Sag ae

AUTUMN, 1912 [aeonvenr] WHOLESALE CATALOGUE Spe COLORADO NATIVE PLANTS AND SHRUBS

A Selected List of Successful Spersaltyes,- | for the Catalogue Trade terre ee,

U is}, Dz M. Al (DREWS, *® x ©: Owner of ROCKMGNWT | NURSERYS. Denertmeat: of Agriculture VV Bounldes Eploradp, Bs 8. A.

To my European customers let me emphasize the value of my unique guarantee of safe delivery. This guarantee, offered for the first time last season, resulted immediately in a large increase of business and out of many thousands of plants sent last fall to England and other points in Europe, not a single claim was received for any loss Whatever. On the other hand,, various reports showed that Perfect Packing was responsible for this success, in which I take pardonable pride. The Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland, writes,—‘‘The plants arrived in excellent condition and I can really make no suggestion for improvement of the method of transport.” <A cus- tomer at Enfield, England, writes,—‘‘Your two packages to hand in the finest possible condition, and it gave me great pleasure to unpack a parcel con- taining so many gems, and I must thank you for the good execution of my order.” Just one more out of a number of equally good reports; this from Christchurch, England. “The plants duly were received here Dec. 11th, having been only eighteen days on journey. I am very pleased with them and consider it one of the best imprortations I ever had of collected roots.”

Here are the points:—Safe delivery; free delivery to your nearest post- office; leading, salnble varieties, new enough to be classed as novelties and cheap enough to insure a haudsome profit; with the risks practically elim- inated.

Guarantee. I guarantee safe delivery by express, mail or iparcels post to all points in the United States, Canada and Hurope. Complaints to receive attention must be reported promptly, and any extensive loss should be veri- fied by Postmaster cr other orficial. Where loss occurs, I will replace free of charge. This guaranty applies to fall shipments only, and shipments made at other seasons of the vear will be at purchbaser’s risk.

Prices and Terms. Frices include free delivery by mail or parcels post, except where otherwise stated. Prices are invariably in United States currency and payment is required in funds at par in the United States. British cheques will be received if sufficient allowance be made for exchange.

For the convenience of my regular customers I allow a short term of credit, prices net, no discount, settlement due not later than January 1st. Unknown customers will please send cash with first order.

The most favorable time for exporting is in autuinn, when the plants are completely dormant. Varieties which have to be collected from the higher aititudes must be ordered early, as snows prevent late collecting. For this reuson I would urge my Eurcpean customers to anticipate as fully as pos- sible their requirements for the season, and send in their orders by return mail.

Culture. All the plants offered in this catalogue are exceedingly hardy and are well suited for ordinary out-door culture and may be wintered accord- ing to the method required by local conditions for other hardy perennials. Hewever, to bring them into the best condition for spring sales, I advise pot- ting them immediately in small pots, keeping them in a low temperature with littie moisture; just sufficient to encourage root action without forcing a pre- mature growth.

(*) Photographs of the flowers of the following list suitable for cuts can be furnished of the kinds marked with an asterisk (*) at twenty cents each, or wii! be included free with an order for 10) or more roots of one kind if asked for.

Price per 10 per 100

Aconitum Columbianum, 2-—4 ft., early Nowering, deep blue $0.75 $ 5.00 *Anemone Patens Nutt., Pasque Flower, very early, large lav-

ender-tinted flowers ($30.00 per 1,000) 75 4.00

Price per 10 per 100

Anemone globosa, 1 ft., growing in clumps, flowers an inch across, or rarely greenish white *“Aquilegia coerulea, Rocky Mountain Columbine, the State flower of Colorado, and the most superb ot Columbines: colors lavender-blue with white petals, the flower often four and- one-half inches across. All our stock is absolutely true, not hybridized; fine transplanted, all blooming size Meee Coilected roots, very fine steck but not as uniform size as tbe transplanted ($35.90 per 1,00C) , Smali collected, just under blooming size ($27.50 per 1,000) Asciepias incarnata, Rose Milkweed, 3—5 ft., the Colorado va- riety blooms about two weeks earlier than the eastern form and has a much finer color *“Aspedium Felix-Mas, Colorado Male Fern, 2 ft., nearly ever- green fronds forming large massive clumps, one of the graniest and most easily cultivated of all ferns; medium size, prepaid Large, not prepaid Extra large, not prepaid *Brickellia grandiflora, Tassel Flower, 2 feet beautiful droop- ing tassels in terminal panicles

