Rock garden and perennial plants / Ivan N. Anderson.

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ROCK CARDEN

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PERENNIAL

PLANTS

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IVAN N. ANDERSON

4031 NEW LEE BOULEVARD

Arlington, Virginia

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

Be sure to write name and address carefully and
clearly, and give any necessary instructions for de¬
livery. Transportation is paid on all shipments
within fifty miles of Washington, D. C. For other
orders, please add 15% to value of order to cover
postage or express, otherwise shipments will be
sent collect. No substitutions will be made unless
directed. All shipments are sent at customer’s risk.

Checks or Money Orders should be made payable
to Ivan N. Anderson.

While exercising every precaution, no warranty is
given, express or implied, as to the productiveness
of any plants. Every effort is made to guarantee
all plants true to name or color, and to be free
from any harmful disease at time of shipment. Any
complaints must be received within five days from
the receipt of shipment.

The nursery is located at 4031 New Lee Boule¬
vard, one and one-half blocks west of the stop light
at Glebe Road and Lee Boulevard, Arlington, Va.
Telephone: Clarendon 2116. Visitors are invited to
the nursery and trial gardens, where many other
unusual plants, especially adapted to this section,
may be seen.

Look for all the new items in this list. A new
list of Iris, Tall Bearded, will be ready in the
autumn.

Landscape Service Carden Consultant

Rock and Perennial Garden Construction
Member The American Horticultural Society

b after a name stands for Border plant;
r for Rock Garden Plant
g for Ground cover

PERENNIALS AND ROCK PLANTS

Acaena

microphylla r g
Achillea

argentea, yellow r

filipendulina, Parker’s Variety b yellow
millefolium roseum b r
ptarmica, Perry’s Variety b white
tomentosa, crimson b r
Actinea

herbacea r
Aethionema

persicum r $.30
pulchellum r

Ajuga

genevensis rosea r g
reptans r g
Allium

senescens r
stellatum alba r
tibeticum r
Alsine

recurva r
Alyssum

saxatile r
saxatile fl. pi.
sinuatum r
spinosum r $.50
spinosum roseum r $.50
Anemone japonica (all $.30 each, $3.00 dozen)
alba b white
Alice b pink
Prince Henry b red
Queen Charlotte b pink
Richard Ahrends b red
September Charm b light pink
September Queen b rosy-red
September Sprite b mauve-rose dwarf
Whirlwind b white
Anchusa

italica Lissadell b
myosotidiflora b
Anthemis

Perry’s Variety b

All plants, except as noted,

$.25 each, $2.25 a dozen

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Sancta-Johannis b
tinctoria b
Aquilegia

Arlington Hybrids b
canadensis b red
chrysantha b yellow
chrysantha alba b white
Crimson Star b

flabellata nana alba r b white
Glebewood Pink b
Hensol Harebell b
Mrs. Scott Elliot’s b

Arabis

alpina r white

alpina fl. pi. r double white $.30
alpina Rosabella r pink $.30
Billarderi rosea r rose
Kellerii r $.30
procurrens r
Arenaria

graminifolia r
montana r
verna caespitosa r
Armeria, see Statice
Aster

hybridus luteus yellow
laevis Arlington b blue
novae-angliae Barr’s Pink b
novi-belgii type

Alderman Vokes b rose-pink
Blue Eyes b blue
Queen Mary b blue-lavender
Robert Parker b lilac-blue
Skylands Queen b lavender
Sunset b deep pink
New Dwarf Hybrids (Dumosus Hybrids)
Countess of Dudley b blue-pink
Lavanda b lavender-blue
Little Boy Blue b violet-blue
Mad. Carroy b lavender
Nancy b flesh-pink
Niobe b pure white
Victor b lavender-blue
Astilbe (all $.30 each, $3.00 dozen)
America b lavender-pink
Gladstone b white

All plants, except as noted,

$.25 each, $2.25 a dozen

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Queen Alexandra b pink
Saladin b salmon-pink
Baptisia

australis b
Bellium

bellidoides r
Boltonia

latisquama b pale pink
Buddleia

lie de France (NEW) b
Callirhoe

involucrata r
Campanula

bononiensis b
carpatica r
garganica r
glomerata superba r b
portensohlagiana r
poscharskyana r
pyramidalis b
Centranthus

rubra r b
Centaurea

dealbata b pink
Cerastium

columnae r (NEW)
tomentosum r g
Ceratostigma

plumbaginoides r
Chelone

Lyonii b

Chrysanthemum, Species
maximum (Shasta Daisy)

^.IbsIcs. b

Double White Swan b (NEW)
Etoile D’Or b
Mrs. C. L. Bell b
Supreme b (NEW)
morifolium, dainty small pink b
Chrysanthemum indicum
Large Flowering

