Rudbeckia 



Rudbeckia laciniaU, Golden Glow, A very showy hardy 

 perennial with double golden yellow flowers. Stems 

 4 to 6 feet tall, leafy up to the inflorescence. Leaves 

 bright green, deeply 3- to 5-lobed. Flowers very full 

 and double, borne in great masses in late summer. A 

 very popular free-flowering plant. 



R. speciosa. SHOWY CONE-FLOWER. Stems branched. 

 2 to 3 feet tall, with many lanceolate, deeply incised 

 leaves. Flowers numerous, bright yellow, with a 

 brown-purple conical disk ; the ray petals usually deep 

 orange at the base. Grows naturally from New Jersey 

 and Michigan, southward to Alabama and Arkansas. 

 Very handsome. 



Santolina 



Sanlolint chamaecyparissus. LAVENDER COTTON. A 

 hardy much-branched plant 12 to 18 inches high, with 

 evergreen silvery white foliage. Native of Europe. 

 Flowers yellow, borne in globular heads in summer. 

 A very pretty rock- or border-plant. 



Sedum The Stone-Crops 



An interesting group of fleshy -leaved hardy 

 plants, well adapted for planting in the herbaceous 

 border or rock-garden. Many of the species pro- 

 duce very showy flowers, and all of them possess 

 attractive foliage. They are of easy culture, thriving 

 best in sandy, well-drained soils or in rocky situ- 

 ations. 



Sedum acre. MOSSY STONE-CROP, OR WALL-PEPPER. 

 A low spreading plant of moss-like aspect, 2 to 3 inches 

 high, extensively used for carpeting bare spots or for 

 planting in pockets of rockeries. Native of Europe and 

 Asia. Leaves densely crowded, short and fleshy. Flow- 

 ers yellow, starry, opening in early summer. Very 

 charming. 



S. album. WHITE STONE-CROP. A very pretty plant, 4 

 to 6 inches high, with many bright green leaves about 

 half an inch long. Flowers white, with reddish anthers, 

 about half an inch across, freely produced in forking 

 cymes. Native of Europe and Asia. 



S. maximum. LARGE STONE-CROP. A robust plant 

 with clustered stems 15 to 20 inches tall. Native of 

 Europe and Asia. Leaves large and fleshy, densely 

 disposed. Flowers waxy white, with light pink centers. 



8. maximum atropurpureum. PVRPLE STONE-CROP. A 

 form of the preceding species with dark bronzy purple 

 foliage. Very attractive. 



S. pulchellum. WIDOW'S CROSS. A beautiful little 

 plant 3 to 6 inches high, gracefully spreading over the 

 surface of the ground. Leaves minute, bright green, 

 changing to rich tones of red and purple. Flowers 

 pink, rarely white, disposed in a branched cyme, the 

 divisions of which are gracefully arched. Grows natu- 

 rally from Virginia, southward to Georgia and Ala- 

 bama. 



S. sexangulare. DARK GREEN STONE-CROP. A slen- 

 der spreading plant of moss-like aspect, resembling the 

 Mossy Stone-crop. The short fleshy leaves, which are 

 crowded on the branches, are dark green. Flowers 

 yellow, freely produced in early summer. Grows 3 to 

 6 inches high, and is an excellent subject for covering 

 the ground. Native of Europe. 



S. spectabile. BRILLIANT STONE-CROP. A remark- 

 ably handsome bold species with clustered stems, at- 

 taining a height of 18 to 24 inches. The thick fleshy- 

 leaves, which densely clothe the lower portions of the 

 stems, are glaucous green. Flowers rose-colored, pro- 

 duced in very large cymes 4 to 6 inches in diameter. 

 Probably of Japanese origin. Worthy of a place in 

 every garden. 



S. spectabile atropurpureum. DARK-FLOWERED STONE- 

 CROP. A form of the preceding species with very large 

 clusters of showy flowers of a deep rosy crimson color. 



Sedum spurium. SPREADING STONK-CROP. A vigor- 

 ous plant with long trailing stems, rooting at the joints. 

 Leaves glaucous green, coarsely toothed. Flowers 

 pink, with reddish anthers, opening in late summer. 

 Native of Asia Minor and Persia. 



S. spurium coccineum. CRIMSON-FLOWERED STONE- 

 CROP. A variety of the foregoing species with beautiful 

 crimson flowers. 



S. ternatum. WILD STONE-CROP. A handsome tufted 

 species with creeping stems. Leaves spatulate, dis- 

 posed in tufted rosettes at the tips of the branches. 

 Flowers white, in forked cymes. Grows naturally from 

 New York and Indiana, southward to North Carolina 

 and Tennessee. 



Polygonum cuspidatum (see page 124) 



Shortia 



Shortia galaxifolia. SHORTIA. A beautiful shade-loving 

 plant with evergreen foliage, occurring in a secluded 

 mountain valley in South Carolina. Leaves orbicular 

 or oblong, bright green, resembling those of the Galax, 

 Flowers white, nodding, borne on slender stems 3 to 6 

 inches tall, opening in early spring. Requires a moist 

 shady situation, with woods earth or leaf-mould in the 

 soil. One of the most local and historic American 

 plants. Quite hardy, even in cold sections. 



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