CACTUS, HARDY SPECIES. With good drainage these are perfectly hardy in the eastern U. §. and in England. Cac- tus plants are collected to order only, and should be or- dered early. The Opuntias are too heavy for mailing and will be shipped by express or freight at purchaser’s ex- pense. Of the other sorts, small plants will be sent pre- paid at prices named, but if ordered by express or freight larger plants will be furnished at the same price.

Cactus MISSOUTME Tis Hei!) s tahoe ae a a a HEN MOCaAclus) SMMpSOMD OF 11), % oe cee cee ee a Kehinocactus Simpsoni, “Perpetual Snow’”............ Pichinocereds), -Viridiitonisn ci!) igo oe Ny foe a Ren a oe ee Opuntia Avenarian io 7 cc. Acie Koo mvalaie os sete tae ce A ok Mee ate pee Coun tia; Camanche a s0.' vee hacks aie tbo wise epee ene ee eee Opuntia mesacanthiae (sae. . Gaels iia k's TA Bag ea eee Onuntia“phacacantha timador) iov.s, ve ses epic cheater eee OPUNTIA POLY AC ADEA’ « siheh adie sewers et edensek c Saah s.. s chal eeweie eee Opuntia polyacantha alb‘spina, white spined........ *Calochortus Gunnisoni, Marirosa Lily. This Rocky Mountain srecies is the hardiest and most easily cultivated, and has flowers of the largest size which .are usually pure white with yellowish green center; for nearly 2( years the en- tire supply of this species has passed through my hands to other dealers. My stock this season is very fine’ First grade bulbs, ($28.00 per 1,000) Calochortus Gunnisoni, lilac-tinted, verv scarce *Caltha rotundifolia, (Syn C. leptosepala) very different from the yellow Cowslip or Marsh Marigold of the east; flowers very large, pure white or bluish, blooms very early and frequently again in autumn: nlant of refined appearance and succeeds equally well in the garden or for forcing *Campanula rotundifolia, Harebell. A free and _ persistent bloomer, very easily grown, desirable for cutting Castilleja acuminata, Painted Cup, scarlet, very showy peren- nial species Claytonia muiticaulis, Spring Beauty, the largest flowered and finest of the genus, one corm producing a great many stems Clematis coccinea, a climbing herbaceous vine with showy scarlet fiowers all summer *Clematis Douglasii, 1 ft., a dwarf bushy sort with deep purple flowers and fine silky foliage *Clematis Fremontii, a rare species resembling Douglasii, but with large, simple foliage *Clematis ligusticifolia, Western Virgin’s Bower. A Hardy graceful climber of rapid growth, more showy in bioom and in seed than eastern species ' *Delphinium Penhardii, (Syn. D, Albescens of former lists) 2 ft., very showy spikes of white finwers Delphinium Geyeri, 2—3 ft., flowers most intense azure blue of clear quality; a fine species

=~] ed 3 |

1.00 1.00

50 1.00

6.00

6.00 4.50

3.00

5.00

6.00 7.50 10.09

5.00

8.00 10.00 30.00

6.00

5.00

6.00

5.00

6.00

3.00 8.00

6.00 5.00 6.00 3.00 8.00

6.00

10.00 5.00

5.00

Price per 10 per 100

*Dodecatheon radicatum, Shooting Star, flowers deep rose color, resembling Cyclamen; a small plant but very showy

Erythronium§ parviflorum, two or three-flowered, perianth bright yellow with greenish base, three or four inches broad but soou recurved

*Gentiana Andrewsii, Closed Gentian. Srowy blue fiowers and one of the best for cullivation

Gentiana Bigelovii, Clustered. Gentian. Many stemmed, fiow- ers clear blue

Gentiana Parryi. A remarkably showy Gentian with large open flowers of most intense blue

