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ScapiosA CAUCASICA. 
SCABIOSA. 
Handsome border plants, succeeding in any ordinary soil if 
well drained and in a sunny location, and should be grown in 
every garden where cut flowers are wanted; they last a long time 
when picked and placed in water. 
Caucasica (Blue Bonnet). A soft and charming shade of 
lavender, and commences to bloom in June, throwing stems 15 
to 18 inches high until September, 
— Alba. A pure white variety. 
Japonica, Lavender-blue flowers 2 to 24 inches across; very 
floriferous; in bloom from July to September; 2 feet. 
Ochroleuca, Sulphur-yellow flowers; July to September; 24 ft. 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 
SEDUM™ (Stone-crop)- 
DWARF VARIETIES. 
Suitable for the rockery, carpet bedding, 
graves, etc. 
Acre ( Golden Moss). Much used for covering graves; foliage | 
green, flowers bright yellow. 
Album. Green foliage, white flowers. 
Sexanguiare. Dark green foliage, yellow flowers. 
Spurium. Attractive pink flowers; 6 inches. 
—Coccineum,. A beautiful crimson-flowered form of the pre- 
ceding. 
the covering of 
10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 
ERECT, OR TALL=GROWING VARIETIES. 
Useful and pretty plants for the border, producing their inter- 
esting flowers during late summer and fall, 
Japonicum [lacrophyllum, Forms compact bushes 15 
inches high, with pleasing waxy-white flowers, with light pink 
“centres. 
Maximum Atropurpureum. Interesting on account of its 
dark bronzy-purple foliage; 15 inches. 
Spectabilis (Brilliant Stone-crop). One of the prettiest 
erect-growing species, attaining a height of 18 inches, with 
broad light green foliage and immense heads of handsome 
showy rose-colored flowers; indispensable as a late fall-bloom- 
ing plant. 
Spectabilis atropurpurea. A new variety, with broad, 
oval, light green foliage, and producing in September and 
October gigantic showy heads of rosy-crimson flowers. A 
decided acquisition for the hardy border. 
15 ets. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. Set of 4 for 50c. 
SEMPERVWVIWVU™ (House Leek. 
Peculiarly interesting plants for the rockery or for any ex- 
posed, well drained position. We can furnish six distinct va- 
rieties at 10 cts. each; $1.00 perdoz. Set of 6 for 50 cts 
Pulcher. 
July to October, a succession of 2 feet high stems, with clusters of 
brilliant rosy-purple flowers, of good size. 
other perennials, and should be largely planted. 
Galaciiolia. 
foliage. 
leaf-mould. The flowers are pure white, about an inch across, each 
on a stiff, wiry stem, and turn pink with age. 
Asterias Grandiilora. 
mine-scarlet flowers on stems 3 feet high in July and August. 
Schaita (Autumn Catchfly). 
growing from 4 to 6 inches high, with masses of bright pink flowers 
from July to October. 
Racemosa. 
C5) Hi ERENT PLANTS [ff] 
SENECIO. (Groundsel). 
Forms a neat tuft of foliage, from which spring up, from 
Totally distimct from all 
15 cts. each; $1.50 
doz.; $10.00 per 100. 
SHORTIA. 
A rare and handsome evergreen, with bronzy-green 
Requires a shady position and a soil made up mostly of 
50 cts. each. 
SILENE £atchfly)- 
A distinct and handsome species with car- 
A charming border or rock plant, 
25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
SISYRINCHIU™M (Satin Lily’or, Blue-eyed Grass), 
Bermudianum. 
with blue flowers and grass-like foliage; 10 inches. 
$1.50 per doz. 
A pretty, early spring and fall-flowering plant, 
15 cts. each; 
SMILACINA (False Solomon’s Seal). 
An attractive native plant, and a splendid subject for the 
border both for its foliage and flowers; grown in a shady posi- 
tion it attains the height of about 3 feet, producing its panicles 
of white flowers in early spring. 15 cts. each; $1.50 
per doz. : 
SOLIDAGO. (Golden Rod). 
The three varieties offered below are the most desirable of our 
popular native Golden Rods. 
Altissima. The giant of the family, attaining a height of 10 
to 12 feet; the large heads of golden-yellow flowers do not 
reach perfection until late in October. 
Canadensis. Grows 4 to 5 feet high, with spikes of golden- 
yellow flowers from the end of July until September. 
Shortia. Golden-yellow flowers in July and August; 3 feet. 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; 310.00 per 100. 
SPIGELIA (Carolina, or Indian Pink). 
Marilandica, A rare and charming native plant, succeeding 
best in a shady, moist situation, and producing from early in 
June until late in October brilliant red, tubular flowers with 
yellow throat; 15 to 18 inches. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
SEDUM SPECTABILIS 
NEW AND RARE HARDY PERENNIALS are offered on pages 174 to 178. 
