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Has a sprawling, crab-like effect. Flowers at intervals during the 

 season. Good for shallow soils, cool, and underdrained. 



ROCKET (Hesperis matronalis). White to purple and magenta. June 

 to August; 2 to 3 feet or more in rich soils. Flowers borne in dense 

 spikes, like stock. One of the old favourites, and very effective in 

 the border. Easily grown in any soil. Forms large clumps. 



ST. JOHN S WORT (Hypericum Moserianum). Yellow. July, August; 

 2 feet. Very showy, largest of all the St. John s worts. Great 

 mass of long, thread-like stamens. Flowers 2 inches in diameter. 

 Any garden soil, with preference for sandy. Propagate by seeds, 

 suckers, cuttings. 



SUN DROPS. See NATIVE PLANTS, p. 95. 



SAGE, SILVER (Salvia argentcd). White. May, June; 2 to 4 feet. The 

 real value of this plant lies in its pretty white woolly foliage. The 

 tallest hardy biennial or perennial of that character. The inflor 

 escence is 2 feet long, and usually three-branched. 



SEA HOLLY (Eryngium amethystinum). Blue. July to September; 

 2 to 5 feet. Thistle-like plant with large flower heads in cones, with 

 finely cut bracts. Whole plant takes on a metallic blue sheen, 

 especially in sandy soils, as the season advances. 



*SEDUM, SHOWY (Sedum spectabile). Rose to crimson. August to 

 October; 2 feet. Best hardy succulent for the border. Bold, 

 fleshy foliage and flower heads, 3 or 4 inches across. Attracts 

 butterflies. Any soil, but likes water. Propagate by division. 



SHASTA DAISY (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum hybrid). \ Very closely 

 resembling the common ox-eye daisy, its parent, but larger and 

 more floriferous. Flowers all season, but does not succeed every 

 where in the East. 



SIDALCEA (Sidalcea mahceflora). Purple. August, September; I to 6 

 feet. Flowers up to 2 inches across when expanded, and pink with 

 satiny texture in Var. Listen, &quot;Pink Beauty.&quot; One of the most 

 easily grown plants from seed. Quite hardy. Propagate by 

 seeds or division. 



SNAPDRAGON (Antirrhinum majus). Red and purple to white and 

 yellow. July, August; I to 3 feet. Flowers I inch long, borne in 

 spikes blooming from the bottom over several weeks; curiously 

 formed like a rabbit s mouth, opening when pinched. Excellent 