Frances Whittlesay, garnet
Golden Climax, yellow
Indian, nut brown-red
Jean Treadway, pink
Medusa, red overlaid yellow

All plants, except as noted,
$.25 each, $2.25 a dozen

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October Dawn, daybreak pink
Red Doty, wine red
Seashell, shell-pink
Yellow Normandie, early
Decorative

Granny Scoville, bronze-red (NEW)

R. Marion Hatton, canary yellow
White Doty, white
Single and Korean Hybrids
Aphrodite, pink
Astrid, pale pink (NEW)

Crimson Splendor, crimson
Dazaria, white (NEW)

Indian Summer, crimson-red (NEW)
Louise Schling, salmon-bronze (NEW)

Mrs. Wm. F. Buckingham, salmon-pink
Orion, clear yellow (NEW)

Saturn, bronze
Button

Alice Barnham, orange and bronze
Early Bronze

Ida Improved, yellow-red tipped
Jerry, pink, overlaid bronze
Lemon Button, pale yellow
Model of Perfection, white
Patsy, salmon red center
Pink Dot, pink
Yellow Gem, golden yellow
Zoe, yellow overlaid scarlet
Pompon

Amelia, pink early
Crimson Sheen
Dainty, light pink
Pink Lady, pink
Rena, bronze-yellow
White Pompon
Zora, pink

Con v all aria (Lily of Valley)

majalis, German large flowering $.75 dozen
Coreopsis

auriculata nana r b
grandiflora b
Delphinium

Arlington Hybrids $.35 each
Belladonna Improved b
Bellamosa Improved b

All plants, except as noted,

$.25 each, $2.25 a dozen

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Blackmore and Langdon Hybrids b
chinensis tall Dark Blue b
chinensis dwarf r b

Wrexham Special New Hybrids $.30 each
Dianthus

barbatus Crimson b

Newport Pink b
Pink Beauty b
Scarlet Queen b
Sutton’s Fairy b pale pink
White b

caesius r

deltoides Bowles Variety r crimson
deltoides Major Stern’s r scarlet
Furst Bismark r b crimson
plumarius r b
Rose Cushion r (NEW)

Winterii Jerry r b salmon-pink (NEW)

Meg Gardner r b white marron eye

Mrs. Back r b white scarlet eye

Mrs. Wormley r b pink

Ruth r b mauve-red

The Captain r b purple-red

Dicentra

eximia r b (false bleeding heart)
spectabilis r b (bleeding heart)

Digitalis (Foxglove)

ambigua grandiflora b yellow
purpurea gloxiniaeflora purple
purpurea gloxiniaeflora white
purpurea gloxiniaeflora Shirley Hybrids
Doronicum

caucasicum b

plantagineum (excelsum) b

Draba

ramosissima r (NEW) $.30
Dracocephalium

ruyschiana japonicum r b $.35
Epimedium

alpinum r " $.75

alpinum sulphureun; r g $.35

coccineum r g $.75

lacteum r g $.75

lilacina r g $1.00

niveum r g $.75

rubrum r g $.75

All plants, except as noted,

$.25 each, $2.25 a dozen

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Eriogonum

umbellatum r $.35
Erysimum

asperum r b (Cheiranthus Allioni)
Eupatorium

coelestinum b
Gaillardia

Dazzler b red

Goblin b r $.35 each (NEW)

Mr. Sherbrook b lemon-yellow (NEW) $.35
Ruby b clear red (NEW) $.35
Tangerine b
Gentiana

Hascombensis r (NEW) $.35
other varieties in small quantities

Geranium

maculatum b

sanguineum grandiflora r b
Gypsophila (Baby’s Breath)
repens r

repens Rosenschleier (Rosy Veil) r
Pacifica b pink
rokejeka b white
Helenium

autumnale Riverton Beauty b
Riverton Gem b
primulinum magnificum b
Heliopsis

scabra excelsa b
Helleborus

niger r $1.00 each

orientalis hybrids r $ .75 each

Hemerocallis (all border plants)

Ajax $.30

Apricot

aurantiaca major
Aureole
Calypso
Chrysolora

citrina $.50

Dumortieri $.20 each, $2.00 dozen

Estmere

flava

flava major
Florham

fulva cypriana $.35

All plants, except as noted,
$.25 each, $2.25 a dozen

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fulva maculata

$.35

George Yeld

$1.00

Globe D’Or

Gold Dust

Gold Imperial

Gold Standard

Kwanso

Lady Fermoy Hesketli $.75

Luteola

Luteola major

$.35

Luteola pallens

$.35

Maggie Perry

Mrs. Perry

Meehani

Middendorffii

Ochroleuca

Orangeman

Queen of May

$.35

Queen Mary

Sir Michael Foster

$1.00

Sovereign

Tangerine

$.35

Thelma Perry
Thunbergii

Yellow Hammer

$.35

Write for quantity prices

on Hemerocalli

Hepatica

triloba r

Hesperis

matronalis alba b
nana candidissima b
Heuchera

Pluie de Feu r b coral-red
Rosmondi r b coral-pink
sanguinea r b coral
Hibiscus

Moscheutus red b
Hollyhock

Double Pink, Red, Yellow, White
Single Pink, Crimson, White
Hosta (Funkia) August Lily
caerulea b
lancifolia b
lancifolia undulata b
lancifolia undulata variegata b
plantaginea grandiflora

