescens:—Yellow Lady Slipper. A fine easy orchid 50 C. Reginae (C. spectabile):—Showy Lady Slipper. 18 in. Largest of the native Lady Slippers, pink and white blooms 50 Dalibarda repens:—4 in. A fine evergreen ground cover for shady places with many beautiful white flowers in July 35 Daphne cneorum:—I consider this the best dwarf shrub capable of en- during our winters without protection. Evergreen, less than a foot high, and we have had 5 year old specimens 4 feet across. A mass of delightful fragrance completely hiding the foliage in June with scattering blooms again in the fall. No Rock Garden should be wdthout it. Specimen plants 18 inches across $ Daphne mezereum:—2 ft. This is quite a different shrub from the above. Not evergreen, but is completely covered with a mass of lilac-pink flowers in early spring before the leaves start. Native of Siberia this plant is perfectly hardy anywhere $ DELPHINIUM:—Most-of the species of this glorious perennial are al- together too large for the Rock Garden, but the four given below are ex- cellent for that purpose. Good soil and sun. D. bicolor:—12 in. A long lived species, that dies down immediately after blooming, but surely comes again the
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