Helianthe!lla quinquenervis, Star Sunflower. A very refined plant three feet tall, with very large light yellow flowers having long slender pointed rays; blooms earlier than most flowers of the Sunflower class

Helianthus Maximiliani, one of the best of the perennial Sun- flowers, very tal? stems flowering nearly the whole length

Humulus lupulus Neo-Mexicanus, Western Hop Vine. Foliage broad and deeply cut; in this respect superior to the east- ern vine

Iris Missouriensis. A slender early native, resembling the Si- berian iris, having large flowers of pale clear lavender to lavender blue, variously penciled with deeper veins; very beautiful and easily grown ($30.00 per 1,000)

*Leucocrinum montanum, Sand Lilv. flowers snow white, fra- grant. from a rosette of grass-like foliage; early spring; one of the most distinct and charming of our whole list ($30.00 per 1,000)

“75

*Liatris ligulistylis, a rare Colorado plant with large rose-colored

tassel-like hezds in a branching raceme a foot tall: the finest of all and especially desirable from its low-growing habit; large tubers

*Liatris punctata...Another dwarf sort with slender racemes a foot tall ($30.00 per 1,000)

Lithospermum albicans, slender, with whitish foliage and light yellow flowers

Lithospermum linearifolium, low and spreading, flowers pale yellow, slightly fringed

Lithospermum multiflorum, Puccoon. Deep yellow flowers in branching panicles, the older plants forming very large clumps which are remarkably effective

*Malvastrum coccineum, Scariet Mallow. One of the most dis- tinct ard showy plants of the Mallow family; of dwarf habit, only six inches tall, with silvery foliage and ra- cemes of scarlet flowers; a ‘p!ant which will thrive in al- most any sunny position ($30.50 per 1,000)

*Mertensia ciliata, Mountain Bluebell, 2 ft., with luxuriant bluish foliage, myriads of bell-shaned blue flowers for a long season; thrives in sun or shade in any good soil

*Mertensia lanceolata, Prairie Bluebell, 1 ft., grows in open fields with little moisture, forming many-stemmed clumps with larger drooping bells, remaining a long time in bloom

Mertensia papillosa, a mountain form similar to lanceolata but with narrower foliage and smaller panicles

Monarda Ramaleyi. This western form appears to be dwarfer than the eastern, with large flower heads the color of Red Clover

Oenothnera brachycarpa, Yellow Evening Primrose. A dwarf piant consisting of a rosette of narrow foliage, producing magnificent y2llow flowers four inches across, which turn to orange scarlet; a remarkably fine perennial

*Oenothera caespitosa, White Evening Primrose. Similar in habit to the last but with rather larger pure white flowers which turn to rose pink in fading. These two Evening Primroses are unique in their rosette-like habit and have a long blooming season ($25.00 per 1.000)

*Oxyropis Lamberti, Crimson Loco. Racemes of crimson pea- shaped flowers from a rosette of pinnate foliage

Oxytropis Spicata, silvery white foliage and creamy-white fiowers

Oxytropis hybrida, a very fine assortment of hybrid or varying

1.50

«15

“15

15 1.00

1.00

4.09

4.00)

4.00

10.00

6.00

4.00

6.00

5.00

3.09 6.00

6.09

*Pentstemon coeruleus,

Primula Parryi,

Price per 10 forms, the colors ranging from white to lilac, rose, purple, crimson, etc. 1.00

*Oxytropis Hybrida grandiflora, this large flowered strain in-

cludes all the shades from white to light purple, lavender, rose, etc., but no crimson or deep purple. The spikes are sometimes 20 inches tall, flowering half their length, and as many as 80 spikes have heen counted on a single clump;

a superb novelty now offered for the first time 1.50 *Pentstemon accuminatus, 1 ft., one-sided racemes of deep lilac

flowers; a very distinct shade iY é5) Pentstemon alpinus, 1 ft., flowers large and showy, in a dense

raceme, very deep blue or purplish blue by $3,

one foct tall or less, often forming large clumps with dense racemes of exceedingly beautiful sky-blue flowers. The true form grows only in the north- ern mountain region and cannot be obtained from any

other collector ($40.00 per 1,009) 615 Pentstemon unilateralis, 2—3 ft., very large one-sided racemes of purple flowers, light and dark shades, very showy yes