All plants, except as noted,
$.25 each, $2.25 a dozen

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Hypericum

Moserianum b
repens r

Iberis (Candytuft) All $.20 each, $2.00 dozen,
sempervirens r b
sempervirens Snowflake r b
sempervirens Little Gem r b

Inula

gran diflora b

Iris species

cristata r
dichotoma r b

Dorothea K. Williamson b $.30

Douglasiana b $.30

ensata r $.50

foetidissima b

gracilipes r $.50

innominata r $.50

orientalis b

orientalis Snow Queen b
tectorum b r

tenax r $.30

Iris Kaempferi, all border plants

Ayasi, claret pencilled white $.35

Butterfly, double purple $.35

Carlton Childs, flecked purple $.35

Catherine Parry, double blue $.35

Cloud Dress, gray purple lines $.35

Eleanor Parry, double claret $.35

Freedom $.35

Gloria $.35

Hatsuki $.35

Helen Wells, lavender $.35

Kuro-komo, d purple $.35

LaFavorite, white veined blue $.35

Maru $.35

Plumbeja $.35

Pyramid, royal purple, veined center $.35

Red Riding Hood, amaranth veined white $.35

single white

white veined purple

purple

Iris pumila, all border or rock garden
Alba, early white

Arlington, yellow green marked brown (NEW)
first time offered anywhere $1.00

All plants, except as noted,

$.25 each, $2.25 a dozen

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Aurea, yellow
Black Midget, deep purple
Buzzer, light lavender
Compacta, medium blue
Ditton Purple, violet-purple
Harbor Lights, sulphur
Huron Imp, large dark blue
Judy, dark ruby self
Lutea, deep yellow
Marocain, deep velvety-purple
Max, ruffled yellow
Nugget, sulphur-yellow
Orange Queen, deep yellow
Sonny, deep buttercup
Verdun, purple
Ylo, bright yellow

Iris, Tall Bearded, all border plants

Purple to Purple Red

Color

Ambassadeur

Naomi

Bruno

Oread

Daphne

Petrucchio

Garnet

Rajput

Kochii

Tropic Seas

Lent A. Williamson

Souv. de Mme. Gaudichau

Lavender to Lavender-blue

Lord of June

Princess Beatrice

Queen Caterina

Yellow to Brown

Cameo

Iris King

Gold Imperial

Shekinah

Pinkish to Cerise

Marion Cran

White including Plicatas

Mother of Pearl

Taj Mahal

Rhein Nixe

True Charm

Lamium

maculatum alba b r
Lavendula Lavender

atro-purpurea nana r $.35
delphinensis r b $.35
Spica (vera) Munstead r b
Stoechas r
Liatris

pycnostachya b
scariosa b

AH plants, except as noted,
$.25 each, $2.25 a dozen

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Linum

perenne b r
Liriope

spicata g r $.20 each, $1.75 dozen

Lotus

corniculatus fl pi. g r same price as above
Lythrum

Lady Sackville $.35 each
virgatum

Mazus

japonicus (reptans) r g
Mentha Mint

piperita (Peppermint)

Requieni r (creeping mint)
spicata (Spearmint)
viridis (Curlymint)

Mertensia Virginia Bluebells
virginica

Monarda, Bergamot
didyma b red
Myosotis, Forget-me-not

palustris semperflorens b r
Neobesseya (Mound Cactus)
missouriensis r
Nepeta

Mussini r b

Mussini Six Hills Giant b $.30
Souv. Andre Chaudron b
Nierembergia

frutescens b
rivularis r
Oeonthera

speciosa r b pink
speciosa alba r b white
missourensis r
Pachysandra

terminalis g $.15 each, $1.50 dozen, $12.00
hundred
Paeonia Peony

New list in Autumn
Papaver

articum r b

Papaver Orientale, all border plants

Beauty of Livermore, dark crimson

Fairy, light pink

Lula A. Neeley, oxblood red

All plants, except as noted,

$.25 each, $2.25 a dozen

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May Sadler, salmon-pink

Mrs. Perry, orange-apricot

Olympia, double orange-salmon

Oriflamme, large deep crimson

Perry’s White, white

Wurtembergia, rose-red

All poppies above $.35 each, $3.50 dozen

Scarlet Queen

Phlox, Species

Arendsii Louise r b
bifida r b
Camla r (NEW)
divaricata r b
glaberrima b
nivalis alba r white
nivalis Sir Guilford r
ovata r b