1 ft., remarkably luxuriant foliage, flowers crimson with yellow star. bourn in large showy umbels:

grows along sub-alpine streams in the edge of the water 1.50 Salvia azurea grandiflora, Fleowering Sage. 3—4 ft., pale blue

flowers in early autumn; very fine for cutting ote Salvia Pitcheri, seems identical to the last, excent that the

flowers are of a deep indigo blue and appear about two or three weeks later: one of the grandest blue flowers for

cutting and thrives everywhere 1.00 Sedum rhodanthum, 1 fit., flowers rose pink in clusters termi-

nating the leafy stems 1.50 Solidago spectabilis, 2 ft., flowers arranged in long and narrow

raceme-like panicles, very fragrant, with smooth foliage;

I consider this the finest of all Golden-Rods Br hay Thalictrum Fendleri, Po!ygamum, either sort 1.00 Trollius albifiorus, the only white Globe Flower; does best in a

lpeaty soil with partial shade: flowers as large as other

sorts, opening creamy white, fading to pure white 1.50 Tradescantia, brevecaule, brevecaule rubra, occidentalis, reflexa

and Virginia alba: five distinct sorts, either sort Ares: Viola Nuttallii, Yellow Violet ES) Viola Cognata, and pedatifida, either sort 19 Yucca glauca, the hardiest species, stiff evergreen foliage,

white or purple-tinted flowers; can be grown in dry, bleak

or exposed places but thrives best in good soil, 2 year

seedlings ($30.00 per 1,000) ATS

COLORADO NATIVE SHRUBS. The price of shrubs does not

include free delivery. This stock is too large for mail or parceis post and should be ordered by express or freight. For descriptions, see cataiogue. Prices are for choice col- lected stock; 50 sold at the hundred rate.

per 109

6.00

4.00

Price rer 10 per 100

Berberis: crepens )($25.00™ per aO0Q)2 &. Yee ae ee $0.75 Cercocarpus: parvitolins: 23 i titsle one ©. eee 1.50 Cornus stolonifera Coloradensis, 2—3:ft.............. 1.50 Crataesus;) mative: 32-3 ie ex pry dens es os a ee en 1.50 Holodiscus .dumosus;.?2— 30Gb yeas his. oem ol crepe cicas ee ae eee Jamesia? Americanay:) 1H woe ikae ih rate « setae nn ke eee 1.50 Lonicera involucrata; 1-2 tte. Aas oisuee Oe eerste rates 1.00 Opulaster: 2labratiwe,1—2> GC wa oo ae al ae eee ee Mi) Opulaster Ramajleyl,-2-—3) “ftawe ha ey be ates ele mean ee 1-35

Potentilla iruticasa,/ Colorado; fonmive. asm eae eee oe 1.25

Prunus Melanoearpa, 32-4 Wil. Seen cies re eens 1.00 © Rhus) clabral minor. | 2esor, hls Gee ois ne cee eee ae 1.25 Fosa Arkansana, (($28:00 per P1000) 06 a7 ence. ete olan WG) Rosa [W OGdSI, (24 HE. cs eee owen oe eee eee 1.00 Ribes’ longiflonmnis 3==47 LCs . Wee eeec srw a= |e fe eee eae sence 1.50 Ribes inerme, Wild ‘Gooseberry: 00.2 oi es ee 1.00 Ribes “saxosum, “Wild (GoOSGOGrnVs we <0: < te nieians + eens 1.00 Rubus deliciosus): 2-3 chi ashen Gers © ste caus eens aia ae 1.00 Salix fluviatilis (85-5 fts ok anes oh titra at ete are eee 1.00 Symphoricarpos pauciflorus ($30.00 per 1.000)........ wo

Symphoricarpos occidentalis ($3000 per 1,000)........ 5

$ 3.90 10.00 10 OU 12.00 15.00 10.09

8.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 9.09 10.00 S00 6.00 12.00 6.00 5.00 5.00 5.09 4.00 4.00