Phlox subulata (all rock plants)
alba, white

atropurpurea, crimson-red

Autumn Rose, deep rose-red

Blue Hill, deep lavender-blue

G. F. Wilson, pale lavender deeper eye

Moerheimi, carmine-pink

Vivid, salmon-pink

Phlox: Garden Varieties (all border plants)
Commander, crimson-red
Count Zeppelin, white red eye
Emain Macha, salmon-pink
Enchantress, salmon-pink
Europa, white pink eye
Hauptman Koehl, blood-red
Jules Sandreau, dwarf salmon-pink
Leo Schlageter, brilliant scarlet
Louise Albema, white, tall
Miss Lingard, early white
Mrs. Jenkins, white
Rokoko, soft pink
Rosenkavalier, rose-pink
R. P. Struthers, salmon-red

Platycondon

grandiflora b
Mariesii r b

P OLEMONIUM

reptans r b

All plants, except as noted,

$.25 each, $2.25 a dozen

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Primula

Juliae, claret $.30
Juliae Helenae, burgundy-red $.30
Japonica, salmon pink $.30
Munstead Giants, yellow
Munstead Giants, red
Munstead Giants, creamy white
Polyanthus Hybrids
Veris Arlington Hybrids
vulgaris, yellow
PlJLMONARIA

angustifolia r b
saccharata r b
Pyrethrum

Kelway’s Red, b
roseum

roseum fl. pi., double
Ranunculus (Buttercup)
acris flore pleno g

$.10 each, $1.00 dozen, $6.00 hundred
Rosa Rouletti (Miniature Rose)

$.35 and $.50 each
Rudbeckia

purpurea b

Ruta

graveolens r b

Salvia

azurea grandiflora b
azurea Pitcheri b
nutans b r
Santolina

chamaecyparissus r b
Saponaria

ocymoides splendens r
Sedum (all rock plants except as noted)
acre

acre minus
album

album murale

dasyphyllum

diffusum

reflexum

rupestre

rupestre Fosterianum
Sieboldii
spectabile b

All plants, except as noted,

$.25 each, $2.25 a dozen

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spectabile Brilliant b
spectabile rubrum b
ternatum

Sempervivum (all rock garden)

40 Varieties, ask for list

Silene

alpestris r white
maritima r white
maritima rosea r pink
schafta r rose
Wherryi r pink
Statice

Armeria laucheana r b $.20 each
Armeria caespitosa r $.30
pseudo-armeria rubra (Bee’s Ruby
Teucrium

Chamaedrys b
orientale b r

Thymus serpyllum (all rock plants)
citridorus

citridorus variegata
Herba-Barona
lanicaulis
album
carmineus
coccineus
lanuginosus
variegata
vulgaris nitidus
Tiarella

cordifolia r
Tradescantia
rosea b
virginica r b
Trollius

europaeus b
Ledebourii b $.30 each
Orange Prince $.50 each (NEW)
Veronica

filformis r g
incana r b

longifolia subsesslis b
pectinata rosea
repens
rupestris

rupestris flexuosa

All plants, except as noted,
$.25 each, $2.25 a dozen

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rupestris nana
spicata
spicata nana
True Blue

Vinca

minor g $1.00 dozen, $7.00 hundred
minor alba g $1.00 dozen, $7.50 hundred
minor rosea r g $.20 each, $2.00 dozen
minor rosea fl. pi. $.20 each, $2.00 dozen
Viola (Violet) all $1.00 dozen, $6.00 hundred
except as noted
odorata Sweet English
odorata Princess of Wales, $1.50 dozen
odorata Double Russian, $1.50 dozen
papilionacea Confederate (Blue & Gray)
striata

tricolor (Johnny Jump-up)

VINES

Ampelopsis (Parthenocissus)
tricuspidata Veitchii
brevipedunculata
Celastrus (Bittersweet)

articulatus (oriental)
scandens (american)

Euonymus

Kewensis r
radicans

radicans vegetus nana
Clematis

Jackmanii $.75 each
paniculata
Hedera helix

conglomerata $.25
gracilis $.15 and $.25
hibernica (Common Ivy)

assorted sizes from $.10 up
minima $.25
pedata $.25
Baltica $.25

FERNS

Adianthum $.20 each, $2.00 dozen
pedatum (Maidenhair)

Polystichum $.15 each, $1.00 dozen
acrostichoides (Christmas)

ASK ABOUT HEATHERS

All plants, except as noted,

$.25 each, $2.25 a dozen

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